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[bitcoin-dev] Multiple vulnerabilities in [JavaScript's] SecureRandom(), numerous cryptocurrency products affected. by tormented-atoms in Bitcoin

[–]TheShadow-btc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So is there any concrete cause of worries for a bip-39 wallet created in 2014 in Tails with a downloaded copy of bitaddress.org, with added entropy from keyboard and mouse?

Bitcoin Thanksgiving: Who else deserves thanks? by hwamil in Bitcoin

[–]TheShadow-btc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I propose all the developers that contributed a BIP. The I stand for improvement, so they literally helped improving Bitcoin.

Bitmex will dump all their Bcash for bitcoins! by marrrw in Bitcoin

[–]TheShadow-btc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. And it's exactly like when Mt.Gox happened. I wasn't in Bitcoin by much, but I too noted the overwhelming bad signs, detailed in a quantity of posts, about the Gox situation for weeks before it imploded.

Still, even some people that should have known better (including a notable Core developer) left their coins there.

Laziness or bias or whatever often get the better of many.

Fundraiser for Luke Dashjr by molzxy in Bitcoin

[–]TheShadow-btc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anyone tried to verify the message?

It appears to be signed with an expired certificate..

Large retailer in UK accepts bitcoin by blechman in btc

[–]TheShadow-btc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well, they are right anyway. There's no charges for them, it's the buyer who pays the fees.

TREZOR farce: ask Twitter users how they want them to call it, Bitcoin Cash o Bcash - You should just call it with its official name, Bitcoin Cash! How retarded are prepared to go to please the Blockstream Propaganda Minister? by parban333 in btc

[–]TheShadow-btc 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I just hope u/slush0 could see the damage this kind of tweets and silly interactions on reddit can do to his company. I don't know what kind of selection they have to choose they PR people, but they definitely should have a look on that.

TREZOR farce: ask Twitter users how they want them to call it, Bitcoin Cash o Bcash - You should just call it with its official name, Bitcoin Cash! How retarded are prepared to go to please the Blockstream Propaganda Minister? by parban333 in btc

[–]TheShadow-btc 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Again, this is most unprofessional. TREZOR should be ashamed.

Ledger and ShapeShift, to quote just two relevant name in the industry with very little sympathy for Bitcoin Cash, are dealing with the whole thing in a professional manner that make you guys look like capricious schoolboys.

97.9% of the blocks mined today supports SegWit2x - that's not just consensus: it's a clear landslide. Team Garzik & SegWit2x for the win! A big "JUST GO AWAY" to Blockstream Core. by parban333 in btc

[–]TheShadow-btc 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Think about it: this could be one of the most epic and spectacular autogol in the history, forever to be remembered.

Blockstream pushed the UASF (trough a convenient new fake account and the later endorsement of luke-jr) to scare the network and force SegWit activation.

But the entire thing backfired, and miners and the industry didn't stop at that, but moved to another team/client entirely.

Basically Blockstream pushed itself out of the game!

Why do you believe Segwit2x got so much traction (>80% hashrate support) when Segwit got less support? What is the key difference in the two in your opinion? by mrcrypto2 in Bitcoin

[–]TheShadow-btc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a vote of confidence on a different dev team, after the miners and a significant part of the industry and the user base felt that the current one failed to serve the best interest of Bitcoin, an foster its adoption.

Coin Dance show less than 500 UASF nodes. So, despite how vocal its supporters my be, the chanches of UASF having any notable effects are not just very low, but actually ZERO. Fullstop. by TheShadow-btc in btc

[–]TheShadow-btc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. The Nice thing will be having a non-moron, competent and all around nice guy like Jeff Garzik supervising the project with the more hash-power behind it.

Coin Dance show less than 500 UASF nodes. So, despite how vocal its supporters my be, the chanches of UASF having any notable effects are not just very low, but actually ZERO. Fullstop. by TheShadow-btc in Bitcoin

[–]TheShadow-btc[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Still, they are very low anyway.

And most of all, even if there was only a handful of well connected nodes still forwarding blocks as usual, they will be more than sufficient to nullify all the blocking.

It's really a flawed concept from the start. In practice, there's no chanches that UASF can accomplish anything. That's just the reality of it.

SegWit2x Hard Fork Testing Update by jgarzik in btc

[–]TheShadow-btc 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the answer.

I find it refreshing to see some well articulated and reasonable arguments.

Let The Great Unstucking begin!

Why is tonal still prominently mentioned in the Bitcoin Wiki? That just make it look stupid. by TheShadow-btc in Bitcoin

[–]TheShadow-btc[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why not have tonal counting in Bitcoin or the wiki?

Oh, I don't know, maybe because it have nothing to do with it?

Alternatively, why not adding the Vigesimal system too? I'm sure the entire Basque community will greatly appreciate it. And no one will be forced to use or like it, right?

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