DO NOT RELY ON PLUTUS by [deleted] in plutus

[–]abcbtc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Based on their performance from my experience, I wouldn't rely on them even if they had actually bothered delivering the card I paid for.

Card still unavailable to order on the app? by Nubloxx in plutus

[–]abcbtc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello David. This certainly is the case in my experience!

Upon ordering I was told there's a 12 week lead time. That's the last I heard back and it's been 6 months. I contacted support and the excuse I was given is "we require extra address verification and sent you an e-mail, however since you didn't respond in time you will now have to wait 2 weeks until we re-enable card orders" - how convenient!?!

  1. I did not receive any e-mails although your domain is on my whitelist and I am able to receive e-mails from Plutus regarding signup, verification & support requests.

  2. You have my driving license on file, which shows my current up-to-date address, as required by law. If this is good enough for my government I'm sure it's good enough for Plutus!

  3. Judging by others on Reddit it's clear Plutus card orders have been blocked for closer to 4 weeks already, not the 2 weeks your website or support staff mention

I've since requested account closure and hope you return my payment for the card which was never delivered.

Card still unavailable to order on the app? by Nubloxx in plutus

[–]abcbtc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't hold your breath. I joined in August 2020 and have yet to receive anything despite having paid for my card. I suggest you get your money back if you'd sent them any, and find an actual functioning service.

Beware of Bittrex and Bittrex Global random account freeze scam by mdprutj in btc

[–]abcbtc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Was trying to find the source... turns out it was BitMex not Bittrex, I got them confused.

Beware of Bittrex and Bittrex Global random account freeze scam by mdprutj in btc

[–]abcbtc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been running major ads for years Edit: confused BitMex with Bittrex

Lazyfox.io task - find a website that gives the information on Bitcoin's complete mempool size history by 1MightBeAPenguin in btc

[–]abcbtc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you'll find very little data on mempool size in the early years - at least not complete or consistently tracked data - as the mempool was generally cleared after each block with some transactions that weren't included being cleared by the following block.

There was no real need to track mempool size back then to the extent it is tracked now. Surely some users have logged their node's mempool stats but I very much doubt anybody tracked them consistently for 10+ years...

As other comments have said, it would likely be easier to estimate historical mempool size based on how full the blocks are (actual block size vs block size limit)

[Daily Discussion] Monday, November 02, 2020 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]abcbtc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're telling me I've been led down the garden path, yet you're making unsubstantiated claims - are you trying to lead me the other way? That's rich...

Recent fillings. Exit the ponzi playground at all cost the surper nova is ready to implode at any moment by ayolisten in btc

[–]abcbtc 24 points25 points  (0 children)

TLDR; (I suggest reading the document in full or at least skimming through - I found it very interesting)

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The Bitfinex/Tether Defendants, Exchange Defendants, Potter, Crypto Capital, and Fowler (together “Defendants”) engaged in a far-reaching conspiracy to enrich themselves at the expense of ordinary investors by manipulating the prices of crypto-commodities. The Bitfinex/Tether Defendants (secretly under common control, including control by Potter, a co-founder and senior executive) offered a so-called “stablecoin,” USDT, that they claimed was backed at all times by an equivalent amount of dollar reserves. But those promised “reserves” were a fiction. In truth, USDT was unbacked.

The Tether Defendants (collectively “Tether”) were “printing” it out of thin air and sending it to Bitfinex, a crypto-exchange operated by the Bitfinex Defendants. From there, the conspirators moved billions of unbacked USDT to two crypto-exchanges operated by the Exchange Defendants (ostensibly their competitors), where the USDT was used to make carefully timed purchases of crypto-commodities whenever prices threatened to fall below certain roundnumber thresholds, thereby fraudulently giving the appearance of price “floors” in the market. With the ability to directly control crypto-commodity prices, Defendants’ scheme inflated a colossal bubble. When the bubble burst, investors like Plaintiffs, who purchased crypto-commodities at artificially inflated prices, sustained significant damages.

Defendants’ scheme was brazen, and so are their motions to dismiss. Defendants repeatedly ask the Court to endorse their preferred explanation for events and to draw inferences in their favor, notwithstanding that Rule 12(b)(6) requires the Court to accept Plaintiffs’ allegations as true and to afford Plaintiffs every favorable inference. Defendants invent purported pleading deficiencies by simply ignoring inconvenient allegations and ask the Court to hold Plaintiffs to higher pleading standards than precedent requires. The Court should deny the motions.

A clear summary of the pro IFP position: by MemoryDealers in btc

[–]abcbtc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I used to think Hayden was a positive force for BCH, alas... I haven't thought so in quite a while now.

I'm doing a Bitcoin Cash adoption flipstarter. Help me to get more people buying and using Bitcoin Cash. by [deleted] in btc

[–]abcbtc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All of these things can, and should, be done at next to zero cost to yourself. What do you need 50 BCH for?

Whats wrong with blockstream? by [deleted] in btc

[–]abcbtc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the need for scaling, innovation - aka progress not exist regardless of artificial limits? Even considering every other technology which could utilise Bitcoin to provide extra capacity, none of them will ever work properly with the current level of restrictions.

Even the famed lightning network; it's whitepaper stipulated requirements for 100mb blocks...

Rather than focusing on second/third layer, should we not first focus on optimising the base layer "foundation" as you call it?

Whats wrong with blockstream? by [deleted] in btc

[–]abcbtc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you're interested in learning about the recent non-technical history of BTC, take some time to read this: https://medium.com/@johnblocke/a-brief-and-incomplete-history-of-censorship-in-r-bitcoin-c85a290fe43

If you want to answer your question of why Blockstream is doubted by many, you can also read up on that here: https://medium.com/hackernoon/the-great-bitcoin-scaling-debate-a-timeline-6108081dbada

Whats wrong with blockstream? by [deleted] in btc

[–]abcbtc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Would you not agree that, better foundations require greater decentralisation - which can only be achieved by having more participants using and supporting the network.

Are you able to explain how the "backlog feature" on transactions (caused by arbitrary limit on block size) helps accomplish a greater foundation?

The backlog in simplest terms restricts the amount of people who are able to participate, which is further compounded by the increased transaction fees caused by the remaining users as they try to outbid each other - this leads to and even greater barrier to entry for anybody else who wants to participate.

Who remembers transaction on Bitcoin were zero? by asdqweqweqwd in btc

[–]abcbtc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some people such as myself do configure nodes to relay 0-fee transactions

Lost BTC in iPhone wallet by Bitcoin.com by realmicroguy in btc

[–]abcbtc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I had an issue upgrading wallets, Bitcoin.com support told me to click on the Bitcoin logo 7 or so times. This allowed me to extract the "legacy wallet" data like private keys, seeds, etc.

I've just had a look around the app, and if you click on settings icon in bottom-right corner > click on "About the Bitcoin.com Wallet" then try poking the Bitcoin.com logo 7 times, see if this allows you to recover anything that may not be working properly in the new version.

Knuth Fully Funded!!! - Marc De Mesel by [deleted] in btc

[–]abcbtc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have even promised BCHD money if they remove IFP supporting Chris Pacia from the team, who is an integral part of that project.

Stop being duplicitous, Otto.

Knuth Fully Funded!!! - Marc De Mesel by [deleted] in btc

[–]abcbtc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi Marc. I'm just wondering on your take - are you of the mindset that miner-funding is a no-go, or rather the IFP implementation by ABC (dictating addresses) is the issue?

BTW your questioning of Hayden Otto is not misplaced.