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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 day ago

No, bitcoin project is not dead

This is a tough week for bitcoin community. Wishing speedy recovery of funds for everyone involved. Lessons learned for the rest: Hardware wallets - were always a vector of a possible attack. Just like you can't trust 100% your ISP, your PC and...

by COINS NEWS - 1 day ago

Bitcoin Quantum Threat: The Race To Quantum-Proof Crypto

Is the race toward quantum-safe crypto already underway? Some key takeaways: Galaxy Digital estimates roughly 7 million BTC, worth about $470 billion, are held in addresses with exposed public keys. Researchers continue to reduce estimates for...

by COINS NEWS - 1 day ago

Use case of layer-1 blockchains

99% of layer-1 blockchain Q&A: Q: What is the usecase of layer-1 blockchains? A: Layer-1 blockchains are designed for near-instant transaction finality and low-cost scalability, making it ideal for Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Q: What is the us...

by COINS NEWS - 1 day ago

Swapping usdt (trc) for trx requires

Hey all, So... I'm at a loss here. I have some usdt trc I'd like to swap to erc but I do't have enough trx for that. so I thought ok, I bet I could swap usdt for trx... Not. I need trx to do that as well, so I'm stuck at some kind of...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 day ago

All BTC hacks in the last 13 years

I thought sharing this would help anyone who lowered their confidence in BTC; here is the btc hack timelines. 2011 – 25,000 BTC stolen from mt gox 2012 – 24,000 BTC stolen from linode-hosted Bitcoin services. 2014 – 850,000 BTC lost/stolen in the co...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 days ago

I lost my one Bitcoin in the Coldcard exploit.

Took me years of DCA’ing to get there. I went with Coldcard because it was marketed as “ultra-secure.” I knew multisig was technically safer. I wasn’t worried about my key being guessed… I was worried about someone physically stealing it or it being...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 days ago

sorry to everyone that lost funds

Just saying sorry, i know some people get out their soap boxes, some point fingers, some laugh. For the ones that just woke up and had their lives turned upside down and stressing out, its going to hurt, but tomorrow will be another day. Sorry you ar...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 days ago

Use a strong Passphrase with your wallets

Think of a seed phrase as a random specific coordinate on Earth that has your Bitcoin The default seed coordinate is ground level dirt where your treasure can be seen and stolen easily A passphrase is a skyscraper built on top of that coordinat...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 days ago

This has taught me a lesson.

Spread your coins across multiple devices from different vendors. Reduce the blast radius. None of us here are reading the code. We assume someone else is. With AI getting better and better, we should expect more hacks coming. submitted by...

by COINS NEWS - 2 days ago

BEAT : pump and dump

In my case, I short this market but with a *2 leverage so I didn’t lose my short but it was close ! Fortunately I win but it was pretty stressful… Did you trade in this potential scam market ? submitted by /u/ghost-in-the-game [link...