Online Cash Bitcoin Could Challenge Governments, Banks

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  1. Minimalist

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    Bitcoin: Offline wallets seen vulnerable to security attacks
    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-offline-wallets-seen-vulnerable-security-attacks-1483826

     
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  4. Palancar

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    Regarding ECDSA attacks: I am throwing up a link to deterministic wallets, which are simple to use. Since the address is always changing it will defeat this exploit. This link is very basic and there are some "math crunch" threads around. This is a basic response only.


    http://www.bitblogger.net/2014/04/23/deterministic-wallets/
     
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    Schneier on Security: Tracking Bitcoin Scams
     
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    Inside the Chinese Bitcoin Mine That's Making $1.5M a Month
    http://motherboard.vice.com/read/chinas-biggest-secret-bitcoin-mine

    Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kua5B5K3I
     
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  8. Palancar

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    Huge by any standard I have seen.

    Related: my bitcoin trades have been processing at lightning speed lately. Is it just me? Last one got over 20 confirmations so fast I couldn't believe it, and its way more now.
     
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  12. Palancar

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    It is clear to trained students of Bitcoin that any exchange wallet is NOT the way to go. Maybe for novelty < 1 BTC transactions/wallets its OK. Regardless of what security protocols are in place you are in fact trusting your coins to an Admin of some kind when an exchange is involved. EVEN if the exchange contends the majority of their coins are stored cold/offline, it doesn't resolve the issue at hand. Namely: someone other than YOU has credentials to access the exchange at the Admin level. It is not very difficult to do some reading and then learn how to store your coins COLD and offline. I am convinced that many use exchange wallets because they don't want to endure the learning curve and then they will never know how to do it themselves.

    Its really just like internet security. Some will study and take it to the "next level". Others will come and look for a solution some company has created for them. Then they put their internet security and/or their bitcoins in the hand of the company they trust. Surprise, the company is not that good and they get burned. Same story, different channel.
     
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    https://purse.io/

    It's basically an exchange, connecting 1) people with Amazon gift cards, who want Bitcoins, and 2) people with Bitcoins, who want stuff from Amazon. People who want Bitcoins are typically willing to pay a premium, and the people with Bitcoins get most of that as a discount on their stuff from Amazon.

    There is the minor complication that Amazon gift cards are sometimes purchased with stolen credit cards :( Which may lead to unpleasantness. See http://www.coindesk.com/purse-io-offers-10000-cover-to-users/
     
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    http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/21/the-bitcoin-jet-or-how-does-cryptocurrency-go-mainstream/
     
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    http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/23/rakuten-probably-to-accept-bitcoin/
     
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    How Hackers Abused Tor To Rob Blockchain, Steal Bitcoin, Target Private Email And Get Away With It
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasb...nd-darknet-hacks-lead-to-epic-bitcoin-losses/
     
  19. Palancar

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    siljaline,

    I have accounts at both (blockchain and localbitcoins) of those sites and I use TOR alot. Never lost a coin so far because: I have always preached/and conform to using a script to verify the full https fingerprint in my browser before connecting or providing login credentials.

    The same process I use right here at Wilder's (EC:A1:03:4F:71:A6:0B:F8:BD:D3:4A:DE:E4:93:D1:D7:28:EC:84:3F) although the stakes are lower here since no coins are involved. Those evil TOR nodes become basic MITM attackers. Knowing the FULL cert fingerprint and verifying them at a bitcoin site couldn't be more important. My .02


    edit: the site added the big grin d's above. LOL!!
     
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    Anatomy of a Hack.

    -- Tom
     
  22. Palancar

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    Tom,

    That was a super read! I have mentioned before that I do have online Bitcoin accounts but I NEVER store ANY bitcoins using them. This read makes me positive that I will only use cold/offline wallets that are fully AIR GAP uses for transaction signing.
     
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    Threshold signatures for Bitcoin wallets are finally here.

    -- Tom
     
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    http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/03...als-record-funds-hints-at-mass-consumer-play/
     
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