Questions tagged [safety]
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How (un)safe is it to use non-random seed words?
Suppose someone chooses to use a seed (mnemonic) that is easy to memorise, like true kid true kid true kid true kid true kid true kid - using a passphrase, of course.
The benefit is clear: he'd only ...
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What is the main purpose of the idea PASSPHRASE (25th word)?
I understand that the 25th word is to protect your assets when your 24 seed phrases are compromised. But I have some questions:
If I use a simple word as the 25th word, it will be easily brute force ...
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How do we make sure we don't lose some data permanently?
If my understanding is correct, the blocks, transactions and other data are stored in a decentralized way. Even though the full nodes exist they may not have the complete data and it may be fail/...
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USB miner and risk of fire
I wanted to try-out mining from a pool from a raspberry pi. I ended up buying a USB ASIC miner (not sure I can post brand here). It's a bit bigger than a USB drive and mounted with heat sinks and fan. ...
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Would a hardware wallet be hacked in this case
Bought a hardware wallet (Ledger nano s) recently, they claim that they are safe since it is a cold wallet. Online wallets (such as Crypto.com) are not safe as they are constantly online and hackers ...
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How to transfer bitcoin? No third party, no exchange, no hard wallet, no mobile wallet
I have two paper wallets and want to transfer 10 bitcoins between them. I do not want to use any other 3rd party software or hard wallet because they're created by individuals, so they can access my ...
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Can a wallet/exchange provider ask for transaction details
My question has two parts,
Am I obligated to share transaction details with my wallet/exchange provider for any payment I made to an individual, like a subscription to a website?
Irrespective of the ...
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Can I lose my Bitcoin.com wallet if the company and the website database are destroyed? [duplicate]
I am planning to convert a part of my fiat currencies into BTC. I see that web wallet are a good balance between ease of use and security as it prevents breaking a device, being robbed physically, etc....
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Crypto currencies and internet dependence [closed]
Ive a problem with the concept of crypto in one aspect. What about "cyber safety"? Given that there will be more online malicious activity in the future, isnt cryptos dependence on the internet a ...
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Physical safety of crypto owner
Let's image a scenario where I buy (or trade) BTC on a regular basis and have a large number of coins in my wallet. Of course I'd like to be able to use my coins whenever possible, exchange with ...
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Permissioned or Permissionless blockchain? Which one is PoS more adapted for?
Since in proof-of-stake (PoS) there is no mining process, according to functionality of permissioned and permissionless blockchains, which type is PoS more adapted for?
In the other words, is a PoS-...
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Exact definition of "Liveness" and "Safety" properties in a consensus?
Two main properties of a consensus are "Liveness" and "Safety".
What are the exact and precised definition of "Liveness" and "Safety" properties in a consensus ?
Are the following definitions ...
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Byzantine Fault Tolerance Threshold of Bitcoin: 1/2 or 1/3? (Edited)
According to this answer: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/58908/41513 a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus threshold is 1/3.
On the other hand, there is a common belief that Bitcoin network ...
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How can I safely store and trade Bitcoin and other crypto currencies?
How can I safely store Bitcoin?
Exchanges require me to deposit to trade, is this safe? If I can't trust exchanges, what is the best way to safely store my cryptocurrency and transact it?
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I provided my XPUB and YPUB to Trezor support - should I continue to use my Trezor?
I have a Trezor. In attempting to find out why I have have not received Bitcoin Gold coins Trezor Support asked for my XPUB - I gave it to them along with the YPUB too. Is this safe? Should I move ...
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Anyone concerned that, by individuals getting rich too fast, crime towards cryptocurrency holders will also increase? [closed]
Given the potential for such a gigantic paradigm shift, something so accessible and so global could displace enormous amounts of value to large groups of people that previously had very little capital....
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How can wallets users know their private keys?
Why don't some bitcoin wallets give the private keys to its users?
Is it safe to use these wallets? Is there any way for the users to know their private keys without the need to contact the wallets ...
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Electrum seed words safety dumb question
I am starting with bitcoin and even though I understand pretty well how the blockchain works, the seed words used by some wallets (MultiBit and Electrum) give me creeps and doubts.
The main question ...
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The cost of Exchanging $50k
Walk me through buying 50k in BC using cash in Dallas and exchanging BC for cash in the SF bay area 3 days later. Specifically with attention to costs and fees, and maintaining anonymity via in ...
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Who is liable my case or is it a classic hack?
Recently i purchased a Bitcoin from BITX, the South African Exchange for bitcoin. I purchased 28 Bitcoins from BITX. When they sent me the 28 Bitcoins to my Blockchain iOS app, the Bitcoins were in my ...
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Is 12-word seed phrase safe enough?
Is 12-word seed phrase (as used by Electrum for example) safe enough for generating an offline wallet?
My understanding is this: 2048 words pool make 11 bits of entrophy per word. 12 words in seed ...
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Does AirBitz have federated servers?
I have been looking for a service that uses federated servers.
Why?
Because I am paranoid. And because companies pay me to be imaginative in my foe analogies.
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Cold storage companies?
I was curious to know if anyone knows of any bitcoin business that stores people's wallets offline?
I'm looking to diversify my backup methods for cold storage and am wanting to send my backups to a ...
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Do AntMiners comply with FCC Part 15?
Do AntMiners comply with Part 15 of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission's rules and regulations?
I tagged this question with "safety" because implicit in my question is what percentage of watts ...
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How can I install a bitcoin wallet on Kali Linux?
I got Kali Linux installed on my laptop and I want to install a good bitcoin wallet to store my bitcoins offline.As I know,top 5 best bitcoin wallets would be Bitcoin Core (the first offline wallet),...
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What is the point of comparing sha256 of downloaded file with published on the same website code? [closed]
Some websites publish sha256 to check authenticity of downloaded file.
I suppose this is to protect against man-in-the-middle attack - that my file was not altered during download.
What prevents man-...
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Resources for multisignature transactions?
I am interested in using multisignature transactions to secure my company's coins and I'm wondering what tools are available right now for use with multisignature transactions? I'm especially ...
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Altcoin confirmations and safety - wait ~6 confirmations, or ~1 hour?
The general consensus in the Bitcoin network is to wait for 6 confirmations or 1 hour on a transaction before it can be considered completely irreversible. However, when it comes to altcoins that use ...
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Holding all your money in one address = Paper wallet?
A paper wallet is a very misnamed term, since it's in fact a "paper address" indeed (contrary to a "wallet" which stores multiples addresses, for ewample inside the wallet.dat file).
Lots of people ...
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How do I handle the risk that my hard disk crash?
I have good back up system. Can my wallet be backed up?
Can I access it anywhere?
If so how do bit coin system know that I am the one accessing it?
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How safe is it for me to install Java on OS X 10.8 to use Bitcoin [closed]
I want to use the Bitcoin client Multibit, but to do so I will need to install Java which over the past six months I've only heard bad things about.
So my question is: how safe is it for me to ...
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There is at least one totally "offline" backup of blockchain?
I know that it can be a little paranoid yet, but anyone ever did an offline backup of blockchain in case of a kind of geomagnetic storm? Imagine if all clients of the world lost the data. I know the ...
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Best way to safely host a high volume online transactional wallet?
I am looking at starting a business that will send and receive a large amount Bitcoins in a semi automated manner using API's. I was wondering what is the best way to do do this in a secure way to ...
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How secure are various models of Bitcoin clients?
As there was some disagreement on security of various models of Bitcoin clients in comments to this answer, I'd like to address the problem.
How secure are various models of Bitcoin clients? Those ...
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What is the safest medium on which to store my wallet/private keys?
What is the safest medium on which to store my wallet/private keys?
I avoid eWallets like the plague.
I have my wallet on my computer at the moment with the Bitcoin passphrase encryption and I have ...
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How safe it is that a single San Francisco company controls the canonical location of Bitcoin code?
The single most-trusted canonical source of Bitcoin client is https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
This URL is controlled by a single US company GitHub Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, United ...
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