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With both Trezor and Ledger it is possible to use Electrum as the GUI (interface) app. So if they go out of business and/or stop supporting the specific hardware wallet model that …

I usually don't bother to login to comment, but I felt compelled in this case. The other replies include a lot of bad advice. You sound like you don't have much of experience actua…

> If a site is vulnerable to XSS it's basically game over security-wise. Another reply seems to have focused on having XSS causing an attacker to gain access to session cookies. Bu…

Your comment is so obviously disingenuous. It makes absolutely no sense to open a Lightning Network channel to send one transaction and then immediately close it.

Yes, an on-chain transaction is required to open a channel. But once open you can continue to use it forever, or until you (or your counter-party) decide to close it. Lightning Net…

No one should be using on-chain Bitcoin transactions for in-person exchange. Partly due to the high fees, but mostly because of double-spending and lack of privacy. Lightning Netwo…

Internet is not required [1] to sync a full Bitcoin node. There have also been numerous proof-of-concepts for transmitting Bitcoin transactions via radio. [1] https://blockstream.c…

I think you fundamentally misunderstand why a business might buy an asset like Bitcoin. It's certainly not to participate in a pump and dump scheme - as you seem to be alluding. It…

Are you sure you can't spend Bitcoin directly for goods and services? Have you tried? When was the last time you searched for physical shops near you [1] that accept it? [1] https:…

Those are not really specific questions. But I will try my best to somehow provide useful information. > 1. Energy efficiency of the transactions and the network If by "transaction…

> I would love to be proven wrong and learn something new about the sector that increases my confidence. That's great. Having an open mind is a good thing. What areas are you speci…

My understanding of the space contradicts each of your points. So without either of us providing citations, both of our opinions are pretty useless to the casual reader. But I will…

[ x ] Make provocative statements about the uselessness and wastefulness of Thing A without real evidence. But make sure to at least link to some source that provides the illusion …

Any one of those individual private keys could be imported into another wallet software application (e.g Electrum). Then the funds can be swept to a newer wallet that has a seed ba…

> You think a guy smart enough to give birth to Bitcoin, and maintain complete anonymity while doing so and while communicating in public forums etc, would forget his private key? …

The internet didn't magically appear one day in its current form. It is a pile of good-enough solutions, layered on-top of one another as they became needed. The same could be said…

If you have the time, listen to the audio (~25 minutes) embedded in the article. There are reasonable concerns that naive and unsophisticated ("retail") investors will be harmed by…

Get an Arduino starter kit and start hacking on some little project around the house. With a bit of persistence, C/C++ is not so difficult to become productive coming from almost a…

1) Requires a private SSH/GPG key that was associated with your GitHub account at some arbitrary date in the near past. It would be trivial to design a cryptographic scheme to prov…