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Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

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djbusby wrote: post #80
nullc wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? The regress is infinite, it's zero information. A malicious party can anticipate any public-information rational for dismissing their actions and pretend to be whatever flavor of fool you might accept. "Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of…

This quote is from "The Princess Bride" movie. The actor who spoke this was also, IIRC, the Grand Nagus in ST:DS9. Brilliant in both roles.

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Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

#82

Post by Terr_ »

djbusby wrote: post #80
nullc wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? The regress is infinite, it's zero information. A malicious party can anticipate any public-information rational for dismissing their actions and pretend to be whatever flavor of fool you might accept. "Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of…

This quote is from "The Princess Bride" movie. The actor who spoke this was also, IIRC, the Grand Nagus in ST:DS9. Brilliant in both roles.

Wallace Shawn also has some memorable voice roles, such as the T-Rex in Tony Story, and the insurance-company boss in The Incredibles, etc.

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

#83

Post by WraithM »

lostmsu wrote: post #12

Note: "Libbitcoin" here is a company name, and not a name of the core bitcoin library. Only their products and whoever used them as a 3rd party is affected.

libbitcoin isn't a company. It's an alternative C++ implementation (https://github.com/libbitcoin) to the Bitcoin Core (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin) implementation. Bitcoin Core is the one originally from Satoshi. Libbitcoin came in like 2011 or so iirc and was led by Amir Taaki. Libbitcoin is a lot less popular than Bitcoin Core, as you can see on the github stats.

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

#84

Post by qingcharles »

Terr_ wrote: post #82
djbusby wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This quote is from "The Princess Bride" movie. The actor who spoke this was also, IIRC, the Grand Nagus in ST:DS9. Brilliant in both roles.

Wallace Shawn also has some memorable voice roles, such as the T-Rex in Tony Story, and the insurance-company boss in The Incredibles, etc.

Tony Story.. that movie got two thumbs up.

"Tony Story" has you laughing straight out of the gate. Billed as an action-comedy, it's the ultimate clash of the titans between machismo and mirth.

The film follows our hero, Tony, a middle-aged man who wakes up one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a small plastic action figure. The plot thickens as he learns he's the star of a beloved, but sadly discontinued, line of 90s toys.

Tony is forced to navigate the wild world of suburban backyards, dodging ferocious pet chihuahuas and the sticky hands of sugar-fueled toddlers. His quest for a return to normality is as hilarious as it is heartwarming.

The brilliant use of slapstick humor, a dash of existential dread, and a sprinkling of well-timed puns are skillfully mixed into a cocktail of laughs. The film's standout moment involves Tony, a malfunctioning Roomba, and a perplexed cat, in a scene that will leave you in stitches.

The voice acting is second to none, with Tony's gruff, action-hero voice (think Clint Eastwood meets Optimus Prime) contrasting hilariously with his miniature plastic form. The supporting cast of misfit toys, including a neurotic yo-yo and a sassy Barbie doll, add to the hilarity.

"Tony Story" is a wild roller coaster of laughter that reminds us all not to take life too seriously. As Tony himself puts it, "I may be small, but my problems sure aren't!" This film truly delivers a unique blend of comedy and action that will leave you chuckling long after the credits roll.

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

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Post by yieldcrv »

alchemist1e9 wrote: post #16
kmeisthax wrote: post #11

Reminds me of attacks people were running on 'brainwallets' a while back - i.e. wallets whose initial key material was just a passphrase you'd remember. The idea was that you could keep the passphrase stored nowhere and not have to worry about it being stolen by... well, any of the 10,000 things out there looking for cryptocurrency keys. Of course, there is no way in hell you can actually make the human brain store e…

Do you have a reference for large numbers of brain wallets being drained? I believe you are repeating a myth/FUD, but I might be wrong.

What would change your view about that?

This was one of the best uses of GPUs 10 years ago, people still have those instances running just in case people use “obscure” common phrases from books again instead of mnemonics

Its more like anyone that thought they were clever got swept. There arent statistics, just threads on bitcointalk and reddit

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

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Post by nullc »

drexlspivey wrote: post #49
lostmsu wrote: post #12

Note: "Libbitcoin" here is a company name, and not a name of the core bitcoin library. Only their products and whoever used them as a 3rd party is affected.

Here's a thread on how bitcoin core generates entropy https://twitter.com/raw_avocado/status/1445024873382809604

that thread is a little confused:

Particularly, 'The Dynamic and Static events are mixed in(mostly) by using "Here is how it works: Lots of potential entropy sources including the essential good ones (as well as junk ones like timestamps and user/host info) are fed into a cryptographic hash then strengthened with iterated hashing. The junk sources are included as a hail mary so the user might have some chance to move their funds if they learn about vulnerabilities in their OS/hardware RNGs before an attacker can brute force out the weak sources.

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

#87

Post by rebelchicken »

qingcharles wrote: post #84
Terr_ wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wallace Shawn also has some memorable voice roles, such as the T-Rex in Tony Story, and the insurance-company boss in The Incredibles, etc.

Tony Story.. that movie got two thumbs up. "Tony Story" has you laughing straight out of the gate. Billed as an action-comedy, it's the ultimate clash of the titans between machismo and mirth. The film follows our hero, Tony, a middle-aged man who wakes up one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a small plastic action figure. The plot thickens as he learns he's the star of a beloved, but sadly disco…

I logged in for the first time in a decade to say that I am sad this movie isn't real.

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

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Post by werrett »

alchemist1e9 wrote: post #16
kmeisthax wrote: post #11

Reminds me of attacks people were running on 'brainwallets' a while back - i.e. wallets whose initial key material was just a passphrase you'd remember. The idea was that you could keep the passphrase stored nowhere and not have to worry about it being stolen by... well, any of the 10,000 things out there looking for cryptocurrency keys. Of course, there is no way in hell you can actually make the human brain store e…

Do you have a reference for large numbers of brain wallets being drained? I believe you are repeating a myth/FUD, but I might be wrong.

It’s not not a myth. Not even really lost to time (or a simple Google search). E.g

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1zti1p/17956_hacke...

https://www.wired.com/2015/07/brainflayer-password-cracker-s...

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

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Post by alchemist1e9 »

werrett wrote: post #88
alchemist1e9 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a reference for large numbers of brain wallets being drained? I believe you are repeating a myth/FUD, but I might be wrong.

It’s not not a myth. Not even really lost to time (or a simple Google search). E.g https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1zti1p/17956_hacke... https://www.wired.com/2015/07/brainflayer-password-cracker-s...

FUD!! and you know it if you actually took time to read the post.

> I could find the passwords for 17.956 of the addresses. * Only 2 addresses of the hacked brainwallets are currently not empty, and the total money that I could actually steal is 0.00115215 BTC.

> Somebody seems to have systematically flooded the blockchain with transaction to brainwallets. E.g. this transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/ba421da33e5f85669d9312b804e22fa4c... It seems that each target address is actually a brainwallet and alphabetically ordered. The passwords for the first 3 addresses are Hollister, hollowing,

Nobody’s real brain wallets are being hacked! It’s just left over traces from someone running aome testing in early days of bitcoin.

This one says 17K wallets … oppsie all empty and obviously programmatically generated! i.e not used for real.

The other paper found 800!! supposedly… all empty.

A well designed brainwallet is perfectly fine and safe, just don’t use a sequential phrase from known sources and modify the words you do. Obviously.

Re: Milk Sad Disclosure

#90

Post by alchemist1e9 »

yieldcrv wrote: post #85
alchemist1e9 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a reference for large numbers of brain wallets being drained? I believe you are repeating a myth/FUD, but I might be wrong.

What would change your view about that? This was one of the best uses of GPUs 10 years ago, people still have those instances running just in case people use “obscure” common phrases from books again instead of mnemonics Its more like anyone that thought they were clever got swept. There arent statistics, just threads on bitcointalk and reddit

If you used common phrases from books you definitely aren’t clever and deserve to have your funds swept.
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