Topic: Bitcoin Hack? - page 2. (Read 1170 times)
Bitcoin has never been hacked, forged, copied, or anything like that.
Has anyone heard of a hack or attempted hack on Bitcoin
i think the meaning of hack here is stolen from his wallet because i heard the news and even news from here which saying that his bitcoin is stolen by someone. i think its because from himself which is not careful to save the private keys and let other people know how much bitcoin he have. so this will attract other people to trying to steal his bitcoin and some of them is success to steal. we need to be careful to keep our private keys from other people and we need to save in the hidden place.
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this is an extremely misleading article that you shared here and forgot to share the link to source of it.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032615/can-bitcoin-be-hacked.asp
first of all the "recent network security" that author is talking about are the hacks that happened years ago in 2014 and 2013 and none of them have anything to do with "network security" but with "third party security", exchanges such as Bitstamp hack in 2014, Mt. Gox scam in 2013, Bitcoinica in 2012. these are all third parties that scammed people and most probably not even hacked. even if they are hacked, it is not "network security" at all.
False alarm he was talking about a local service provider.
Bitcoin itself cannot be hacked, barring a massive, monumental breakthrough in quantum computing. There may be people working on this now, but they obviously haven't succeeded, or they'd be swimming in Bitcoins just from the dormant wallets. I say dormant wallets because it would be better for them not to disclose the hack, as it would cause the price to plummet.
Users can be hacked, however. If you're not using an exchange, you're likely the weakest link in your Bitcoin's security. Most hacks rely on user error; whether that be being careless enough to catch a virus, or stupid enough to fall for a phishing attempt.
All in all, Bitcoin is perfectly secure, but users can only be as secure as their precautions. There are no magic, hollywood-type of hacks in Bitcoin thefts, only user carelessness.
Users can be hacked, however. If you're not using an exchange, you're likely the weakest link in your Bitcoin's security. Most hacks rely on user error; whether that be being careless enough to catch a virus, or stupid enough to fall for a phishing attempt.
All in all, Bitcoin is perfectly secure, but users can only be as secure as their precautions. There are no magic, hollywood-type of hacks in Bitcoin thefts, only user carelessness.
Fake news。
Wallet hacks a lot more reasonable and common than you'd think. Let alone in the past few days there have been a few thefts for a large sum of money.
Bitcoin (the blockchain technology) can't get hacked, unlike Ethereum's smart contracts (which are also not a hack to the coin, but to badly written code built on top of the platform). The users, however, can lose their coins in many different ways if they're not secured enough (phishing sites, losing private key, for example)
Everything online is hackable but hacking bitcoin be specific, a lot of bitcoin problem i encounter is either they lost transaction to air or they forgot password , passcode, seeds etc. I wish if it possible, not happen to our beloved bitcoin to be hack. Coz there is a possibilities, and we should not take it a side.
Yes its true everything that can access through online is hackable. It so happen that hacking bitcoin account is profitable than any other sites. So bitcoin is more prone to hackers, so for us being a traders of bitcoin we must be feel awared and make our coin wallets secured enough to prevent it being hacked.
Bitcoin itself can't be hacked (blockchain 101, for a block being altered you should alter all other previous blocks and mine them, which is impossible). However websites can be hacked or spoofed so you need to be very careful when managing crypto and never, ever, share your private keys or keep them in your computer.
Many of these things happened. But one of these attempts has not been realized. Because they have a hard time hacking the bitcoins, the number of its code and the depth of the vein is so hard, so no one can manipulate bitcoins because it's decentralized. Depending on whether Satoshi Nakamoto will delete it. Because sure the crypto is in disarray
The hacking attempts happen every single day...it's just so far no one has succeeded yet.
Well its true that attempting hacking is happen anytime or in every single day. Maybe there's someone has succeeded, some has failed. But then we must be aware of this situation because it could be possibly be happen to us. Awareness is all we can do to make our accounts secured. 
Has anyone heard of a hack or attempted hack on Bitcoin
yes anyone of us heard that. bitoin can be hack because it is online and anything online can be hack and attack by virus or ,malwares or phising attepmts, thats why it is advisable to transfer your bitcoins to an offline environment (i.e cold storage) like hardware wallets or offline computers, devices, gadgets,etc as long as it can install and run a bitcoin wallet.
As much I know, Bitcoin hack impossible.Because bitcoin use uncommon technology, this name blockchain.I thik, bitcoin hack its always impossible.
The hacking attempts happen every single day...it's just so far no one has succeeded yet.
Thank you all for your discussion. I understand that the framework cannot be hacked however personal interaction can compromise security. I was asking for a friend who has to clarify where he got the news. His wording made it seem as if it was not a service provider.
I will check back...
I will check back...
Everything online is hackable but hacking bitcoin be specific, a lot of bitcoin problem i encounter is either they lost transaction to air or they forgot password , passcode, seeds etc. I wish if it possible, not happen to our beloved bitcoin to be hack. Coz there is a possibilities, and we should not take it a side.
Bitcoin can't get hacked, it's a distributed ledger... It's like hacking a book containing a bunch of records about transactions, it's worthless. But users can get hacked, and that's how people steal coins: through phishing sites, trojan hacks, malwares and many other ways. Keep yourself safe at all times!
There is a difference between "Bitcoin getting hacked" and a "Bitcoin service provider being hacked". Its important to distinguish between the two.
Has anyone heard of a hack or attempted hack on Bitcoin
If we talk of hacking incidents that target huge and famous Bitcoin wallets and hacking of the Bitcoin blockchain itself, I think there is none. But if we talk of individual Bitcoin owner's accounts being hacked, there are so many of them. As a matter of fact, somewhere there is a statistical data showing that more than 50% of the Bitcoins circulating today is stolen. I cannot confirm such news but it is what is presented.
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