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I should be more cautious, thank you her info
Hello all,
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
no, because a mayority of the network must agree with the transaction. If the bitcoins are fake the network will reject it.
if you stick with the main proper wallets there is no chance of doing any fake bitcoin.
if you use a different wallet. then that 'fake' is..... just another altcoin.
if its not bitcoin, its an altcoin, simple as.
a prime example is bitcoin script, bitcoin 2.0 both of which pretend to be bitcoin, but are not
if you use a different wallet. then that 'fake' is..... just another altcoin.
if its not bitcoin, its an altcoin, simple as.
a prime example is bitcoin script, bitcoin 2.0 both of which pretend to be bitcoin, but are not
What if someone made a a complete replica and starting a phishing website similar to the fake blockchain.info or they made a new bitcoin wallet websitethat was on google, so people created accounts there thinking it was the real bitcoin, when it was the fake bitcoin, and they let the scam go on for a while until the site gained a lot of activity, and they eventually convinced exchanges to update their wallets to the fake bitcoin wallets on the site, thus spreading the fake bitcoin even more.
That's called hard fork. Once majority of users use that version it becomes real bitcoin
What if someone made a a complete replica and starting a phishing website similar to the fake blockchain.info or they made a new bitcoin wallet websitethat was on google, so people created accounts there thinking it was the real bitcoin, when it was the fake bitcoin, and they let the scam go on for a while until the site gained a lot of activity
This would be detected the first time someone from the fake site tried to send the fake BTC to someone on the real network or the first time someone on the real network tried to send BTC to someone on the fake site. So no, the scam could not "go on for a while"and they eventually convinced exchanges to update their wallets to the fake bitcoin wallets on the site, thus spreading the fake bitcoin even more.
This would never happen. Exchanges and miners are very picky about their software and even if the exchange did this they would detect the mistake within milliseconds.Gotcha, I was just thinking of ways a potential evil doer could do to spread fake bitcoin around. This is the ultimate potential evil doers plan.
1)Make a exact copy/replica of the real bitcoin, make fake accounts, and transfer bitcoin similar to the way the real bitcoin was transferred from wallet to wallet when it first came out
2)Make multiple bitcoin wallet websites, where the fake bitcoin AND real bitcoin is traded, by sockpuppets, and then real users as the sockpuppets give the look of activity(The fake bitcoin is traded selectively with your sockpuppet accounts/gullible newbies/people who are helping you)
3)Make multiple bitcoin exchanges, each using the fake Bitcoin as the reserve currency all the other currencies are measured against
4) Wait until a actual exchange using the real bitcoin, picks up the fake bitcoin, or wait until a new exchange pops up with a legimitate owner who uses one of the offline wallets by the bitcoin wallet services you have made
5) Sell off all the fake bitcoin reserves you have on your many sockpuppet accounts, while becoming a multi millionaire/potential billionaire, and watch the price of the real bitcoin drop to $1 or less.
6) Get caught and go to jail or worse.
Sounds like a lot of work.
Why not just Gox everyone?
What if someone made a a complete replica and starting a phishing website similar to the fake blockchain.info or they made a new bitcoin wallet websitethat was on google, so people created accounts there thinking it was the real bitcoin, when it was the fake bitcoin, and they let the scam go on for a while until the site gained a lot of activity
This would be detected the first time someone from the fake site tried to send the fake BTC to someone on the real network or the first time someone on the real network tried to send BTC to someone on the fake site. So no, the scam could not "go on for a while"and they eventually convinced exchanges to update their wallets to the fake bitcoin wallets on the site, thus spreading the fake bitcoin even more.
This would never happen. Exchanges and miners are very picky about their software and even if the exchange did this they would detect the mistake within milliseconds.Gotcha, I was just thinking of ways a potential evil doer could do to spread fake bitcoin around. This is the ultimate potential evil doers plan.
1)Make a exact copy/replica of the real bitcoin, make fake accounts, and transfer bitcoin similar to the way the real bitcoin was transferred from wallet to wallet when it first came out
2)Make multiple bitcoin wallet websites, where the fake bitcoin AND real bitcoin is traded, by sockpuppets, and then real users as the sockpuppets give the look of activity(The fake bitcoin is traded selectively with your sockpuppet accounts/gullible newbies/people who are helping you)
3)Make multiple bitcoin exchanges, each using the fake Bitcoin as the reserve currency all the other currencies are measured against
4) Wait until a actual exchange using the real bitcoin, picks up the fake bitcoin, or wait until a new exchange pops up with a legimitate owner who uses one of the offline wallets by the bitcoin wallet services you have made
5) Sell off all the fake bitcoin reserves you have on your many sockpuppet accounts, while becoming a multi millionaire/potential billionaire, and watch the price of the real bitcoin drop to $1 or less.
6) Get caught and go to jail or worse.
What if someone made a a complete replica and starting a phishing website similar to the fake blockchain.info or they made a new bitcoin wallet websitethat was on google, so people created accounts there thinking it was the real bitcoin, when it was the fake bitcoin, and they let the scam go on for a while until the site gained a lot of activity
This would be detected the first time someone from the fake site tried to send the fake BTC to someone on the real network or the first time someone on the real network tried to send BTC to someone on the fake site. So no, the scam could not "go on for a while"and they eventually convinced exchanges to update their wallets to the fake bitcoin wallets on the site, thus spreading the fake bitcoin even more.
This would never happen. Exchanges and miners are very picky about their software and even if the exchange did this they would detect the mistake within milliseconds. Hello all,
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
If you have a real bitcoin wallet which is connected to the real Bitcoin network then, by design, this is not possible. The only way I can see this happening would be if you got a fake wallet that connected to a fake network that appeared to behave like Bitcoin.I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
Pretty easy to detect since the transactions would not appear in the real blockchain and, of course, you could not spend these fake coins to anyone on the real network.
So the short answer is: No BTC cannot be faked but Yes a Bitcoin wallet and the Bitcoin network could be faked.
Make sure you have a real Bitcoin wallet that is connected to the real Bitcoin network!
if you stick with the main proper wallets there is no chance of doing any fake bitcoin.
if you use a different wallet. then that 'fake' is..... just another altcoin.
if its not bitcoin, its an altcoin, simple as.
a prime example is bitcoin script, bitcoin 2.0 both of which pretend to be bitcoin, but are not
if you use a different wallet. then that 'fake' is..... just another altcoin.
if its not bitcoin, its an altcoin, simple as.
a prime example is bitcoin script, bitcoin 2.0 both of which pretend to be bitcoin, but are not
What if someone made a a complete replica and starting a phishing website similar to the fake blockchain.info or they made a new bitcoin wallet websitethat was on google, so people created accounts there thinking it was the real bitcoin, when it was the fake bitcoin, and they let the scam go on for a while until the site gained a lot of activity, and they eventually convinced exchanges to update their wallets to the fake bitcoin wallets on the site, thus spreading the fake bitcoin even more.
Hello all,
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC.
Yeah, there already is. It's called Dogecoin. I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC.
if you stick with the main proper wallets there is no chance of doing any fake bitcoin.
if you use a different wallet. then that 'fake' is..... just another altcoin.
if its not bitcoin, its an altcoin, simple as.
a prime example is bitcoin script, bitcoin 2.0 both of which pretend to be bitcoin, but are not
if you use a different wallet. then that 'fake' is..... just another altcoin.
if its not bitcoin, its an altcoin, simple as.
a prime example is bitcoin script, bitcoin 2.0 both of which pretend to be bitcoin, but are not
Hello all,
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I've though of this as well,
A complete and utter replica of Bitcoin, down to the genesis wallets etc etc, that would fool everyone into believing it was the real BTC. It would even fool exchanges, and the owners of that fake btc would become multi millionaires overnight as they sell their fake bitcoin on the exchanges..
I believe that could be possible with a 51% and a lot of nodes (though I could be wrong).
And the funny thing is that nobody will know if someone recreated the blockchain 1:1 without affecting anything else, but with a new address that has hundreds of thousands of BTC.
Like I said I could be wrong.
Hello all,
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I've though of this as well,
A complete and utter replica of Bitcoin, down to the genesis wallets etc etc, that would fool everyone into believing it was the real BTC. It would even fool exchanges, and the owners of that fake btc would become multi millionaires overnight as they sell their fake bitcoin on the exchanges..
Hello all,
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I am guessing this is very possible if an infected version of Bitcoin-qt (or other wallets) travels around.
Hello all,
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
I am wandering if there is or is there will be in the future fake BTC. I dont mean some alt coin, but fake BTC which someone can send you to your wallet. It will be not as easy as print fake money and give them to someone. But who knows, may be in the future there will be such thing which will cause trouble to the network...What is your opinion?
BR
Gondel
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