Topic: Trust No One - page 23. (Read 161312 times)
Dont even trust your closest friends, talking by experience...
Trust me. Dont trust anyone. This statement is false.
You're saying.. 'Do you know their full name?" and that kind of things. But aren't Bitcoins supposed to be anonymous? So that doesn't really make any sense..
yep
thats right i guess
very true 
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Mulder!
X-files.... Best series ever!
I am running bitcoind behind two router with firewall enabled. I see some dropped TCP connection requests to port 80 and 443 to my computer. I wonder if it was caused by bitcoind somehow. I don't have these ports open. How they got behind routers?
Thanks for this post. I've been wondering about safety myself. I got contacted by someone that said to create a wallet on their site and thought wait if it's their site cant they easily have access to the wallet themselves? So once I start using it one day my bit coins can be transferred out of it?
I decided to go the download a wallet method so I can keep track myself.
I still don't understand how miners are created so I will be doing some more reading here.
I decided to go the download a wallet method so I can keep track myself.
I still don't understand how miners are created so I will be doing some more reading here.
Advice to live by "Trust no one, except your own mum"
Thanks, appreciate your help.
The only service you can really "trust" (at least relatively) are the massive ones (like mtgox).
But even then, banks in the real world get "too-big-to-fail". It's a good thing these currencies are decentralized so that doesn't happen: a service provider will fail or it won't.
But even then, banks in the real world get "too-big-to-fail". It's a good thing these currencies are decentralized so that doesn't happen: a service provider will fail or it won't.
I don't trust people who tell me to trust no one 
Trust and confidence is the underpinning of any currency. If trust cannot be established somehow, then i doubt bitcoin can succeed as a viable alternative to fiat money.
I don't trust the exchanges. For the most part, I don't trust people in general. I'm just starting out in all this, but it's not like I'm a total noob. Money is money, be it electronic of paper. At some point you have to trust someone, even just a bit, to trade what you have for what they have. Getting screwed over and theft happens in all forms of currency. It's a gamble you eventually have to take.
--Jay
--Jay
Very reasonable... but I have to agree... this is a little extreme for most users.
If you are a hard core BTC or [ltc] trader... take these precautions. If you are a casual user... back up your wallet. That is about all you need to do.
If you are a hard core BTC or [ltc] trader... take these precautions. If you are a casual user... back up your wallet. That is about all you need to do.
Allright, sounds like everything I need to know. Thanks
Thank you for the info... newbie here. So, yeah!
Thanks for the info!
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