Topic: Trust No One - page 93. (Read 161312 times)
Thank you great advice!
Some good advice here for a newbie thanks!
Good advice for sure, wish I had read it before going through the current troubles I'm having with an exchange. I suppose 20 bitcoins is the price of a lesson learned.
Seriously. Don't trust the exchanges, don't trust online wallet services, don't trust your anti-virus software, and don't trust anybody online.=
Indeed.
INTERSANGO, the so called genuine 100% customer satisfaction etc exchange have recently blocked my account from sending bitcoins with an "incorrect address" message when sending, completely out of the blue to which I quized there customer services about this to which they acted all "I don't understand what's wrong" to which they shortly after LOCKED my account to which I had to chase them up to get "your account has been locked for breaching clause 5 (illegal use of bitcoins) further correspondence will be via support tickets".
Support tickets are supposed to be answered within 24 hours I have tickets outstanding for several days now. They refuse to answer my questions, including of course "how did I breach clause 5? please do tell".
If your ever thinking of using Intersango I would advise you to go elsewhere, the way in which they blatantly and egregiously scammed me of a fair deal of money is a disgrace.
this is like rule #1 of the internet
Yea I really haven't had a lot of BTC pass through my PC but I do feel insecure. The exchanges I never use to hold my BTC i usually keep it in my btc wallet. Very good read, good and useful information for people to better secure themselves. The main thing I get concerned about when it comes to security is when I choose to buy stuff with bitcoins I really can only name a couple legit online stores to spend bitcoins.
Wow, this is a surprising read, but I couldn't agree more, it never hurts to be too safe.
wow yeah thanks for the advice.
things i should have done a long time ago.
things i should have done a long time ago.
great advice... thanks
Ebay technically doesn't allow the sale of didgital goods, so they probably won't be able to help your case 
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I should have read this before an exchange scammed me of 30 BTC! I guess if that's all i lose it was a cheap lesson.
name of exchange? 
Great post!
Trust no one. got it. Now I just have to come up with one more post.
Agree with the main points. In general this applies to any sort of transaction not even just with bit coins, although it is a bit more unique to bitcoins itself and this forum.
I should have read this before an exchange scammed me of 30 BTC! I guess if that's all i lose it was a cheap lesson.
Just another victim to be counted sitting here scammed out of 22 BTC, watch out!
yes bitcoins are really difficult to track
Loved the comic strip.
The way bitcoin works, you get your bitcoins from mining or buy from an exchange or from someone. Then send the same bitcoins into an offline or paper wallet, or a bitcoin address that you created using one of the many generators or even the client itself.
You don't need to trust anyone. The network takes care of that for you. You just need to secure the coins you control.
You don't need to trust anyone. The network takes care of that for you. You just need to secure the coins you control.
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