What to do if something happens to my account ?

Blazr

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Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

If your account is hacked and the hacker changes your email and password, the only thing you can do is send proof that you own a bitcoin address tied to your account to theymos (usually one that you have put in an old post). This is done by using the message signing feature of your bitcoin client, which allows you to put an unforgeable digital signature on a message that proves it came from the owner of a specific bitcoin address. But theymos is a busy guy and doesn't do many of these requests, so most people just make new accounts.

See here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/recovering-hacked-accounts-or-accounts-with-lost-passwords-497545

LOBSTER

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Quote from: Muhammed Zakir on December 05, 2014, 12:37:25 PM

And, when you generate a PGP key or BTC address, send a signed message from your account to DefaultTrust user [1], this will help you to recover your account if it is lost or stolen.

[1] Profile : https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/defaulttrust-122551 , to send PM : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=122551 or click Send personal message.

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:42:28 AM

Even more & much Helpful . Thank you so much man

Many are here to help.

One of the best forum, I ever joined.

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 12:09:21 PM

Don't worry, it's important that everyone knows about cryptography.

Anything missing? Huh

~~MZ~~

No dude, everything fine Wink

I'm just sayin because he thanked for the help Wink

Muhammed Zakir

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And, when you generate a PGP key or BTC address, send a signed message from your account to DefaultTrust user [1], this will help you to recover your account if it is lost or stolen.

[1] Profile : https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/defaulttrust-122551 , to send PM : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=122551 or click Send personal message.

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:42:28 AM

Even more & much Helpful . Thank you so much man

Many are here to help.

One of the best forum, I ever joined.

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 12:09:21 PM

Don't worry, it's important that everyone knows about cryptography.

Anything missing? Huh

~~MZ~~

LOBSTER

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Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:37:26 AM

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 11:14:08 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:10:09 AM

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 10:36:57 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

The account is lost. Why? Actually there is a way to verify that you are the owner with signing a Bitcoin address / PGP key that you used here.

how I will sign a PGP key here or bitcoin adress ? don't get it Shocked

mind giving an example

An advantage of Public and Private Keys is, that you can sign your Public Key with the help of your Private Key. This means that you can sign a message like "This is my address" with your Keypair. This helps to verify that you are the owner of a private / public key.

You can sign online on Blockchain.info or offline on Bitcoin-Qt, Multibit and much more.

Just found it on Multibit , thank you so much mate Grin

and sorry if i bothered you.

Don't worry, it's important that everyone knows about cryptography.

Madness

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Quote from: Muhammed Zakir on December 05, 2014, 11:38:32 AM

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 11:14:08 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:10:09 AM

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 10:36:57 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

The account is lost. Why? Actually there is a way to verify that you are the owner with signing a Bitcoin address / PGP key that you used here.

how I will sign a PGP key here or bitcoin adress ? don't get it Shocked

mind giving an example

An advantage of Public and Private Keys is, that you can sign your Public Key with the help of your Private Key. This means that you can sign a message like "This is my address" with your Keypair. This helps to verify that you are the owner of a private / public key.

You can sign online on Blockchain.info or offline on Bitcoin-Qt, Multibit and much more.

You can get a free PGP app from https://gnupg.org and you can get the guide from https://www.gnupg.org and http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17226598 . For BTC, see brainwallet.github.io/#sign for signing and you can also test with the private key in the wallet ; https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3898/how-does-sign-message-work

~~MZ~~

Even more & much Helpful . Thank you so much man

Muhammed Zakir

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Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 11:14:08 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:10:09 AM

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 10:36:57 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

The account is lost. Why? Actually there is a way to verify that you are the owner with signing a Bitcoin address / PGP key that you used here.

how I will sign a PGP key here or bitcoin adress ? don't get it Shocked

mind giving an example

An advantage of Public and Private Keys is, that you can sign your Public Key with the help of your Private Key. This means that you can sign a message like "This is my address" with your Keypair. This helps to verify that you are the owner of a private / public key.

You can sign online on Blockchain.info or offline on Bitcoin-Qt, Multibit and much more.

You can get a free PGP app from https://gnupg.org and you can get the guide from https://www.gnupg.org and http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17226598 . For BTC, see brainwallet.github.io/#sign for signing and you can also test with the private key in the wallet ; https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3898/how-does-sign-message-work

~~MZ~~

Madness

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Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 11:14:08 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:10:09 AM

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 10:36:57 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

The account is lost. Why? Actually there is a way to verify that you are the owner with signing a Bitcoin address / PGP key that you used here.

how I will sign a PGP key here or bitcoin adress ? don't get it Shocked

mind giving an example

An advantage of Public and Private Keys is, that you can sign your Public Key with the help of your Private Key. This means that you can sign a message like "This is my address" with your Keypair. This helps to verify that you are the owner of a private / public key.

You can sign online on Blockchain.info or offline on Bitcoin-Qt, Multibit and much more.

Just found it on Multibit , thank you so much mate Grin

and sorry if i bothered you.

LOBSTER

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Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 11:10:09 AM

Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 10:36:57 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

The account is lost. Why? Actually there is a way to verify that you are the owner with signing a Bitcoin address / PGP key that you used here.

how I will sign a PGP key here or bitcoin adress ? don't get it Shocked

mind giving an example

An advantage of Public and Private Keys is, that you can sign your Public Key with the help of your Private Key. This means that you can sign a message like "This is my address" with your Keypair. This helps to verify that you are the owner of a private / public key.

You can sign online on Blockchain.info or offline on Bitcoin-Qt, Multibit and much more.

Madness

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Quote from: LOBSTER on December 05, 2014, 10:36:57 AM

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

The account is lost. Why? Actually there is a way to verify that you are the owner with signing a Bitcoin address / PGP key that you used here.

how I will sign a PGP key here or bitcoin adress ? don't get it Shocked

mind giving an example

LOBSTER

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Activity: 560

Merit: 500

Quote from: Madness on December 05, 2014, 10:34:57 AM

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

The account is lost. Why? Actually there is a way to verify that you are the owner with signing a Bitcoin address / PGP key that you used here.

Madness

hero member

Activity: 644

Merit: 500

My goal is becaming a billionaire.

This question is just for educational purposes Grin

just want to know how to recover it just in case.

I own the username , Password , email of my account . but I see that some people have those informations and are unable to recover their account , why is that ? what else should we provide , and what's that "PGP" sig or whatever and where to get it ? Shocked

thank you guys

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