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1. Post 65640995 (unedited backup) (by nonlogs) (scraped on Thu Jul 31 08:10:50 CEST 2025) in ⚠️ Seized / Shutdown Crypto Services – Abuse, AML, and Regulatory Actions:

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 03:36:58 AM
I didn't find Bitcoin Fog on the list. It was said to be the longest-running Bitcoin mixer. Operator Roman Sterlingov was convicted and sentenced just last year.[1]

There was also Helix and Coin Ninja, both founded and operated by Larry Dean Harmon, who was arrested in 2020 and later on pleaded guilty to laundering. He was sentenced to a few years in prison plus millions in penalties.[2]

It's so sad seeing the relatively long list. It's even sadder to note that there's almost none left, and if one comes out it will certainly be pursued shortly. Even simple P2P exchanges like AgoraDesk, which wasn't linked to Lazarus or illegal transactions or proceeds from hacks and darknet markets, had to succumb to the pressure.


[1] https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bitcoin-fog-operator-sentenced-money-laundering-conspiracy
[2] https://www.moneylaunderingnews.com/2023/03/darkweb-cryptocurrency-mixer-chipmixer-shut-down-for-allegedly-laundering-3-billion-worth-of-crypto/

Added to the list.



2. Post 65640512 (unedited backup) (by Smartvirus) (scraped on Thu Jul 31 01:59:43 CEST 2025) in Changing strategy to win !:

Quote from: rachael9385 on July 19, 2025, 10:18:44 PM
Changing strategies when they don't even affect results is probably pointless, but at least it gives us an illusory hope. This illusion is actually present in many gamblers.

Gamblers do all kinds of things to court lady luck. They wear a shirt of a certain color, they change tables, they take a break for a while, and so on. These are things commonly done to stop bad luck when gambling. In reality, they don't matter at all.

Changing strategy isn't different. It's like changing client seed. They don't actually increase your odds. The results remain random. The house edge is unchanged. The rules of the games remain the same.

Having a strategy gives you a plan as a gambler, it's better to have a plan and focus than gambling aimlessly. But changing strategies might be ineffective, from my experience any strategy you come up with has a period where it's going to be successful and periods when it's going to fail but with the aid of risk management it can help you reduce your losses, so it's better to stick to one that starting all over again

Yeah, a strategy doesn’t mean it works or get it right but, it means you have a sense of direction and some level of control over the way you play the game. It ensures you stay focused and gamble within limits which keeps you far from being addicted and that’s surely a good thing to do.



3. Post 65639973 (unedited backup) (by DaNNy001) (scraped on Wed Jul 30 22:35:37 CEST 2025) in If You Knew a Game Was Rigged, will you continue to play and exploit the system?:

Quote from: Darker45 on July 28, 2025, 01:44:36 AM
To be quite frank, I probably will, for some time at least. I most likely would make enough money from it and then leave as if I didn't have a clue it was there. And, surely, I won't be playing as if I'm on a God mode. I'd allow myself to lose, even accepting an all-in challenge despite knowing my hand is weaker. The most important point is that you're highly net positive in the end.

Russ' case would make it harder for cheaters like him to get detected now. Lessons have been learned. You don't play it perfectly well that you'd raise suspicion.

You are being honest unlike some people acting like they won't take advantage of it... majority of gambling would exploit the same and make enough money from it before they can think of giving the casino an awareness of what's going on...But just like you added it's wise to lose intentionally for a while so that it won't raise any suspensions.. winning is hard and if an opportunity presents itself people would take advantage of it



4. Post 65638546 (unedited backup) (by avp2306) (scraped on Wed Jul 30 14:46:19 CEST 2025) in Other Notable Crypto Exchanges That You Use?:

Quote from: Darker45 on July 29, 2025, 12:25:45 AM
why no reply?

Nobody use crypto exchanges?

This information is available everywhere. Rankings of centralized crypto exchanges can be found all over the internet. Or do you want to hear users here mention a specific exchange you admire or promote?

Anyway, those that you mentioned are widely recognized only in a certain field of the crypto exchange market. In other crypto exchange markets, say, instant swap market or non-KYC exchanges, their names may not appear. There are also others who prefer to make exchanges in decentralized markets. None of the above-mentioned exchanges is a choice.

I guess he know those things but just trying to get the idea of people to get some info about what better exchange to use aside from what he know.

But actually he can directly go here https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/ to know what is the top exchange operating in this space.

Also maybe there's local exchange running in their country and I think that is more convenient to use especially if he is the type of crypto user which regularly cash out his earnings.



5. Post 65630817 (unedited backup) (by Eternad) (scraped on Mon Jul 28 12:15:01 CEST 2025) in If You Knew a Game Was Rigged, will you continue to play and exploit the system?:

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 01:44:36 AM
To be quite frank, I probably will, for some time at least. I most likely would make enough money from it and then leave as if I didn't have a clue it was there. And, surely, I won't be playing as if I'm on a God mode. I'd allow myself to lose, even accepting an all-in challenge despite knowing my hand is weaker. The most important point is that you're highly net positive in the end.

While it's rare for a casino to have an exploit, no one would report the issue immediately after they found it. Greed is part of human nature so anyone would definitely take advantage of it.

Me as well, I will take advantage of the bug but not raise suspicion at the same time. I would not report the exploit and let the casino found out themselves.



6. Post 65630433 (unedited backup) (by lovesmayfamilis) (scraped on Mon Jul 28 09:24:32 CEST 2025) in If You Knew a Game Was Rigged, will you continue to play and exploit the system?:

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 01:44:36 AM

Russ' case would make it harder for cheaters like him to get detected now. Lessons have been learned. You don't play it perfectly well that you'd raise suspicion.

You are right; it happened quite a long time ago, and I don't think it will happen again. Casino technology has advanced significantly. Now, every big win always requires attention.
But what would I do in such a situation? I honestly admit that maybe only once I will take what the error gave as something I did not suspect. Then I am probably too cowardly to get involved with big money and get into trouble not only with the casino but also with the authorities, so I would definitely point out the glitch or error.



7. Post 65625634 (unedited backup) (by Agbe) (scraped on Sat Jul 26 20:09:49 CEST 2025) in 11 more countries just joined BRICS this week:

Quote from: Darker45 on July 09, 2025, 01:41:37 AM
I am pleased that the government of my country has become a partner this year. We have been aligning with the Western bloc for a long time, yet things are getting worse. The US and partners see my country only as a source of cheap raw materials.

Our biggest problem now is terrorism, and a US Congressman, Scott Perry, during a hearing in Congress, stated that US financial aid to Nigeria was indirectly used to finance terrorists, including Boko Haram, ISIS, and Al-Qaeda. It is obvious that our country has been destabilized to enable these foreign countries to acquire cheap raw materials. The world needs another global alliance and BRICS might be the alternative.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/2025/02/23/time-to-unmask-sponsors-of-boko-haram/?amp=1

I'm not a Nigerian, but it seems the US is indeed raping your country. If I'm not mistaken, ExxonMobil and Chevron have been drilling your lands for many decades to serve the needs of people somewhere else.

However, to despise this rapist nation shouldn't mean there's a need to accommodate another rapist country. To partner with another world superpower for the sake of balance might only mean inviting another rapist to take advantage of what you have.

China is burying you with debts. Worse, they're even bringing in their own people for works that should have been offered to the locals. Now, they're legally and illegally drilling for all kinds of stuff in your country.

I hope and pray that yours and my country will one day cease to be just mere playthings of these competing and greedy nations.
You made a very good point Nigeria and Africa in general has been under American and European influence and changing allegiance to another country may likely bowing down to another slave master that is why Africans countries needs to be careful with the kind of union that they go into but there is something that you need to understand there is something happening in Africa using Burkina feso as an example China and Russia is redefining diplomacy in Africa



8. Post 65624702 (unedited backup) (by Z-tight) (scraped on Sat Jul 26 15:12:31 CEST 2025) in WOO X trading platform has been hacked with 9 users lost money :

Quote from: Bitcoin_Arena on July 25, 2025, 11:42:23 PM
Have you also noticed that whenever Bitcoin makes news with new all-time highs or whenever the market explodes into an uptrend, such cases of exchange hacks become more frequent. Perfect timing right? Or just pre-planned insider jobs?
I don't think i have noticed this pattern or maybe i have just not paid attention to it. I believe exchanges are always targets of hackers, irrespective of any time or season, that is because they hold a huge amount of money in customer funds. However, i will surely not rule out inside jobs in many of the exchange hacks that have happened in the industry.
Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 12:43:05 AM
But it seems WOO X commits to fully refunding them.
Yeah, those nine victims are lucky. Hope they move it into self custody whenever they receive it.



9. Post 65623806 (unedited backup) (by sunsilk) (scraped on Sat Jul 26 09:05:55 CEST 2025) in 80k Bitcoin solved by Galaxy:

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 12:22:16 AM
This legend is teaching us a lesson on how taking profit should look like. To those who bought at $90,000 or $100,000 and target $120,000 as selling price, you're probably doing it wrong.
They have to hold longer if they want to be the same as this guy. But it's not that bad at all if they've made already some profit above their purchase price.

Quote from: X-ray on Today at 06:30:06 AM
I suppose its just a long term holders who invest in bitcoin and whoever could hold that long without being bothered by the cyclical ATH is probably rich a f already, that's an impressive holding right there.
Now it becomes a mystery on who's actually owned those.

It will take time for everyone to see and unveil who this guy is or it will never be unveiled and let's just get inspired by this guy who certainly became rich because of holding Bitcoin.



10. Post 65623708 (unedited backup) (by MArsland) (scraped on Sat Jul 26 08:16:56 CEST 2025) in 80k Bitcoin solved by Galaxy:

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 12:22:16 AM
So $80k worth of Bitcoin...

Over $9 billion worth of Bitcoin. More than 80,000 Bitcoin.

Anyway, that man/woman is a legend, whoever he/she is. I'm sure he/she's got more than that and had probably sold some earlier, but if he/she didn't, his/her hands are worth emulating. Especially if you don't have much or a mere employee but has more than 80,000 coins sitting in your wallet, anybody could have sold at $20,000, $50,0000, $70,000. But he/she kept on hodling.

This legend is teaching us a lesson on how taking profit should look like. To those who bought at $90,000 or $100,000 and target $120,000 as selling price, you're probably doing it wrong.
So, we have the answer? It's truly incredible how this could have happened, truly shocking and sadly, I'm still curious about the owner's face and background. Perhaps one day he'll come forward to share his story of surviving 14 years without touching bitcoin. In any case his existence can inspire us all.



11. Post 65623615 (unedited backup) (by Hewlet) (scraped on Sat Jul 26 07:39:49 CEST 2025) in Investors: part of people that can survive a recession:

Quote from: Darker45 on June 24, 2025, 05:24:35 AM
I find the list a bit faulty, or isn't this oversimplification? Does it matter whether you're a young adult or mid adult to easily survive a recession? Is it really a factor? Or does it automatically follow that since you're a renter, you can easily get past through a recession? There's a certain amount of flexibility, yeah, but isn't it way better if you have your own house?
there are times when real recession hits and then it even affects people that have house more than those that do not have and even the younger ones feel the impact as much as the older ones. for me, the angle i like to look at the effect of recession from is mostly from the regional standpoint because certain region tends to suffer the effect of recession more than another region and the things you hold in those regions ends up having little to no effect on you.

investors are always at an advantage over the regular income earners both in times of inflation and crisis because they generally have reserve from their investment that can be used for their sustainability throughout the period of recession. investment is an edge against the general financial crisis that affects the generally public and bitcoin investment is even a better option since it does not easily get affected by inflation that affects just a region of the globe.



12. Post 65623457 (unedited backup) (by Iranus) (scraped on Sat Jul 26 05:56:01 CEST 2025) in 80k Bitcoin solved by Galaxy:

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 12:22:16 AM

Over $9 billion worth of Bitcoin. More than 80,000 Bitcoin.

Anyway, that man/woman is a legend, whoever he/she is. I'm sure he/she's got more than that and had probably sold some earlier, but if he/she didn't, his/her hands are worth emulating. Especially if you don't have much or a mere employee but has more than 80,000 coins sitting in your wallet, anybody could have sold at $20,000, $50,0000, $70,000. But he/she kept on hodling.
Honestly, I don't think anyone could have held bitcoin for the past 14 years without being tempted by bitcoin's multi-million percent growth without selling a single bitcoin.
I believe that man/woman have more wallets than we know and they have sold them many times over the years, and this could be considered their biggest sale as well as on the market.

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 12:22:16 AM
This legend is teaching us a lesson on how taking profit should look like. To those who bought at $90,000 or $100,000 and target $120,000 as selling price, you're probably doing it wrong.

Yes, that is a great lesson worth following, but i don't think people who buy at $80k or $90k and sell at $120k or $200k are wrong. Every investor has different goals and objectives, we cannot say they are wrong when they have made a profit and are satisfied with it.



13. Post 65623161 (unedited backup) (by Bitcoin_Arena) (scraped on Sat Jul 26 01:42:25 CEST 2025) in WOO X trading platform has been hacked with 9 users lost money :

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 03:58:28 AM
So, that makes it 4 within the month alone, right? There was BigONE with $27 million in stolen funds, CoinDCX with $44 million, and then WOO X with $14 million. I've also read about the exploit on GMX with $42 million.

It seems hackers have scored well this month--3 from centralized exchanges and 1 from what's considered decentralized.

I hope the funds stolen are from traders and not just from those who are lazy or confident enough to keep funds in exchanges.
Have you also noticed that whenever Bitcoin makes news with new all-time highs or whenever the market explodes into an uptrend, such cases of exchange hacks become more frequent. Perfect timing right? Or just pre-planned insider jobs?

Quote from: Upgrade00 on July 24, 2025, 08:21:14 PM
It baffles me how 9 individuals could hold $14 million in crypto on a centralized exchange, that's an average of $1.5 million held my each and is not an amount you want to leave out of your custody.
Probably whales



14. Post 65622166 (unedited backup) (by Z-tight) (scraped on Fri Jul 25 20:29:43 CEST 2025) in WOO X trading platform has been hacked with 9 users lost money :

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 03:58:28 AM
I hope the funds stolen are from traders and not just from those who are lazy or confident enough to keep funds in exchanges.
Why? Nobody should store their funds in an exchange, but i can understand why traders do it, as for non-traders, i really cannot, when there are a lot of self custodial wallets out there to use. I am not really concerned about the kind of people who lost funds, i just hope the learn a lesson from this.

$14m from 9 users is a crazy stat, i don't know what people think. Centralized exchanges hold a huge amount of money, they ought to know that they would constantly be under attack from hackers, they should be investing more money into security of funds and data too.



15. Post 65619875 (unedited backup) (by tbct_mt2) (scraped on Fri Jul 25 05:18:55 CEST 2025) in Don't Cap Bitcoin: The Game Never Ends:

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 12:45:31 AM
Then you're not anymore talking about Bitcoin. You're practically referring to an altcoin, a fork from the Bitcoin network, the original network. But don't call it Bitcoin. You can call it Bitcoin sh*t or Bitcoin 10.0 or whatever.
Call them as altcoins or shitcoins and don't call them with any name with Bitcoin in their names. You are experienced to know that those coins are not Bitcoin and they are scam projects, but if you name them as Bitcoin ABC, Bitcoin XYZ, newbies will be confused and they will have higher chances of scammed by those scammers with kind of your contribution.

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That's no different from Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, and a dozen other Bitcoin copies. But, yeah, it may happen. The possibilities are endless. It may also happen that one day there's a consensus to discard Bitcoin and adopt a meme coin instead.
They are all no value altcoins and many of them died already.
Many Bitcoin forks died.



16. Post 65617406 (unedited backup) (by Danica22) (scraped on Thu Jul 24 15:08:25 CEST 2025) in Don't Cap Bitcoin: The Game Never Ends:

Quote from: Darker45 on July 23, 2025, 12:35:31 AM

gold is limited but we just might have not discovered all that there is in the world but we can’t really create any more gold than we have but fiat we can always create more it’s unlimited so i do not think they are similar

bitcoin and gold are both limited in supply that’s why they are considered good investments

It's one thing for an asset to have limited supply; it's another to have fixed supply. That's a world of difference. If it becomes cost-beneficial in the near future, the gold market will even have new supply coming from outer space. Extra-terrestrial or asteroid mining will become a thing as soon as technology makes it affordable enough.

It's even wrong to say we can't create any more gold. Gold can be produced in a laboratory, at least theoretically. Of course, it won't be worth it, but it can be done.

Bitcoin's supply, on the other hand, is cast in stone. There are IOUs and hollow numbers and paper coins, though. Grin


But supply is not the most important factor in determining the value of an asset. An asset with very limited supply but not too much demand, how can it grow indefinitely?

Gold has no fixed supply, but it is considered one of the best assets in the world, and it didn’t earn that title by accident. The demand for gold is said to be endless as it is used and applied in almost every field in the world. It is not only limited to the role of an investment, a store of value but also applied in the medical, jewelry, culinary, electronics industries...That is why even though gold has been mined for thousands of years, there has never been enough supply to meet demand.

Forget about mining gold in space, that's just a theory because mining gold in the Earth's crust is already very expensive and we haven't even mined all the gold on Earth.

By the way, is it true that the bitcoin supply is immutable and unchangeable? What if the entire Bitcoin community from miners to developers agreed to increase the supply...?



17. Post 65616562 (unedited backup) (by safestexchange) (scraped on Thu Jul 24 09:47:49 CEST 2025) in Safestexchange.com --> Only The Best Rates GUARANTEED! [btc]:

Hey Darker45,

Yes you are correct, we're an aggregator & the end goal is have the best rates all over the internet for both central & decentral liquidity platforms. We've started with exolix, changenow & swapzone as providers. These are just the easier ones to setup ATM (although we're having issues with the swapzone API), that offer better-OK rates.

Well by private swap, means that Safestexchange doesn't log, etc... but maybe you're right about providers, they might collect data.

Noticed that the forum hates on these providers.  Grin

Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 12:47:21 AM
"Lots of development still to come." Of course, because, in the first place, the project is far from being finished. But it's prematurely offered to the market, anyway.

Firstly, your site isn't an exchanger. It's a swap service...

I appears to me it's not even a swap service, strictly speaking. It's merely an aggregator. It doesn't have its own liquidity.

I tried BTC to XMR conversion and it provided me only a couple of options: Exolix and ChangeNow. I believe both have shady track records.

To call itself the safest exchange is, therefore, a misnomer. To promote "Private Swap" is also, therefore, misleading. Both Exolix and ChangeNow are bad platforms in terms of privacy.