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Diesem pensionierten LKW-Fahrer wurden 10 Millionen DOGE im Wert von 3 Millionen Dollar entzogen. Dann kam ein Geldbörsenrettungsdienst zur Hilfe und brachte ihm sein Vermögen zurück.

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Ein Wallet Recovery Service sagt, er habe das Unmögliche geschafft – eine sechs Jahre alte Wallet zu öffnen, die 10 Millionen DOGE enthielt.

KeychainX sagte, dass es von einem pensionierten LKW-Fahrer kontaktiert wurde, der im Jahr 2015 einen massiven Dogecoin-Bestand für etwa 1.500 Dollar gekauft hatte.Ethereum kaufen mit Paypal – Diese Methoden sind seriös! Der Wert der Dogecoins hat sich bis heute um mehr als das 2.000-fache erhöht und ist nun mehr als 3 Millionen Dollar wert.

Das Problem: Die PIN für seine Android-Wallet war 12 Ziffern lang, etwas, von dem das Unternehmen dachte, dass es unmöglich wäre, es im Laufe eines Lebens zu knacken.

Das KeychainX-Team machte sich an die Arbeit und fragte nach Zahlen, die für ihn von Bedeutung waren – wie etwa sein Geburtsjahr. Daraufhin analysierten sie die von ihm verwendete Geldbörse, um die Art der Verschlüsselung zu ermitteln.

Eine endlose Reihe von Experimenten wurde durchgeführt – und dann kam der Durchbruch: Sie erkannten, dass ein Teil der Hinweise des Geldbörsenbesitzers die PIN sein könnte. Es funktionierte.

Ein nervenaufreibender Moment

Einer der nervenaufreibendsten Momente für KeychainX war es, sicherzustellen, dass die Gelder in der Brieftasche sicher verschoben wurden. Da die Geldbörse sechs Jahre alt war, schätzte das Team, dass es mehrere Tage dauern würde, sie zu synchronisieren.

Der nervenaufreibendste Moment bestand darin, eine kleine Testtransaktion durchzuführen, um sicherzustellen, dass die DOGE aus dem Betrag sicher an ihren neuen Bestimmungsort gelangen konnten.

Es wurden auch besondere Vorsichtsmaßnahmen getroffen, um sicherzustellen, dass keine Keylogger installiert waren, die die Gelder verschwinden lassen könnten.

Robert Rhodin, der CEO von KeychainX, sagte, dass der erfreute DOGE-Investor versprochen hat, ein Bier zu trinken, wenn er das nächste Mal in der Stadt ist. Er fügte hinzu: „Einen Pin in der Brieftasche zu verlieren, ist doch nicht schlimm. Wenn man es schafft, ihn Jahre später wieder zu öffnen, kann das ein lebensverändernder Betrag sein. Dieses Mal war es so.“

Hilfe für Investoren

KeychainX wurde 2017 gegründet und hat sich auf die Wiederherstellung verlorener Kryptowährungen aus mobilen, Hardware- und Software-Wallets spezialisiert. In den letzten sechs Monaten hat das Unternehmen mehr als 100 Wallets wiederhergestellt – und konzentriert sich vor allem auf die Wiederherstellung von Bitcoin und Ether, die unzugänglich gemacht wurden. In der Vergangenheit haben sie Investoren mit BTC aus dem Jahr 2013 und ETH, die auf den Vorverkauf im Jahr 2015 zurückgehen, wieder zusammengebracht.

Das Unternehmen sagt, dass seine maßgeschneiderte Software 1.000 Mal schneller ist als herkömmliche Tools, wenn es darum geht, Schlüssel abzurufen – und dass es das einzige öffentlich registrierte Unternehmen ist, das in diesem Bereich tätig ist, ein starker Kontrast zu Mitbewerbern, die Pseudonyme verwenden oder Ein-Mann-Bands sind.

„Es gibt eine weit verbreitete Meinung, dass 20% der Bitcoin für immer verloren sind. Wir glauben, dass diese Bitcoin nur darauf warten, entdeckt zu werden“, sagte KeychainX gegenüber Cointelegraph.

Crypto mining with a difference: YouTuber uses Nintendo Game Boy as Bitcoin mining rig

It turns out that even a 30-year-old handheld game console can mine a Bitcoin block… though it’ll take it a quadrillion years to do so.

A pseudonymous YouTuber called „stacksmashing“ has managed to turn his Nintendo Game Boy, a handheld game console released over 30 years ago, into a Bitcoin (BTC) mining machine, as shown in a video released yesterday.

According to Stacksmashing, after Elon Musk announced that Tesla with Immediate Bitcoin had started accepting BTC payments, it became clear that it was time to „get into the bitcoin mining game.“ However, the YouTuber couldn’t find decent graphics cards in online shops, which prompted him to get creative.

„But then I realised: I have a lot of high-end gaming hardware lying around, why shouldn’t I use it for mining Bitcoin?“ he remarked.

And so a Game Boy became his hardware of choice

For reference, the original, unmodified console he used has a 4.19 megahertz CPU, accompanied by 8 kilobytes of video memory.

However, the console’s inability to connect to other devices – in this case, Bitcoin nodes – became the main obstacle standing in the way of Stacksmashing’s mining ambitions.

„We also need it to announce our block if we manage to mine one, but the Game Boy doesn’t have Wi-Fi or anything, so how can we get it to communicate with the Bitcoin node?“ he asked.

To get around this limitation, Stacksmashing used a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller chip to build an improvised USB adapter to connect the console to his computer.

„Luckily, the Game Boy has a link port that is normally used for Pokémon swapping and other very important things, but for mining we can use it to communicate with a computer,“ Stacksmashing said.

Eventually, he downloaded a full Bitcoin node to his PC, created custom mining firmware for his Game Boy, and modified a mining program called ntgbtminer to „outsource“ the calculations to the console instead of a computer. And the resulting machine actually started mining bitcoin (if you’d rather buy bitcoin – here’s how to buy bitcoin) – albeit „slightly“ slower than modern systems can.

„The hash rate is pretty impressive – roughly 0.8 hashes per second! If you compare that to a modern ASIC miner that can do about 100 terahashes per second, you can see that we’re almost as fast – only by a factor of about 125 trillion,“ the YouTuber boasted.

At that speed, it would only take „a few trillion years“ for his Game Boy to discover a new Bitcoin block. The advantage is that it runs on just four AAA batteries – unlike the power-hungry, specialised mining machines of today.

The first phase of the two-part Swiss crypto and blockchain regulatory framework comes into force today.

The first part of the Swiss blockchain law on corporate reforms came into force on Monday

In September 2020, the country’s parliament passed an expanded regulatory framework for crypto and blockchain technology in the country.

According to a report by Swissinfo, the implementation of the new regulatory framework should help improve the emerging crypto and blockchain scene in Switzerland. Industry representatives in the country praised the expanded financial and corporate reforms in the amendment.

Hans Kuhn, board member of the digital bank SEBA, believes the blockchain law will consolidate Switzerland’s position in the emerging digital economy. According to Kuhn, the regulated issuance of blockchain securities serves the purpose of promoting digital innovation.

On Monday, Crypto Broker AG announced that it had received a license from the Swiss financial market regulator FINMA

With the license, the brokerage firm, which handled over $ 1 billion in deals last year, can now offer tokenized securities to its clients.

Like SEBA and Sygnum Bank, Crypto Broker AG now has a FINMA license . This will further expand the regulated cryptocurrency trading in Switzerland. With the entry into force of the second part of the Swiss Blockchain Act in the summer, companies will establish a significant presence on the stock exchange market for regulated trading in these cryptocurrencies.

Part two of the Swiss Blockchain Act will include major changes to the country’s financial market infrastructure. This part of the blockchain law provides a legal basis for trading cryptocurrencies, as well as other cryptocurrency exchange operations.

Alongside Liechtenstein, Switzerland is now one of the few countries that has passed comprehensive crypto and blockchain regulation that takes into account all the important facets of the industry. In contrast to Switzerland, where existing laws were adapted to the blockchain market, Liechtenstein created a new legal framework for its cryptocurrency and blockchain market.

Le azioni di GameStop, il venditore di videogiochi, sono aumentate dell’83% questa settimana, sostenute da trader vocianti su Reddit.

GameStop è un negozio di videogiochi che sta per chiudere centinaia di negozi.
Il prezzo delle azioni è balzato oggi a un record di 65,01 dollari.

I Redditors hanno pompato aggressivamente l’asset.

Le azioni GameStop hanno chiuso oggi ad un nuovo record di 65,01 dollari dopo aver chiuso ieri a 43,03 dollari. Dieci giorni fa, non valeva nemmeno 20 dollari e cinque mesi fa, si poteva ottenere un’azione per cinque dollari.

Questa è una crescita simile al Bitcoin Revolution per il rivenditore di videogiochi. Inoltre, l’aumento del 51% nell’ultimo giorno si presenta nella stessa forma di uno schema di pompaggio di criptovalute: Redditors vocali, che esortano gli altri a comprare, comprare, comprare-e facendo esplodere chiunque abbia la temerarietà di vendere nel mezzo di un rally.

Dopo aver perso il 96%, il prezzo delle azioni di GameStop sale a livelli record. Solo 18 mesi fa, GameStop era in difficoltà finanziarie, chiudendo centinaia di negozi. GME è crollato a 2,60 dollari appena 10 mesi fa. Oggi, ha chiuso ad un massimo storico di 65,01 dollari.

La crew ha contribuito a spingere il prezzo verso l’alto così rapidamente che il trading dell’asset alla Borsa di New York è stato fermato quattro volte venerdì per far raffreddare le cose.

Il subreddit r/wallstreetbets, che si descrive come „come 4chan ha trovato un terminale Bloomberg“, vanta due milioni di utenti. E tutti i post nella top 10 di venerdì sera erano dedicati alle azioni di GameStop, che va con il ticker GME.

Un post popolare presenta un meme di Mel Gibson come William Wallace nel film „Braveheart“ che dice al suo esercito eterogeneo di tenere. In cima, dice: „Vietare chiunque venda GME“. Oh, ci sono anche tre razzi perché a quanto pare sta andando sulla luna.

Ma c’è un cattivo in questa storia – e non è l’inglese, ma una newsletter di investimento short-sell chiamata Citron Research, che ha previsto che GameStop sarebbe tornato a 20 dollari, probabilmente perché, beh, guardate il molto più triste r/GameStop subreddit per i ricordi degli ex dipendenti.

„Questo è un rivenditore fallito basato su un centro commerciale“, ha detto il fondatore di Citron Andrew Left ieri, prima che GME salisse di un altro 50+%. „Quindi la quantità di persone che sono così appassionate nel mettere GameStop più in alto, non sulla base di alcun fondamentale, mostra solo lo stato naturale del mercato in questo momento – o come [investitore] Seth Klarman ha detto oggi, ‚un mucchio di rane in una pentola di acqua bollente'“.

Al che i Redditors hanno detto: „FUD! Non c’era modo che un’azienda che ha annunciato da 400 a 450 chiusure di negozi a settembre potesse essere un po‘ sopravvalutata quando il suo stock si è catapultato sopra sia General Mills che General Motors.

Citron ha smesso di commentare le azioni GME dopo aver ricevuto tanta ostilità dai redditor, ha indicato Left.

Per essere giusti, c’è qualcosa per l’aumento dei prezzi – l’investitore Ryan Cohen, che ha co-fondato la società di cibo per animali Chewy, ha preso il controllo di tre posti nel consiglio la scorsa settimana. Cohen dovrebbe portare l’azienda dal suo posto vicino all’area ristorazione all’e-commerce.

Forse può fare Dogecoin dopo.

Fast 90% der monatlichen Umfrageteilnehmer der Deutschen Bank gaben an, dass die Finanzmärkte eine Reihe von Preisblasen aufweisen.

Zu diesen Blasen gehören die von Bitcoin- und US-Tech-Aktien, die diese Liste anführen

Seit dem Ausverkauf im März hat der Bitcoin-Preis mehr als das Zehnfache zugelegt und erreichte im Januar mit 42.000 US-Dollar ein neues Allzeithoch, als die Zentralbanken weltweit Geld druckten und die Zinssätze auf Null und unter Null sanken Niveau.

Die Befragten sehen hier auch, dass sich der Wert von Bitcoin in den nächsten 12 Monaten halbiert hat. Sie teilen die gleichen Gefühle für Elon Musks Tesla, der seit dem Ausverkauf im März um das 11,2-fache gestiegen ist und Anfang dieses Monats den Höchststand von 880 USD erreicht hat.

Laut der Studie glaubten 71% der 627 befragten Investoren nicht, dass die US-Notenbank ihre Impulse vor Jahresende abbauen würde

In einer ähnlichen Umfrage der Bank of America ersetzte Long Bitcoin Long-Positionen in US-Tech-Aktien als den am stärksten frequentierten Handel im Januar, wobei der Short-Dollar an dritter Stelle stand. 18% dieser Investoren sehen in der Wall Street-Blase auch eines der größten Risiken für die Wirtschaft.

Ein Rekord von 92% der BofA-Investoren erwartet ebenfalls eine höhere Inflation und eine Rekord-Steilkurve von 83%, während das globale Wachstum optimistisch ist.

Over the past year, a lot has been done and built on the Bitcoin protocol. In the direction of the turn of the year, it is time to look back at the Dutch input in this industry.

Developers
Starting with the development of the protocol itself. Because Bitcoin Core also contains a touch of Dutch input. Wladimir J. van der Laan has been the Lead Maintainer of the Bitcoin repo since 2014. His salary is paid by MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. Sjors Provoost is also active as a developer as one of almost 800 contributors. In terms of commits, he is on the 26th spot.

Furthermore, Joost Jager has also received high praise in the industry over the past year. He did not do this so much around Bitcoin Core, but worked at Lightning Labs on the implementation of the scalability solution.

Currently, Jager is working at BottlePay, an app of British origin. From Jager’s top hat came in 2020 the idea of Whatsat (a chat service via Lightning), TLVshop and also the Firewall to mitigate problems with routing and payment channels, but his contribution to the Lightning ecosystem of course goes far beyond that.
Dedication
A third noteworthy project that was given wings in 2020 was Stekking. The project was started by Leon (who was already a guest at Hup Bitcoin) and added Ruben Waterman (of former GetBittr) to the team during the year.

Stekking is a platform that gives users satbacks for online purchases. If you go to your webshop via the website, you can get back up to a few percent of the purchase amount of satoshi. You can claim these sats via the Lightning Network – free and instant. A perfect way to introduce people to Lightning and the stacking, ehmm, of sats.

Hangar6
Another iniative has been set up by BitcoinBram. He saw that a lot of Lightning Games came on the market, but that the link with ‚the big money‘ and the AAA games was still very difficult. That’s why he didn’t wait for Bitcoin to be embraced by this industry, but did it exactly the other way around. Bram brought Lightning to these games.

HangarSix organises competitions for Call Of Duty Warzone gamers. However, it has added an extra financial incentive to their gameplay. The gamers who compete on HangarSix can get Bitcoin paid directly through the Lightning Network. Another way to stack sats!

Klukluk
A special appointment goes out to klukluk, who has been a guest in our Hup Bitcoin podcast several times. He has built several tools and bots over the past year:

Starting with Bitcoin: First of all he already recorded 30 episodes of his new podcast ’starting with bitcoin‘. All the basics come through here: wallets, addresses, storage and so on.
Lightning Pool Orders: furthermore, he was one of the testers of Pool and built a bot that showed when orders were matched on the liquidity market for Lightning. It gave an insight into the price development of this new market.

Lightning Watch: also for Telegram bots was a great deal of work. For example, he made a bot that gives a notification via the messaging service if someone’s/your Lightning Node went offline. Usually you didn’t realise this yourself, as you don’t constantly look in the Lightning wallet or at the payment channels.
LN count: he also charted the Dutch Lightning users in a graph with all payment channels.

Trade fairs and brokers
Needless to say, there have also been a number of small companies that have been busy unboarding people over the past year. The various brokers exchanges – too many to mention – have had a difficult year due to the regulatory pressure imposed by the Dutch Central Bank.

Nevertheless, they contribute enormously to the adoption of the network and ecosystem. Go Bitcoin companies!

Education
Finally, an important aspect of Bitcoin’s education will again be in 2020. Technology is racing on, developments are not standing still and this difficult and unfamiliar subject needs a lot of interpretation. A special mention for it:

The Bitcoin Show, with Boris, Jan-Willem and Aaron who, in their own well-informed way, enthuses the community with news and backgrounds.
Satoshi Radio, a podcast host Bart Mol and the Slagter brothers (van LekkerCryptisch) who – together with former Wijnand Luitjes – go through the latest developments every week.
CryptoCast, a show by BNR with Madelon Vos and Herbert Blankesteijn in which they go through news with special guests,
Starting with Bitcoin, explaining the basics, told in a monologue by klukluk.
Madelon Vos, who on YouTube takes the viewer into macro-economy.
We also have a podcast ourselves: the Hup Bitcoin podcast can be found hererr.