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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 4 months ago

Why 18 words are ideal for singlesig wallets

I think most people use 24 words today, which is just plain unneccessary. And I don't mean unneccessary due to 12 words being safe enough, but because modern (P2WPKH) singlesig addresses are only 160 bits long. Thus, 96 of the 256 bits of entropy...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 4 months ago

Coinbase not moving funds in wallets since 2015?

I was looking at my Coinbase account history last night just for kicks and nostalgia. Specifically, why I was sending 1.0 bitcoin to certain accounts in 2015. There's a transaction that I have that goes from Coinbase, to a Mycelium wallet on my p...

by COINS NEWS - 4 months ago

Binance Original Defi Wallets

So here we are, new year but I still haven't learnt my lesson. There was this function, which was convinient for beginners - binance original defi wallet. It really helped me get into web3 a little bit. I had some fun here and there but also had...

by COINS NEWS - 4 months ago

4.4M in LINK Stolen, Numerous ENS Wallets Connected

It looks like a few hours ago a victim was phished via Pink Drainer for over 4.4M. This one is interesting as about 1/3 of the stolen funds went directly into a Pink Drainer Wallet. Below are the wallets directly affected 0x8FaE6d798Ec0A2127f...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 4 months ago

Lightning Wallets & Taxes...

What are efficient ways to track transactions of bitcoin with regard to capital gain taxes (short and long term) when the transactions are all on the lightning network from wallets such as Wallet of Satoshi and Muun. I use Koinly to track transaction...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 4 months ago

Thoughts on watch only wallets through Blue Wallet

I am needing to receive BTC into my cold storage wallet without having access to the hardware device itself since I am traveling and dont wanna carry around the device. I looked into watch only wallets since they seem to offer the functionality I nee...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago

Tether Blacklists Over 30 USDT Wallets

Tether, the company behind the issuance of USDT, the largest stablecoin, has blacklisted more than 30 addresses that have received billions in USDT since their first use. According to blockchain intelligence firm Chainargos, the blacklisted addresses...