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Lapis Net — a fully decentralized P2P social network protocol in Kotlin/JVM (Apache 2.0). Prototype stage, looking for feedback and criticism
The Liquid Network "white hat" hack is now an extortion negotiation happening in public via OP_RETURN. Here is the full timeline
The Liquid "white hats" just went from "contact us on chain" to "pay 10% or your holders eat 15%." Walk through the whole OP_RETURN thread and what it means for L2s
Liquid Network hit by ~$320 million Bitcoin exploit
LND vuln, rawtr(), ecosystem software - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #419
Crypto arbitrage is not the free money everyone pretends it is
Coldcard Users Reported Instant Drains Years Before July 2026. Here Are the Receipts.
Inside Bitcoin's 165 Million UTXOs: Five Surprising Results
Coldcard hacker address receiving several messages via OP_RETURN
COLDCARD Hacker receives money laundering offer via OP_RETURN message
COLDCARD, CLN disclosures, zk proof of reserves - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #416
I'm building a protocol that lets Bitcoin wallets self-declare "financial" vs "data" transactions -no consensus change needed
A very balanced article about BIP-110 by Jason Hughes - VP, Development and Engineering at Ocean Mining, yes the pool signalling for BIP-110
The 55% Trap: How BIP-110 Threatens to Fracture Bitcoin.
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OP's comparison is not precise I agree, but still proves the point of inflation.
Jesus. I went through the comments and came to only one conclusion. OP is an idiot. Maybe take some of that extra time you have to do some self reflection. Wow.
Do they? I suspect that many people who post thier problems here fail to actually follow up on if/when/how the issue actually resolves. But obviously use caution in where you put your money or keys. Id never let an exchange control a 6 digit sum of my money at one time, let alone 900k like OP did. Moving $50k at a time reduces risk and is less likely to throw red flags than a massive movement like OP made
Sounds like a scam. No one take DMs from OP
That sounds like a statement by the author, not Mark Cuban. Cuban may have sold for any number of reasons. OP, are you sure you're not the one being stupid here by misatrributing? Verify.
OP claims to be in Bitcoin for 6 years, possibly has short term memory https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/s/QMHKD8vJpT
Better to buy used underwear than bitcoin, according to OP lmao!!🤣
My bad OP. Try laundering through Dubai or Pakistani connections.
That's....sorta what the rest of OP's post is all about?
Doing great is a little bit of a stretch. We've actually hit the peak where the amount of L2s is dropping rather than growing and while there are some success stories, there are not many. RH had some success but it's tough to tell how sustainable it is. Base is losing popularity fast and Coinbase has put a lot of resources into Base but they haven't executed that well. Optimism is just kind of there, Base was launched as part of the OP superstack but is in the process of leaving but at least they got Derive. ARB looks good now that RH is here, but if RH falls off or they don't continue to get people using their tech stack, then who knows. Polygon quietly has a few good apps but I'd say they're fighting irrelevancy too and Ink I don't know that I'd ever have said it was doing great. I think we're going to see more and more general purpose L2s start to shut down or pivot, and we'll see more specialized L2s(or L3s technically?) like Lighter, Derive, and Hyperliquid. I think Solana is too popular now as an all in one general purpose chain, so I think we'll see general purpose L2s struggle to compete with it.
I put forward different arguments which are on either side of the discussion, which is why it is contradictory. I don't really have an opinion on the matter, as I don't have a glass ball. My first comment was simply to state that the debt to gdp ratio comment of the OP I replied to was wrong, then I was asked an opinion which I don't really hold on either side of the argument.
ADA is up 80% from its low point in the last 4 months. How much of an Alt season does OP want?
Coinomi is a legit wallet that's been around for ages as far as I am aware. I assume it's just where OP decided to download it from which was the problem.
OP I feel you’re likely just trolling but in case you’re not, it’s hard understand what you’re even saying to begin with. Not trying to make fun of you, but if you’re actually looking for help it would be really helpful to get a clear picture of what’s happened? Do you have the address where the coins were taken from and the address here the coins were sent to?
After reading through all the comments here, I have come to the conclusion that OP had a stroke and should go to a doctor.
Yes, an OP is asking what they can do. I’m just giving the info that the exchange can not keep the money indefinitely
OP, I looked up the address you gave as yours. https://mempool.space/address/bc1p502znh2pjyywvu5etrulytzvpm3mskaw26f6vhvggh5sf3fn23ashmmdj0 Balance is over 9.4BTC and this was active up to 1 October. I’d say, if anything, there’s a lot of address reuse. Have you mistyped your passphrase? This would open a real wallet but you’d see a zero balance.
I think that's the address of the wallet that 'hacked' OP.
Je me demande si OP avait placer cette argent sur un wallet metamask et qu'il avait utilisé cette argent durement gagner pour faire des achats avec sa carte bancaire metamask ? Est ce que ça aurait bloqué les fond ? Et avec Nexo ? Ou Near ?
That's quite contradictory because your trading volume with high success rate makes you a bigger target than your PnL. Furthermore, you could easily post percentage PnL rather than actual numbers. All in all, if you're getting good at it and consistent, I'm genuinely glad for you, it's a tough gig. But it doesn't change the fact that he might have part of the money rather than all of it. And he didn't want to seem like a loser and incompetent in front of a girl saying "hey I lost some of it", so he came up with an alternative excuse. It's not giving him credit, it's an actual likely scenario that can easily play out. Take someone's money, open margin thinking you can profit the margin profits and give them principal + 1x profit as if you bought spot, market doesn't cooperate, panic sell since it's not your money, come up with a story about prolonged fees rather than saying "I'm an idiot and I didn't know what I was doing" to a girl, wait for BTC rally above original entry price, pay back the difference. Just as likely as him getting liquidated . If that's the case he could have come up with a much better story about why he will never be able to pay her back the full amount, considering OP doesn't know anything about crypto or the markets. Otherwise why come up with a story about paying her back above X price after Y timeframe if you eventually have to admit the loss anyways. He is trying to cover up his impulse incompetence but it's possible he didn't lose it all.
$69,420 is past. So, square root of that is $263.47. Multiply it by 2026, because that's our year = $533,803.90. Divide that by seven, because that's a magic number. $76,257.70. BUT you gotta add the POST KARMA of Mr. OP. Roughly $82,290. Yup. I think we got it.
The OP gains nothing from lying except ragebaiting us and wasting our time posting or in this case, "Helping" him.
How do you buy and sell non-kyc Bitcoin, OP? I don't mean in general, I'm asking how YOU do it.
Oh no! Your argument is lacking so move on to personal results. We must be on Reddit. BTW what happened to spiritual harmony? Most people have kids early in their life not when "advance in age" so every thing you have said here is nonsense. I already made my own decisions in life and been independent for over 30 years now weirdo but thanks for your concern. My comment was made to someone who brought up getting a wife and kids when the OP asked about neither and actually is looking to do the opposite than settle down so hence my flippant remark.
This needs to be at the forefront of bitcoin development to fix if its ever going to be a practical daily use money. The fact that hot wallets can be so easily hacked never reliably be used for day to day transacting. Victim blaming is not the solution here. I’m sorry for your loss OP.
OP had his private key stored in his phones Notes app. Notes app is stored automatically in the cloud under their Apple ID. Apple IDs are easy to hack. RIP OPs stash
OP is a genius, he's been right every time. I'm going all in.
OP put his grandma's birthday check in BTC so he is super excited.
Sadly, it’s gone OP. Your seed phrase likely was compromised.
Go overseas? What does that even mean? I have seen people say this before, but how exactly does that help? I guess I see the OP going overseas, selling some coin, sending the money back to his home country, and then paying taxes....? That is assuming some foreign jurisdiction will allow him to sell his coins all willy nilly in their markets without issue (seems unlikely!). What am I missing?
Well thats why the exchange isn't giving it back to OP
Yes, of course for the OP. But, I am thinking what if i strike gold and my account goes up a lot, will I have any trouble withdrawing? Oh well, might be a good scenario to find out if it happens, lol
Someone tell OP my average buy price was $3k. I lost the reason to sell.
This sounds like money laundering, OP u/Tricky\_Werewolf\_1954 Prove that it isn’t money laundering
OP said they can’t provide the requested documentation, so idk what the exchange will decide to do
That's why you only send small increments from the wallet to Coinbase. OP is screwed, they sent $900k all at once and have no way to answer how they received the funds. I would hire a lawyer but they probably can't afford one
Not your keys not your coins. Old crypto adage which is not really helpful in this matter but could and should serve as a warning to others. Use a wallet which is yours folks. See the shit brokers put up with OP.
Yeah the due diligence of such platforms makes it so they absolutely have to do that in order to avoid fines. If you want a reputable platform, you have to accept stricter AML. Would OP send their own bank a fake ID? It's the same regulatory requirement from both
I think you have it backwards. Coinbase received $900k of funds which they are legally obliged to investigate and OP isn’t able to provide documents for. As soon as the money landed in their account, Coinbase had to do something And they did the only thing they could do: Freeze and investigate. OP is at fault for using the platform against their TOS.
Man, the comments here are evenly bearish than OP is bullish. However, on the main BTC chart, we actually are in a bullish pattern right now.. Also with the golden cross.. However, anything van happen in this space... Long story short: We must wait and see!
And that's where OP fucked up. Kekw.
You fucked up OP, no crying in the casino
The only ones making 900k betting are casinos. OP was laundering
Not sure how OP is supposed to interpret this in a way without taking offense.
That still leaves the open question for them of where the funds actually came from. They can see the wallet would have been recently funded with 900k, that would still leave their AML questions unanswered. When they ask and you say "that's my personal wallet" the follow up question is "and how did you fund your personal wallet?" Which leaves OP back at the start.
It’s always that and it always ends up being OP being sus
If, on pornhub, OP posts that he has a $900k account balance, one way or another he WILL get fucked.
>It's more like your own OP is the 'obvious' one, and everyone already knows this without it being stated. If it were obvious I wouldn't have had to write the post originally as a response. Read the rest of the comments here, or on any post where people ask about borrowing. People reflexively oppose this without asking interest rate or terms. >Stiffing the creditor if you can will always yield a greater return than paying back interest either way Wow, stealing can make you money? You truly are a wealth of knowledge.
If it is a good, trustworthy friend, This is likely the case OP. Especially with bitcoin starting to trend upwards again, he may be wanting to get it into some sort of profit before returning it, after hyping it up so much. It has started trending up, so he may be thinking “just another week or two until it’s in profit.” I hope that’s the case anyways. Otherwise he gambled it away… 🤷♂️ Hope it works out for you.
Well it goes without saying if you're getting a loan with an interest rate below the expected investment returns that's going to be +EV. It's more like your own OP is the 'obvious' one, and everyone already knows this without it being stated. The problem is the vast majority of loans aren't at those favourable low interest rates. Personal loans from banks usually run at 8-15% and credit card financing is usually 20%. Maybe remortgaging a property can get you a +EV deal but while it's +EV the downside risk of having your house secured on it is much bigger now. Stiffing the creditor if you can will always yield a greater return than paying back interest either way, so it's still a better strategy if you can do it.
Lmao Coinbase thanks OP for his donation
Yeah the charging fees and adding them up sounds like some bullshit scammer talk or maybe OP misunderstood. It just amazes me that people get taken like this because something like this happened with my aunt that supposedly bought a bitcoin from a guy when they were $12j. Then when it had gone up to $64k she wanted out…or her money and the guy told her she would have to give him $3,000 or $6,000 in fees. I’m not certain if she was stupid and did that too but needless to say she never got her money. She was catfished. I always joke and said she bought a bitcoin from a guy in a van parked in the alley. 😂
>“it’s a woman” and then proceed to write how the person is seemingly gullible or unknowledgeable. You quoted the words, but the rest was entirely your own interpretation through your own lens. I was pointing out the person "taking advantage", (potentially) of her, not attacking her. Calling someone inexperienced or trusting is not the same as calling them gullible, and being new to crypto is literally the premise of the entire post. OP explicitly stated in her original post that she doesn't know much about crypto >"I’m genuinely very concerned. I don’t know much about crypto, and I don’t understand how any of this works." and was worried her friend was taking advantage of her because of that. The original comment asked "are you a child?" to ridicule the person asking for help. Pointing out that it is a woman reaching out for guidance after being misled by a friend was directly countering the insult, not endorsing it. Projecting malicious intent onto a breakdown of how bad actors exploit someone's lack of market knowledge reveals more about your assumptions than what was actually written.
Wrong. I was in this exact situation. Every lawyer i talked to wanted at least 25% for recovery, no matter what. After around a year, I finally got them to enable withdrawals on my account again. I was close to hiring a lawyer. OP, do everything you can to work it out with coinbase. If you can, find a lawyer who will work hourly for $400/hr or so. If you actually gave them a reason to close tour account, like received bitcoin from a darknet market or something, maybe pay the 25% recovery fee and hope the lawyer can get it back
Decided to stalk OP's post history, even some now deleted comments/posts. He decided to share a post of his winnings a couple days ago on another sub. When people were asking him how to stake in the USA his suggestion is: VPN + Fake id. I'm scratching my head wondering why coinbase is saying this is sus af.
I’m not OP. However, if that’s the case the phrasing you used there was terrible lol.
So let’s say we were OP and had $900,000 won from gambling. How do we cash out? The only things I can think of are to use Moneto somehow or to cash out via USDM on Cardano. Would Uniswap flag a trade with these funds?
I would like to cast my vote for OP to become CEO of BTC and jack that price up, son!
I think someone mentioned OP won the money on a gambling site and then moved it to the exchange, I’m assuming to cash out.
I don’t know if he’s telling the truth or not, but it’s obviously stressing you OP. I’d ask him how much he CAN get you now and if it’s in the ballpark then ask him to do it.
Proof you can have a lot of money and still be a total dipshit. No offense OP
Did you mean to reply to OP?
I dont know OP, if you are close to a border, would it be possible to live in germany or belgium and work in nl? But yeah … i guess the house will be the problem again
Imagine openly telling some guy to commit tax fraude. You really think you can't be caught if OP does it, gets caught (de belastingdienst is really not just going to let this go) and then points at you for a reduced sentence while reddit and whichever vpn you use (if you are smart) just hand your information over
Yeah exactly. I think OP was mistaken on that part. In the end, you're just paying taxes over time (or filing a loss) rather than at the time of sale. It's still annoying but he's paying no more in taxes in the end regardless if it's on realized or unrealized.
shame you just lost all your bitcoin in a boating accident. that cold wallet is toast and unfortunately OP did not safely store the seed phrase 😢
And from what I read OP is overreacting to the least likely outcome in his country
Which are like some of the worst things possible to implement it on because of the volatility. As in OP's example, let's say you buy 80k of bitcoin, and it's worth 200k the day the fiscal year ends... Then you owe 36k in tax. But if it's only worth 80k again by the time you file your tax report, then now you have to sell half your bitcoin just to cover the tax on paper gains that no longer exist. At least with real estate, it could be somewhat manageable... You'd use the municipal tax appraisal, which only ever goes up, to determine the value at year's end. Would still be a hassle, but on the flip side it allows you to spread your gains over time, instead of hitting the highest tax bracket the one time you sell the asset.
Maybe for OP that's their credit limit. A $50k loan isn't something that's hard for me to qualify for whatsoever
A question I’d be asking myself is if the gov even has the capability to track down who owns what, and by the time they do if they’ll even do anything about it. If it were me I’d remain steadfast and hold in cold storage. Ignore the noise. I’d consider this another of the many attempts for governments to inject FUD. But you do what feels best for you OP
@OP, de enige optie die je hebt om je exposure aan bitcoin te behouden is om voor 2028 over te stappen op een etf. Nadeel is dat als in, hopelijk, 2030 ook voor crypto vermogenswinstbelasting geldt je dus moet afrekenen als je terug wilt naar spot bitcoin.
bro it's September 2026, the post said since August 2025 not 2026, OP been working on this for almost a year
Sure OP will leave the Netherlands and forfeit the next years of AOW and go through the hassle to explain to his employer that he actually lives in the Netherlands works in the Netherlands but for tax purposes is a migrant worker. He probably manages to have a good story for the tax officer too, how everything in his life is related to the Netherlands, but for tax purposes he isn't....
OP doesn’t realise this idea as shelved last week 🙄
People questioning if OP can store it offline safely from taxation. Sure he could, bringing it back into his own coffers is the problem. When OP all of a sudden has 200k, someone is going to ask questions and OP needs to explain how and why he received it. Selling a shitty painting wont cut it
Who says OP has a lot? If he did have a lot he would be better informed and not posted this post..
This sounds like the only logical answer for OP. It sucks, tho. What a stupid, stupid law.
This is the reason why I propose buying ETFs for average interested people. The whole thing of Self-custody is not something you Can do perfectly without investing time and Energy. We‘ve Seen people who did everything right - OP wasn‘t one of them - and still lost all their btc. Self-custody needs to get easier for the average person to apply.
OP asked many questions, but missed the expensive question: does MOON solve a real problem, or did they invent a problem to sell MOON as the solution? I mean, the reason shit fails to take off is because most people don't thing it serves a practical purpose, or a purpose that's worth caring about. In the end, the market is always right.
I've traveled a fair bit in my life as well, but I can see where kstorm is coming from. Time is your greatest asset when it comes to wealth development. If you hit the gas hard when you are young, you can coast the rest of the way. And if you do it well enough when young, you will retire young and not have to worry so much. In my personal opinion, when you have money in your late 30's and beyond, you can still travel wherever. I know a LOT of older adults (60s -80s), and as long as you take care of your body, you can truly enjoy travel into your early 80s. I have a family, a home, and a full time job and because I put in the work and invested since my early 20s, I am set for an early retirement. Even with me "grinding" in my 20s to save and invest, I took numerous trips. I have been to Korea, Mexico, Canada, Iceland, England, France, etc. (I don't want to list them all, but I wanted to capture the diversity of where I have been while holding down every responsibility I have). Granted, I was not taking a year off, but I personally find that extended vacations of 2 to 3 weeks at a single location is good enough for me. In my opinion you don't want to sacrifice your later years for the current day. Yes, tomorrow isn't guaranteed to anyone, but at the same time, you don't want to be living your most vulnerable years with nothing. It doesn't sound like OP will necessarily have that problem persay but OP also doesn't talk specific numbers so it is truly hard to gauge. Only OP knows the true numbers, but I would say 500k in liquid is probably the number I would agree with if you were going to take a whole year off... Just my opinion though.
What lol. Life is super short, and then you die. If you have the means to go and travel the world, 100% do it. It really does sound like you're giving advice without knowing what you're talking about. I've traveled a lot in my life and I'd tell OP: GO! DO it.
**OP is Chris Farley...** **Bus Driver:** "That Veronica Vaughn is one piece of ace, I know from experience dude. If you know what I mean." **Billy Madison:** "No, you don't." **Bus Driver:** "Well, not me personally, but a guy I know. Him and her *got it on*. Wooo-eee!" **Billy Madison:** "No, they didn't." **Bus Driver:** "No, no, no, they didn't. But you can imagine what it'd be like if they did, right? Huh? Huh?
Thank you, OP was making me forget the original meaning of orange pill.
Uhh? Bitcoin traded at or above the 50 WMA in April 22’ for 10 days prior to dropping more, but that was basically the start of the bear market… Once Bitcoin got above the 50 WMA & 200 WMA in early 2023 it never dropped below either again. I’m not sure what you are referencing, as your scenario literally never happened. OP is being a blind bull though.
no wait until its $250,000 then sell it at $100,000. thats real OP
All the people going "ummm actualllly" have no whimsy lol - good job OP, making great strides today
Yeah OP, u/supercreatives, don't be a bitch
Are we joking? Do you really think this is a downtrend? The BTC sphere has some of the biggest retards Ive encountered in trading, like OP
Hey OP, where did you get your crystal ball? Im in the market for a new one and looking for suggestions.
It feels like you guys are failing to mention how handsome and accomplished OP is alongside how clearly smart he is