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HourAudience6760

> If I ever came across 12 random words or a long string of characters resembling a private key I'd run straight to my PC and see what it leads to lol Good luck explaining it to your tax authorities.

thisthatandtheother4

If gold has no value, how come it is needed in your PC for you to mine bitcoin? Gold is infinitely more valuable than bitcoin. No one needs bitcoin. There’s literally no real value… and look at how much energy it takes for one transaction… shitcoin!

ItchyK

It really doesn't matter to me, I'm a PC player, so I won't be able to play the game for a whole another year after whatever the new release date is. But yeah, this is the only game I'm even remotely interested in right now.

EggMedical3514

For mobile? for PC?

RetiredAvocado

Website is never a wallet. Get a well known wallet for your phone or PC. Learn how to back it up, how to restore it, how to use it, and how to stay secure. NEVER share the backup for any reason. Whatever you made on somewebsite.com can't be trusted.

RetiredAvocado

Won't trust a special purpose secure device but will trust the whole PC or phone OS and ALL the malware on it. K. The "precautions" and "safer alternative" is buy a Trezor and learn how to use it.

JohnnyStrides

I think it's dumb to keep your private keys / seed phrase all in one spot. If I ever came across 12 random words or a long string of character resembling a private key I'd run straight to my PC and see what it leads to lol. If they were split up I'd have to go on a treasure hunt to find the rest of them and that would probably make the entire thing not worth it. I can't think of anything more insecure than physically having them written down all in one place, even if it's somewhere "safe".

aardbeg

Keeping the keys to $345M on a PC with no backup? Nobody can be that stupid.

whathiron

Oh you can definitely do both man. I mean I will get myself good shit but still live like I’m homeless and keep stacking. I ain’t going out buying seventeen sports cars I have no place for people who flash wealth, especially from bitcoin. So I get quiet luxuries for myself like build a PC with the highest end components, personal things I enjoy. Bought a 21’ cruiser in the summer for use on the Great Lakes at our lake house but it’s not something I advertise or post pictures of, for example. Like I said, quiet luxuries. Still driving that boat in ripped PJs and grocery store sunnies, though.

Obvireal

For most cold storages, you must have a PC, some work with phones, some do transactions by themselves but those are expensive. YouTube will show you how this works. With the hardware device you can access the wallet and with the 24 words it generates you can also access the wallet. When you first set up a wallet, practice first. Do test transactions, test your written down seed phrase. Don’t store the seed phrase online or on your phone or in a computer file. Write the phrase on a piece of paper and then later on when you get more serious you should stamp it onto titanium. I also change my wallets every few years and keep decoy wallets for safety.

wh977oqej9

Yesterday. Cold wallet could be free of charge. You just need old phone or PC and some knowledge.

BankPsychological883

Mine is on a PC, and I just have a tab that's always open to it. Runs for weeks sometimes before having to refresh it.

CounterStrikeENJOY

That conviction is usually a barrier to the funds. For example being unable to access the wallet (prison etc) or thinking it was lost (PC in attic, forgot you bought any, thought you had none left) and so on

CrosstrekTrail

I don’t watch any BTC podcasts anymore But I remember the Start9 guy being on multiple podcasts to talk about all of its capabilities. The website (from what I remember) also touts the server capabilities as well. My point is that if someone wants a dedicated node, or wants a faster access cloud server, it might be better to consider something else. Would be cheaper to by a dedicated node. Or make one out of a Mini PC, Mac Mini, or build a custom device.

Ok_Option_3

I mean you have a chance using just your PC. A very very very very... tiny chance.

UnluckyAd8985

Thank you for the reply. And you have considered how much more capable modern GPUs are? I don't know enough about them, I could look up specs, but public specs wouldn't tell me raw hashing power, I'd probably have to know some physics and mathematics to get a probable answer. Then getting public estimates of the number of GPU's might be tough, too. I suppose you could go into some of NVIDIA public disclosures of earnings and deduct a decent guess. But again, a bit above my pay grade. I agree with you that a short lived 51 percent attack would not be a terminal problem. However, a constant dominant presence, a hasher that could do what bitcoin farms have done to your own PC's CPU, would clearly centralize the protocol, and take away two of its most cherished qualities, decentralization, and uh, oh what's the other one--censorship resistance, that's it. And with censorship resistance gone, then I suppose pseudo-anonymity . Well, %uck it, is was psuedo from the beginning. Everyone knew better...Cheers again.

Motor_Taro6692

I dumped a PC once, because i did some bad shit. 800btc inclusive, was arround 360€, at that time. Let that sink..

Indi_Cat123

Why the fuck would you use a hot wallet (PC/Phone app) instead of getting a cold wallet. You're gambling with your fucking keys when ever there's an internet connection on said device. Also you don't have to use your keys at all, if ever, unless you're recovering your crypto after losing/breaking say a cold wallet USB.

NerdQMin

I am always for cold wallets. No connection to the PC (no susceptibility to Trojans), no connection to the Internet. This is the safest place to store your coins. Hardware wallets require a USB connection and are very secure. Cold wallets are the safest option. But it also costs a little more.

tmcnix

Limited my node and Silk Road user quantities to the US cause I’d only be thrifting in the US. Totally agree they could be using a 2008 computer… typical computer lifespans are 3-5 years so expand the range to be 2005-2013 computers. No the denominator is 180,000,000… so one in 15,000 instead of 1 in 5000… still not awful. I wonder if you could create “behavioral profile” for the most probable make, model, and years of computer for a Silk Road purchaser. Do individual with greater risk tolerance and criminal proclivities have a bias to PC over Mac and they like the color black. How could we narrow down the search pool?

Raccoon_Expert_69

I know that the bystanders are sitting around dunking on age so let me tell you I’ve been in Crypto for 13 years. This sub Reddit is a very pro hardware wallet area. I’m very much against them because they have a proven track record of being a single point of failure. Using a back up seed phrase on a secure physical object, like paper or metal is the safest way. Let me share some of the issues I’ve come across regarding people and their hardware wallets: 1. Someone had infected malware on their PC that intercepted the handshake on connection of hardware wallet. 2. Someone’s button stopped working, and when they opened it up to repair it, they shorted out the memory chip and lost everything. 3. Someone got their hardware wallet and password/phrase stolen while on vacation. 4. Someone got caught in the rain and the device shorted out. In these instances, it was all based around the physicality of the device. Remember, you are choosing to store all of your savings on some thing that can be broken in many different ways and even physically stolen. Then there are the external forces around owning and using hardware wallets that I am just not down with: 1. User data has been compromised multiple times by a hack on one of the top hardware wallet makers. They got names and email addresses and any information that they user had on the site. There was then a coordinated campaign to phish these people. Scores of people fell for it and ended up losing everything on their hardware, wallets and web wallets. 2. If you don’t buy directly from the manufacturer than you are risking purchasing a compromised device with a hidden back door, that can be triggered at any time. There are even websites set up to look like the authentic ones in hopes that you will buy one of their compromised devices. There are many stories of someone purchasing a trezor off of Amazon or eBay only to find that it had been tampered with. Anyways, it’s your life do what you want

daedelus82

If it breaks? You should have backed up your seed phrase somewhere securely, which you can load onto a new ledger/trezor, or even a software wallet in an emergency. A hardware wallet helps keep your seed phrase safe, it also helps to keep your seed phrase and funds safe should your PC be compromised. I suggest you find some YouTube videos about what a hardware wallet is and how it works, and don’t trust this “friend”.

zenecence

How would you print it? If it goes through a internet connected PC then "they" will see it... Or are "they" in your head ..? I am confused.

Aussiehash

If using a hardware wallet, your mnemonic seed must never exist in digital form outside of your hardware wallet, which means you can't enter in into your PC to print

Makunouchiipp0

Don’t do that. You can get a Trezor Safe 3 cheap. If you really have to then you can use Nunchuk on IOS but don’t send the seedwords to your PC to print. Just write them down

immediate_a982

No you need to join a pool and leave the PC on indefinitely

dekyos

a 90s style green line Tandy monitor set up on a SFF PC with an egregious amount of front facing ports, and also no Optical drive, allegedly in the 2010s. Of course it's AI. Also look at her mousing hand, she's moving around a piece of paper instead of a mouse.

Purrphect

Get a PC

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muzzledmasses

Its how those wallets were back in the day. It has to sync. The entire blockchain gets downloaded to the PC. Most wallets people use now are "lite" version that pull from the chain online. OP could just check the address in block explorer and know instantly if theres anything in there.

OffThread

Move the .dat file to a updated PC with a fresh Electrum wallet install. Learn how to verify GPG signatures before installing Electrum and do so. KYC is your only legal option, taxes are a must, just do it and pay them.

peanut_roll

I’m not anti–hardware wallet or pro by default, I’m pro matching tools to risk. If you hold meaningful BTC or you transact from a PC with many extensions, isolating keys is a real safety upgrade. Best Wallet emphasized clear security prompts with an easy setup. Here’s how I frame it: phones with secure enclaves plus sane habits can be fine for small balances, but they still expose keys to more attack surface and daily wear. Hardware signers reduce that surface and force on-device address checks. The tradeoff is a bit more ceremony and the responsibility to back up the seed properly. If you choose not to use hardware, at least keep the seed strictly offline, use a watch-only wallet for visibility, and practice a tiny restore so you know you can recover. If you do use hardware, buy direct, verify firmware, and store the device and metal backup separately. Either path can be safe if the routine is boring and repeatable.

SeaOutlandishness595

Seriously. For less than $600 and your probably existing unlimited data Internet connection you can have any crappy PC to keygen and a budget currentish machine to run a node and you're now fully equipped to validate your btc at the highest level of security. Can't say the same for gold

Lanky-Occasion8005

Your PC could be hacked with a Keylogger. It is a program that reads everything you type and send the information to the hacker. If you have to type the passphrase, and if your PC is compromised with a keylogger, a hacker could know your passphrase. He would still need to know the seed, so is not a huge risk, but still is a risk.

Lanky-Occasion8005

I have a Trezor One. In my opinion his only true issue is that is not possible to write the passphrase in it, you have to write in the PC. I think is a big issue though, so I'll probably change it.

submarinefarm

A desktop PC has more attack vectors than a phone. That's it.

immediate_a982

Unfortunately, your gaming PC won’t cut it for Bitcoin mining anymore. If you’re still interested in mining crypto, look into some GPU-friendly altcoins instead and run the numbers on a profitability calculator with your electricity costs. Just be realistic - a single RTX 2060 probably won’t even cover your power bill these days.

DubiLetto

I won twice alone and I had to leave the country for a better life without being taxed too much, because I would have lost too much otherwise with the tax. Now with this rise of BTC during the last years it allowed me to be rich enough to no longer worry about life, part of it is placed in markets which allows me to give myself a quiet paycheck per month. And my solitary pool only cost me a desktop PC of 500 dollars at the time :D

DubiLetto

I won twice alone and I had to leave the country for a better life without being taxed too much, because I would have lost too much otherwise with the tax. Now with this rise of BTC during the last years it allowed me to be rich enough to no longer worry about life, part of it is placed in markets which allows me to give myself a quiet paycheck per month. And my solitary pool only cost me a desktop PC of 500 dollars at the time :D

Fungiferous

Ah. The only PC I have happens to be my gaming PC. My kid uses it on the weekend, so I'm not sure I'd like to do that, sadly

The-NaterTot

I see things like this and get delusions of grandeur. I have a really good backup streaming PC, wonder if I could even attempt to mine (not for something this insane but still). Awesome find though! Always the dream aye?

killer_by_design

It's the return participating in a pool greater than the cost of electricity? I'm interested to get my PC participating as it's been in the folding at home network the last 5 years but could instead be making a little bit of income but I feel like participating in a pool could dilute you down too much?

RalphFTW

What am I seeing ? /n00b You had money sitting on an older PC you owned/ like incomplete on the chain ? So were able complete the transaction and transfer to your wallet ?

flying-fox200

Hey there! It totally depends on what you're comfortable with. One of the original selling points of Bitcoin (and one of the reasons it became so popular) is that it grants *you* the power of being the sole custodian of your funds. You don't need a bank or any kind of middleman in order to own and transact with Bitcoin (just an internet connection!). Keeping BTC on an exchange sort of defeats the above purpose, as it - once again - places trust in some third party to behave well with your funds (to not lose them or freeze them). As I implied above, if you're OK with this and prefer the simplicity of keeping it on Revolut, then that is your call. However, many here would say it's not truly "your" Bitcoin until you withdraw it to a wallet you control. Also, you don't *need* a hardware wallet just to self-custody your coins. If you have a relatively recent iPhone or Android phone and have updated to the latest firmware, then a self-custodial wallet app is actually a pretty good idea (such as Cake Wallet). iOS and Android tend to be much safer from a malware point-of-view than the average PC. However, the bigger the amount of BTC, the greater the pressure to set up a totally air-gapped wallet becomes, but these apps can be a good option to tide you over. It is also possible to set up an air-gapped PC for cold wallet generation, but this is highly technical and usually not recommended unless you're certain of what you're doing. I hope this helped!

Fungiferous

Damn man. I've often wondered if I should try to set up my PC to do this. I'm so tired of working 7 days a week, trying to clear the debt. And my cars transmission front seal broke, so had to get a new car, back in the hole for 20k.....I just wanna be free, man. Even if its just getting lucky, how badly does this wear on a PC?

originalgainster

What’s the probability of finding a block with the umbrel home mini PC?

Amazing_Giraffe_7464

Did you depreciate your mining equipment? With this income you can report the income on a SCH C and write off any business related expenses you made towards the PC, equipment, electricity, etc. (I'm a tax preparer and I think it'll save you some taxes due.)

penty

Yeah I followed from pre pizza days... Didn't start buying until late 2012-early 13. Why oh why was I scared to run my "awesome gaming PC" to only get 50 BTC every day or two... ? Stupid.

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Ok-Professional6723

I looked into a lot of wallets before choosing Best Wallet for daily use, but for cold storage I rely on an offline hardware device. Write the seed on paper or steel, verify the words twice, and never type them into a connected phone or PC. Do a tiny receive and send to confirm everything works, then label the backup and store it in two safe places. Add a passphrase if your threat model needs it, and keep a simple recovery guide for future you.

Lanky-Occasion8005

Mmmm, I see. This is more complicated than I thought lol. So, building a dedicate node or using my everyday PC is safer to connect it through a separate router and have a VPN in that router. I am very bad fiddling with networks, I think I'm gonna put this project on hold for a while.

TheGreatMuffin

> I don’t have a pic do I need one to download it ? Yes, you need a PC or a laptop, or a dedicated, cheap hardware like a raspberry pi or similar. I'm not sure if an USB flashdrive ist suitable, I suspect it might have some difficulties with all the constant data writing, but I'm not an expert on this.

DreamingTooLong

If you’re running a node on an everyday PC I think it’s still good to have it isolated from the rest of your home network by using a separate router.

noviwu97

Always PC. It's tough to get started. Try with small amount first and get used to transacting with wallet. 

Lanky-Occasion8005

Are you talking about a separate node or a node in the everyday PC?

Lanky-Occasion8005

Thank you. I do have a VPN, but not a travel router. If I make a node in my everyday PC, and I connect that PC through the VPN, do I need a travel router?

Lanky-Occasion8005

I've read several guides for building nodes and most of them use raspberry pi. That could be an educating project, but at the moment I have 0 skills withe Linux, servers, etc. Besides, I would need to buy all the hardware. With my PC I would only need a new SSD, or, if I round it prune as other redditor suggested, not even that.

Such-Competition-816

A computer with a good GPU and processor is really very expensive here — an average worker wouldn’t be able to afford it. The alternative has been to import parts one by one and assemble them until a full PC is built.

ingolius

How much is PC there? Like how can u guys afford PC with good GPU/CPU, doubt companies will sell for less than in EU/USA or rest of the world?

jlew24asu

Yes. I recently got a new PC, so the app is freshly installed. My nano s turns on after I charged it, but when I plug it into my PC, the app doesnt see it. Im a software developer by trade so I know my way around pretty well. Damn thing just does nothing

obsidian9851

This is false. The Ledger device never stores the recovery code on the PC or in Ledger live. The private keys and seed phrase are kept inside the ledger. Even if your PC gets compromised malware won’t be able to access your recovery phrase unless you’ve typed it into the computer itself

f00d4tehg0dz

Just so you know, if you have the Ledger application installed on your PC and that PC gets compromised in any way, the attacker can access your recovery code, and then you lose everything.

eurocohete

Yes, I’m running it on a dedicated old desktop motherboard — nothing fancy, just solid hardware I repurposed for the node. It has 16 GB of RAM and a 2 TB NVMe SSD, so it keeps the entire blockchain locally and runs smoothly 24/7. I like having it isolated from my main PC. I’m using Bitcoin Core v28.1, not Knots or v30. It’s stable and works perfectly for my setup with two Bitaxe Gamma 601 units mining directly against my node. Once v30 matures a bit more, I’ll probably test it in parallel — but for now, 28.1 has been rock-solid.

Behind_da_Rabbit

Bitcoin is nothing but a trojan horse to usher in a CBDC. The moment they onboard everyone bitcoin gets nuked. Every hot wallet, every PC-based cold wallet, every browser extension will immediately be rendered radioactive. They're ushering in the Number of the Beast.

lonsfury

I bought bitcoin on localbitcoins.com a while back before it shutdown I dont want the bitcoin anymore and I am worried because I keep thinking I need to wipe my PC (I do this every few years) but then remember I have a few hundred euro worth of bitcoin in an electrum wallet How do I sell it?

mbdtf95

Oh look a brainless, barely mentally functioning chimp learned to type on phone/PC. Good job

No_Shower_1702

While tilting my head so much to read your chart, I broke my neck. Can I sue you? :) No I couldn't flip the PC because it weight 15 tons.

MrDanduff

By getting into your PC

NeitherCarpenter4234

It came from a video game, bitcoin logo was used as a currency in an old PC video game called space quest . They called them bukzoid or smng

Illustrious_Ant_9242

You did not need special equipment to mine Bitcoin. A home PC would be enough. If I recall correctly, some people even reposted PlayStations

Zopheus_

In the very early days you could mine BTC with a PC, no special hardware.

hitman133295

A friend in college back in 2012 showed me he bought btc for 100 and show 5 coins for 1k each to buy a new PC. Could’ve bought a house now but he trusted crypto so he probably doing alright now

No_Artichoke_5670

You also have to slice file on a PC, so you'd be putting your seed phrase into a PC that's connected to the internet. It defeats the entire purpose of having a hardware wallet.

riscten

And now you're looking at expensive filament that needs to be printed with a hardened nozzle, in an enclosed printer, on top of all the legwork that needs to be done to ensure both your printer and the PC you're slicing on are properly airgapped. All of this to do barely better than writing your mnemonics on a piece of paper.

No_Artichoke_5670

That's only if you're in LAN mode, like someone else mentioned. Your seed phrase should also never be on any electronics other than your hardware wallet, especially one with access to the internet. It's the entire reason we have hardware wallets. Considering most of us would be slicing the file on a Windows PC, it's even worse.

riscten

Have you audited the firmware running on your printer? Even if the firmware was innocuous, that you spun up an airgapped PC to generate the model, sliced it and copied the gcode to an SD card, printed, then reflashed your printer for good measure, how is that a better process than writing the words on a piece of paper? It's a lot more work for what? PA12-CF will start softening at 108°C. For comparison, paper starts yellowing at 150°C and won't darken or become brittle before 200°C. Pen ink starts degrading around 150°C too. If you had both a paper wallet and a plastic wallet in the middle of a housefire, both would be lost, but if they are in a nearby room that isn't engulfed in flames, the paper would actually last longer. And if you're worried about water, just pass the paper wallet in a laminator, that way you get the benefits of both paper and plastic. Not that either is great for storing mnemonics. The right solution is stamped stainless steel, titanium or even copper. You don't need any specialized equipment for this. Plenty of ways to encode a mnemonic with a hammer and basic punch or even a screwdriver. You don't need fancy letter punches and pre-engraved plates.

Aussiehash

Your PC could have a keylogger malware

Aussiehash

Your mnemonic seed must **Never** exist in digital form outside of your hardware wallet. Not on your phone, PC, browser, cloud, photo gallery or password manager. To create a 3D print of your mnemonic seed you need to use Easel /Tinkercad / Fusion360 or similar software, some of which are online browser based. Then you need to use a slicer software. Then you need to send the G-Code to your 3D printer which could be using some random tool you found in google like Universal G-Code Sender that runs on your PC

Aussiehash

I do not recommend that your mnemonic seed ever exists on your PC

Elean0rZ

I gather from your comments that you're not interested in holding larger amounts of crypto more generally, as in, this is literally just a bellwether for the health of your PC. That being the case, you're essentially spending $100 for a somewhat unreliable test, which seems illogical to me. As a basic point, if, hypothetically, your $100 was drained, your response would presumably be to reformat everything. If reformatting is an option then why not simply reformat now and occasionally in the future, and save yourself $100? Or if spending $100 is an option then why not spend it on good security tools? More generally, your $100 not being drained doesn't prove that your computer isn't compromised. For one, an attacker might choose to just hang out and hope you someday hold more than $100. More importantly, though, you've said you don't plan to hold more than $100, meaning that the things you care about securing are things other than crypto. There are plenty of ways in which your computer might be compromised that impact things other than crypto--your personal info, banking details, sensitive files, whatever. Yeah, a generic attacker might be expected to scan for crypto on any computer they have access to, but it's not a guarantee, and if you really care about whatever it is that you're trying to protect then "not guaranteed" simply isn't good enough. And again, whatever level of confidence you might have, you can be even more confident by just reformatting semi-regularly and practicing good digital hygiene the rest of the time. Now, all that said, if this is just a fun experiment to see how long it will take an attacker to find you given that you do activity X, Y, or Z on the internet then fair enough.

fullstack-sean

Again I am not using this PC for anything crypto related. I'm attempting to use this device strictly as a canary. I don't use crypto. This is my first time using crypto. I only want to know if it is reasonably likely that the device has been compromised. Think of this more like a research hypothesis, and not like a binary outcome, which if wrong would compromise my entire financial security. I'm attempting to use the "be your own bank" as a feature instead of a bug here.

MichaelAischmann

What the fu-llstack? Just use an anti virus software to scan your PC like a normal person.

fullstack-sean

I will never own more than $100 in crypto ever. So this isn't an issue. I am literally just trying to use this as a canary to let me know if my PC has been compromised.

Teamduncan021

But then what if your PC gets infected after 3 months?

fullstack-sean

I just want to know if my PC has been compromised.

Teamduncan021

What if your PC got infected after the bait? Or is this a fresh PC that you won't use for any other purpose (cough porn cough)

Gabe_b

Wish I was at my PC today. Had a standing buy order for a chunk of doge at 22.4, bit saw it coming down hot. If I had been able to cancel and pull a lower buy I could have made out pretty well. Guess I'm just holding till it hits 27 again now

Victor_Pedron

She doesn't connect I just view the balance The wallet, with the seeds, never connects I generate the transaction on my cell phone I read the qrcode on the PC (offline) I read on my cell phone and transmit

crunchyeyeball

Yes, you were scammed. The domain was anonymously registered just a couple of months ago, and the website has more red flags than I can be bothered to list. In addition to whatever money you gave them, you also gave them everything they need to steal your identity, so they may also be taking out loans in your name. You also gave them direct access to your PC, so they may also have installed malware and additional remote access tools. In short, this is a bit of a mess. In your position, I would change *every* password, and reinstall the entire OS on that PC. I would also ask the credit card company / bank to flag my accounts as a "fraud risk" - I was a victim of identity theft years ago, after a theft of *physical* mail. Flagging your account just means they'll require extra checks before giving out a loan or CC in your name. In future, stick to the trusted platforms listed in the sidebar here or over on /r/BitcoinBeginners or you'll just get scammed again. Also, ignore DMs. Anyone offering to help with recovery is yet another scammer. Any advice they won't share publicly where it's open to scrutiny is bad advice.

wookmania

Since Intel’s listing on the stock exchange it’s down 19% all time, listed in 2000. It’s a laughing stock amongst PC enthusiasts for how dated their technology is compared to AMD, how poorly management runs the company (into the ground) and now with a corrupt government intervening in private markets with a share in this failing company. Either you own the stock and are coping or are badly misinformed by how poorly Intel has been managed for the past 15+ years.

Only_Succotash6316

Thank you very much for responding. Could you help me getting the tool to run locally on my PC? I’m not sure how to follow the guide to run it locally. Thanks

JuxtaThePozer

amazing, thank you I'll give that a go this file was definitely generated on a PC, I don't think that'll make any difference to the method?

AnoAnoSaPwet

Yeah that sucks. That's definitely a customer service request. If you still have your SIM card from the US number, you can swap your SIM, put it on roaming, then use a VPN that's based in the US, and use something like What's App on the old number.  If that doesn't work, use Viber on PC with the connected number. Should be able to bypass the 2FA that way. 

GIGAbtcHodl

Recovering those coins without your old PC or emails is tough but not hopeless. Check old USBs, CDs, or cloud backups for a wallet.dat file or private keys. Search blockchain explorers for old addresses if you recall any details. If you bought via early exchanges like Mt. Gox, dig up bank statements for clues.

Prudent-Chef2407

Yeah man, once malware is on your PC, no hot wallet is really safe. Phantom, MetaMask, Trust Wallet; they all store private keys locally. Even if you’re not logged in, malware can still grab those keys.2FA helps a bit, but if the system’s infected, it won’t fully protect you. The only real way to stay safe is a **hardware wallet** like Ledger or Trezor ;your keys never touch your computer, so hackers can’t drain it. Best move: keep serious funds in cold storage, use hot wallets just for small trades, and never download random programs. Treat hot wallets like your “spending wallet,” not your vault. Hope that helps mate

ra246

Yes; I have a list of things to buy once we moon and I think it's a good time to take some profit. I've been depserate to build a new gaming PC for the last 2 months, and essentially I was waiting for another run up to start buying parts. I got bored last month and I built it last week. Nevertheless, it feels like we're so close!

LinkMePorn69

And then there’s the guy who barely can turn on a PC but bought BTC at 300$ and now he’s a millionaire 😆

Romanizer

$1 put into Bitcoin 15 years ago would be roughly $1 million today, but you didn't need to spend anything if you had a PC. So yeah, for the world. Anyone could and can participate.

kobpee

Oh, that's a software wallet right? If your PC breaks, is your wallet lost? Like how if you lose your hardware one, it is lost?

RabbitHoleSnorkle

At early times it was not seen like a lot of money. They might have dropped a bowl of noodle soup on the single PC having a private key