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      Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

      [quote name=“Nightcrawler” post=“15274” timestamp=“1371301259”]
      Thanks :) … but sadly my start is not going well - I can’t download the qt :( … the ‘windows client’ link does not work on www.feathercoin.com - is there a mirror anywhere?

      Also of note, is that feathercoin.org has been hijacked by YAC - I clicked on a supposed ‘Feathercoin’ link in an OCAU thread, and it took me to the YAC page - cheeky buggers.
      [/quote]

      Welcome!

      The client dl works for me too but if you’re still having issues, give my a shout and i’ll upload it to my pool server for you.

      As for the domain name - yep, someone who has an issue with the success of ftc thinks it’s funny. ho-hum, we cant all be grown-ups. ;)

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        Kevlar Spammer last edited by

        Very glad to have you! :)

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          A Former User last edited by

          Thanks for the kind welcome guys 8)

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            A Former User last edited by

            No worries d2 - I can’t believe how many haters there are out there - why would they want ANY alt to fail? I understand that some people are holding large chunks of BTC and LTC, but they fail to understand that 1). the value of FTC is not really linked to either of them, and 2) FTC actually complements the other currencies

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              Smoothie Regular Member last edited by

              [quote name=“Nightcrawler” post=“15611” timestamp=“1371369715”]
              No worries d2 - I can’t believe how many haters there are out there - why would they want ANY alt to fail? I understand that some people are holding large chunks of BTC and LTC, but they fail to understand that 1). the value of FTC is not really linked to either of them, and 2) FTC actually complements the other currencies
              [/quote]

              Take everything shouted in the trollbox with a grain of salt.

              Most who illogically critique FTC have their own agenda, profit. They would rather you and others buy into the coin they have the most of so they can dump it to you.

              I tell everyone not to buy FTC if they dont like it. Vote with your wallet but don’t spread BS and lies on the trollbox. Well that is just my approach. Has worked well for me thus far =)

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                A Former User last edited by

                So it seems my time here and in the crypto world may be short lived :(

                Got home from work yesterday and there was an email message from BTC-e

                "Dear Nightcrawler,
                We have received a request to restore the password for your profile. To reset your password please go to:

                https://btc-e.com/forgot/xxxxxxxxxxxxx

                If you’re not going to recover your password, simply delete this message.

                IP: 198.200.59.218
                Login: Nightcrawler

                Regards,
                Administration of BTC-E.COM"

                I don’t follow the link and head to BTC-e and try to log in - of course my password doesn’t work. So I generate a new ‘forgot my password’ link, follow it from my email and set a new password. Log in to BTC-e and not to my surprise (by this stage) is the following:

                #47080767 -2.66 BTC Withdrawal BTC to address 12eKNJdiyfwERkrDXz2Hpg5BB7aC3HL3k9 17.06.13 08:38:39 yes
                #47080378 +0.16525329 BTC Sell 403.86451884 CNC from order #19174994 by price 0.00041 BTC total 0.16558445 BTC (-0.2%) 17.06.13 08:36:24 yes
                #47080376 +0.00034968 BTC Sell 0.85460966 CNC from order #19174225 by price 0.00041 BTC total 0.00035038 BTC (-0.2%) 17.06.13 08:36:24 yes
                #47080374 +0.2439862 BTC Sell 596.2808715 CNC from order #19170709 by price 0.00041 BTC total 0.24447515 BTC (-0.2%) 17.06.13 08:36:24 yes
                #47080333 +1.16717098 BTC Sell 1093 FTC from order #19195244 by price 0.00107 BTC total 1.16951 BTC (-0.2%) 17.06.13 08:36:10 yes
                #47080283 +1.02907772 BTC Sell 946 PPC from order #19186846 by price 0.00109 BTC total 1.03114 BTC (-0.2%) 17.06.13 08:35:52 yes
                #47080281 +0.054391 BTC Sell 50 PPC from order #19186581 by price 0.00109 BTC total 0.0545 BTC (-0.2%) 17.06.13 08:35:52 yes

                So somehow, some piece of shit, without knowing my email address, has used the password recovery on BTE-e, somehow intercepted the email, reset the password and cleaned my account out. I know it was only 2.66BTC, but that has taken me a month of huge frustration to mine - having set everything up and mucked around for countless hours researching, testing and finally recently settling on FTC as my alt weapon of choice.

                So, how shit is the security on BTC-e, and (other than not have left any money in there, which is inconvenient for trading) what else could I have done? “Withdraw only with request on E-Mail” is switched on. If they had actually somehow hacked into my email, they would have seen my passwords for most other websites that I use in there and cleaned them out too, so I am guessing that is not what they did. If they had phished/keylogged/accessed my PC they would have cleaned out my various wallets, which they did not do. I am running live Malwarebytes and it never picked up a thing, and run Symantec a/v. Both of which have picked up things before, but nothing recently. I did a full scan with each overnight and they picked up nothing.

                To say I am pissed off is not even close :( … considering quitting the scene/mining altogether.

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                  Smoothie Regular Member last edited by

                  This is a one time deal. Post a BTC address and I’ll send you 2.66 BTC.

                  Now make sure from now on your passwords to your email and accounts are very well protected as well as different from each other.

                  15 character minimum for both, numbers, symbols, upper and lower case.

                  Also you may want to just create a new account on the exchange altogether to avoid future attacks.

                  I have been using BTC-e for over 18 months now and I have not lost 1 single bitcent or alt-coin due to a hacker.

                  If I don’t respond here just PM me.

                  Smoothie :)

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                    A Former User last edited by

                    Wow, completely did not expect that. You are a legend Smoothie!

                    Just shows how great this community is, and why my choice to back FTC all the way/talk it up non-stop was the right choice.

                    If anyone else has made some seriously good coin from FTC/BTC, might you consider donating some to smoothie - I don’t think it is fair for them to cover the whole of my unfortunate loss …

                    Faith in humanity restored (mostly) … but I am seriously hoping karma catches up with hacker and he/she/it gets hit by a bus.

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                      Smoothie Regular Member last edited by

                      Quoted PM message:

                      [quote author=Nightcrawler link=action=profile;u=2085 date=1371507684]
                      Wow, faith in humanity restored.

                      Yeah I have changed ALL of my passwords with insanely strong ones - and I will delete my btc-e account and make 3 new ones - 1 for trollbox, 1 for investing and 1 for ‘savings’. Do you think it is safe for me to leave currency in there, or should I withdraw straight after transactions?

                      I still don’t understand how they could have cracked a password - you only get 3 incorrect attempt at logging in to btc-e or my webmail.

                      Can’t thank you enough man - I have been despondent all night - it is not just about the money, but the fact that someone would/could do this :(

                      I am hoping you have made some good cash from FTC/BTC to cover my loss.

                      Thanks mate!

                      181MstHu1kBECe1yRUsM4Xp6qU12xiw2yT

                      Loving this community!!!

                      Andrew
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                      Sent 2.66 BTC to 181MstHu1kBECe1yRUsM4Xp6qU12xiw2yT

                      tx - fec6a58ca407f608e3c43b6c5a3060dcd663da4dce4322bd2b7fc2383ad81388

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                        A Former User last edited by

                        Just got it - thanks again! Can’t believe how cool you are - talk about helping a brother out - I am going to pump FTC twice as hard around the place now.

                        Can’t say thanks enough!

                        Andrew

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                          Smoothie Regular Member last edited by

                          As far as leaving funds on an exchange…that is up to you. There is risk there but there is also fees to consider when withdrawing. BTC-e has this all listed on their finances page.

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                            justabitoftime last edited by

                            [quote name=“Smoothie” post=“16019” timestamp=“1371508284”]
                            Quoted PM message:

                            [quote author=Nightcrawler link=action=profile;u=2085 date=1371507684]
                            Wow, faith in humanity restored.

                            Yeah I have changed ALL of my passwords with insanely strong ones - and I will delete my btc-e account and make 3 new ones - 1 for trollbox, 1 for investing and 1 for ‘savings’. Do you think it is safe for me to leave currency in there, or should I withdraw straight after transactions?

                            I still don’t understand how they could have cracked a password - you only get 3 incorrect attempt at logging in to btc-e or my webmail.

                            Can’t thank you enough man - I have been despondent all night - it is not just about the money, but the fact that someone would/could do this :(

                            I am hoping you have made some good cash from FTC/BTC to cover my loss.

                            Thanks mate!

                            181MstHu1kBECe1yRUsM4Xp6qU12xiw2yT

                            Loving this community!!!

                            Andrew
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                            Sent 2.66 BTC to 181MstHu1kBECe1yRUsM4Xp6qU12xiw2yT

                            tx - fec6a58ca407f608e3c43b6c5a3060dcd663da4dce4322bd2b7fc2383ad81388
                            [/quote]

                            +1 class

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                              pro-tech last edited by

                              here a good Pool:

                              [url=http://ftc.pro-tech.bz.it]http://ftc.pro-tech.bz.it[/url]
                              [list]
                              [*]stratum+tcp://eu.pro-tech.bz.it:3334
                              [*]cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://eu.pro-tech.bz.it:3334 -u username -p password -I 13
                              [/list]

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                                Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

                                [quote name=“Smoothie” post=“16019” timestamp=“1371508284”]
                                Quoted PM message:

                                [quote author=Nightcrawler link=action=profile;u=2085 date=1371507684]
                                Wow, faith in humanity restored.

                                Yeah I have changed ALL of my passwords with insanely strong ones - and I will delete my btc-e account and make 3 new ones - 1 for trollbox, 1 for investing and 1 for ‘savings’. Do you think it is safe for me to leave currency in there, or should I withdraw straight after transactions?

                                I still don’t understand how they could have cracked a password - you only get 3 incorrect attempt at logging in to btc-e or my webmail.

                                Can’t thank you enough man - I have been despondent all night - it is not just about the money, but the fact that someone would/could do this :(

                                I am hoping you have made some good cash from FTC/BTC to cover my loss.

                                Thanks mate!

                                181MstHu1kBECe1yRUsM4Xp6qU12xiw2yT

                                Loving this community!!!

                                Andrew
                                [/quote]

                                Sent 2.66 BTC to 181MstHu1kBECe1yRUsM4Xp6qU12xiw2yT

                                tx - fec6a58ca407f608e3c43b6c5a3060dcd663da4dce4322bd2b7fc2383ad81388
                                [/quote]

                                Absolutely EPIC! :)

                                [quote author=pro-tech link=topic=1882.msg16108#msg16108 date=1371539221]
                                here a good Pool:

                                http://ftc.pro-tech.bz.it
                                [list]
                                [*]stratum+tcp://pro-tech.bz.it:3335
                                [*]cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pro-tech.bz.it:3335 -u username -p password -I 9
                                [/list]
                                [/quote]

                                Pro-tech, I encourage you to be an active member on the forums. If you do so, people will start to trust you and then naturally join your pool. Spamming threads does not make them come to you and it will not be tolerated. Please stop it.

                                BTW you might want to remove the “-I 9” from your config copy and paste ;) .

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