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      Drjones Regular Member last edited by

      After reading this thought would double check mine, just noticed when updating your wallet to a newer software it’s takes the encryption off and need to re encrypt.

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      • Bushstar
        Bushstar last edited by

        [quote name=“Drjones” post=“56345” timestamp=“1391202764”]
        After reading this thought would double check mine, just noticed when updating your wallet to a newer software it’s takes the encryption off and need to re encrypt.
        [/quote]

        It should not take the encryption off. This would be a neat trick for unencrypting wallets without a password :)

        Donate: 6hf9DF8H67ZEoW9KmPJez6BHh4XPNQSCZz

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          Drjones Regular Member last edited by

          As I see that’s strange i encrypted litecoin wallet same time as feather but now checking and for some reason encryption padlock logo has gone off litecoin wallet after last update?

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            Drjones Regular Member last edited by

            Is there an option to unencrypt anywhere, just re done and got my padlock :D

            Very strange how it went as didn’t send any coins out of the wallet so didn’t type pass phrase in or anything hmmz

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            • zerodrama
              zerodrama Regular Member last edited by

              [quote name=“MrFeathers” post=“56348” timestamp=“1391203346”]
              [quote author=mharrison link=topic=7346.msg56328#msg56328 date=1391196285]
              [quote]Also it is impossible that anyone generated your private key by random.[/quote]

              Not impossible. I have been lucky enough to generate private keys to addresses that has had activity before. Very highly unlikely… Yes. Impossibly … No. It is the luck of the draw.
              [/quote]

              I’m sorry but you are mistaken. The probability of what you claim to have accomplished is so small that it is essentially impossible. you would have to be the first person on this earth that has accomplished this. The probability is 2^160. There have never been any cases of address collision among ANY of the coins ever created.

              read: [url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=52569.0]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=52569.0[/url]

              [url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104461.0]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104461.0[/url]
              [/quote]

              it can happen. especially if anyone figures out how to weaponize all those ASICs by making them do partial work.

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                travwill last edited by

                Well, Mac is clean after multiple scans and wallets are now encrypted, my very dumb mistake. I believe I had an unknown replication of my wallet data file backups back themselves up to my Dropbox account while I was copying some other work files also :-( Had to be it.

                So the address below is where the their sent my 11721 FTC coins. There is no way to get these back?

                Kinda stinks that in crypto if this is the case, there is no way to reverse a transaction or remove it from block chain if it is truly criminal activity - maybe that is one pro of banks!

                1 Not yet redeemed 11721 6tRgpmcXzBZD6kuybJzDjeMgXnJXFEAwZ7 DUP HASH160 20:a12e…445e EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG

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                • Wellenreiter
                  Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                  [quote name=“travwill” post=“56767” timestamp=“1391403450”]

                  …
                  Kinda stinks that in crypto if this is the case, there is no way to reverse a transaction or remove it from block chain if it is truly criminal activity - maybe that is one pro of banks!

                  1 Not yet redeemed 11721 6tRgpmcXzBZD6kuybJzDjeMgXnJXFEAwZ7 DUP HASH160 20:a12e…445e EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG
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                  It’s a feature of all cryptos, that transactions are non-reverse and of course there are drawbacks, like in your case.
                  Just deem your Crypto-wallet like a normal wallet full of $$$$$$$.
                  If that is lost or stolen the chance to get the money back is comparable to the chance you get your cryptos back, that’s life.

                  And yes, it’s a pro for the banks to have reverse transactions and also this has drawbacks, as many sellers on Ebay can proove. ;)

                  Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                  Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                    Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                    [quote name=“zerodrama” post=“56354” timestamp=“1391208867”]
                    [quote author=MrFeathers link=topic=7346.msg56348#msg56348 date=1391203346]
                    [quote author=mharrison link=topic=7346.msg56328#msg56328 date=1391196285]
                    [quote]Also it is impossible that anyone generated your private key by random.[/quote]

                    Not impossible. I have been lucky enough to generate private keys to addresses that has had activity before. Very highly unlikely… Yes. Impossibly … No. It is the luck of the draw.
                    [/quote]

                    I’m sorry but you are mistaken. The probability of what you claim to have accomplished is so small that it is essentially impossible. you would have to be the first person on this earth that has accomplished this. The probability is 2^160. There have never been any cases of address collision among ANY of the coins ever created.

                    read: [url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=52569.0]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=52569.0[/url]

                    [url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104461.0]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104461.0[/url]
                    [/quote]

                    it can happen. especially if anyone figures out how to weaponize all those ASICs by making them do partial work.
                    [/quote]

                    If you could figure that out, you could break all of Bitcoin rather trivially by zeroing in on a key. Hash function are purposefully designed to make partial work irrelevant, because a different start work state will always result in a radically different intermediate work state making any partial work inherently useless. It’s like saying, “If anyone figures out how to make waffles by replicating infinite batter using zero energy and a waffle iron plugged into the wall.” It doesn’t work that way because it violates the laws of physics, or in the case of partial work hashes, of math… specifically the SHA family of hash functions. Break that one, and Bitcoin is the least of your concern.

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                      PolybiusSquare last edited by

                      If you insist on keeping a wallet on the computer, at least move the .dat file to a TrueCrypt drive - you can even install the client under the TrueCrypt drive. Or install it under a Virtual machine with TrueCrypt that has limited scope. Make sure the wallet is encrypted. Before opening make sure PC is clean.

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                        robep00 last edited by

                        travwill: I am very sorry for your loss of coins.

                        Even though your loss might be from the dropbox account. I would not trust your Mac. Anti-virus are definitely not a guaranty that your computer is virus free.

                        You can either re-install OS X after backup up your wallets to re-import them later. (Assuming there are no EFI rootkits installed on the Mac).
                        Better move your money to other wallets either on paper or on another computer dedicated to coins (always keeping a minimum of coins on a running computer).

                        The recommendations for VMs are valid, they increase the difficulty of getting access to the wallets from a backdoor, but they remain exposed.

                        For encrypted partitions, they are essentially accessible from the backdoor when they are mounted (software is running). It is of use only when your computer is powered off.

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                          HopeStillFlies Regular Member last edited by

                          People on Reddit are reporting that Macupdate and download.com have software that is malware infected, on the Mac, that is stealing coins out of wallets:

                          http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1xnm1v/os_x_users_beware_downloadcom_and_macupdatecom/

                          Wow. Looks like the “security through obscurity” ride Apple had is over, and in the worst possible way (actual accumulated wealth as opposed to, say, stealing processing power for proxies or ad clicks or mining or whatever).

                          I am honestly depressed by this. People I know that have been working in IT forever are talking to me like “no! Really? I mean–no!”, just absolutely incredulous.

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