Tag: security

4 How can one gauge the reliability, customer service, and transparency of bitcoin exchanges? 2014-01-21T13:17:10.540

4 Does the Mt Gox attack constitute theft of Bitcoins or just a Denial-of-Service attack? 2014-02-26T16:06:49.047

4 How to tell who mined a bitcoin? 2014-03-02T18:23:25.537

4 What are some of the pitfalls of a 100% proof of stake currency (pos) like NXT? 2014-07-14T19:42:55.730

4 How do Blockchain.info recovery mnemonics encrypt wallet data and what prevents hacking of the algorithm? 2014-08-13T07:39:10.150

4 Did I just create counterfeit bitcoins? 2015-01-07T18:45:37.850

4 Intercept and edit transaction output 2015-01-29T12:25:57.210

4 How can services that use the bitcoin blockchain help secure it? 2015-04-01T04:45:41.747

4 I just lost 1.36275883 ($313), and I don't know how it happened or how to prevent it again 2015-09-02T06:56:16.033

4 Would it be wise and extra secure to use non-ascii characters in a brain wallet? 2015-10-17T15:55:23.107

4 Why are brain wallets not secure? People keep saying it, but explain to me why? 2015-12-02T23:12:40.867

4 How one checks which customer made a payment 2016-02-05T13:50:36.393

4 Can bitcoin node startup be secure without validating the entire blockchain? 2016-06-14T21:16:30.640

4 Lightning network and lightweight clients 2016-07-19T21:10:19.827

4 Would quantum computing be able to deanonymize CoinJoin transactions? 2016-08-23T11:12:20.597

4 Zcash proposal to use checkpoints to verify monetary supply 2016-11-03T20:18:01.773

4 How to make PoS system work? 2017-01-27T13:12:10.160

4 How is the lightning network secured against hacking and double spends? 2017-10-04T07:43:00.677

4 Security implications of regular saving into cold storage 2017-11-19T12:58:10.390

4 Egoistic miners combined with large transactions destroy PoW? 2017-12-01T13:05:05.660

4 In what sense does the security model of proof-of-stake require users to "log on to the internet every few months" 2018-01-24T15:39:06.033

4 How do the JavaScript SecureRandom() vulnerabilities affect me? 2018-04-10T16:09:24.833

4 How can I safely store and trade Bitcoin and other crypto currencies? 2018-05-13T14:57:47.120

4 Has PoS really been proven secure under comparable assumptions as Bitcoin? 2018-07-19T10:07:05.603

4 Why was an insecure merkle tree implementation chosen? 2018-11-13T12:16:54.993

4 Lightning Network: asymmetry in the information tracked by each participant? 2019-01-02T13:17:56.867

4 How do I securely update Bitcoin Core? 2019-11-24T17:13:51.220

3 Is the tenebrix client safe? 2011-10-07T17:49:56.257

3 Which bitcoin client distribution to use on a secure pen drive? 2012-01-07T20:37:07.177

3 Address creation in standard client - random library? 2012-01-31T16:17:01.960

3 Is there any way to measure relative occurrences of wallet theft over time? 2012-03-01T00:08:52.730

3 Is an attack on a local bitcoind via an img or embedded flash viable? 2012-04-23T22:33:11.460

3 What can a pool operator do with their miners' hashpower? 2012-04-24T16:51:29.400

3 How would the network respond to an ability to crack the private keys? 2012-07-15T12:57:36.050

3 Where can I store a Bitcoin Wallet Safely? 2012-09-24T18:27:57.803

3 How do mining pool payout methods affect the cost of executing a block withholding attack? 2012-10-03T09:31:00.077

3 Best practices for service/merchant handling bitcoins 2012-10-21T20:40:24.050

3 How can I tell if someone is trying to hack port 8333? 2012-12-10T23:30:58.773

3 How does Bitcoin protect itself from invalid peers from being broadcasted? 2012-12-15T16:55:57.073

3 Ideal passphrase length: old diceware method (5 words) vs. your Bitcoin wallet.dat passphrase length (8 words) and doubling passwords? 2013-01-07T06:10:06.047

3 What is the easiest way to "listen" to the network? 2013-02-15T05:12:54.310

3 Risk of a certain machines being compromized 2013-02-27T13:18:35.733

3 I want my website to accept bitcoins without dealing with security issues 2013-03-13T10:38:00.840

3 Can the Bitcoin protocol be configured to *never* rollback after a certain block? 2013-03-13T17:14:45.853

3 Would bitcoin be destroyed if a wealthy organization obtained a CPU majority for a sustained period? 2013-03-22T16:28:20.077

3 What are the pros and cons of different methods for transferring Bitcoins between different wallet services? 2013-04-27T21:29:57.310

3 Compromised Bitcoin clients? 2013-05-13T08:24:56.193

3 How are mining pools authenticated to clients? 2013-06-04T16:38:19.907

3 Do i delete the Bitcoin folder & data directory in Appdata after i copy it on an encrypted drive? 2013-06-04T17:31:48.930

3 Wallet is encrypted and currently locked, How can get unencrypted (unlocked) it? 2013-07-03T08:59:52.200

3 does blockchain.info have everyone's private key? 2013-07-25T07:22:17.720

3 Backing up wallet with pen and paper, destroying electronic copy, restoring from keyboard -- how? 2013-08-21T01:52:45.937

3 if my wallet is sufficiently secure, can I ever lose my coins? 2013-10-17T23:56:15.113

3 Could a hacker replace Bitcoin QT in some Linux repository and steal Bitcoins? 2013-12-01T09:56:46.293

3 How the Bitcoin community will handle attacks on a Client's code? 2013-12-12T05:16:27.870

3 I don't understand the "51% attack" problem. Why does a mining pool have power with a 51% share? 2013-12-28T03:43:37.457

3 How is network time enforced? 2014-01-04T02:12:43.253

3 I'm mainly on a Windows system. What are some advantages and disadvantages of setting up Bitcoin-Qt in a Linux virtual machine? 2014-01-06T00:59:44.593

3 Make remote RPC connection to bitcoind server secure 2014-02-03T11:25:12.873

3 is transaction malleability a threat to my local wallet? 2014-02-15T17:14:21.717

3 How safe is my USD deposit at Bitstamp? 2014-02-25T09:26:47.900

3 What other currencies have same malleability vulnerability as Bitcoin? 2014-03-01T05:36:08.743

3 Couldn't an attacker cause online (watch-only) wallets to display malicious receiving addresses? 2014-03-14T01:32:41.880

3 I think my bitcoin wallet was hacked. What to do? 2014-03-24T12:42:28.830

3 Who would accept confirmations of invalid transactions in a 51% attack? 2014-04-14T15:04:05.163

3 Detecting stolen bitcoins? 2014-04-20T19:33:09.280

3 Can I detect a 51% attack as a developer 2014-05-05T15:58:16.817

3 How are mutated transactions prevented from getting relayed? 2014-05-22T18:40:08.590

3 What is Mt. Gox's YubiKeys' "configuration protection access code"? 2014-07-25T16:40:09.320

3 How does CryptoNote prevent a 51% attack and double-spending? 2014-08-04T14:24:16.520

3 New to Bitcoin - tips on securing my server 2014-08-29T14:01:24.487

3 What is it about a Trezor that means it can't be infected by malware? 2014-10-15T17:55:19.493

3 Can side chains or "pegged" chains negatively affect the security of Bitcoin? 2014-10-28T14:28:21.673

3 Technical analysis of Blockchain.info security breach 2014-12-11T10:29:25.343

3 What security threats does blockchain technology solve or present? 2015-06-08T10:09:16.613

3 The shortest ECDSA signature 2015-07-10T09:47:36.317

3 How do on-line wallet or bitcoin exchanges usually secure their private keys? 2015-09-16T22:20:37.513

3 How to secure my Electrum wallet? 2015-10-26T11:49:47.737

3 Can contracts programmed in bitcoins be used to scam merchants? 2015-10-29T19:27:52.203

3 What's the maximum possible utxo growth rate now? Can that be turned into an attack? 2015-10-31T06:47:41.903

3 Is it computationally feasible to find two transaction IDs with the same first 20 bytes? 2015-12-21T15:50:37.373

3 Is there any wallet that allows safely storing private keys in an offline computer? 2016-02-05T01:47:59.693

3 Is there a possibility that the whole blockchain system will be DOWN? 2016-06-09T07:42:38.723

3 What if a pair of double-spent transactions are collected into a new block? 2017-01-08T00:30:02.673

3 Is it feasible to derive the root key of an HD wallet from a large sample of child public keys? 2017-03-01T01:34:19.113

3 Securely encrypting a cold storage wallet 2017-04-12T18:55:25.693

3 Can rainbow tables be used to find private keys from public keys? 2017-05-05T05:28:01.083

3 Can everybody earn bitcoin? 2017-05-10T16:42:25.010

3 Store Bitcoins offline 2017-09-23T08:37:56.337

3 Querying UTXOs with random key pairs 2017-11-10T03:04:30.683

3 Is it better to compile bitcoin node or rather for some reason just use the official binaries? 2017-11-18T18:08:22.977

3 How is a stratum connection secured? 2017-12-06T06:15:59.873

3 Is my wallet effected by the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabtilies? 2018-01-06T01:10:45.483

3 Is possible to destroy the Bitcoin for just $500K? (51% attack) 2018-05-29T18:52:12.113

3 Why is it more profitable for a node with more than 51% computation power to abide by the rules in the bitcoin network 2018-06-18T20:10:26.710

3 How does timejacking enable double spending? 2018-08-06T10:39:31.403

3 Question about identical txids/merkle tree in Developer guide 2018-08-22T07:00:43.987

3 A couple of questions on Schnorr sig 2018-10-03T08:06:35.073

3 What can you do with the private key? 2018-10-06T19:20:53.390