California Court Ruling Solidifies The Crypto Adage “Not Your Keys; Not Your Coins”

The self-proclaimed “Bitcoin obsessive lawyer” Justin Winston Ono Wales takes the saying “Not your keys; not your coins” seriously. He used the recent ruling in the Archer v. Coinbase case to explain just how important the old crypto adage really is.

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Gemini To Offer Custody Services For Unstoppable Domains’ .Crypto Web Extensions

The fear of losing your private keys has always seen crypto investors, especially institutional grade investors, relinquish the control to custodial services for safekeeping. Similarly, NYDFS-registered crypto exchange, Gemini will start to custody .

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Centralized Exchange Wallets Now Hold 14% of Bitcoin’s Circulating Supply

“Not your keys, not your BTC” is a famous saying in the cryptocurrency space that means BTC on exchanges technically belongs to the exchanges since they hold the private keys to the funds. It seems the saying has not discouraged BTC holders from using exchanges as 14% of BTC’s circulating supply, amounting to over 2.6 […]

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Sign Into Websites Using Your Crypto Wallet Instead of a Password

You can now sign into websites using public keys derived from your crypto wallet — an order of magnitude more secure than using a password.

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Your Bitcoin (BTC) Public Keys May Be Disclosed by Countries. Here?s How

Bitcoin (BTC) is now at a crossroads of its own narratives. Before the coronavirus outbreak it was called a 'safe haven', 'hedge againist inflation', 'digital gold'.

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Hackers Could Steal Your Crypto Keys Due to an Unpatchable Intel Flaw

This Tuesday, security researchers revealed the existence of a new flaw that could allow cybercriminals and hackers to steal sensitive digital secrets from Intel’s SGX. Intel’s SGX (Software Guard eXtension) acts as a digital vault for the users’ private information, and it appears that this newly-discovered flaw is unfixable.

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Stupid[est] ways people have lost their Bitcoins

"The only thing people hate more than losing money is the person who lost it for them." "Not your keys, not your coins" is a mantra many in the crypto-sphere follow; two rules that anyone should liThe post Stupid[est] ways people have lost their Bitcoins appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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$45M in Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin siphoned off as SIM swap menace continues

Bitcoin is revolutionary. 'Not your keys, not your coins' and 'Be your own bank' are some of the famous adages in the Bitcoin podosphere. Alas, while Bitcoin lets people be their own bank, taking contThe post $45M in Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin siphoned off as SIM swap menace continues appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Zengo Is a Keyless Yet Noncustodial Bitcoin Wallet

Zengo is a non-custodial mobile wallet that dispenses with private keys in favor of threshold signatures to create two ‘mathematical secret shares’ – one stored on your mobile device, the other on their servers.

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Craig Wright on Bitcoin private keys: It’s ‘none of your goddamn business’

Craig Wright still doesn’t want to reveal whether or not he has access to the private keys to his alleged 1. 1 million BTC fortune. In an interview with BlockTV, Wright offered his unfiltered thoughts on some of the hottest issues in crypto, including privacy, decentralization, the Kleiman trial, and the true purpose of Bitcoin.

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How Not to Lose Your Coins in 2020: Alternative Recovery Methods

Retaining private keys is a complex task, leading to the emergence of alternative solutions

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Watch Civic’s CEO Talk About His New Cross-Border Payment System

The Civic Wallet is a noncustodial money transfer system that uses your face instead of complex keys.

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Proof of Keys Day Sees More Funds Flowing in Exchanges Than Going Out

Have you started moving your crypto assets off exchanges has been the question on the of Proof of Keys day held on Jan 3rd. But the data suggests the opposite held true and just like last year’s inaugural Proof of Keys day, we didn’t see massive amounts of BTC withdrawn. As per the data provided […]

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Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins: What Proof-Of-Keys Day Means in 2020

Owning Bitcoin (BTC) has always been about owning private keys. But in 2020, the growing adoption requires another reminder. Second Proof of Keys Event January 3, 2020, is the second “Proof-of-Keys” day, after the event was initiated last year, the brainchild of Bitcoin investor Trace Mayer.

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Celebrate Bitcoin’s Birthday by Taking Back Your Monetary Sovereignty

January 3rd will see Bitcoin turn 11 years old. To celebrate the innovative potential of the network on its birthday, one of its oldest proponents has created an annual event known as Proof of Keys.

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Bitcoin's 2nd Proof-of-Keys event: All eyes on exchanges' readiness

Not your keys, not your coins Let the meaning sink in... It's the most popular adage in the crypto-community. This mantra is echoed time and again or each time an exchange gets compromised! Just likeThe post Bitcoin's 2nd Proof-of-Keys event: All eyes on exchanges' readiness appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Video: Trace Mayer on Proof of Keys, Sovereignty and Bitcoin Privacy

“If you have rights but never flex them, your muscles will get weak."

The post Video: Trace Mayer on Proof of Keys, Sovereignty and Bitcoin Privacy appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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New Ransomware Tactic: Pay Us or the World Sees Your Keys

A new malware technique makes a company's files public if it refuses to pay ransom.

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Coinigy Review 2020 – Trade Anytime, Anywhere

Coinigy is an excellent platform that gives you the possibility to aggregate all your wallets and exchange’s accounts into one interface by making use of the API keys of all the different exchanges.

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The Next Level of Ledger Live: Staking and Tezos Support

In 2018, we proudly unveiled Ledger Live, an easy-to-use global solution that allows you to manage your crypto assets in one place. Through Ledger Live you can check your balance, send and receive 23 coins & over 1250 ERC20 tokens in real-time through a single app without ever compromising control of private keys. Our goal […]

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Upbit Is the Seventh Major Crypto Exchange Hack of 2019

These seven major hacks remind us: not your keys, not your crypto.

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Not Your Keys: 92% of Institutional Investors Keep Crypto on Exchanges

Never mind the risk: crypto investors still prefer third-party custody

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[Warning Alert] Ledger Wallet Phishing Websites Appear in Google Search Results

Our team has spotted new phishing websites appearing on Google search results pages. Scammers are targeting Ledger users with surprisingly tricky advertisements. We all like crypto because its secure: you’re in complete control of your money.

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Best Multisignature Wallets 2020 – Comprehensive Guide For Beginners

It’s easy to lose your digital money if you are not consciously doing things. Unfortunately, in the world of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, incidents such as Bitfinex or MtGox are nothing new.

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Which Cryptocurrencies Does Ledger Nano S Support?

The Ledger Nano S hardware wallet is very popular and very safe wallet for securing Bitcoins and altcoins. When you own cryptocurrencies, you need to protect the access to your funds and also your confidential data.

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Trace Mayer: Remove Bitcoin (BTC) Away From Centralized Exchanges During Proof of Keys 2020

The organizer of Proof of Keys, Trace Mayer, wants you to take your Bitcoin (BTC) away from centralized crypto exchanges and to “take control” of it. On a recent social media post, Mayer affirmed that there are only 60 days before the beginning of the event.

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Trace Mayer: Get Your Bitcoin Off Exchanges in ‘Proof of Keys’ 2020

Proof of Keys is back and demanding HODLers take control

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African Bitcoin Exchange Founder Vanishes, Claiming Lost Wallet Password

Bitcoin by design is secure, for people to be their own banks it needs to be. Responsibility for your own assets and private keys is of paramount importance, even more so if you are a custodian of assets for others.

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How Social Recovery Mechanism for Wallet Keys Works

Coinspeaker How Social Recovery Mechanism for Wallet Keys WorksVault12 uses social recovery as a method of wallet protection. In order not to lose your keys, you may create a recovery network of your friends.How Social Recovery Mechanism for Wallet Keys Works

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Winklevoss-backed Vault12 Will Let You Pay Your Friends To Protect Your Private Keys

Have you ever worried about losing your private keys and access to your crypto forever? Vault12 has devised a new solution that may interest you. The company, which has backing from important venture capital firms such as True Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Data Collective and Naval Ravikant, and went online this week and it offers a […]

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Pay Your Friends to Protect Your Keys: One Startup’s New Take on Crypto Custody

Vault12 is rolling out its crypto custody solution, which lets users pay their friends in ether to protect their private keys.

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New Tool Will Find Secrets – Including Crypto Keys – in Your Public Code

A clever tool scours GitHub for secret keys and passwords that programmers inadvertently made public.

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Windows users can now use Yubico’s security keys to log in to their PCs

Swedish company Yubico has announced that its hardware security keys can now be used to login to a local Windows OS account. The feature, which underwent extensive testing over the past six months, lets you add a second layer of authentication to your Windows accounts, by plugging a USB key into your PC.

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Google’s Titan key for locking your online accounts is now available with USB-C

Do you have a laptop or a phone with USB-C port? Then Google has got you covered when it comes to securing your online accounts and preventing unauthorized access. The internet giant has announced a USB-C Titan Security Key, manufactured by Yubico, that’s compatible with Android, Chrome OS, macOS, and Windows devices for $40.

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In-person meatspace protocol to prove unconditional possession of a private key

Recommended pre-reading: https://ethresear. ch/t/minimal-anti-collusion-infrastructure/5413 Alice slowly walks down the old, dusty stairs of the building into the basement. She thinks wistfully of the old days, when quadratic-voting in the World Collective Market was a much simpler process of linking her public key to a twitter account and opening up metamask to start firing off votes.

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Should We Worry About Institutions and Intermediaries Holding Bitcoin? Yes

bitcoin is a cultural movement. bitcoin is for people. bitcoin is about principles. …or at least, this is the proposition that CoinShares Chief Strategy Officer, Meltem Demirors, put forward in a recent Twitter thread.

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Untitled Goose Game is the perfect way to unleash your inner asshole

For better or worse, being an asshole is fun. Unfortunately, in the real world this has knock-on effects, like, you know, everyone thinking you’re an asshole. That’s why it’s refreshing to act like a dickhead virtually and actually get rewarded for it.

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Never Disclose Crypto Holdings: Bitcoin Millionaire Has Run in With Shotgun

Once an individual gets started in investing or trading crypto assets like Bitcoin, they should very early on in their journey encounter some commonly cited advice: never invest more than you can comfortably afford to lose; not your keys, not your Bitcoin; and never disclose how much crypto you hold, as it could very well.

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Here’s Exactly How Long it Would Take to Crack Your Bitcoin Wallet

We put a lot of faith in passwords, specifically in the private keys which secure our Bitcoin and crypto wallets. If someone were to find out or hack our private key, they would gain control over the funds in the wallet.

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В кошельке ZenGo появилась поддержка тестовой сети Libra

Разработчики криптовалютного кошелька ZenGo объявили, что их приложение теперь поддерживает тестовую сеть разрабатываемого социальной сетью Facebook стейблкоина Libra. Hello Libra! Very excited to bring you the first consumer-grade mobile wallet for Libra (test net).

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Кошелек ZenGo начал поддерживать тестовую сеть Libra

Разработчики некастодиального криптовалютного кошелька ZenGo реализовали поддержку тестовой сети цифровой валюты Libra от Facebook. Hello Libra! Very excited to bring you the first consumer-grade mobile wallet for Libra (test net).

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MyDashWallet was compromised for 2 MONTHS — users, move your cryptocurrency

MyDashWallet, a service that purports to be the fastest way of using DASH cryptocurrency, has revealed its platform was compromised for two whole months, and is now urging users to move their funds as soon as possible (if they’re still there).

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How to play Google’s addictive Wimbledon game on your phone or desktop

July means the tennis world is abuzz with action and drama, as the Wimbledon final approaches. As a nod to this epic sporting event, Google has released a hidden tennis game you can play on your browser or phone.

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Coin Bitcoin Wallet – Security, privacy and user friendly interface all in one place

Coin Bitcoin Wallet is a free online wallet that supports some of the biggest cryptocurrencies on the market and all possible ERC20 tokens while offering security and privacy to its users. Take a look at the numerous benefits Coin Wallet has to offer you.

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ShapeShift Stays Nimble in Changing Crypto World, Launches Asset Portal

It’s one thing to preach “not your keys, not your coin. ” It’s another thing to help fix the problem.  ShapeShift has spent the last year, according to a blog post from them, building a product that does exactly that without making it difficult for the user.

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What the hell is Apple’s butterfly keyboard?

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Of all the controversies surrounding Apple in recent years, the Macbook’s keyboard saga has been one of the most troubling.

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Top 3 Ways to Keep Your Bitcoin Safe in 2019

With the price of Bitcoin on a tearing run right now, it’s more important than ever to think about the long-term security of your funds – if you haven’t done so already. Here’s a list of the best ways to keep your crypto safe.

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MoonTrader ICO

MoonTrader team has developed and is supporting the trading terminal (MoonBot - moon-bot. com) which was introduced in October 3, 2017. Currently, the performance of MoonBot surpasses that of most existing trading systems as a result of its advanced functionality and the high security features designed to protect your trading activities.

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PSA: Your Android phone is now a security key for signing in to Google on iOS

Google has announced that it’s now possible to log into your Google accounts from your iPhones and iPads using your Android phone as a hardware authentication key. The development comes almost more than a month after the internet giant made it easy for Google users to sign in to their accounts on their laptops or PCs using their Android smartphones as hardware security keys.

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