Narrr it's a USB device you plug into the computer to authorise access to the wallet. The device needs you to enter a pin code before it is active. Basically 3 factor authentication.Wot, something like a physical wallet with cash & shit (the latter not literally) tucked in one's pocket....?
So if you lose the USB then you lose your money? Asking for a friend who has NFI how all this dogecoin stuff works.Narrr it's a USB device you plug into the computer to authorise access to the wallet. The device needs you to enter a pin code before it is active. Basically 3 factor authentication.
It still wouldn't have helped. We all generate so much meta-data and computer analysis of said meta-data is getting so accurate these days that even a hardware wallet is still going to be relatively easy to locate. Think of it like a black-hole. Astronomers can't see it but they know it is there because it has an effect on the behaviour of everything around it.One article said the FBI obtained via an undisclosed method, the private keys to the wallet. Presumably the crims stored it somewhere on a computer or online wallet which was compromised by the FBI using spyware or a 0day. A hardware wallet would have gotten around this.
Yes. Gone for good.So if you lose the USB then you lose your money? Asking for a friend who has NFI how all this dogecoin stuff works.
This isn't about Poodle.Astronomers can't see it but they know it is there because it has an effect on the behaviour of everything around it.
If you lose the hardware wallet but still have your seed phrase (12-24 random words which were used to set up your wallet), you can replace the hardware wallet with a new one and recreate access to your wallet using the seed phrase.So if you lose the USB then you lose your money? Asking for a friend who has NFI how all this dogecoin stuff works.
With bitcoin, it seems mainly FOMO. Other people are making money off this! There's finite bitcoin! I need to get some before it's too late....Bitcoin obsessed friends/workmates remind me of ex-friends who were Amway people
Aren't you taking about dogecoinWith bitcoin, it seems mainly FOMO. Other people are making money off this! There's finite bitcoin! I need to get some before it's too late....
Infinite doge, finite bit... Innit?Aren't you taking about dogecoin
No.Aren't you taking about dogecoin
Yep. There’s a set number of Bitcoins.Infinite doge, finite bit... Innit?
So why are they mining for them?Yep. There’s a set number of Bitcoins.