#Blockchain Address Check

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[st-just]

Bitcoin transactions are public, preserved forever and pseudonymous. In 2012, this meant that Bitcoin was a pretty good way to do crime. If you sold some drugs for Bitcoin, the buyer would send Bitcoin to a string of numbers representing your address, and then you’d be able to send the Bitcoin to a crypto exchange to turn it into dollars, and law enforcement would have no way to catch you because they didn’t understand Bitcoin. “The money went to the blockchain,” the police would shrug, and that would be that. In 2023, it means that Bitcoin is frankly kind of a bad way to do crime: If you steal some Bitcoin, law enforcement and blockchain analysis firms will be able to trace the movements of that Bitcoin forever, and any crypto exchange will do some know-your-customer checks and get your photo ID before letting you cash out, and so when you turn your proceeds into cash the police will show up at your house with a detailed permanent immutable public record of every transaction that you did, starting with the theft and ending with the withdrawal to your bank account.  Also, though, it means that in 2023, Bitcoin is retrospectively a bad way to have done crime in 2012. All those transactions you did when you stole Bitcoins or sold drugs are preserved forever, and if the police are bored they can just go back and look at old blockchain transactions and catch old crimes. I suppose they have statutes of limitation to worry about, but otherwise, it seems very convenient for the police to have a permanent public record of all the crimes.

-Matt Levine

[rozenrotart]

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☽ Commissions are Currently: OPEN ☽ Slots Available: 7/10 ☽ All Prices are in USD & subject to change depending on complexity and subject matter. ☽ All prices for single character ☽ Additional Characters + half comm price per character (up to 3 characters total)

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☽ Additional Options ☾

☽ Sketch Sheet ☾ 1 full body or thighs up sketch + 4 smaller sketches. monochrome: 55$ flat colored: 75$ shaded sketch: 90$ (example)

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☽ Character Sheet Style A ☾ Portrait Orientation 1 full body + 4 expressions shaded color sketch: 90$+ flat colored: 100$+ cel shaded: 125$+ full render: 150$+ (example)

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☽ Terms & Conditions ☾

☽ I retain all rights to the finished piece, including the right to sell prints of the piece or use the piece in future advertisements (unless otherwise requested*)

☽ Finished Commissions may be posted to my social media pages and website (unless (otherwise requested)

☽ You have the right to use/edit your commission for personal icon packs, tumblr/website layouts, use it as an avatar on any social media and etc., provided that you do not claim ownership (credit isn't required but is greatly appreciated)

☽ I take payment up front and in full. If payment cannot be provided in full and the commission is more than 50$, I am willing to split payments, provided half is given up front.

☽ Full refunds only available if requested before I've moved past the sketch stage. At any point thereafter, only partial refunds can be given. No refunds on completed commissions. Sketch commissions are non-refundable.

☽ My art may not be used for NFT or blockchain projects, nor may it be used for "AI" learning projects. You may not use my art to create a picrew or similar "dollmaker" type image generators. Doing so will result in your being blacklisted and blocked.

☽ I reserve the right to reject your commission for any reason.

*for exclusive reproduction rights/sale rights, I will charge an additional fee. If you don't want a commission included in future adverts, that won't incur any fee.

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☽ Things I Will Draw: Artistic nudity, sexual nudity, sexual content (both graphic and implied), gore & body horror, simple mecha/robot designs, furry/anthro art, portraits of IRL people, monsters (humanoid and non-humanoid) ship art, fan art.

☽ Things I will not Draw: Any/all sexual content/nudity involving pre-pubscent children, ship art involving adult/child ships, bigotry and hate symbols in any way that may be seen as "endorsement", ship art of real people**, complicated mechanical designs/robots, "feral" animal art.

☽ Subject To Conditions: sexual content & kink content is subject to certain conditions. A full list of kinks/themes will be available in the future. ** I will draw cutesy ship art of you and your partner but I will not draw sexual content involving real people. I will also not draw ship art of celebrities/youtubers/strangers.

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Once details have been hammered out, I will get your payment info (for SFW, I will do paypal invoices. For NSFW commissions, we can work something out). Once I've gotten payment, I'll start work on a rough concept sketch which will be sent to you for approval + any changes you need made.

Once the rough concept sketch has been approved, I'll do my best to send you period updates on the progress of your commission. Sometimes, I knock an entire piece out in a single sitting and if this happens, you may not get updates -- especially if your commission was a sketch commission.

Generally speaking, though, I will try to update you with the final sketch + color roughs, line-art, flat colors and final effects.

Once your commission has been completed, I will send you the full resolution, watermark-free version of your art!

☽ Order Form ☾ Commission Type: (head-shot, bust, mid-shot, full body, chibi, etc.,) Completion Level: (monochrome sketch, sketch + flats, shaded sketch, etc.,) Description of Commission: (you can send me like a stick figure sketch or write out what you want) Reference Materials: (if its an OC you can send me like a character sheet or a toyhou.se link or something like that) PayPal Email: (this is only if we're doing an SFW commission and you have a paypal. If not, we will work something out!)

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[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 1/24/2023

new england winter: very cute and picturesque until you actually have to live here

listening

psycada by abstract, the opening track off the album hiking lung. a brief instrumental that sounds like a hazy-cicada-shimmer summer. it is a blisteringly hot day where you don't really have to do anything but even though you're out on the porch swing under the deck with a freezy pop it's not doing much. the vocals remind me very much of The Dandy Warhols once the rest of the album slides into more of a garage/psych rock vibe. a sort of understated fuzzy im-lying-down-right-now quality. i think these vocals would be background instead of lead in a more energetic track.

the album has several good tracks for the "datacore" playlist, which is full of mellow medium-paced instrumentals bc if i am alone with my thoughts while i clean addresses i will die

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reading

i have Bullet Train on hold at the library but tbqh this section is probably going to be me gloating over various crypto crashes for the forseeable future. Molly White of web3isgoinggreat.com reports on the Three Arrows Capital guys setting up a new venture to (checks notes):

Not only that [both partners currently on the run from their creditors], but the exchange plans to focus on claims trading — that is, the trading of claims held by creditors against debtors who are undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, like FTX, Celsius, BlockFi, or Mt. Gox (throwback!). The fact that 3AC was a major catalyst in kicking off the string of bankruptcies we saw throughout 2022 was not lost on observers, with Nic Carter of the Castle Island venture capital firm commenting that the endeavor "is akin to arsonists returning to the scene of the crime and offering to charge their victims for buckets of water".

mwah. very much glass houses since castle island is also on the verge of going under due to its almost total focus on blockchain infrastructure but GOD. what a sentence.

unpaywalled bloomberg article on the wayback machine here.

this is some of the dumbest fucking bullshit ive ever read and im so fucking happy i no longer have to care about this at a professional level.

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watching

Bullet Train (2022, dir. Leitch) asks "what if you put a whole bunch of assassins all on the same high-speed train?"

this is the glass onion of action movies. now i do like a perfect little puzzlebox of a movie made by people who really love movies, but this flavor of film is so fuckin smug about itself. this movie wants you to know it took AP Lit. this movie is a long variation of the whedon effect/"well THAT happened!” effect, where characters react to payoffs with the barest and briefest of setups an hour before in the movie. 

the thing that made me have a good time is this movie was directed by the guy who directed Atomic Blonde, one of my top ten movies and one of the best action movies of the last decade. LOVE an ensemble of goons all introduced with their own setup/backstory scenes. this film is seventy percent tightly choreographed fights with improvised weapons in tight spaces.

i am a simple woman. i like a bloody, disheveled man.

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playing

alternating very fun and very unpleasant times with my big strong boy in wolfenstein: the new order. now, i am a little bit like "wow, you find the nazi prison camp level unpleasant? how shocking!" at myself. i was not really paying attention to the global rise of fascism in 2014 when this game came out bc i was busy dropping out of college and having a mental breakdown, but the nazis in shooters i have played or watched since 2014, especially call of duty: wwii, seem defanged compared to wolfenstein.

i will probably have more and more coherent things to say once i play more of this game, bc i am just about to bust out of prison at about ~9.5 hours of playtime. apparently this is the halfway point? after the first enigma code i looked up what the other ones do, decided i don't care about other game modes, and have not been trying especially hard to be a completionist about each level/unlock all the perks by doing different kills. i am talking to everyone and looking at everything and reading all the posters, and it is interesting how such a fast-paced shooter is adapting so well to me walking around and taking my sweet fucking time at whatever difficulty level is one below the recommended difficulty level.

a note on the plot-bearing moldy concrete. like yeah mold will grow on most things, including concrete, and yeah i guess the moldy concrete will kill you slower than the nazis will, but even though i love how lived in and cozy the kreisau circle hideout feels, it gives me the heebie jeebies. mold is quite bad for you. please prioritize another railing over another couch. also what the fuck math is tekla doing here??? i could not get a clearer shot even on max settings sorry

GOD i loved the london nautilus moon exhibit. yes i WOULD like to dual wield shotguns shooting nazis while running up and around a giant moon model. level perfectly tailored for me. HOWEVER! i would rather be shot in the head quickly and cleanly instead of trying to maneuver an EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER through a bunch of tunnels in creepy and wet conditions. being shot in the head would, again, be a much much cleaner and quicker death than any potential helicopter crash over the water. i hate planes to begin with but holy fuck helicopters no FUCKING thanks (ign screenshot)

for such a power fantasy of a game there sure are a hell of a lot of stealth sections. no stealth game is ever going to hold up to dishonored but boy did i really want these sections to feel more like dishonored.

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making

fussing around with a f/allout: new vegas courier six/veronica/christine riff on classic noir film The Big Sleep for femslash feb. it's fun to write six even bitchier than usual

“Did you want to be the detective or the lady?” Six asked.

“Both of them were pretty cold fish.” It was very stupid to wait when she could have this immediately. Veronica flipped the covers back on her way over. 

“Harsh words to throw at a woman, especially when she’s already in your bedroom.” Christine clutched at Six’s silk pajama lapels as she was tipped back up. Six’s other hand dropped to play with her dressing gown tie. 

“Now, baby, a fish is–” They were never ever going to let Six live that one down. 

“You know,” Six said with as much dignity as anyone groping her wife’s ass could have, “being shot in the head — twice! took all the memories of fish from my previous aquatic life as a Shi Town mermaid.”

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Comparing a Scam Token to Cardano? The Ridiculous Story of Retik Finance

Read the original article HERE.

A lot of recent articles have been talking about a new cryptocurrency called “Retik Finance.” Make no mistake, Retik Finance is obviously a scam. Do not interact with their website and do not send them any of your crypto. Normally, I would just ignore these obvious scam, but what surprised me today was that my google news feed suggested an article with this ridiculous headline:

A quick look at their website (which I will not link here to prevent any potential reader from being scammed themselves) and it is obvious that Retik Finance is a scam.

The scam token is being featured in a lot of articles on small-time Indian news outlets. The articles are vague, misleading, and oftentimes just outright wrong. Take this little snippet from one of these articles:

The article claims that a 2.65% price dip invalidates Cardano as a leader in “evolving crypto landscape.” This is absolutely preposterous. A 2.65% price dip is completely insignificant and a token’s price is not indicative of a cryptocurrency’s underlying technology. A token’s price only represents the demand from buyers for a token in a marketplace.

Taking a look at their website is also hilariously ridiculous. The first thing you are greeted with is a presale that asks you to connect your wallet. Again, please do not connect your wallet to this:

They also display the address for their token. Which, oddly enough, is an ERC20 token. So their claims of low-fee transactions are blatantly false, anything transaction on the Ethereum blockchain carries a hefty fee (I took the liberty to check the etherscan page and found that a transfer of Retik tokens cost around $5–6 in Ethereum per transaction, which is obviously not cheap).

The token’s etherscan page is even more hilarious. There are only 8 holders of all Retik tokens and all 8 of those holders are likely the same person. Take a look at the screenshot below:

Those percentages show how much of the total supply of Retik tokens are owned by each wallet. See how those numbers are all nice, pretty numbers that end in zeros? Yeah, it’s definitely unnatural and are all likely the same person (not to mention the top wallet owns 40% of the total supply).

Scrolling down further on their website reveals some more nonsense.

They claim to be audited, have a KYC process, and a whitepaper. KYC for a cryptocurrency? That sounds really counter-intuitive.

The audit button leads to this audit report, which already claims Retik is a “high risk” and that the creator of Retik can blacklist any account and has the ability to enable/disable trades. This is another a red flag to add to the list.

The KYC button just goes to a page that says KYC is pending:

The whitepaper is extremely vague, uses a lot of buzzwords, and doesn’t discuss any type of technology at all. It's an embarrassing collage of buzzwords attempting to look authentic.

Going back to the original article, if you scroll to the bottom, you’ll find this little disclaimer:

Neither the author nor the website (ThePrint, an Indian news outlet) will take responsibility for the the content of this outrageous article. Typical.

Retik Finance is a laughably dumb scam. The fact that people still fall for these kinds of scams is something I still don’t understand. But google suggesting these kinds of articles in my feed? That’s even more outrageous. Google must have some kind of basic process to filter out these kinds of scummy articles. Because of Google’s complacency, so many more people will be exposed to these scams.

In short, Retik Finance is nothing compared to Cardano. Retik Finance will never replace Cardano. Retik Finance is a scam. Don’t fall for scams. Google needs to get better at not suggesting scam articles in news feeds to users.

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ADA Crunch

[marxism-leninism-utenaism]

(Ed Ongweso Jr’s discussion of that stable diffusion lawsuit annotation that was going around is really interesting. the whole thing is here but relevant excerpt below the cut.)

One of my favorite projects last year was an annotated version of NYT columnist Kevin Roose’s "The Latecomer's Guide to Crypto" that sought to correct what amounted to be "a thinly-veiled advertisement for cryptocurrency that appeared to have received little in the way of fact-checking or critical editorial scrutiny." It was a pretty clear, persuasive, and effective rebuttal of many key points and narratives invoked by Roose that was threatening to be uncritically repeated and adopted en masse. So imagine my surprise when someone shared with me a project (“Stable Diffusion Frivolous”) following the same angle, but in defense of what promises to be one of this year’s hype tech products: “AI art.”

Some background: On January 13, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Stability AI and MidJourney, along with art platform DeviantArt for their use of Stable Diffusion.

Stability AI and MidJourney style themselves as AI art generators, meaning they use Stable Diffusion to take pre-existing creative work, use those works as training data for neural networks, and generate derivatives. In this lawsuit, it's alleged some five billion images were taken without the artist's consent and essentially remixed, amounting to a massive violation of copyright law for millions of artists.

"At minimum, Stable Diffusion’s ability to flood the market with an essentially unlimited number of infringing images will inflict permanent damage on the market for art and artists," the lawsuit announcement reads.

The annotations themselves aren't particularly interesting or well-argued, obsessing over technical details instead of fundamental questions. Consider the invocation of Jevon's paradox, an economic observation that when the efficiency of a resource's consumption is increased, its demand will increase. The annotations look at aluminum—once a precious metal that Napoleon used for silverware and the Washington Monument used as a luxurious capstone, but now is ubiquitous because it costs $2/kg.

AI art tools increase efficiency, yes. Contrary to myth, they rarely produce professional-quality outputs in one step, but combined into a workflow with a human artist they yield professional results in much less time than manual work. But that does not inherently mean a corresponding decrease in the size of the market, because as prices to complete projects drop due to the decreased time required, more people will pay for projects that they otherwise could not have afforded. Custom graphics for a car or building. An indie video game. A Mural for one's living room. All across the market, new sectors will be priced into the market that were previously priced out.

There are two things to address here. First: the economics rant is not relevant to the lawsuit, which is asking whether you are violating copyright law when you use unlicensed images as training data for AI art tools. Most of the annotations work like this, pursuing tangents or quibbling on points that are ultimately concerned with markets and efficiency, not the legal question. Opponents are dismissed as “whittlers mad at power tools” and complaints are fielded that a system that did ask for consent would be technically difficult to build.

Second: it is not immediately clear why expanding art markets and increasing artist productivity is a desirable path forward. This was, after all, more or less the core thrust of many pro-NFT arguments over the past two years: sure, NFTs won’t help you make more art but they will allow you to do more with your art—speculation, secondary markets to trade fractional shares, experiences, targeted benefits, social clubs, etc. Individually creating all of those things would be tedious and cumbersome, but simply throwing your art onto the blockchain could outsource some of that work to zealous fans and communities would create more markets, more revenue streams, and more opportunities for additional art to be created by yourself or them.

NFTs, however, quickly proved themselves to be a disaster. They created markets rife with fraud, outright theft, half-baked ideas and implementation, vaporware, and creative attempts to generate excess returns through speculation. There is a tendency to insist AI and crypto will help all artists, but experience suggests that recklessly rolling out these digital technologies to develop new markets tends to largely benefit con artists.

There is also a third point, a secret point, which is both and neither of the previous. Why is anyone pretending that what these AIs are creating is art? The other day, someone sent Nick Cave lyrics generated by ChatGPT in the style of his music and he wrote a furious blog post that was incredibly perceptive when it came to the question of what art is and why AI isn’t doing it.

Songs arise out of suffering, by which I mean they are predicated upon the complex, internal human struggle of creation and, well, as far as I know, algorithms don’t feel. Data doesn’t suffer. ChatGPT has no inner being, it has been nowhere, it has endured nothing, it has not had the audacity to reach beyond its limitations, and hence it doesn’t have the capacity for a shared transcendent experience, as it has no limitations from which to transcend. ChatGPT’s melancholy role is that it is destined to imitate and can never have an authentic human experience, no matter how devalued and inconsequential the human experience may in time become.

The core reason to object to AI art isn’t simply the legal question of licensing or the debates over how artists should make a living, but the fact that this is another front in the war waged by market zealots on life experienced outside of markets. In a bid to quantify the value of everything so that it can then be turned into an asset, its transaction costs made transparent, its production optimized, and its innovation ensured, market fundamentalists have created caricatures of how human minds, social networks, and communities are formed. They’re not interested in creativity, let alone any sublime element of what it means to be a human being―unless it can be linked back to a market. That’s a pretty depressing and increasingly dominant viewpoint of the world which shouldn’t be given any room to breathe.

So at the end of it all, this is an interesting document to read if only because it teases the shape of arguments to come as techno-optimists, venture capitalists, and market zealots reposition themselves to insist AI art is a net good. Advocates will avoid the central legal question (should you get paid for your work being used by a neural network to make similar work), and insist on reframing artists as workers who must produce more for less instead of creatives who should be provided a livelihood independent of demand for their work and spin new markets for speculation and commodification as opportunities for more ambitious artistic endeavors.

[bulliondefi]

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BLO coin was developed and introduced to offer a secure, transparent, and scalable platform to imply bullion trading and get better investment options. The asset denotes the value of its decentralized application and serves as a mechanism in terms of utility in the ecosystem. This asset is planned to be released in different standard blockchains including BEP20, ERC20, SOL51, POLYGON, etc.

Some of the functionalities, opportunities, and benefits of Bullion Coin BLO are as follows:

- It is pegged to the value of bullion assets that gets stored in safe vaults and audited on serial regular basis.

- It has low volatility giving a user high liquidity due to the easy exchange of bullion assets or any other cryptocurrencies.

- It provides high returns for staking where you can earn much interest/rewards by locking your owned/held BLO coins in smart contracts.

- It allows you to access the global market and wide opportunities for bullion trading and investment where you can feasibly interact with other participants on the blockchain network.

- It supports the development and exploration of the bullion industry while leveraging the adoption of blockchain technology as well as great innovation in the sector.

Bullion DeFi project is on the verge of building, innovating, and exploring one of the biggest and strongest communities that will believe in the core intention, and potential of the project. The team and project consider the community not to be only the holder of the BLO assets but also to hold the right to share technical/promotional suggestions getting all involved in the decision-making activities and betterment of the project.

This project intends to develop, initiate, and promote the BLO ecosystem to eventually dedicate its resources to research, development, and governance. Bullion Coin is a utility token which is not supposed to hold any value outside the BLO ecosystem.

Total Supply: 20 million (20,000,000 BLO)

· Seed Sale: 6%

· Presale: 4%

· Staking: 36%

· Scheduled minting: 30%

· Marketing: 5%

· Development: 5%

· Team Reserve: 3%

· Initial Developers reserve: 1%

· Contract Royalty: 10%

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[undrgrnd-nft]

UNDRGRND ARTIST: MINTA

BY NFTJOE, ORIGINALLY POSTED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 ON UNDRGRND.IO

MY ART IN UNDRGRND

Each week 100 NFTs are minted and randomly airdropped to UNDRGRND Membership Cardholders. To find out how you can be featured as an UNDRGRND Artist check out our Discord. 

The question surrounding Minta will always revolve around who is she; but it’s the wrong question. The better question: does it matter?

Minta is a persona created specifically for the web3 art scene. The persona is an artist with a human behind the artist that helps create the art but Minta is unequivocally the one creating. Does that make sense?

If that wasn’t enough Minta’s art is very meta revolving around tweets about web3 art, features on NFT marketplaces and lists of transactions that occur from various wallets. One piece in particular is used to answer the question of who Minta is.

As with everything meta keeping track of the point or the statement in something self-referential is a task itself. It takes a special creative mind to keep the thread alive or the focus is lost and becomes trite.

Blockchain disciples will point to transparency and how everything, good and bad, is tracked. Blockhain tech is documenting our history as we are living it. Transaction hashes are a little dry for most of us to be excited about but to Minta those are pieces of art.

What Minta is doing is visually capturing that history by painting transactions and tweets she feels important, then minting them as NFTs, on blockchain tech. Are you starting to get it?

With limited personal aspects from Minta the art is allowed to just exist as if it were a naturally occurring event part of the blockchain ecosystem. Minta has essentially removed the artist from the creation process. The art specifically speaks for itself and there is no overshadowing of the artist's persona. Her anonymity is part of the art in a digital world where anonymity is a foundational principle.

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So an anonymous artist that only exists in web3, is minting moments from web3, by using web3 technology, highlighting core principles like anonymity and transparency: art about art on the blockchain. However, there’s something to be said about the human touch to her work.

The hand drawn/painted nature of her work reminds us that while we become more and more digitized in our personas it is vital to remember that there are still humans behind these anonymous wallet addresses.

Many of us will never know anything about Minta beyond the art that she shares. Those of us who have had a chance to speak with the woman behind Minta, have been treated to a clever, funny and insightful person who is beginning to carve out her own space in web3 history while taking no personal credit to her actual name.

All for the sake of art.

[thoughtfulbearmusic]

How much A Crypto Transaction be Vulnerable

Yes, crypto transactions can be vulnerable to various types of attacks and risks.

A crypto transaction is a transfer of digital currency between two parties over a blockchain network. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Lite coin use blockchain technology, which is a decentralized ledger system that records all transactions and ensures that they are secure and tamper-proof.

To initiate a crypto transaction, a sender must have a digital wallet and the appropriate amount of cryptocurrency in that wallet. The sender then sends a transaction request to the blockchain network, which verifies the transaction and adds it to the ledger. The transaction is then broadcasted to the network of nodes, and the nodes confirm the transaction before adding it to the blockchain.

Once the transaction is confirmed and added to the blockchain, the recipient receives the cryptocurrency in their digital wallet. Transactions are irreversible, meaning that once a transaction is confirmed and added to the blockchain, it cannot be undone or reversed.

Crypto transactions are known for being fast, secure, and low-cost, compared to traditional financial transactions. However, they can also be risky, as they are not regulated and can be subject to fraud, hacking, or technical glitches. It is important to take precautions and use reputable exchanges or platforms when conducting crypto transactions.

Crypto transactions can be vulnerable to various types of scams.

Here are some of the most common vulnerabilities associated with crypto transactions

Here are some common scams to watch out for:

Phishing scams: This is when scammers send fake emails, messages or even create websites that look like legitimate crypto exchanges or wallets to trick users into providing their login details or private keys.

Fake giveaways: Scammers may create fake social media accounts claiming to be a legitimate crypto exchange or a well-known crypto personality, offering free tokens or coins in exchange for users sending some crypto first.

Impersonation scams: Scammers may impersonate a legitimate crypto exchange or wallet service provider and trick users into sending their crypto to the wrong address.

Ponzi schemes: Scammers may promise high returns on investments but pay out returns to early investors using the funds from new investors. Eventually, the scheme will collapse, and investors will lose their money.

Malware and hacking: Hackers can install malware on users’ devices to steal their private keys or other sensitive information.

User error: Users can make mistakes when sending cryptocurrency, such as sending funds to the wrong address or using an insecure wallet.

Technical glitches: Technical problems can also occur during crypto transactions, such as network congestion or blockchain forks.

Market volatility: The value of cryptocurrencies can be highly volatile, which means that users may not get the expected value for their transactions.

Man-in-the-middle attacks: where an attacker can intercept and manipulate the communication between two parties, allowing them to steal private keys or modify the transaction.

51% attack: where an attacker gains control of the majority of the computing power in a cryptocurrency network, allowing them to manipulate transactions.

Social engineering: where an attacker can trick a user into sending cryptocurrency to an incorrect address or scam them into investing in a fraudulent project.

To avoid falling victim to these scams, always be cautious and double-check the legitimacy of the website or service provider you are using. Use two-factor authentication and ensure that you only provide your private keys or personal information to trusted parties.

Additionally, be wary of unsolicited offers and always conduct thorough research before investing in any crypto project.

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The paramilitary group Rusich is one of multiple Russian far-right and neo-Nazi organizations that have fought in the war in Ukraine. Because it’s not an official part of the Russian Armed Forces, Rusich has had to find alternative ways of funding its members’ military equipment and medical needs — and has found the perfect solution in cryptocurrency. Meduza special correspondent Lilia Yapparova explains how Russian white supremacists have used the blockchain Ethereum to siphon money from a Ukrainian charity foundation — and how they’ve encouraged other Russian fighters to use crypto to extort money from the families of murdered POWs.

I strongly encourage reading this article (and subscribing to and supporting Meduza in general obvi)

Mercenaries turned hackers

The logo of the Ukrainian charity foundation Happy New Life depicts two hands opening towards the sky, a “tree of life” growing out of them. On its website, donors can send money to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces, provide aid to refugees, and even assist victims in the case of “radiation contamination in Europe” — a potential consequence of Russia's occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the site explains.

The foundation, created in June 2022, was an outgrowth of a volunteer initiative from Dnipro, its director, Daniel Ovcharenko, told Meduza. And to give the organization "at least some kind of [online] face,” he said, its creators made a “very inexpensive” website for it. The site shows pictures of Ukrainian children and soldiers along with a call to action: “Today, we’re fighting against a terrorist state. And our victory will be the victory of the entire civilized world… Sometimes lighting a candle is enough to overpower the darkness.” The other half of the screen shows large “Donate” button.”

But Meduza has learned that at least a portion of the money donated through the site has gone not to Ukrainian causes but to the Russian paramilitary group Rusich — a detachment of neo-Nazis fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Russian army. At the very least, that’s who owns the cryptocurrency wallet listed as a donation method on the Happy New Life site, according to financial investigator Artem Irgebaev, who has thoroughly examined Rusich’s network of crypto accounts.

Rusich is known for its brutality. It leader, neo-Nazi Alexey Milchakov, has been photographed next to the mutilated bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, and the detachment’s Telegram channel has called for the torture of Ukrainian POWs and the murder of civilians.

Happy New Life founder Daniel Ovcharenko doesn’t know how the address for Rusich's crypto wallet got on the foundation’s site; according to him, a link to the charity’s own wallet used to be in the same spot on the homepage.

“I got the wallet that the foundation uses from [the cryptocurrency wallet software] MetaMask — and it’s completely different, except that the first three characters are the same [as the address of Rusich's wallet],” Ovcharenko told Meduza. He admitted that he himself had very little involvement with the site, and that he “didn’t double check the digits in the address [listed on its homepage].”

At some point, Rusich managed to hack into the Happy New Life site and switch out the crypto wallet link, Irgebaev told Meduza.

“A similar thing happened with a site that sold proxy servers, where one of the payment methods was crypto. An attacker replaced the site owner’s [crypto wallet] address with his own, and the site then worked like that for two days: people sent money not to the person selling servers, but to the hacker,” he explained. “Internet scammers do this regularly. And Rusich, it’s becoming clear, is a group with wide-ranging ‘talents’ — they have both mercenaries and hackers.”

The Rusich crypto wallet linked on the Happy New Life site is still receiving deposits. According to Etherscan.io, a website that catalogs Ethereum blockchain transactions, the wallet contains more than $7,000 with the current exchange rate.

Funding body armor through cybercrime

In late July, financial investigator Artem Irgebaev downloaded a game called Synthetik: Legion Rising from a torrent website. 

“My friends and I downloaded this ancient shooting game [Editor's note: the game came out in 2018] that was 700 megabytes, and we noticed that [after the torrent file downloaded on our computers, they started exhibiting] this sort of unhealthy behavior,” Irgebaev said. “We shut off the Internet and started digging to find out what kind of malware this was and what it was doing.”

The program didn’t steal any passwords, nor did it try to hijack their accounts. But upon closer inspection, Irgebaev “found several crypto wallet addresses directly in binary code.” It became clear that his device had been infected by something called clipboard malware that was built to steal cryptocurrency:

Here’s how it looks to the victim. Let’s say you want to send money to your friend. Entering his 32-character crypto wallet address is a tedious task, so you just copy it from your notes [to paste it] straight into your wallet or exchange account. The address goes onto your clipboard, and at that moment, the malware replaces it with the attackers’ address. Then, instead of going to the person the user intended, the money goes to the scammers.

Irgebaev gave Meduza the addresses found in the malware’s code. Both of them appear on lists of addresses associated with clipboard malware on the sites Bitcoinabuse.com and Checkbitcoinaddress.com, where people can post complaints about crypto wallets used by hackers and blackmailers.

But according to Irgebaev, the malware that infected his computer also had another function: it automatically installed cryptocurrency mining software on the infected device. “And the victim’s computer would start mining crypto,” he said.

Irgebaev stressed that at first, the malware didn’t surprise him: “It’s a standard scam. Nothing stood out.” But out of curiosity, he decided to Google the crypto wallet addresses contained in the code. That’s how he learned that they belonged not to run-of-the-mill hackers, but to the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich.

“[When I Googled the addresses], I immediately saw Telegram posts from Z (Editor’s note: pro-war) channels where users were soliciting donations for uniforms and gear for members of the pro-war activist group Rusich,” Irgebaev said. “Before, I thought that Russian hackers were focused on interfering in American elections. But as it turned out, this clipboard malware was a way of raising money for body armor.”

The funds sent to the paramilitary group’s crypto wallet are indeed used to fund combat equipment for Rusich fighters, who were seen on the Ukrainian front in April 2022. (By September, five crypto wallets belonging to the group came under U.S. sanctions.)

According to the group’s own Telegram channel, since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Rusich fighters have “worked” in the Kharkiv region, including in the village of Dovhenke, where they reportedly suffered serious losses (likely in July 2022). Later, in August, the group attacked the village of Marinka in the Donetsk region; the same month, multiple Rusich fighters were injured in combat in Zaporizhzhia. In October, the group posted a video on social media that showed its fighters firing on a Ukrainian evacuation brigade as it rushed to a medical vehicle.

Neo-Nazis on the dark web

The malware used by Rusich infected Irgebaev's computer after he downloaded a torrent file. That meant the paramilitary group must have had the necessary skills not only to built the program itself, but also to embed it in the file — in other words, the group had managed to gain access to the site with the torrest catalog.

However, Irgebaev told Meduza, planting the malware on the site may not have taken much technical expertise at all: the most likely explanation was that the neo-Nazis had paid professional cybercriminals to do the job for them.

This is called cybercrime as a service: every step of the crime consists of a service that can be purchased.

First, you buy access to the program you need on a shadow forum. Malware is usually something people rent — for example, $200 for a monthly subscription.

And to ensure that potential victims install the software, you can just pay the torrent catalog owner to add the malicious code to their torrents.

On the dark web, Rusich established relationships not only with hackers but also with drug traffickers — and, according to the group’s crypto wallets, they did deals with them as well.

“Between July and October 2022, the [Rusich] Sabotage and Assault Reconnaissance Group received $1,787 from three separate shadow marketplaces for drugs,” Irgebaev said.

The vendors or administrators of these dark web platforms may also have fallen victim to the malware distributed by Rusich — or they may have just paid for the group's services, according to Irgebaev. (Meduza has not found evidence that Rusich fighters were hired by these drug dealers.)

But there’s also another possibility: the entities who sent money to Rusich may have used the drug marketplaces to anonymize their transactions.

“Dark web stores act as large [money] laundering [schemes],” Irgebaev explained. “Upon registering, users receive personal accounts that they can deposit money into — but inside of the shop, transactions are done not with cryptocurrency, but with the platform’s internal currency. So the transactions themselves between clients and sellers are not visible in the blockchain; you can determine that money went into the marketplace, but it’s impossible to track where it went from there.”

That’s why Irgebaev knows the amounts Rusich received from the dark web stores, but not who sent the money.

Rusich itself also made purchases on the dark web, though not large ones. “An offering to the mephedrone demon, probably,” said Irgebaev. “The amount they spent will buy you a gram of something.”

$160,000 of ‘donations’

Large sums of money are constantly passing through Rusich’s crypto wallets. According to Irgebaev, the paramilitary group has received about $1,100 from mining, though it’s unclear whether the crypto was mined using servers that belong to the neo-Nazis themselves or with mining software planted on computers belonging to malware victims.

Rusich has received more than $160,000 through direct transactions to its crypto wallets. In its official fundraising announcements, the group shares the addresses of the same wallets it uses for hacking. According to Irgebaev, however, it’s quite possible that all of the money has come from malware and that none of it was willingly donated. This includes:

A total of 27.895704431 ETH (more than $45,000) was sent to Rusich's wallet on the Ethereum blockchain over the course of 146 transactions, with an average “donation” of more than $300;

A total of 2.26113377 BTC (more than $47,000) was sent to Rusich’s wallet on the Bitcoin blockchain over the course of 433 transactions, with an average “donation” of about $108;

51.811099906 ETC (about $1,228) was sent to Rusich’s wallet on the Ethereum Classic blockchain, with an average “donation” of about $1,228;

20,142.378595 USDC (more than $20,000) was sent to Rusich’s wallet on the USD Coin blockchain, with an average donation of $5,000;

And 51,000 USDT (about $51,000) was sent to Rusich’s wallet on the Ethereum blockchain over the course of 49 transactions, with an average “donation” of more than $1,000.

The scale of these transactions, and especially the sizes of the average individual deposits, led Irgebaev to suspect that they weren’t just casual contributions from Telegram users who encountered Rusich's calls for donations on “patriotic” channels.

“For me, the ‘donations’ of 0.1 bitcoin — which is a little over $2,000 — from addresses that emptied their accounts look quite dubious,” he told Meduza. “In other words, the entire balances of these wallets were sent to Rusich. And the wallets haven't been used since.”

Meduza asked Rusich leader Alexey Milchakov about all of it: the incoming money, the deals with the online drug marketplaces, the hacking of the Ukrainian charity foundation, and the malware that was used to steal cryptocurrency. He confirmed everything:

We have our own IT and finance departments that do indeed perform the operations you asked about. Yes, our IT department’s capabilities include hacking websites and other Internet resources belonging to the enemy, as well as other subversive activities in the information sphere, including work not only against the former so-called “Ukraine” (our work is much broader). And hacking the resource you mentioned [i.e. the Ukrainian charity website] is just the tip of the iceberg. And the department’s employees who have a direct impact on the deaths of the greatest number of people each month, by the way, are awarded very generously.

The finance department handles operations related to cryptocurrency, gemstones, money laundering (only outside of Russia: we respect the laws of our country) and cash-in-transit, including frequent trips to black market businessmen interested in becoming major sponsors (Mexico, Hong Kong, Somali, etc.). Our project receives huge (in our opinion) support from gangs, cartels, and syndicates who are unhappy with the planetary hegemony of the U.S.

Milchakov added that the Russians fighting in Ukraine as part of Rusich may receive donations from online drug dealers, including in the form of painkillers. In Milchakov’s view, the darknet marketplaces are “true patriots of Russia.”

“I personally don’t receive or store the division’s money,” he stressed. “I only decide how it gets spent.”

‘You relish their cries’

Rusich spends the crypto funds it raises on medical treatment for injured fighters as well as on the equipment it needs to keep fighting in the war: Motorola walkie-talkies, helmets, drone jammers, diesel generators, winter uniforms, sleeping bags, sights for anti-tank grenade launchers, stoves, and more.

But since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, in addition to using the blockchain for its own purposes, Rusich also started promoting crypto among other Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. In September 2022, the group proposed that other Russian formations use bitcoin to extort money from the relatives of Ukrainian POWs.

“Don’t just give up [...] the bodies of POWs [after you kill them],” the group urged on its Telegram channel. “Take a photo where the face is visible, and offer to let the relatives purchase information about their son or husband’s burial location for an amount between $2,000 and $5,000. The money can be sent to a Bitcoin wallet.”

That’s just a small excerpt of the group’s advice for interrogating Ukrainian soldiers; they also instructed Russian fighters to use torture when necessary to extract information from POWs that can later be used to target their families. “Chop off their fingers, cut off an ear, hit them in the groin or around their joints, [or] drive needs under their fingernails,” they wrote on social media. “Don’t be afraid to kill prisoners!”

Rusich fighters have advocated for the murder of civilians as well — for example, if they’ve witnessed Russian soldiers “screwing up.” The neo-Nazis have also called for ethnic cleansing on the occupied territories. “The entire non-white population [...] should be physically destroyed (some of them through scientific experiments),” representatives of the detachment wrote on Telegram. (The post was later deleted.)

Rusich's leaders have made no secret of the fact that they never planned to comply with international humanitarian law. “When you kill a piglet — everyone knows who I mean by ‘piglet’ — you enjoy the fact that his wife is becoming a widow,” Rusich member Yevgeny Rasskazov said in an interview in August. “You relish how they cry out for their whole family, how he’ll come home in a coffin. And you get an erection.”

“When you kill a person, you feel the excitement of the hunt. If you haven’t hunted, try it,” said Rusich leader Alexey Milchakov in an interview published in December 2020. One year and three months later, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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NFTs Update

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Now this is optional, and no purchase will be necessary, I'm assuming some NFT holders will have an option to receive free shipping or product from VITALIZE, if they'd like (if you are to see an update at some time), even stake for later boosts in finance and/or metaverse for extra apy / apr, of course this is part of a working roadmap. And no timeframes are available, nor do I know which NFTs will be chosen yet, so hodl if you'd like, if you collected your NFTs they are forever yours, and you're the owner, you can send them to any crypto address you'd like already, barter, exchange, etc. In any case, enjoy the NFTs, nor are you obligated to do anything with your NFTs." ~ Vitaly Tennant

https://vtrobot.blogspot.com/2022/09/vitalizeone-nfts-update.html?m=1

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Table of ContentsIntroductionOptimizing Wallet Allocation for DiversificationStrategies for Managing Multiple Wallets in a Multi-Asset PortfolioBest Practices for Secure and Efficient Multi-Wallet ManagementQ&AConclusionOrganize Your Crypto Empire: Master Multi-Wallet ManagementIntroduction**Managing Multiple Wallets for Organization: Wallet Management Tips for Multi-Asset Portfolios** In the realm of cryptocurrency, managing multiple wallets is crucial for organizing and securing diverse digital assets. With the proliferation of blockchain networks and cryptocurrencies, investors often hold a portfolio of assets spread across various wallets. This guide provides comprehensive tips and strategies for effectively managing multiple wallets to ensure optimal organization, security, and control over your digital assets.Optimizing Wallet Allocation for Diversification**Managing Multiple Wallets for Organization: Wallet Management Tips for Multi-Asset Portfolios** In the realm of cryptocurrency, managing multiple wallets is crucial for organizing and securing your digital assets. As your portfolio diversifies, so too does the need for a structured approach to wallet management. Here are some tips to help you navigate the complexities of managing multiple wallets: **Categorize Your Assets:** Begin by categorizing your assets based on their purpose and risk profile. For instance, create separate wallets for long-term investments, short-term trading, and stablecoins. This organization allows you to track the performance of each category and make informed decisions. **Use Different Wallet Types:** Consider using different types of wallets for different purposes. Hardware wallets provide the highest level of security for long-term storage, while software wallets offer convenience for daily transactions. Mobile wallets are ideal for on-the-go access, but they may be less secure. **Label Your Wallets:** Assign clear labels to each wallet to avoid confusion. This will help you quickly identify the purpose and contents of each wallet, making it easier to manage your assets. **Keep Records:** Maintain a record of all your wallet addresses, passwords, and recovery phrases. Store these records securely offline or use a password manager to prevent unauthorized access. **Monitor Your Wallets Regularly:** Regularly check the balances and transactions in your wallets. This will help you detect any suspicious activity or errors. Consider setting up notifications to alert you of any significant changes. **Consider a Multi-Currency Wallet:** If you hold multiple cryptocurrencies, consider using a multi-currency wallet. These wallets allow you to store and manage different assets in a single interface, simplifying your portfolio management. **Use a Portfolio Tracker:** A portfolio tracker can help you monitor the performance of your entire portfolio across multiple wallets. This provides a comprehensive view of your investments and allows you to make informed decisions about asset allocation. **Backup Your Wallets:** Regularly back up your wallets to protect your assets in case of device failure or loss. Store backups in multiple locations, both online and offline, to ensure redundancy. **Stay Informed:** Keep up-to-date with the latest security best practices and wallet technologies. Regularly review your wallet management strategy and make adjustments as needed to ensure the safety and organization of your digital assets. By following these tips, you can effectively manage multiple wallets for your multi-asset portfolio. Remember, organization and security are paramount in the world of cryptocurrency. By implementing these strategies, you can protect your investments and optimize your portfolio's performance.Strategies for Managing Multiple Wallets in a Multi-Asset Portfolio**Managing Multiple Wallets for Organization** In the realm of cryptocurrency, managing multiple wallets is essential for organizing and securing a multi-asset portfolio.

With the proliferation of digital assets, investors often find themselves juggling several wallets to accommodate different coins, tokens, and blockchain networks. To maintain order and efficiency, it's crucial to adopt a structured approach to wallet management. Firstly, consider the purpose of each wallet. Some wallets are designed for long-term storage, while others are more suitable for frequent transactions. By categorizing wallets based on their intended use, you can streamline your portfolio management. Next, choose wallets that offer robust security features. Look for wallets that support multi-factor authentication, hardware security modules, and other advanced security measures. Additionally, consider using different wallets for different asset classes. This segregation helps mitigate the risk of losing all your assets in a single security breach. Furthermore, it's essential to keep your wallets organized. Label each wallet clearly to avoid confusion and ensure you know which assets are stored in each one. Additionally, consider using a portfolio tracker to monitor your balances and transactions across multiple wallets. This tool provides a consolidated view of your portfolio, making it easier to track your investments. Regularly reviewing and updating your wallet management strategy is also crucial. As new assets emerge and security threats evolve, it's important to stay informed and adjust your approach accordingly. Additionally, consider using a password manager to securely store and manage your wallet passwords. By implementing these wallet management tips, you can effectively organize and secure your multi-asset portfolio. Remember, the key to successful wallet management lies in adopting a structured approach, prioritizing security, and staying organized. With proper planning and execution, you can navigate the complexities of managing multiple wallets with confidence and efficiency.Best Practices for Secure and Efficient Multi-Wallet Management**Managing Multiple Wallets for Organization** In the realm of cryptocurrency, managing multiple wallets is essential for organizing and securing your digital assets. With the proliferation of different cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks, it's no longer feasible to rely on a single wallet for all your holdings. **Benefits of Multiple Wallets** * **Enhanced Security:** Distributing your assets across multiple wallets reduces the risk of losing everything in a single security breach. * **Asset Segregation:** Different wallets can be used to segregate different types of assets, such as long-term investments, trading funds, and stablecoins. * **Transaction Management:** Multiple wallets allow you to track transactions and manage your portfolio more efficiently. **Choosing the Right Wallets** The first step in managing multiple wallets is choosing the right ones. Consider the following factors: * **Security:** Opt for wallets with strong security features, such as two-factor authentication and hardware security modules. * **Compatibility:** Ensure that the wallets you choose are compatible with the cryptocurrencies you hold. * **User Interface:** Select wallets with user-friendly interfaces that make it easy to manage your assets. **Organization Strategies** Once you have chosen your wallets, it's time to organize them effectively. Here are some tips: * **Label Your Wallets:** Assign clear labels to each wallet, indicating its purpose (e.g., "Long-Term Investments," "Trading Funds"). * **Use Separate Wallets for Different Networks:** Keep assets on different blockchain networks in separate wallets to avoid confusion and potential security risks. * **Consider Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) Wallets:** HD wallets generate multiple addresses from a single seed phrase, making it easier to manage multiple wallets. **Security Best Practices** Managing multiple wallets also requires strict security measures: * **Use Strong Passwords:** Create unique and complex passwords for each wallet.

* **Enable Two-Factor Authentication:** Add an extra layer of security by enabling two-factor authentication on all your wallets. * **Store Seed Phrases Securely:** Keep your seed phrases safe and secure, as they are essential for recovering your assets in case of wallet loss. **Conclusion** Managing multiple wallets is crucial for organizing and securing your multi-asset cryptocurrency portfolio. By choosing the right wallets, implementing effective organization strategies, and adhering to strict security best practices, you can ensure the safety and efficiency of your digital assets. Remember, the key to successful wallet management lies in balance: diversifying your assets while maintaining a high level of security.Q&A**Question 1:** What is the primary benefit of using multiple wallets for managing a multi-asset portfolio? **Answer:** Enhanced security and organization by segregating different types of assets and reducing the risk of a single point of failure. **Question 2:** What are some key considerations when choosing multiple wallets for asset management? **Answer:** Compatibility with different asset types, security features, ease of use, and reputation of the wallet provider. **Question 3:** How can multiple wallets be used to optimize portfolio management? **Answer:** By allocating specific wallets to different asset classes (e.g., hardware wallets for cryptocurrencies, software wallets for stablecoins), tracking transactions and balances more efficiently, and facilitating tax reporting and accounting.Conclusion**Conclusion:** Managing multiple wallets for a multi-asset portfolio requires a systematic and organized approach. By implementing the tips outlined in this article, investors can effectively manage their digital assets, reduce risks, and optimize their investment strategies. Key considerations include: * **Asset Allocation:** Determine the appropriate allocation of assets across different wallets based on risk tolerance and investment goals. * **Wallet Security:** Implement robust security measures for each wallet, including strong passwords, two-factor authentication, and hardware wallets. * **Transaction Tracking:** Maintain accurate records of all transactions to track portfolio performance and identify potential issues. * **Backup and Recovery:** Regularly back up wallet data and establish a recovery plan to protect against data loss or theft. * **Diversification:** Spread assets across multiple wallets to mitigate risks associated with a single point of failure. By following these best practices, investors can effectively manage multiple wallets, ensuring the security and organization of their multi-asset portfolios.

[qmiax]

The Blockchain Anti-Scams Mechanism Of Qmiax: Building a Secure Trading Environment

In the cryptocurrency market, as trading volumes continue to grow, scamming activities also increase, making security mechanisms for exchanges especially crucial. Qmiax exchange leverages the multiple advantages of blockchain technology to establish a robust security framework, effectively preventing and reducing scam incidents, and safeguarding user assets and transaction security.

The core characteristics of blockchain technology include decentralization, immutability, and transparency, each playing a crucial role in preventing scam. Decentralization means there is no single control point, reducing the likelihood of internal malicious activities. Immutability ensures that once transaction data is recorded on the blockchain, it cannot be altered, providing assurance of transaction authenticity. Transparency allows every transaction to be queried by anyone on the blockchain, significantly increasing platform trust.

Qmiax uses blockchain technology to ensure the authenticity and immutability of transaction records, protecting data from illegal modifications through encryption technology. The platform records every detail of each transaction on the blockchain, including the addresses of the parties involved, transaction amounts, and timestamps. Once recorded, this information cannot be altered, ensuring the integrity and security of transaction data.

Transparency is another important aspect of the efforts of Qmiax to enhance user trust and detect scamming activities. All transaction information is openly transparent, making it impossible to hide any suspicious activities. Users can check their transaction history and status at any time, ensuring transparency and legitimacy of their fund flows. This transparency also allows the community and regulatory agencies to jointly supervise the operations of the exchange, further enhancing security.

The application of smart contracts is also an important technical means for Qmiax to prevent scam. Qmiax uses smart contracts to automate the execution of transactions and contract terms, reducing the possibility of human intervention and lowering scam risks. All smart contracts undergo rigorous security audits before deployment, ensuring they are free of vulnerabilities. Once the logic of a smart contract is deployed, it cannot be changed unless preset conditions are met, ensuring funds are not transferred erroneously or unlawfully.

By using blockchain to manage digital identities and access permissions, Qmiax can provide a more secure and reliable identity verification mechanism. Every user login and transaction operation requires multiple verifications, including private keys, two-factor authentication, etc., effectively preventing identity theft and other security threats.

Through these measures, Qmiax not only enhances platform security but also provides users with a secure and fair trading environment through the immutable and transparent nature of blockchain. The application of these technologies ensures the platform can effectively prevent and respond to various scamming activities, protecting user asset security. At Qmiax, users can trade with confidence, enjoy the security guarantees brought by blockchain technology, and participate in opportunities in this emerging market without excessive concerns about scam risks.

[abdulkhalek18]

Recovering Lost or Stolen Cryptocurrency: A Comprehensive Guide

Cryptocurrency has revolutionized the financial landscape, offering unprecedented levels of autonomy and security. However, this autonomy also brings unique challenges, particularly when it comes to recovering lost or stolen cryptocurrency. Unlike traditional banking, where there are mechanisms in place for recovering lost funds, cryptocurrency operates on decentralized networks that make the recovery process more complex. This guide explores strategies and best practices to help recover lost or stolen cryptocurrency.

Understanding the Problem

Cryptocurrency transactions are recorded on a blockchain, an immutable ledger that ensures transparency and security. However, this immutability also means that once a transaction is confirmed, it cannot be reversed. This characteristic is a double-edged sword: it prevents fraud but also makes recovery of lost or stolen funds difficult.

Common Causes of Loss or Theft

Phishing Attacks: Fraudsters create fake websites or emails mimicking legitimate cryptocurrency services to steal login credentials.

Hacking: Cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in wallets, exchanges, or personal devices to gain unauthorized access.

Lost Private Keys: Without the private key, which acts as a password, accessing your cryptocurrency is impossible.

Scams and Fraud: Fake investment schemes or dubious ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) can result in significant losses.

Steps to Recover Lost or Stolen Cryptocurrency

Immediate Action: As soon as you realize your cryptocurrency is lost or stolen, act quickly. The faster you respond, the better your chances of recovery.

Report the Incident: Contact the platform (wallet or exchange) where the incident occurred. Provide all necessary details to help them investigate the issue. Although they might not reverse the transaction, they can track suspicious activity and potentially freeze compromised accounts.

Engage Law Enforcement: Report the theft to your local police and provide them with all relevant information, including transaction IDs, wallet addresses, and any correspondence with the fraudsters. Some jurisdictions have specialized cybercrime units that handle cryptocurrency cases.

Blockchain Analysis Firms: Consider hiring firms like Chainalysis or CipherTrace, which specialize in tracking and analyzing blockchain transactions. These firms use sophisticated tools to trace stolen funds and identify patterns that can lead to the culprits.

Legal Recourse: If significant amounts are involved, consult with a lawyer who specializes in cryptocurrency. They can help you navigate the legal landscape and pursue any available legal actions.

Social Media and Community Support: Leverage the power of social media and Leading Crypto Recovery Firm. Sharing your experience on platforms like Reddit, Twitter, or specialized forums can alert others and potentially lead to helpful information from the community.

Preventive Measures

Use Secure Wallets: Opt for hardware wallets or reputable software wallets with strong security features. Hardware wallets are offline devices that store your private keys, making them less susceptible to hacking.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Add an extra layer of security by enabling 2FA on your accounts. This step requires a second form of verification, making unauthorized access more difficult.

Regularly Update Software: Ensure your wallets and exchanges are always updated to the latest versions, as updates often include security patches for known vulnerabilities.

Backup Private Keys and Seed Phrases: Store backups in multiple secure locations. This practice ensures that even if one copy is lost or compromised, you can still access your funds.

Be Cautious with Phishing Scams: Always verify the authenticity of websites and emails before entering your credentials. Look for HTTPS in the URL and double-check email addresses for anomalies.

Educate Yourself: Stay informed about the latest threats and best practices in cryptocurrency security. Knowledge is your best defense against potential scams and theft.

Conclusion

Recovering lost or stolen cryptocurrency is a challenging process, often requiring a combination of immediate action, technical expertise, and legal intervention. While the decentralized nature of blockchain technology poses significant hurdles, leveraging available tools and resources can improve your chances of recovery. Ultimately, prevention remains the most effective strategy. By adopting robust security practices and staying vigilant, you can protect your cryptocurrency from potential threats and minimize the risk of loss or theft.

[kalptanta]

KALP DLT’s Initiative to Integrate Real-World Assets

KALP DLT is leading an initiative to integrate real-world assets into blockchain technology, bridging traditional finance with innovative digital solutions.

An already-existing application of blockchain technologies — tokenization — has recently found itself a real-life use case in real estate.

Tokenization has been around almost as early as blockchain appeared, and it has been looking up to a bright future from day one. Estimations by McKinsey show that the volume of tokenized digital securities will reach $5 trillion by 2030.

In this piece, we will talk about one of the yield-bearing RWAs i.e. Real Estate.

What are Real-World Assets?

The term Real-world assets (RWAs) refer to tangible and intangible assets in the physical world. For example, real estate, bonds, and commodities can be represented in tokenization form. The tokenization of RWAs brings these off-chain assets onto the blockchain, where they can be stored and tracked on-chain.

The Issue with Status Quo Tokenization

Current tokenization creates a liquidity problem. Owning a token representing an underlying asset doesn’t allow direct trading on the main market (Nasdaq). Plus, traditional finance settlements are slow, making it cumbersome to redeem tokens for cash. While workarounds exist (market makers, faster redemptions), they’re not ideal and can be expensive.

Examples include Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Mutual Funds, US stock tokenization etc. Traditional asset fractionalization is more focused on vehicles like equity and real estate asset classes.

Considering the challenges at hand, let us get into the issues related to asset liquidity:

a) Affordability Barriers: Many assets, like real estate, bonds, and hedge funds, remain out of reach for mass investors due to high costs.

b) Fractionalization Constraints: Certain assets, such as shared living spaces in houses, struggle to be effectively divided among numerous investors.

c) Information Asymmetry: Retail and high-net-worth investors often face a lack of transparent information regarding investment opportunities.

d) Exclusive Access: Elite assets like fine art and vintage cars are often accessible only to select groups, limiting broader participation.

e) Regulatory Hurdles: Complex regulations, such as restrictions on accredited investors or stringent asset tokenization processes, hinder liquidity. Additionally, ownership proofs required by governmental registers, as seen in real estate, add further barriers.

f) Complex User Journeys: Cumbersome KYC processes and fragmented payment setups across platforms create obstacles for investors, leading to a disjointed user experience.

g) Technological Limitations: Existing technological solutions fail to adequately address liquidity challenges in certain asset classes, hindering scalable solutions.

KALP DLT Solutions for Real Estate Tokenization

Many institutions are collectively working to improve and modernize financial systems. They are doing this by adopting on-chain finance (OnFi) technologies, which involve using blockchain, tokenization, and smart contract logic. These technologies aim to upgrade old infrastructure, improve institutional workflows, and enhance global financial operations.

KALP DLT aims to democratize real estate investment for a broader audience who may not have access to large sums of capital. The compliance-first approach of KALP DLT is fully registered and complies with all U.S. Money Services Business regulations, including stringent anti-money laundering (AML) requirements.

Tokenization of real estate involves breaking down a property into digital tokens that represent ownership and rights. Smart contracts define the details, and these contracts automatically execute actions after certain conditions are met.

Kalp DLT’s smart contract system allows asset sponsors to create tokenized versions of assets after passing regulatory checks. These tokens can then be owned in parts and traded by verified users.

Conclusion

Kalp believes that there is a gap in the current ecosystem and a “regulated RWA ecosystem” will create an innovative protocol. This protocol will attract users from various backgrounds, including those that may not currently participate in crypto space. These users value the importance and safety of regulatory compliance.

Herein, the Kalp SDK sets a new standard for regulatory-compliant tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). Once converted into digital tokens, assets like art, securities, or real estate can be easily traded. These tokens can be issued and traded on markets that follow KYC/AML regulations.

As we overcome the regulatory challenges, conditions will improve, allowing the world to anticipate an accelerated pace of asset tokenization.

About Kalp

Kalp is the legally engineered L1 permissioned ecosystem dedicated to all real-world assets (RWAs) that integrates asset tokenization and compliance providers directly into the chain. Our mission is to simplify the convoluted processes of RWA project deployment to cross-pollinate and invest in various RWAs.

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RWA Tokenization Platform Functionalities by Kalp Studio

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is the process of representing RWAs, including tangible and intangible assets, in the form of tokens. Examples of RWAs are commodities, credit, artwork and collectibles, real estate, intellectual property, and beyond. RWA tokenization offers fractional ownership, liquidity, security, and transparency, unlike traditional systems. It simplifies the process of accessing, exchanging, and managing RWAs.

Typically, RWA tokenization platforms help asset owners in converting the value of tangible and intangible assets into digital tokens. These platforms come with multiple features that provide various functionalities to users. They help you stand out from the crowd. You can build such an RWA tokenization platform using a Web3 infrastructure ecosystem like Kalp Studio. In this piece, we walk you through various functionalities for RWA tokenization platform development.

What Functionalities can you get using Kalp Studio?

An RWA tokenization platform has various features that help offer a variety of functionalities like token development, management, and distribution. Kalp Studio helps you build such a platform where you do not have to master the technicalities of blockchain technology for RWA tokenization.

Kalp Studio offers Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) to boost transparency, security, and efficiency in business operations through blockchain technology. It enables enterprises to integrate this advanced technology into the operations without developing their own blockchain infrastructure.

Let us explore the functionalities that you may create using our platform:

Identity Verification

One of the primary functionalities is identity verification. It is crucial, especially if you are looking for RWA tokenization platform. Here, the very first built-in feature on Kalp Studio’s platform is KYC (Know Your Customer) verification that ensures secure and compliant user authentication.

The platform also offers integration with privacy-preserving technologies like zero-knowledge (zk) proofs that simplify identity checks without revealing user data. These technologies improve security as well as maintain privacy.

Token Development

Another important aspect needed for RWA tokenization platforms is the use of multiple pre-built token standards. These standards are utilized in creating tokens to mint fungible and non-fungible tokens.

This kind of token standard is ideal for developers who can define the token parameters such as name, initial supply, symbol, and more. Businesses can assign their developers to use Kalp Studio’s pre-built token standards as it offers a no-code approach. This essentially removes the need for smart contract programming, saving a lot of time. This is how Kalp Studio’s Web3 infrastructure ecosystem takes care of the technical know-how of RWA tokenization platforms.

Token Allocation Management

Businesses can create liquidity pools, mint additional tokens, burn and freeze tokens, change token holder ownership, and manage their token product documentation. This will ease out the journey of RWA tokenization. Also, companies can whitelist, or blacklist wallet addresses after issuing digital tokens. Kalp Studio provides these token management functionalities to your tokenization platform.

Portfolio Tracker

Kalp Studio provides easy-to-use tools to give investors an overview of the digital representation of real-world assets. Users can track their wallet balances and the total value of their assets directly from the tokenization platform. The BaaS provider can help you create a portfolio tracker to support multiple crypto assets and tokens on various blockchain networks. This makes it convenient to manage the token lifecycle.

Token Distribute

Token distribution functionality by Kalp Studio enables owners to automate the distribution of their tokens to various recipients, all at once. Users can send a bundle of tokens or funds to the list of addresses they entered onto the system. The service provider offers integration of standardization and digital tools to speed up the distribution directly to investors on the primary market. It offers the functionality to oversee future management and administrative operations of issued tokens.

Cross-Chain Asset Management

You can provide interoperability across various chains in your RWA tokenization platform. Kalp Studio helps you scale digital asset accessibility and management across your choice of chains. These chains include public chains, private chains, consortium chains, sidechains, layer 1 and layer 2 scaling solutions.

Summing Up

Kalp Studio simplifies RWA tokenization platform development for businesses venturing into Web3 ecosystem. Its smart contract tools give a range of pre-built smart contract templates that ease the process of token minting. This Web 3.0 infrastructure ecosystem also provides a single console to manage all the digital assets. Moreover, it also simplifies the process of integrating your existing system with Web3.

If you are interested in switching to Web 3.0 or want to develop a platform for RWA tokenization, then connect with the experts of Kalp Studio today.