I am looking for advice on best practices when ordering bitcoin hardware online (hardware wallets, mining rigs, etc..)
The major threat vector I am trying to address is if the company has a data breach (example: ledger data breach). Data from these bitcoin only companies seems to be a huge honey pot. As there is a strong correlation that you own bitcoin if you bought from them and might be a good target for a 5 dollar wrench attack.
There seems to be two major privacy components here.
- Payment
- Shipping
Payment - Appears to be handled in a couple acceptable ways that perseveres enough privacy. Pay in Bitcoin, gift cards, per paid card, etc... So this is not an major issue.
Shipping is the piece I don't have a good option. Here are some thoughts I have had and the down sides:
- Shipping to someone else's address (neighbor or family member). Down Side: This puts the third party at risk however.
- Contract with a Mailbox company. Down Side: Many appear to want ID information to open an account. Some cost associated with the service. An extra party has access to your package and hopefully will not tamper with it.
So I ask the SN community for any tips and advice that I have not considered.
Thanks in advance.
This is not surprising in the slightest. I spent an hour of my time talking to them privately last year when the balance sharing feature was released. Completely dismissed. The data selling is consistent with the rumors I have been hearing too.
I may have to build in a feature into Mutiny to avoid all nodes that are verified and data sharing on Amboss. I figured the Lightning Network would split up eventually into a KYC'd network and non-KYC'd network.
Given the (current) lack of interoperability, are you concerned that a small pool of users may be spread too thin amongst the various protocols, thus making it even more difficult for any one protocol to achieve network effects?
Given the open source nature of the protocols, what do you see as the best way for protocols to attract users? Court a centralized entity to dedicate itself to a protocol and perform business development functions for that specific protocol?
That would be the best case, because then it's clear that there is an audience that I'm putting on a show for. More often, it's some idea of myself that I'm holding onto, a role I want to have. A harsher and bitterer audience to contend with.
Obviously this is a bit out of date (since it refers to Twitter), but I've always found this a good set of guidelines when something huge happens.
https://i.imgur.com/Epj1iYU.png