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A data contributor submitted its bitcoin price as a floating-point number instead of an integer, which was converted into zero and published The programme of another data contributor took the wrong route in a race condition, generating a zero when it should’ve been negative 8 Bloomberg Bloomberg + FOLLOW Published: 3:30pm, 23 Sep, 2021 Updated: 3:30pm, 23 Sep, 2021 Why you can trust SCMP knowledge Wallstreetbets Q: Are Hong Kong’s financial regulators monitoring the stock exchange to prevent market manipulation via social media? Exchange Square, where the Hong Kong stock exchange is located in Central, on June 2, 2020. Photo: Winson Wong How luxury labels are cashing in with NFTs Digital art piece Creation of My Metaverse by Serwah Attafuah, created in 2021, was sold in a non-fungible token (NFT) auction by Sotheby’s for US$25,200. Photo: Sotheby’s via Reuters China’s bitcoin crackdown: what’s next for the original cryptocurrency? China’s crackdown on bitcoin has sent
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Crypto website Bitcoin.org is hacked with pop-up asking visitors to send money ...

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Prominent cryptocurrency website Bitcoin.org was hacked on Wednesday night, with attackers posting a pop-up message promising visitors could 'double' any money sent to them. The scam message listed a digital wallet address which collected $17,700 in small transactions before the entire website appeared to be taken offline in the early hours of Thursday morning. Visitors weren't able to skirt around the pop-up to use the site's other functionalities. The message read: 'The Bitcoin Foundation is giving back to the community! Send Bitcoin to this address, and we will send double the amount in return.' Bitcoin.org is not affiliated with the Bitcoin Foundation - a non-profit trade group which promotes the adoption of the digital currency and uses the web address bitcoinfoundation.org. Insurance Loans Mortgage Attorney Credit Lawyer Bitcoin.org was registered in 2008, in the early days of the cryptocurrency, and is an open-source project aiming to further deve
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How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet

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How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet Losing a phone or hardware wallet containing cryptocurrency is inconvenient, but it shouldn’t be fatal. Provided you’ve backed up your private key, recovering your coins is a simple exercise. Should you find yourself in such a predicament, however, there’s a few things you should know before reaching for your wallet recovery phrase. Also read: Zengo Is a Keyless Yet Noncustodial Bitcoin Wallet Recover Your Wallet the Right Way If you’re smart enough to store your bitcoin in a noncustodial wallet, you’re smart enough to make a backup. Whether you’re using a desktop, mobile, or hardware wallet, the process is much the same: look out the seed phrase you’ve stashed in a safe place for this very scenario and enter it into your replacement wallet. All going to plan, you’ll see your balance restored and your coins reappear in your wallet within seconds of importing your se
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Bitcoin Core 0.21.1 released

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  0.21.1 Release Notes Bitcoin Core version 0.21.1 is now available from: https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.21.1/ This minor release includes various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations. Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: https://bitcoin.org/en/list/announcements/join/ How to Upgrade If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes in some cases), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over  /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt  (on Mac) or  bitcoind / bitcoin-qt  (on Linux). Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is possible, but it might take some time if the data directory needs to be migrated. Old wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported. Compatibility Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively te
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