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This is a good reason to setup automatic backups of your wallet. If you have it, you can import your private keys to Multibit or Bitcoin-QT and access your coins.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=150699.0

Oh, are you using Tails? In that case, forget about the proxy settings, Pidgin should already be configured to use Tor. Just set that to no proxy or whatever the option is.

Good advice kmf. Another thing is that some bittorrent programs send the user's IP address in their data, even when it is sent over Tor. Not sure exactly how they do that, but you could filter for your own IP address to see if it shows up.

And of course, pick a FOSS torrent for your experiment.

It's amazing how quickly the comments in any bitcoin thread are obsolete.

i dont think this publicity is good. might make more feds come here

People say this every time a story is posted, as if the feds don't know about us already.

A front page New York Times article, maybe. A Forbes online article, probably not.

Either way, it doesn't matter. Proper use of Tor and bitcoin makes us safe. Relying on the indifference of your adversary is bad security.

i dont trust localbitcoins.com because what if its a fed setting up an account and selling bitcoins locally and ten they follow you to your house and keep you under watch

Yep, could be. Also, your neighborhood CVS / Walmart / Bank of America have cameras. These "anonymous cash drops" are not as anonymous as they appear. There's no perfect solution.

Really, the only reason we don't get busted transferring BTC to SR is because LE doesn't give a fuck about buyers. They probably don't give a fuck about most vendors either, considering they can bust 50 kilos on a swift boat with 3 hours of work. You know how long it would take to do an investigation to find a bitcoin buyer?

Everyone who posted in this thread has received -1 since I began following it. Somebody either doesn't like lonely people or is bitter that they are alone.

Anyway, I don't know when TrashBox will come back, but if you want quick and simple instructions for getting on the IRC, do this:

Download Pidgin: http://pidgin.im/download/

When it starts up, it will ask you to create an account.

Login Options

Protocol: IRC
username: whatever you want
password: leave blank for now
server: silcroadg3c3mtu6.onion

Proxy tab

Proxy type: Tor/Privacy (Socks5)
Host: 127.0.0.1
Port: 9150

When you're connected, type:  /join #public

You have to be running the browser bundle to connect over Tor.

Also, this is for the latest browser bundle. If you're using a TBB older than about a month, set the port to 9050. They changed it recently.