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Customer support / Re: Account stolen
« on: May 06, 2013, 04:41 pm »
I've made a couple of orders several days ago and after the site crashed I couldn't get access to my first account, using my passphrase.

After that I created another account and got in touch with the sellers. One of them said that someone wrote him a message from my first account about canceling the order. So he did.

I wrote to the site support team and today they've sent me another passphrase.
I checked the sent messages and found out that another seller received the same message about canceling the order.

After all I've lost something about 1.5BTC, that were withdrawn from my account.
I know about fishing sites and always used the correct address.

I suppose that my password was stolen during these ddos-attack.
Also they stole my pin-number, so they could withdraw all funds from my account.

Hi wizzy,

The Silk Road database was not compromised during the DDOS attack (a DDOS is simply a group of computers bombarding a website with traffic - i.e. attempting to access the site at one time) so there is no way the attacker gained access to your password or PIN.

Even in a hypothetical situation where the database does manage to be compromised, user information is all hashed ("encrypted", in a way) so the person trying to access your account would have to brute-force your password. If you are using a relatively strong password this would take between a few thousand and millions of years.

The chances of them brute-forcing your password AND your PIN are nigh on impossible.

The ONLY possible ways for someone to have gained access to your password and PIN are by you entering them on a phishing site or accessing Silk Road via onion.to on the clearweb and the onion.to operators recorded your keystrokes. The second possibility is unlikely, though completely possible.
Remember that if you enter your details on a phishing site they will usually automatically forward you to the real Silk Road site and log in with your password so you won't realise. They will then empty your account of your Bitcoin either automatically or when the phisher realises that somebody has fallen victim to their site.

Silk Road will NEVER ask you for your PIN when you are logging it, it is used strictly for making purchases and withdrawals. Whenever you are asked to enter your PIN, check that you are on the correct site:

silkroadvb5piz3r.onion

Never trust any links you find online, neither on the Hidden Wiki nor anywhere on the clearnet. Memorise the real address or bookmark it in your Tor browser and ALWAYS make sure you're visiting the correct site.

Thread locked as resolved.

Libertas

2042
Bug reports / Re: images wont load!
« on: May 06, 2013, 04:24 pm »
Thanks man! I have no idea when i tured that on but its working great now!

You're very welcome! :)

Thread locked as resolved.

Libertas

2043
they really need to look at revising the rules for F/E, maybee abolish it for trusted buyers or something I dont know but the scams are getting bad.

People need to take personal responsibility for Finalising Early. Nobody forces buyers to do it, yet people continue to claim that Silk Road needs to do something about it. I am sorry to hear that you got scammed in the past by vendors but if you make a conscious decision not to FE again - as you have done in this case - your money will be safe. You are a perfect example of somebody taking responsibility and deciding "No, I won't go outside the protection of escrow because there's a chance I'll get scammed if I do." and you're completely right.

Why on earth would people willfully remove the protection of escrow simply because they are promised 20% extra?! More importantly, how can people think that for every 100g that a vendor sends out, they would also send out 20g free?! The 20g is likely the majority of their profit margin! ???

The mind boggles.

Libertas

2044
Not new here or to the interwebs by any means, just fairly new to the forums.

I don't seem to have the ability to cancel my order.... I am willing to give the vendor (MiMM, who has reported on his vendor page that he is indeed VERY busy) but it has been almost 5 days. MORE to the point, the button allowing me to cancel doesn't even show up as hypertext..... Just want to make sure I still have that option if I decide to do so tomorrow evening, and honestly at this point I'm tempted to cancel and re-place the order with express shipping seeing as it's been so long already. I am a patient boy, however 5 days to process/ship an order is quite a bit.

For the record, the order was placed on May 01, 2013, 9:56 pm UTC.

At the time of this post, it is currently May 06, 2013  6:06 AM UTC.

Help please? Thanks in advance!

Hi lunarpursuit,

The cancellation time has been extended from 4 days to 7 in order to give vendors a little more time to process pending orders because of the recent attacks stopping people from being able to log in.

I'm unsure if this will continue after things are back up and running smoothly but that's the way it is for now.

Libertas

2045
Bug reports / Re: Can't bookmark producs
« on: May 06, 2013, 05:59 am »
I've been trying to bookmark some products and keep getting the below error message

"You do not have rights to access this resource
use the contact us link below if you feel you have received this message in error. "

I checked and I haven't been logged out and the product is still available when I refresh. Not a big problem for me but just thought I'd let a mod know, didn't want to email support as they seem like they are pretty busy right now.

Hi ladyjane,

Thanks for letting us know. If there are more reports of this occurring I'll push it up the chain. I'll keep an eye on this thread in any event. :)

Libertas

2046
As long as you enter resolution and request a 100% refund, and it is approved by the administrator dealing with the resolution, then yes. As a result of the recent events and feedback where this vendor is concerned I would suggest entering resolution as soon as the option becomes available to you.

Libertas

Thank you. I have also kept screenshots and references if in future are required.

You're very welcome. I hope everything works out for you, and keeping screenshots etc. is a good idea but please make sure they are hidden in an encrypted volume if they are being stored locally on your machine.

Libertas

2047
Newbie discussion / Re: Finalizing Early as a New Buyer
« on: May 06, 2013, 05:29 am »
Hi All,

I see quite a mix about the whole principal about finalizing early and escrow with new account holders. 

Just wanted to see what people think about this.

For instance a buyer attempts to make a buy from a seller for $300 worth of product but this is the buyer's first purchase.  As a seller, this is not exactly the most comforting situation.  Now as a seller, if you're using tracking and it comes down to resolution, does the seller have the right to submit a copy of  receipt showing the buyer's information and proof that it was delivered?

Personally I think the whole purpose of using tracking resolves this issue, but as a seller you're not suppose to keep this information once you put the sell "Into Transit".   Seems like a little contradiction but if a seller can keep the tracking information, then escrow seems like an extremely efficient system and it prevents buyer who try to scam and it also helps prevent sellers trying to scam buyers.  No proof of tracking and the seller should cough up a refund if it's their fault.

Appreciate any feedback!

M :P

Hi mazdacar47,

Firstly you are never *required* to FE. Some vendors may have a policy that you will have to FE if you choose to order from them, and once they reach 30+ sales and have been vending for 1 month or more they are entitled to do this, but you are not required to FE under any circumstances.

If you place an order with a vendor that asks for FE (when entitled to do so) as part of their store policy then they will likely cancel your order. Always read a vendor's page in full before attempting to do business with them. I would recommend always going with a vendor that does not require FE as once you go outside of escrow you have no comeback in the event that the product does not arrive.

As far as tracking goes, a vendor is not permitted to keep addresses after the order has been sent (and indeed an address is automatically deleted once a vendor marks an order 'in transit'), however they are allowed to retain DCN and tracking numbers to assist with any potential resolution that may be entered into. If there is a dispute then the seller is entitled to provide those numbers to the administrator dealing with the resolution.

Libertas

2048
Bug reports / Re: I can't verify the fucking captcha!!
« on: May 06, 2013, 05:11 am »
Well I seem to have fixed it.

I went to Preferences>Content>uncheck Enable Javascript.

That seems to have fixed it if anyone else has had this problem. I'm on a Mac if that makes any difference.

Is this resolving the problem for everyone?

2049
SamGiancana is without a doubt a scammer, his ratings are FAILING hardcore now that everyone is starting to not receive their goods.

I have 1300$ in Escrow with him, I will get my money back wont I?

As long as you enter resolution and request a 100% refund, and it is approved by the administrator dealing with the resolution, then yes. As a result of the recent events and feedback where this vendor is concerned I would suggest entering resolution as soon as the option becomes available to you.

Libertas

2050
Security / Re: Is it worth getting in line for an ASIC miner?
« on: May 06, 2013, 04:46 am »
so when will they ship? january? wait - not!
i have been watching those guys forever.
unless they have gotten access to a crashed alien craft and
one of the occupants love to play video games...................
i am really crossing my fingers for those of u that have invested k's
in ur dreams but actions speak louder than words.

I completely agree. The whole thing reeks of a scam but they have shipped a few Jalapenos out in an attempt to prove their legitimacy and [I think] they're shipping out about 10 - 20 units per day. That in itself would suggest that they are not going to be able to fulfill the majority of the orders placed with them.

A sad situation in any event - likely going to be posted on the ever-growing wall of Bitcoin scams.

Oh and there's that +1 I owe you.

Libertas

2051
Feature requests / Re: Chat Room for Silk Road Buyers & Sellers
« on: May 06, 2013, 04:31 am »
I think this would be an awesome idea!

Vendors can run promo's and make deals on the fly...

Buyers get to instantly brainstorm & communicate with others...

I'll back the financing if someone can tell me how I can set up a Tor based SR chat room site,

or if SR could make a chat room & add it to the forums that would also be nice!

I just feel like we are always on a 10 second delay due to the slow messaging speed here , I want to know the latest information up to the minute!

Thoughts?

Hi White 0ut,

There is already a Silk Road chat channel on IRC if you are interested in joining that? Not quite what you are talking about in your post, but it's what we have available at the minute!

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=175.msg834#msg834

Libertas

2052
Thank you both for your help!

You're very welcome! :)

Locking as resolved.

Libertas

2053
Security / Re: Is it worth getting in line for an ASIC miner?
« on: May 06, 2013, 03:54 am »
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With the difficulty pretty much set to double / triple for Bitcoin mining over the next few months (if Butterfly Labs actually ship any of their large rigs, and with people building their own Avalon rigs) Litecoin would be a safer bet

Try a ***20-30x*** increase in difficulty when all the rigs finally ship. You've been warned.

Indeed, if they ship all of the pre-ordered rigs but I don't see that happening for a long time, if at all. As far as I know they haven't even shipped out one of their large rigs yet so the difficulty won't increase by that much too soon.

People buying Avalon chips and building their own rigs will likely have more of an impact on the difficulty than Butterfly Labs in the short-medium term.

Libertas

2054
Definitely fake feedback, check out what just came in

5 of 5    A+    6 minutes    item
5 of 5    A+    6 minutes    item
5 of 5    a+    6 minutes    item
5 of 5    A+    7 minutes    item

http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/user/08e98cf465/

As if a bunch of buyers all got their item and finalized at the same time and left the same feedback.  Scamgiantscamer sucks at spoofing his feedback.  Stay far away from this guy. 

To be fair, these identical feedback ratings are from a single buyer who was finalizing on multiple orders.  (a legitimate buyer - not a shill account)

Indeed - perhaps I was a little premature in my recommendation, though his general reliability still remains suspect.

mollytherat, perhaps you would consider changing the refund request to a 5 - 7 day extension and if it does not arrive after that period (which kicks in after the 17 day auto-finalise period), request a 100% refund.

Libertas

2055
Security / Re: Is it worth getting in line for an ASIC miner?
« on: May 06, 2013, 03:44 am »
The ASIC miner shitshow is in full bloom right now but when they do start to ship, is it worth investing in one?

Is there a mining pool associated with silk road? Even the SR reddit has one apparently : (

I would recommend using the money you plan to spend on an ASIC to invest in a Litecoin mining rig. With the difficulty pretty much set to double / triple for Bitcoin mining over the next few months (if Butterfly Labs actually ship any of their large rigs, and with people building their own Avalon rigs) Litecoin would be a safer bet - but not by much, given the fact that GPU miners will likely switch to mining Litecoin when Bitcoin's difficulty gets too high to mine profitably due to ASIC's kicking in.


Libertas

A Global Mod for SR  is semi-endorsing Litecoins?

I do believe I will invest now!

Any chance SR will ever think of accepting LTC's?

I'm afraid I make that recommendation in a personal capacity, not as a Silk Road moderator! :P

I have absolutely no idea what plans DPR may have for Silk Road's future but I somehow doubt that Litecoin integration will be part of it. Bitcoin serves incredibly well as a method of payment and its divisibility means that there is no requirement for a currency of lower value.

With Litecoin's growth though I suspect more exchanges will offer BTC -> LTC and vice-versa so obtaining Bitcoin with Litecoin wouldn't be a problem for those who hold LTC but wish to make purchases on Silk Road.

Libertas

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