Help me test BTC, LTC, ETH addresses

[jdb10987 at yahoo.com (jim bell)]

 I am trying to do something very quickly. (Over the next few months, I expect things to change greatly.) Â Â Â I understand your concerns. Â I believe that the presence of a "former Federal prosecutor" within Coinbase will be approximately the least of my worries. Â I fully expect that everything I do will come under the highest level of observation.
And yes, I understand the issue about holding one's private keys. Â (at least, from a beginner's standpoint.) Â I have read up on the subject of Mt. Gox, etc. Â 
Soon enough, I will have my own BTC Â wallet. Â (Actually, I already do, but I don't trust this.) Â My immediate concern is that I am not sufficiently confident in my ability to reliably maintain such a wallet on a small, ordinary personal computer, 24 hours per day, etc.. Â Obviously a crash could be a disaster. Â I have decided that at least for a few months, placing this on Coinbase is a reasonable compromise. Â I am not aware of of an impending liquidity problem with Coinbase. Â There are other considerations.
                   Jim Bell



On Thursday, September 28, 2017, 12:27:47 PM PDT, juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com> wrote:
 
 
 On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:19:26 +0000 (UTC)
jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am trying to test three digital cash addresses, BTC, LTC, and ETH.
> Â They are set up in the Coinbase system,


    Jim, I strongly suggest you close your coinbase account ASAP.
    
    https://blog.coinbase.com/kathryn-haun-joins-coinbase-board-of-directors-65b4d4c4e65f

    "We are excited to announce former federal prosecutor Kathryn
    Haun has joined our parent company Board of Directors." 

    "federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and its
    first-ever Digital Currency coordinator." 

    "She also held a significant role in the case of two federal
    agentsâ?? role in the investigation into Silk Road." 


    https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-is-tracking-how-users-spend-their-bitcoins

    
    Jim, coinbase is THE ENEMY.



> but I have found that system
> to be very confusing: Â 


    Also, you are NOT using bitcoin if you use any middleman. You
    must use a bitcoin client and you must have control of the
    private keys. If you use coinbase or any service like that THEY
    OWN your bitcoins, not you.



> Lots of pitfalls and booby-traps. Can some one
> send me a tiny amount of each currency to the following addresses. Â I
> will only need one try to tell me if it's successfull, so if you are
> intending to do so, call it out, and that will alert others that they
> need not follow. --------------------------------Bitcoin (BTC)
> Address: Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  12QM4GU2WSjGiKacCKhsY4LJGf6rrtdBty
> -------------------------------- Litecoin (LTC) Address:
> Â  Â Â LKFu2gAaRitruUgJeeVUeWobbE8dMwVQfK
> 
> -----------------------------------Ethereum (ETH)
> Â  Â  Â  Â Â 0xDB39D5f16645892AF9be93ddcF8e5d6E74BC2b83
> 
> 
> 
> For BTC, 0.0001 seems to be the smallest number represented in the
> Coinbase system, at least with an empty account. Â (It shows 0.0000)
> 
> Similarly, LTC and ETH are shown with a last-digit resolution of
> 0.0001. Thanks,
> Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Jim Bell
> 
  
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