CYB3RDROID: How to Recover Your Lost NFT

How to Recover Your Lost NFT: A Step-by-Step Guide: If you’re like most people, you probably don’t think about your digital assets until you need them. And if you’ve lost access to your NFT, it can feel like the world is caving in on top of you. But don’t worry, help is here! In this step-by-step guide, we will show you how to recover your lost NFT. We’ll also cover what to do if someone chargebacks your purchase. So read on, and get your precious NFT back into your hands where they belong!

What is NFT, and how can I lose it?

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are digital assets that represent real-world objects or experiences. Like fungible assets such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, each NFT is unique and cannot be replaced by another identical asset. This makes them ideal for representing valuable items like art, collectibles, and gaming items.

NFTs can also be used to represent things like tickets to events or loyalty points. The benefits of holding an NFT include having a permanent record of ownership, the ability to trade or sell the asset for cryptocurrency or fiat currency, and the ability to use the asset in applications built on top of the blockchain.

How can my NFTs be stolen?

There are a few ways that someone could steal your NFTs.

• One way is if you lose your private key or password to your wallet, and this can happen in a lot of ways, such as phishing, fake app wallets, compromised exchanges or marketplaces, and social engineering.
• Storing in an unsupported wallet
• Stealing NFTs via a simple dust attack is one of the most common ways. If someone hacks into your wallet using dust, they can steal your NFTs. You’re randomly given a token in your wallet when you engage with this malevolent token, which compromises your wallet and steals your funds.
• Also, with smart contract phishing, in this scenario, the target would be invited or whitelisted to mint a new NFT project. Upon interacting with the mint function of the NFT project, the target’s wallet becomes compromised.

How to find your lost NFT

If you’re an NFT holder, there’s a chance you may have lost track of an NFT or two. Whether you misplaced it, had your wallet hacked, or it was stolen, it can be difficult to track down a lost NFT. But don’t despair! There are some things you can do to try and find your lost NFT. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to search for a lost NFT using the Ethereum blockchain and other tools. Hopefully, this will help you get your precious NFT back!

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Bitcoin wars over protocol upgrades are just going to get nastier.

With BIP 119 on the table, it seems to be that season where we debate contentious software updates to the bitcoin protocol, so things can get nasty. But how nasty can things get?

The Bitcoin Improvement Proposals process is the informal procedure of how updates get pushed through the bitcoin protocol without a centralized leader. It's a remarkable achievement of decentralized governance, but how is it governed? If it's not a democracy and it's not a meritocracy, then what is it? How does it reach consensus? Well, it's more like whoever shows up to participate gets to decide what is consensus. In order to have a say on the bitcoin protocol, you must run a node with the version of software you choose to support.

That's where the issues arise. Less than 1% of all bitcoin users operate a node. 99 percent of bitcoiners are simply casual bitcoiners with coins in their Coinbase accounts who are completely disengaged from the discussion. Do their perspectives still matter if they aren't operating a node? That's an intriguing question, but bitcoin would argue that their view doesn't matter. In retrospect, the blocksize wars were primarily a propaganda marketing operation by Calvin Ayre and Ver that pitted the casual 99 percent of bitcoiners against the technical 1 percent, resulting in a hardfork when some of the 99 percent became node runners.

Anyone who remembers the blocksize battles will tell you that they were brutal. But what if I told you the next battle will be ten times worse? I believe that there is a scalability challenge with decentralized governance: the fewer individuals who participate in governance, the easier the disputes get resolved. However, as engagement in governance grows, so does disagreement and dispute.

It's hard to get a good number of how many bitcoiners there are out there, but here's a stat for you: there are more Verified KYC'd Coinbase users than people who voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Given that stat, I'd say that that there are at least 100,000,000+ Bitcoiners in this world.

If you want to see a test run of how nasty a 100,000,000 community war can get, look no further than the PewDiePie vs T-Series war. There was about a half dozen of high profile hacks, tens of millions of dollars people spent on advertising campaigns, hundreds of crazy publicity stunts from influencers (including Elon Musk, can't have an internet war without Elon), and most notably a livestreamed terrorist attack where 50 people were shot and killed

It's easy to dismiss PewDiePie vs T-Series war as just some e-celeb drama and maybe it was. But regardless of the substance of the war, it might be a good predictor to how future bitcoin wars will unfold. Our community has grown so large you will have activism on a scale that will make the blocksize wars look like nothing

It's relevant because there are hundreds of millions of "bitcoiners" out there who are low information, easy to manipulate, and aren't technically running nodes. They will feel powerless in this debate over the protocol and charismatic leaders can make them feel victimized. The internet debates historically have been nasty, but now the bitcoin community has gotten so large this will inevitably escalate to real world demonstrations, violence, etc....

And I think there's no prime location for violence than El Salvador. There were already large demonstrations (large in proportion to El Salvador's tiny population) when Bukele first enacted the Bitcoin law, I imagine it would be very easy for a Chris Larsen type to ignite riots over there in order to change the bitcoin protocol.

The size and scale in which the "bitcoin community" has grown into, this outcome to me seems inevitable. I just imagine it will be much worse because people's money is invested in the outcome of whatever happens, so that means people will be far more emotionally invested in such a war.

TLDR: If there's anything I want you to take from this post: run a node. Become involved so you aren't surprised if a small group of node runners comes to consensus and makes unpopular rules for the majority.

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Smart contracts 12 use cases for business and beyond (Chamber of Digital Commerce, forword by Nick Szabo): a summary

This article had to be read for lecture 6 "Smart Contracts and DApps" of the 2018 MIT lecture on blockchain. The article is written by the Chamber of Digital Commerce, an organization with the aim of promoting the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain-based technologies.

Nick Szabo’s foreword:

A smart contract in its purest form functions like an if-statement; if a debtor who agreed to a collateral smart contract pays in time, the consequence for him or her will be different than when he does not. In smart contracts, there are many possibilities; between big enterprises, peer-to-peer (his favorite) and even between machines (for example in AI and the Internet of Things). Blockchain technology is necessary for smart contracts to become commonplace in business transactions etc.

What are Smart Contracts? Nick Szabo’s definition: “Smart contracts are a set of promises (contractual / noncontractual; contractual terms / rules), specified in digital form (electronically, code and software, contractual clauses and functional outcomes), including protocols (an algorithm with rules for how parties process data in relation to smart contracts, technology-enabled, rules-based actions) , within which the parties perform (automated performance, irrevocable smart contracts, encoded outcomes) on these promises” (Szabo 1996).

What are the different models for smart contracts? (1 to 3 are encoding natural language, 4 is only automation) - 1) Contract entirely in code 2) Contract in code with separate natural language version 3) “Split” natural language contract with encoded performance 4) Natural language contract with encoded payment mechanism (4 is challenging from a legal perspective, because it gives us the question”has a legally binding contract been formed?”)

What makes up a smart contract? A blockchain, with blocks (block = software-generated container that bundles together the messages relating to a particular smart contract). The messages can be the in- or output of smart contract programming logic or they can point to other software.

How do Smart Contracts work? First you have to understand the different types of blockchains: 1) permissioned (only certain people are allowed on the blockchained, allowed by an administrator) 2) permissionless (for example Bitcoin blockchain: everyone is free to submit messages for processing and/or be involved it he process of reaching consensus) 3) consensus protocol (an algorithm that achieves consensus between participants to decide what a blockchain should contain at a given time).

Secondly, be sure to understand the anatomy of a smart contract: 1) identifying agreement (agreements between parties) 2) set conditions (smart contracts can be initiated by parties or by meeting certain conditions) 3) code the business logic (arrangement will automatically perform when conditions are met) 4) encryption & blockchain technology (encryption secures authentication and verification between parties) 5) execution & processing (when consensus is reached, the smart contract is written on a block, the code gets executed; the nodes have to reach an approval of more than 50%) 6) network updates (after performance of the smart contract, the ledgers on the network are updated and because it’s the blockchain it can’t be altered; the blockchain is append only).

Thirdly, you need to understand how to initiate a smart contract: blockchains use PKI (public key encryption infrastructure; a public and a private key are generated.). On a permissionless blockchain, an initiating participant can download the software, use an alphanumeric address to generate a public key and publish the public keys. A private key is generated and held secure by the software. The initiator sends its public address to send a message to the other party, which message is picked up by the other party’s node (his/her computer). The message is signed off by the initiator’s private key. When a message is sent, the message is encrypted to unreadable cipher text. Only the private key of the recipient can make the message readable again in plain text.

(To understand the 12 possible uses cases for smart contracts, it is necessary to understand what the internet of Things is, so I took this Wikipedia definition:

Internet of things = The Internet of things describes physical objects with sensors, processing ability, software, and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communications networks. )

The 12 possible Use cases for Smart Contracts:

1) Digital Identity

Smart contracts allow individuals to decide which personal information (for example reputation, data and digital assets) gets to be seen by which party,

2) Records

Smart contracts can digitize, renew and release UCC (Uniform Commercial Code, laws of commerce) and perfect a lender’s security interest (security interest = when a debtor doesn’t pay his loan in time, the creditor gets to take a collateral) when a loan is created

3) Securities

Smart contracts can diminish intermediaries because of an automatization of the payment of dividends, stock splits and liability management and reduce counterparty risk.

4) Trade Finance

A higher liquidity of financial assets, because through smart contracts international transfers can get a Letter of Credit faster and trade payment initiation can occur faster.

5) Derivatives

A trade won’t be duplicated because trades are verified and lifecycle events (order, receipt, execution through to settlement of the trade in a systematic manner) can be executed with the use of smart contracts.

6) Financial Data Recording

Smart contracts enable uniform financial data across organizations, which simplifies and diminishes the costs of financial reporting, auditing and assurance (assurance = (according to this google definition: ) a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise.)

7) Mortgages

A mortgage can be taken out with more ease (because less complicated) and is less prone to errors through the use of smart contracts.

8) Land Title Recording

Property transfers can occur through smart contracts, so that fraud and costs are diminished.

9) Supply Chain

Smart contracts make every step of a supply chain visible. Internet of things devices can write to a smart contract as a product moves from the factory to the store.

10) Auto insurance

In case of a car accident, smart contracts can record the policy, driving record and reports of all drivers, use the internet of things, and automatically execute initial claims.

11) Clinical Trials

Data can be shared between institutions and computations can be used on that data, while at the same time maintaining the patients’ privacy.

12) Cancer Research

Cancer data can be shared to form a big database with which researchers can work, while at the same time maintaining the privacy of cancer patients.

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Top 5 highest-paid Valorant players in the world

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Valorant has enjoyed multiple investments from tech brands and other big names in the esports industry despite being relatively new to the landscape. It had successfully hosted tournaments that determined the best players in the world, and some who stood out have been rewarded greatly for their skills. Here are the five highest-paid Valorant players in the world so far:

cNed

Mehmet Yagiz ‘cNed’ Ipek is a Turkish player for Acend, one of the best Valorant teams in the EMEA region. He made his Valorant debut in July 2020 for BBL Esports and has joined two other teams before being acquired by Acend in March 2021.

Punters who are tired of sports bet horse racing and who venture in Bitcoin esports betting would be familiar with cNed’s name and team, as he is one of the best in his region. So far, cNed has an illustrious career with numerous B-tier, A-tier, and S-tier events, with Acend being included in at least the top eight teams. His main agents are Jett and Sage. So far in his career, he has accumulated $105,522.

SicK

Hunter ‘SicK’ Mims is an American player for Sentinels, the highest-earning Valorant team in the world so far. He is a former Counter Strike: Global Offensive player for TSM and Misfits before shifting to Valorant, where he gained more popularity. He joined Sentinels in April 2020 and stayed in that team since.

SicK has become part of the team that propelled Sentinels to global supremacy, topping almost every A-tier and S-tier event the team has entered. His main agents are KAY/O, Raze, and Breach. So far in his career, he has earned $110,650.

dapr

Michael ‘dapr’ Gulino is SicK’s teammate in Sentinels and is also a former CS:GO player. He made his Valorant debut in May 2020 for together we are terrific, an American Valorant team, before joining Sentinels a month later. This move proved favourable to him as he rose to fame alongside the rest of Sentinels by winning multiple VCT events.

Dapr’s main agents are Killjoy, Viper, and Chamber. So far in his career, he has accumulated $110,870.

ShahZaM

Shahzeb ‘ShahZaM’ Khan is the in-game team leader of Sentinels. He is a former CS:GO player just like his teammates SicK and dapr, having played for Cloud9, OpTic, and Complexity Gaming. He made his Valorant debut in April 2020 for Sentinels. He applied his CS:GO knowledge and leadership skills to propel his team to the top.

His leadership and collaboration with the rest of the Sentinels squad has taken him to great heights, just like in his CS:GO days. His main agents are Sova, Chamber, and Breach. So far in his career, he has earned $111,450.

zombs

Jared ‘zombs’ Gitlin is another Sentinels player who also had a great career playing for the team’s Apex Legends division. He also is a former Overwatch player for FaZe Clan. His skills in the other shooting games he played has led him to become highly proficient in Valorant and he rightfully became the highest-paid Valorant player in the world so far.

He made his Valorant debut in April 2020 for Sentinels and prefers using Omen, Astra, or Brimstone. So far in his career, he has accumulated $111,550.

Making money out of playing video games is becoming more popular these days, with the ones on this list having exerted efforts in sharpening their skills in Valorant just enough to be recognised by the gaming world as legitimate champions. Even punters who are tired of sports bet horse racing and who venture in Bitcoin sports betting know what these people are capable of, so they know they get their money’s worth when they see them play.