Yes, I am 90% sure this was the cause - though as you know, we are forced to guess!

Warning: do NOT use travala.com any more, if you did.

They directly stole my money.

Here is my response to the customer service agent:

(Customer service agent),

> Sorry for the delay, im ahmed from compliance department, for refund or either processing the booking, the verification is a mandatory step, we require the minimum and basic info for that, and you can pass it easily through the following link :

Let's establish the facts: I have been a regular customer of Travala for years, have done probably a hundred or more bookings through your site - mentioning this *not* to claim some status as a customer (which I do not want, and do not have), but to point out that ZERO times on the website or through any of those transactions was it mentioned that you could simply keep my money and provide no service - i.e. STEAL my money - if I did not pass a verification process -handing over extensive and intrusive personal documents - that you never documented anywhere. And indeed for this booking, again, no such advance warning was given.

So you (that is to say Travala, not you personally!) act exactly as a kidnapper: to give me back the money which is mine, you insist that I hand over security sensitive information. Which I will not do. There are an endless stream of documented violent theft events of cryptocurrency holders, so spreading one's personal information is stupid, and any claim you make to "keep my data safe" is ridiculous, given the equally endless stream of reported hacking events. I do not trust your company with my personal information because I don't trust *any* company with it.

I have been doing Bitcoin development work for over a decade, I will make sure that a lot of people in the community know that Travala steals its customers money, directly, with no apology.

Feel free to pass this message to any management, I would appreciate that.

(me)

Warning: do NOT use travala.com any more, if you did.

They directly stole my money.

Here is my response to the customer service agent:

(Customer service agent),

> Sorry for the delay, im ahmed from compliance department, for refund or either processing the booking, the verification is a mandatory step, we require the minimum and basic info for that, and you can pass it easily through the following link :

Let's establish the facts: I have been a regular customer of Travala for years, have done probably a hundred or more bookings through your site - mentioning this *not* to claim some status as a customer (which I do not want, and do not have), but to point out that ZERO times on the website or through any of those transactions was it mentioned that you could simply keep my money and provide no service - i.e. STEAL my money - if I did not pass a verification process -handing over extensive and intrusive personal documents - that you never documented anywhere. And indeed for this booking, again, no such advance warning was given.

So you (that is to say Travala, not you personally!) act exactly as a kidnapper: to give me back the money which is mine, you insist that I hand over security sensitive information. Which I will not do. There are an endless stream of documented violent theft events of cryptocurrency holders, so spreading one's personal information is stupid, and any claim you make to "keep my data safe" is ridiculous, given the equally endless stream of reported hacking events. I do not trust your company with my personal information because I don't trust *any* company with it.

I have been doing Bitcoin development work for over a decade, I will make sure that a lot of people in the community know that Travala steals its customers money, directly, with no apology.

Feel free to pass this message to any management, I would appreciate that.

(me)

Das erkläre mal einen Neueinsteiger! Das hat nichts mehr mit der Idee von Bitcoin zu tun. Sorry

Das hört sich gut an. Jedoch bist du eine Außnahme. Sei glücklich darüber. 🥳

Ich weiß das doch alles.

Verkaufst du wöchentlich deine Raren Bitcoin? Ich vermute nicht. 😉

Bisq würde ich nur bedingt empfehlen. Ein Kursaufschlag von 3-10% empfinde ich als Frechheit.

Es gibt doch viel einfacher indem man Börsen verwendet, die nicht Dac8, Mica und CARF reguliert sind.

Noch gibt es die Ausweichmöglichkeit in

El Salvador oder Argentinien - wenn diese Regulation jedoch weltweit unterstützt wird - sehe ich Bitcoin sehr kritisch da es den Ursprung der freien & unabhängigen Nutzer stark eingrenzt.

Private Gruppen, die mir Bitcoin verkaufen wollen?

Welcher Bitcoin‑Maxi verkauft seine Bitcoin? 🤔

Im Ernst: Für Neueinsteiger und alle, die Wert auf ihre Privatsphäre legen, wird es fast unmöglich gemacht, anonym Bitcoin zu stacken.

Nicht jeder hat die Möglichkeit, wöchentlich P2P zu nutzen.

Ich vermute er meint nostr:npub1p2psats79rypr8lpnl9t5qdekfp700x660qsgw284xvq4s09lqrqqk3m82 , nostr:npub15369wu3wzzar5fclhecyqfv683x69n6nhlg7rxqnsg2dydgxflpq3apswl , nostr:npub1yul83qxn35u607er3m7039t6rddj06qezfagfqlfw4qk5z5slrfqu8ncdu oder nostr:npub1sqn6rpml88nq8khuvvneuqztfmvalpsarr8grkwy837hzdw63ajs6t5net

Es gibt noch freie bzw. souveräne Länder wie Argentinien oder El Salvador, die sich dem globalen bzw. EU-Kontrollstaat nicht angeschlossen haben.

Sucht euch eine Börse in den o.g. Ländern solange es noch möglich ist.

Und Hände weg von sämtlichen Mica, Dac8 und Carf regulierten Börsen/ Länder.

Die Haltefrist für Bitcoin wird und das ist meine leichteste Vorhersage fallen.

Bis Juli 2027 müssen die Börsen jede Transaktion ab dem 01.01.2026, dem Finanzamt melden - bedeutet man bekommt anschließend Post vom

Finanzamt.

Also, on reflection, I don't really agree with the characterization "only defends against a narrow set of attacks". To me, it's a broad and significant set of attacks that are defended against with encryption at rest: the most likely way to get your secrets stolen is for someone to get access to your physical hardware (stolen laptop; evil maid attack), or perhaps getting access to backups of your filesystem. True that someone actually taking control remotely is a big risk too, especially on Windows, but that is such a catastrophic failure mode that nothing matters .. not a good excuse to have zero defences imo - people regularly assume some level of security at least on MacOS and Linux and they should be able to, I think. A desktop is not a phone.

Anyway all arguable I guess. But not giving the option or any warning - I don't see a justification of it, really.

Question for nostr:nprofile1qqsvetzrdtkpc8kz4eg54hstse8rx7cye5cvcgw9p4e7pt4s6nadw9gpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcpzdmhxue69uhkummnw3ezu7nzvshxwee0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj72chw44 : why is the mnemonic stored unencrypted on the hard disk?

physical bitcoin should have a significant premium compared to paper bitcoin

"Banking apps can now read which apps you have installed and also from where.

You installed something they don't like?

Sorry, can't access your money until you stop your wrongthinking.

We are entering the dark ages of technology."

Source: Twitter

Now the bank's app knows what other apps you have and demands that you delete them 😂.

But it's the system we deserve; we've allowed it.

als ob ich mich an Regeln halten würde

EU Age Control is the first step towards totalitarianism via digital IDs and digital euro.

killed vs wounded matters a lot, many wounds easily fixed/healed

That's... A relief frankly. That makes life a lot less stressful for coinjoin devs.

What do they screwed up in your opinion? I remember you that they are going to jail for "conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business" and they never took custody of the users funds.

Good video. They should have never been prosecuted, let alone incarcerated.

I am, however, opposed to campaigns that beg for a pardon by Trump. The situation is akin to negotiating with a ransomware extorter - there is simply no possible outcome that is acceptable.

What's ECC?

Care to explain?