Oh man, I wish I hadn’t let my in-laws borrow my car thinking I would have nothing to do. I’m in Columbia and have been solo’ing my machine-learning adventure.
Maybe you could use a handheld scanner type device to load the next image and send power to each card, or an electronic Rolodex where you stack the cards and it flips through a set amount reconfiguring them. Both of those ideas would require some hardware development though.
I forgot to add: very interesting project and amazing to see the fruition of your efforts!
I think the key point here is that the insolvency window is not an obvious thing to avoid, however you can always check to see if you have the keys, regardless of the state of the exchange. So without considering the insolvency of the exchange, if you don’t have the keys, a user shouldn’t think they have singular access to those coins. For this reason, I don’t think it makes you an asshat to assert that if you don’t have the keys you don’t have the coins. It’s meant to be a warning of something to avoid. Also how do you propose one avoid the insolvency window? It’s something that’s defined post-action, whereas evaluating ownership of the keys can be accomplished at any time.
I don’t see how question 1 is valid. You just move the coin immediately after acquisition. If you’re speculating and leaving them on the exchange that’s risky. But as far as “obtaining” the coins, you simple have to be in control of the keys. This can be accomplished within minutes or hours after purchase. Hence not your keys, not your coins.
This is dead simple for anyone who does the research even without a hardware wallet. Use a usb based OS like tails, make an address, write down the 24 words or memorize them.
What in the world are you talking about? There is a period of waiting for confirmation, but after that you will have custody of your coins. It’s the users call whether they leave coins on the exchange or move them. The chance of an exchange going down during a transaction that is planned to be outgoing from the exchange is slim, even for nefarious exchanges. Just move your coins after you buy them, don’t leave them on the exchange.