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Title: How do you secure your keys? Post by: tahji on December 22, 2014, 02:47:51 PM Hi everyone,
I hope all is well. I need some help plz. feel free to share your advice here on securing keys. My questions are: HOw do you secure your keys? What is the best place to get your bitcoin address(blockchain) ??? ????? where can i start learning about securing my keys. thanks. -Tahji Title: Re: How do you secure your keys? Post by: H.W.Z on December 23, 2014, 01:52:31 PM There are a lot of methods used to generate your address. But in terms of security, blockchain wallet is for hot wallet for keeping small amount of bitcoin for daily spending. There are a lot of wallet apps (https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet), the most popular is the official one Bitcoin Core. To secure your secure keys, you need to set up complex passphase.
Title: Re: How do you secure your keys? Post by: Newar on December 23, 2014, 03:18:44 PM The best place to get your addresses is the one which you trust that it will generate the addresses in a secure best practice way. blockchain.info recently have not been part of that. Many people are happy with what their wallet does, others prefer bitaddress.org or scripts like this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=361092.0 Do your research and pick what you are comfortable with. How to secure: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage or threads like this one can give you an idea https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=820273.msg9175799;topicseen#new Title: Re: How do you secure your keys? Post by: cr1776 on December 23, 2014, 06:23:35 PM Hi everyone, I hope all is well. I need some help plz. feel free to share your advice here on securing keys. My questions are: HOw do you secure your keys? What is the best place to get your bitcoin address(blockchain) ??? ????? where can i start learning about securing my keys. thanks. -Tahji For the most security, look at the links Newar posted. Cold storage using good methods is most secure, but less convenient. |