Title: Making MultiBit safe to use on computers you can't trust Post by: jseims on March 05, 2014, 10:59:49 PM A huge security problem with Bitcoin wallets is they don't protect your funds if keylogging malware exists on your computer.
I recently launched a "cosigning as a service" company, TrustedCoin, to mitigate this threat. The way it works is:
So if your computer gets infected with malware, the worst it can do is spam you with spending attempts. If this should happen -- or if TrustedCoin were to disappear -- the user can combine both keys and instantly transfer funds to a new address. Is there anyone interested in integrating our cosiging APIs into MultiBit? We also offer a 70% rev share on all transaction fees (0.0005 BTC per transaction) to the wallet developer. API Documentation: https://api.trustedcoin.com/#/docs (https://api.trustedcoin.com/#/docs) Reference web wallet implementation: https://api.trustedcoin.com/wallet (https://api.trustedcoin.com/wallet) Reddit commentary of this product: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1zhief/id_like_to_present_a_bitcoin_wallet_thats_safe_to/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1zhief/id_like_to_present_a_bitcoin_wallet_thats_safe_to/) Thanks, Josh Title: Re: Making MultiBit safe to use on computers you can't trust Post by: Mike Hearn on March 06, 2014, 05:48:32 PM That's great. The best place to integrate this would be bitcoinj, IMHO, then wallet authors just need to wire it up to their GUIs.
Title: Re: Making MultiBit safe to use on computers you can't trust Post by: jim618 on March 10, 2014, 08:18:23 PM I think co-signing services as you describe will be very useful.
There are other teams working on similar proposals so a unifying standard would be the way to go. |