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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: There needs to be an adoption task force.

on: May 08, 2013, 09:50:40 AM

Good idea. +1 I'm kind of new to bitcoin in general but shouldn't this bitcoin foundation I keep hearing about be responsible for this type of thing? I just made this post about bittorrent going to add in payment option. Bitcoin would be perfect. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=198908.0

Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / BitTorrent goes legit with new ‘gated’ file format (bitcoin potential?)

on: May 08, 2013, 09:45:41 AM

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/7/4305536/bittorrent-bundle-debut-kaskade-paid-gateway-registration Wouldn't bitcoin be the perfect payment option if bittorrent implemented this new idea? Seems like it to me. One of you bitcoin overlords get in contact with them and tell them to use Bitcoin as payment option.

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 08, 2013, 01:51:52 AM

Quote from: sgh858 on May 08, 2013, 01:12:05 AM I think it's better not to put all your egg into one basket. You should have two, three or four wallets and you should put your coin into all those wallets too. Good Idea. I'll just make a new wallet.dat every time my wallet gets up to like 5-10btc or something. Then I can have a drawer full of USB sticks with 5-10btc on each one. Anyone got some tips on how to make sure my computer/wallet doesn't get compromised. Is Norton internet security going to be enough to protect me? Should I have a dedicated computer to only deal with bit coin transactions and use it for nothing else?

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 08, 2013, 01:09:41 AM

Quote from: Endgame on May 07, 2013, 12:41:53 PM Storing your wallet.dat on a usb should work fine. Recommend you follow this guide: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=17240.0 Thanks for reply. I tried using search on here but assumed it wouldn't let me because I'm newbie. Didn't get any results couple times.

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 08, 2013, 01:08:17 AM

Quote from: TheSpiral on May 07, 2013, 11:30:56 AM Just make a shortcut to the client with the flag -datadir=[client directory]. If you put BitCoin-QT on say.. your E: drive, shortcut would be: E:\bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=E:\bitcoin To keep your current settings, just cut and paste everything in %appdata%\Roaming\Bitcoin (just type that in the address bar) into the new folder. Dumb this down a little for me. Is this moving the entire wallet to the USB? Little confused on where you're putting what.

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 07, 2013, 11:22:36 AM

Quote from: matt188 on May 07, 2013, 10:51:41 AM I think Electrum is the best client for newbies - http://electrum.org/ It generates a secret phrase for your wallet that lets you restore the full wallet at anytime. You can just write it down on a piece of paper, or put it in a text file on a USB stick if you like. My understanding is that with other clients you have to backup the wallet often if it is in use for transactions. Otherwise the old backup will not contain the addresses used for sending you change. Still sounds like the bitcoins are stored on the computer. If someone figured out secret phrase coins go bye bye.

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 07, 2013, 11:20:57 AM

Quote from: escrow.ms on May 07, 2013, 10:40:52 AM Quote from: WorrenBuffert on May 07, 2013, 10:18:34 AM This still leaves your coins vulnerable because if someone gets access to your phone, they can steal them. I'm talking someone hacks their way into your phone in some manner. Not physically grabbing it from your hands. Your idea may work if your phone didn't have service and when you wanted to transfer your coins you would turn on the service and transfer the coins. I'm looking for 100% way to pull my bitcoins from internet/computer and put them onto a USB drive so only way to get access to them is to have the USB drive. Well no one can access your phone unless you install some rougue app, for more security you can turn off that phone when you are not using it. Your method is good but what if you need to spend bitcoins, that time you need to plug it in some pc and copy your wallet there. I don't know why you want to do that but If you are worried about viruses/trojans etc use linux. Ps: Your method is ok, but make sure to take a backup because incase it gets damaged or lost or something bad happens, you will loose your all bitcoins. I'm storing them on USB so no one can gain access to them unless they have my USB stick(savings account). I'll keep most BTC on the USB so I know they are safe and then leave smaller denominations in my wallet to use for buying/trading(debit account). If I want to be extra safe I can copy the wallet.dat onto 2 external storage devices before deleting the original from my wallet. If one fails or gets damaged I could always use the other. All I have to do access the coins is plug the USB back in and replace current wallet.dat with saved wallet.dat from USB. If there are any flaws in this someone please point them out.

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 07, 2013, 10:28:45 AM

I just need someone to confirm this works before I go and delete the wallet.dat off my computer and potentially lose my coins. I'm almost positive it should work. The only other step I would need to do is make sure there is no trace on my computer of the coins. Could download program that searches through files to make sure no hidden history/files to solve that issue though.

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 07, 2013, 10:18:34 AM

This still leaves your coins vulnerable because if someone gets access to your phone, they can steal them. I'm talking someone hacks their way into your phone in some manner. Not physically grabbing it from your hands. Your idea may work if your phone didn't have service and when you wanted to transfer your coins you would turn on the service and transfer the coins. I'm looking for 100% way to pull my bitcoins from internet/computer and put them onto a USB drive so only way to get access to them is to have the USB drive.

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Is Newbie Status Really That Hard?

on: May 07, 2013, 10:13:59 AM

This entire newbie concept is quite a burden. Ive read through posts in the general discussion I've wanted to post on and can't because of this implementation. I could have contributed to a couple threads but instead found myself closing the fuking forum because was so annoyed with this BS. Find another solution to spam accounts, this is not the answer. It's hard telling if I'll return after I make this post because I'll probably lose interest and forget all about this place. Not going to sit around for hours waiting. How likely is it getting a legitimate reply to forum post in this newbie forum anyway? I made a post and waiting for a reply. Are there any knowledgeable members that actually read through this disgrace of a section?

Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 07, 2013, 10:07:28 AM

This newbie forum concept is ridiculous also. So annoying. What are chances of getting a real reply here?

Other / Beginners & Help / Saving Bitcoin to USB for security purposes.

on: May 07, 2013, 09:59:35 AM

Is this too simple? What am I missing here? Why cant you just send your bitcoins to your wallet on your computer. Backup the wallet.dat to a usb stick. Close the bitcoin wallet. Delete the wallet.dat from your computer. Restart bitcoin wallet so it creates a new fresh wallet with no bitcoins. Unplug USB containing your bitcoins. Doesn't this make your bitcoins completely inaccessible to everyone except the person holding the usb drive?

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