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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What Is The Best Way To Store Your Bitcoins Offline? on: July 02, 2017, 09:37:24 PM
You should not use an outdated version of Electrum. You will have problems sending and fee estimates will be too low. Newest is 2.8.3 at Electrum.org. Electrum explains how to use two computers (one always offline) for cold storage here. Almost no one bothers with this setup anymore since hardware wallets are more secure and inexpensive. Get a hardware wallet.

I read somewhere that there there were some issue with a hardware wallet, I don't remember which hardware wallet was it, but I think it was trezor.
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / What Is The Best Way To Store Your Bitcoins Offline? on: July 02, 2017, 04:49:09 PM
I will make sure to update this post using your suggestions that you post here. I want to make sure that this post is a reference to all new bitcoin users who want the best way to secure their new bitcoins.

I've made some big profits recently trading/flipping coins and i want to cash out and convert this profit to bitcoin, but I'm not sure how to store the new bitcoins safely.

I have some ideas about securing my bitcoins, but I'm not sure if they are good enough. I'm only interested in ways to store my bitcoins securely so if it even means that I will not be able to spend them easily, that's fine because I'm planning to keep them in cold store for a very long time, since I'm buy nature a bitcoin HODLer.

I have an old laptop that I'm no longer using, so it's okay to use it for just Bitcoin. I don't want to use a hardware wallet like trezor or other similar wallets.

1) Download the Bitcoin core wallet on my old laptop and create a lot of bitcoin addresses, back-up the wallet into multiple CDs, copy those addresses on a USB stick and transfer them to my Desktop computer that has an internet connection. This way I'm able to fund those Bitcoin addresses without having the private keys or the wallet.dat file on an online computer.

Note that I won't be able to let the computer to fully sync with the network, so is it safe to create multiple Bitcoin address this way even if it the Bitcoin-core hasn't fully Synced yet? Also is it safe to use old versions of Bitcoin-core like version 0.11.1 ?

2) Instead of Bitcoin core, I will use Electrum on this offline laptop and do the same thing as above. The problem here, is can I trust Electrum? and also I will be using an old version of electrum 1.9.8, so is it to use this old version?

3) Download a paper wallet script and use it to generate multiple address, store these addresses and their private keys in multiple CDs and copy the addresses to a USB stick to transfer the addresses to my desktop computer so I can send my earned bitcoins there. My question is, which paper wallet script should I use and can I really trust it?


I will update this post to make sure that contains all information for anyone who's wondering about securing his bitcoins offline.


3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: Crypto Arbitrage between 33 exchanges, 180+ coins supported on: June 12, 2017, 04:25:22 AM
This is a reply to estilodevida

I actually bought the bot 6 months ago and have been using it quite often lately,  the altcoin bubble made it easier to do arbitrage.  Just to be clear,  I bought the bot by the "Original Poster",  that is the owner of this email :  alex.rsindi@gmail.com

If you want to ask me any questions about my experience with the bot,  just PM.

4  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Easy Beginner Guide : How to mine LTC + SMOS@LtcRabbit Profit switching LTC pool on: July 23, 2014, 04:31:34 AM
Great tutorial, I'll sign up as your referral when I get my rig together.

5  Economy / Gambling / Re: BitSaloon.com: BTC Gambling - now with Video Poker and Deposit Bonus! on: September 02, 2013, 12:15:23 AM
This seems to be great, hope this turn to be legit, I will give it a try.
6  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Gambling: Bitcoin Darts on: September 01, 2013, 09:05:40 PM
I played 10 times lost 6 times and I won 4 bets, I guess it's still not fair.
7  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: will the bitcoin reach $1000 one day...? on: September 01, 2013, 10:08:51 AM
It's no longer a question about the the value of bitcoin rather than the value of the dollar, if there is too much dollar in the market, and the demand on bitcoin raised, then it could even go further than 1k, Although this is a possibility it's unlikely to happen soon.
8  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Alt-Coins on: September 01, 2013, 09:52:36 AM
well, I guess we should stick with the original coint miner to prevent wallet theft.
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