What's up with the stales? I'm using the "VIP" direct address and I was getting < 2%. For about the past week I've been getting ~9% stales.
Where do I apply for the "VIP" direct address?
Go to your account settings and scroll down. There's bold red text that tells you the address. If you don't see it, then unfortunately you don't qualify.
Thanks. I use a "paper" wallet in the sense that I don't really print out the private key, I just store it encrypted.
I use bitaddress.org to create some key pairs and send my BTC to them. Then I'll take the info and store it in a keepass entry. I also put the info into a csv which went into a truecrypt volume that I emailed myself and stored in Dropbox. I'll eventually print a hard copy one day when I get my printer to work.
I would not ever keep the info on a single or even multiple flash devices as those are prone to failure.
Hello, I'm prochobo. I've been mining since July 2012 and bought some BTC in Feb 2013. I'm currently mining litecoins right now, but BTC is my main crypto-currency.