Why are people who don't understand math allowed to post anywhere besides the Beginners forum?

Sounds like they would like to hear from customers that we want them to accept it. Let's do it! Buy Amazon gift cards with Bitcoin (and save 3% at Gyft) and let Amazon know that's how you got the gift card!

I think "mental midget" pretty much sums up the OP.

Here is my cold storage procedure - fairly solid as near as I can tell...

Creating and loading the wallet -

1) Save to your hard drive the bitaddress.org URL for generating BIP-38 encrypted paper wallets.
2) Create a LINUX LiveCD for booting from a flash drive for a fresh, offline OS.
3) Disconnect computer from the internet, boot into LiveCD, and generate an encrypted paper wallet via the bitaddress.ord URL (running standalone). DON'T LOSE YOUR PASSWORD!
4) Save the wallet off as a PDF and also print multiple copies. Since it's encrypted, you can have a few copies and keep them multiple places and the PDF will also be available if the paper fades or is destroyed.
5) Reboot regular OS and head out to the exchange.
7) Send your bitcoin to the public key of your paper wallet, starting with a small amount and confirming it got there via blockchain.info.

Getting bitcoin back out of the wallet -

1) Using the block chain website or app on an android tablet, scan the encrypted private key of the paper wallet (I could also use the bitaddress.org code offline to decrypt it manually).
2) The app/site will ask for the key you used to BIP-38 encrypt the private key - type in the password used to encrypt it and the wallet's bitcoin will be accessable to send/spend.
3) Sweep the wallet into your blockchain online wallet. (Important since you must spend all coin in a paper wallet at once or risk losing the "change".)
4) Send any bitcoin that you don't want to keep in a hot wallet into a new paper wallet, created in the same way you created the first one. You can create multiple paper wallets at once above, so you can create a bunch at once and just move your change to the next paper wallet in the list.

Why don't you head on over here where you belong -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=39.0

Probably never.

I've heard that if the number of posts here ever equals the price of Bitcoin in US dollars that the internet will explode.

It's gonna be like that movie Speed. Go fonzie, go! Save the internet with your stupid FUD!

Adding fonzie to my ignore list was the second best thing i've ever done (behind Mah87). :-)

My thought is that it would be fun to see you put your money where your mouth is. Never happen, so I guess the ignore list will have to do.

There is no such thing as a "ROTH IRA". It's just a way to categorize money. My basis is still categorized as a ROTH IRA, regardless of where it is invested. I wouldn't mind someone with brains joining this thread.

It's been weird, though - we've had lots of good news recently and it hasn't moved much, but one rumor from China shows up and down we go. :-/

I don't believe you do understand what I am saying, so I will try to clarify. The IRS has said that Bitcoin investments, and their subsequent returns, are to be treated as stocks and other property are (thus their increases in value, when realized, are subject to capital gains in an ordinary situation).

However, ROTH IRA money is tax sheltered, and not subject to these capital gains. I don't know of any limitations on how ROTH IRA money can be invested - stocks & mutual funds are the usual, but currencies and real estate are also OK. Since Bitcoin now officially falls within the same category, I'm hopeful that their returns will also be categorized the same and not subject to taxes.

I had $10,000 in ROTH IRA basis money (money I invested in a ROTH IRA acct and paid taxes on) that I pulled out penalty-free in January to invest in Bitcoin. My original thought was that I was going to treat this as a regular capital gains type investment - no tax shelter.

Now that the IRS has come out and said that Bitcoin investments are to be treated like stock market investments, it sounds like my $10,000 investment can grow and be cashed out tax-free since my withdrawal is really just a movement of my investment from one vehicle (the stock market) to another similar investment vehicle (Bitcoins).

Thoughts?

The only thing I want rippled are my potato chips.

If you use Keepass to store your keys (which you should), then a keylogger can't grab it since you are just double-clicking on the key and then pasting it in. Keyloggers are rare BTW - I know you are trying to be safe/secure, but the biggest risk there is BY FAR is that you will forget/lose your private keys and/or passwords that you need to decrypt them. 

For me personally, I have my Blockchain wallet setup with 2-factor authentication, so I have to enter a code from Google Authenticator on my iPhone to be able to spend coins from my wallet. Very secure.

A buddy of mine wanted to invest in Bitcoin and wired me $6000. He didn't care how many "coins" he was getting - he wanted $6000 worth of Bitcoin at the going rate, so I got it for him (at $525 - not bad) and put it in a paper wallet. I'd hope that most buyers would think of it the same way - they are just "buying Bitcoin" - where Bitcoin is a plural describing a commodity that can be broken up so granularly that it might as well be gold dust coming out of a stream.

"I will take $6000 worth of gold dust, please! At the current market rate, of course!"

It's so funny the number of people in this day and age who don't understand...decimal points.

While it would be nice if Amazon accepted bitcoin directly (just a matter of time), did you know that you can buy anything from Amazon for 3% off with Bitcoin via Amazon gift cards at gyft.com?

http://www.gyft.com/bitcoin/

Thanks, aminorex! Great post!

He will use them to quietly curb deflation...