The best Bitcoin cold storage?

[eden1]

when i earn my first few bitcoins i will try these

[Trader Steve]

In light of this:

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/usb-security/

CoinKee is transitioning to CoinPro (no USB - LiveCD only):

http://coinpro.me

[pirsquared]

In light of this:

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/usb-security/

CoinKee is transitioning to CoinPro (no USB - LiveCD only):

http://coinpro.me

This is a good move considering the recent USB firmware hack that came to light. I can't find the link at the moment, but suffice it to say I didn't know USB firmware could do that shit.  I hate discs altogether, but it seems that lo-tek old school is proving more and more secure every day.

[moriartybitcoin]

best Bitcoin cold storage is https://BitArmored.com

[campycoin]

best Bitcoin cold storage is https://BitArmored.com

LOL -- see http://antilyze.com and http://www.badbitcoin.org/thebadlist/index.htm

[runam0k]

I currently use an always offline Raspberry Pi with Electrum.  Signing transactions is easy enough and hiding the 12 word mnemonic code in random files and emails means I can rebuild the wallet at any time, anywhere in the world, should I need to.

Mycelium is great for spending from cold storage wallets too (change is returned to the same address).

[keithers]

I have now been using trezor as cold storage.   I like how it is almost like a hybrid wallet, where you don't have to sweep the entire thing when you want to spend.

The one downside is that you have to rely on their API (I think).   The backend of the website was down the other night, so none of us had access to our coins in the meantime (unless you wanted to use the recovery seed on a different wallet)

[TheButterZone]

I have now been using trezor as cold storage.   I like how it is almost like a hybrid wallet, where you don't have to sweep the entire thing when you want to spend.

The one downside is that you have to rely on their API (I think).   The backend of the website was down the other night, so none of us had access to our coins in the meantime (unless you wanted to use the recovery seed on a different wallet)

[MasterCasino]

I'm building what I think will be if not one of the best cold-storage devices certainly the most attractive. :-)

www.aeternum.in

So basically this is a tampon that is inserted in the wifes vag?

Its looks like vibrators.

[Eisenhower34]

I have now been using trezor as cold storage.   I like how it is almost like a hybrid wallet, where you don't have to sweep the entire thing when you want to spend.

The one downside is that you have to rely on their API (I think).   The backend of the website was down the other night, so none of us had access to our coins in the meantime (unless you wanted to use the recovery seed on a different wallet)

I would not trust trezor because their hardware is very new and untested. They do have "open source" software, however you do not have any real way of verifying that the software on your trezor is the software on github. You also have a huge amount of risk regarding the shippment as you do not have any real way to verify that the shipment was actually sent by trezor and was not intercepted

[tanaka]

Someone said that a floppy disk is the best bitcoin cold storage.

[CIYAM]

We seem to have quite a few topics created about "cold storage" lately - anyway for anyone interested in 100% "air-gapped" security using an Live OS (created using SUSE Studio) there is this: https://susestudio.com/a/kp8B3G/ciyam-safe (it combines an offline bitcoind with GPG, scrypt and does all comms between online and offline computers via QR codes).

[crazy-pilot]

I have now been using trezor as cold storage.   I like how it is almost like a hybrid wallet, where you don't have to sweep the entire thing when you want to spend.

The one downside is that you have to rely on their API (I think).   The backend of the website was down the other night, so none of us had access to our coins in the meantime (unless you wanted to use the recovery seed on a different wallet)

I personally do not trust trezor. You should have 100% access to your private key at any time. If their website goes down then you need to have a way to recover the private keys

[Ente]

I have now been using trezor as cold storage.   I like how it is almost like a hybrid wallet, where you don't have to sweep the entire thing when you want to spend.

The one downside is that you have to rely on their API (I think).   The backend of the website was down the other night, so none of us had access to our coins in the meantime (unless you wanted to use the recovery seed on a different wallet)

I personally do not trust trezor. You should have 100% access to your private key at any time. If their website goes down then you need to have a way to recover the private keys

Well, use your backup! :-P
It's standard-conforming, following the BIP0038 scheme.
Either put it into another Trezor, or in your case, any other BIP0038 client.

Ente