HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet

[warbdan]

Allright. Well if you don't trust the client from bitcoin.org or the ubuntu live CD, they are both open source, so you are able to compile it yourself.

Yes, and I also suggest, you read through the whole source-code that constitutes the entire Ubuntu distribution, just to make extra-sure

MBH: The whole point is to backup the entire disk, no? In that case, you still have to move your wallet.dat between the old CD and the new one. Besides, who guarantees that DSL will still be maintained a few years from now.

But if the encryption part was just meant for your wallet.dat, then yes, that's what I suggested. Just make sure, you use an encryption that will still be secure in a few years, otherwise, I'll steal it now (from your lame-ass cloud provider in case you use dropbox), keep it and decrypt it in 2018 with my quadruple ATI-over9000. Just a possible scenario. I prefer the more minimalistic physical security.

over9000 made me lol.

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[Werner]

thank for information, it will help in great amounts in my future!

[Statesman]

Great thread. Thanks for the advice.

[Natrecs]

damn, hate all this Learning Curve Reading!!!LOL

[TenDrawBTC]

great thread

[ethnogrower]

Thanks for the HowTo

[wakara]

Thanks for the info, will take care

[Gatorhex]

Install Ubuntu (Linux) or similar to boot from a USB stick
store and use your bitcoin wallet there

You can take it and use it on any computer and easily drop it in a fireproof safe,
and it's mostly offline away from hackers, and away from your virus ridden Windows PC. 

Don't mine on the same computer as your bitcoin wallet

[Zeeks]

Thanks for the good advice!

[zikeji]

Or lets just not get a virus?

But yes, a viable idea if you have 25k bitcoins to protect. Could be due to make a live OS just for loading up a bitcoin wallet from the SD(SD contains OS + wallet).

[LockoutNex]

Thanks for the info!

[mamma]

My plan is to mine on one machine and regularly (every XXX coins) send bitcoins to another wallet which i will create new for every such transfer using another clean "just for transactions" computer then I will be saving each newly created wallet dat file on two flash drives (second is a backup copy) and will store them in safety deposit box in my bank. 

[Naruto]

Very useful post. Will follow advice and instructions mentioned in this thread. Thank you very much

[Metta28]

Thanks for this guide, all done. Wallet secure.

[BTC934]

I suggest you guys to be very responsible with your btc wallet. I have a lot of friends who had their money stolen. Terrible situation for them.

[Syl]

How secure is https://blockchain.info/wallet for storing wallet info?
Assume the computer used to access wallet is never infected, and that BTC will never exceed 100.

[VendorX]

Really helpful post.I heard that the most secure free OS is OpenBSD. So i will try to use that

[l3sny]

How safe is MtGox youbikey comparing to keeping your BTC on pendrive?
To me it is super convenient and easy to use. What do you think?

[dishwara]

How safe is MtGox youbikey comparing to keeping your BTC on pendrive?
To me it is super convenient and easy to use. What do you think?

I don't have to worry MtGox shutting down with out any announcement.

[aepfel]

Thank you for this thread.