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April 02, 2013, 02:05:59 PM |
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What would be the most reasonable way to secure a wallet(in terms of the effort it takes to accomplish it)?
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April 02, 2013, 03:17:22 PM |
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Thanks for the info
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prochobo
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April 02, 2013, 06:07:41 PM |
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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.
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Carrasco
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April 02, 2013, 06:56:10 PM |
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For me: Ubuntu in a pendrive whitout internet and armory Love
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April 02, 2013, 07:26:31 PM |
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Do you really need a cold wallet? How often are Bitcoins stolen? The official website says the Satoshi client offers a high level of security. How does one move from a hot to cold wallet? Does the cold storage client need to be encrypted or backed up? Is there a difference between a private key and the .dat file? If you want to spend or transfer your cold wallet, do you have to go online and dl the entire blockchain? Thanks.
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April 02, 2013, 08:07:07 PM |
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Good post on how to have a secure back up your secret key, I agree that the term "wallet" is confusing since the bitcoins are not actually stored in it.
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April 03, 2013, 03:49:03 PM |
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Very useful and thanxx to miner2049 if my wallet ever gets in sync I'll DL CoinArmory. Anyone got any fast ways to get Bitcoins in the UK without using Pingit pleas pm me.
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April 03, 2013, 03:53:26 PM |
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Thanks for the info
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aslam87
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April 03, 2013, 03:54:54 PM |
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sure, even an external hdd. flashes can be lost but external hdd's are more secure
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aslam56
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April 03, 2013, 03:57:04 PM |
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Sound advice, im going to work on this myself
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April 03, 2013, 04:10:44 PM |
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100% secure, DOES NOT exist in computerland. You can try and get as close as you can, but 100% is an illusion. The air wall, however, is still the best security.
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mik3
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April 03, 2013, 04:53:09 PM |
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So If i create a new wallet on an ubuntu Live Cd using the Bitcoin-qt client.
Is that wallet.dat file compatible with windows?
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April 03, 2013, 05:23:04 PM |
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So If i create a new wallet on an ubuntu Live Cd using the Bitcoin-qt client.
Is that wallet.dat file compatible with windows?
Affirmative. The wallet.dat file is universal, your OS doesn't have anything to do with it
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mik3
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April 03, 2013, 05:47:17 PM |
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The wallet.dat file is universal, your OS doesn't have anything to do with it Cool beans, thanks!
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April 03, 2013, 06:18:23 PM |
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will do this asap, no longer feel secure leaving my coins in mtgox
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April 03, 2013, 06:41:35 PM |
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Thank you for this information, it's very interesting because I've heart that there are some people who try to steal your BTC.
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April 03, 2013, 06:52:55 PM |
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oh thanks
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aslam8776
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April 03, 2013, 07:17:31 PM |
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very intersting!
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April 03, 2013, 07:34:09 PM |
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Need some kind of noobs video guide for this, I don't understand a word of it
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naphto
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April 03, 2013, 08:09:00 PM |
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A 100 % secure wallet does not exist
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