Sending BTC to an offline CPU??

[Jasun7211]

I currently am thinking of doing the above mentioned.  I get varous dividends from different stocks, and gaming sites.  I Was weighing the pros and cons of storing all my non-investment bitcoins on an offline cpu....connecting it once a week or so to update any transactions and immediately take it off line once the chain is updated....

Pros???

Cons???

thanks

[lambdaE]

Use armory offline instead and never connect.

And your main computer connected to internet might use armory online with watch only wallet

[Jasun7211]

looks great thanks.  I just read up on it. 

[DeathAndTaxes]

Another option would be to use a paper wallet for your cold storage and keep a client updated for daily spending.  The simple answer is there is no issue sending coins to an offline address. 

[WayTooGosu]

You can simply go online on the machine once and have your BTC transferred onto it and then never go online again.

[chorchonga]

You don't ever have to go online to receive BTC to a wallet, only to spend them.

[DeathAndTaxes]

You can simply go online on the machine once and have your BTC transferred onto it and then never go online again.

You don't need to go online even once to receive Bitcoins.  Once confirmed the record existing on every node in the network.  Your wallet doesn't contain any coins.  It contains the keys which allow you to spend coins sent to you.  You don't need to go online except to spend Bitcoins.

I have Bitcoins sent to offline paper wallets which have never been online.  Not once, not ever.  They paper wallet was created offline and the private key has never been entered into an online computer. 

[Faince1985]

possible if you can isolate the computer completely and make sure you don't get your computer hacked,you can use an offline wallet though and reduce risk of being hacked even more.

[_destro]

Yes, keeping it offline permanently is the safest way.  However, if it's not a huge amount, I wouldn't be super concerned if it was connected.  Armory or some other local encrypted wallet is probably really unlikely to get hacked if you don't use that pc for anything risky.  If it's a hassle for you to setup an offline pc required for cold storage, I wouldn't stress about it - unless we're talking very large sums of BTC.

[exstasie]

Another option would be to use a paper wallet for your cold storage and keep a client updated for daily spending.  The simple answer is there is no issue sending coins to an offline address. 

That's what I'm thinking of doing.  I really need to stop procrastinating and move my BTC offline!