I have some coins in coinbase. I am a complete newbie, Can any one tell me a method to get my bitcoins offline. After i saw what happened to "klee" I dont want to take any risk. I searched on google and found some posts about "cold storage". can any body tell me the method on how to do that
1) install a fresh copy of Linux and disconnect your computer from the internet.
2) Put bitaddress.org offline version into it
3) run it and scroll your mouse around with randomness
4) print it out
In order for your wallet to qualify to be a cold storage, it must be created in a computer that is Linux and didn't connect to the internet before. Do test the wallet by sending small amounts into it and sending it to your coinbase wallet, just to ensure it works. Do enable two factor authentication on coinbase and keep small amounts of Bitcoins in the exchange.