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July 16, 2014, 10:44:17 AM
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Cold storage = paper wallet, offline computer, secure hardware wallet, etc.

What do you think is the ideal percentage of BTC that should be kept in a cold wallet? Is there a trade-off between usability vs. security? If someone intends to hodl their bitcoins long term then perhaps 90 percent in cold storage sounds good. If someone is using their bitcoins to buy things, gamble, day trade, and invest in altcoins, then I would imagine 90 percent would be a pretty unrealistic figure.

What do you think?
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July 16, 2014, 10:47:46 AM
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If you want to stay in a safe condition, you have to put 90% of this capital in a cold storage, and the other 10% in your wallet that must be protect in every way.

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July 16, 2014, 11:00:56 AM
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You could use different wallets on different computers and so on for extra security ( not keeping all eggs in one basket ).
Keep as much as you usually spend, that's probably the only advice someone can give you. It's up to everyone to do so.

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July 16, 2014, 11:11:32 AM
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Well depends on the ammount you have. If you have 1 BTC or less you don't give a fuck about cold storage. If you have 20 BTC, than keep what you need for your purchases off cold wallet and put others in cold wallet.

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July 16, 2014, 11:26:12 AM
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Store 100% of the bitcoins that you aren't going to spend soon in "cold storage".

The ONLY bitcoins that you should have in a hot wallet are the ones you plan to spend in the near future.

Simple.
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July 16, 2014, 01:22:29 PM
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Cold storage = paper wallet, offline computer, secure hardware wallet, etc.

What do you think is the ideal percentage of BTC that should be kept in a cold wallet? Is there a trade-off between usability vs. security? If someone intends to hodl their bitcoins long term then perhaps 90 percent in cold storage sounds good. If someone is using their bitcoins to buy things, gamble, day trade, and invest in altcoins, then I would imagine 90 percent would be a pretty unrealistic figure.

What do you think?

IMO, it depends on how much and how often you spend your bitcoin.
If you are not going to spend your bitcoin, you can put 100% of all bitcoin in a cold storage, but if you going to spend 1 btc a week, you could keep 2 btc in your personal hot wallet (with a good password of course) and replenish it every 2 weeks. Smiley

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July 16, 2014, 09:17:39 PM
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Cold storage = paper wallet, offline computer, secure hardware wallet, etc.

What do you think is the ideal percentage of BTC that should be kept in a cold wallet? Is there a trade-off between usability vs. security? If someone intends to hodl their bitcoins long term then perhaps 90 percent in cold storage sounds good. If someone is using their bitcoins to buy things, gamble, day trade, and invest in altcoins, then I would imagine 90 percent would be a pretty unrealistic figure.

What do you think?
What percentage of your paycheck do you keep in your wallet, in a checking account, in a savings account, in other investments?  If you have multiple accounts and distribute your money between them, follow that same pattern with your BTC.  It's a lot easier eating a small transaction fee for moving the money around than it is eating a loss of your coin because your hot wallet was compromised.

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July 16, 2014, 09:33:48 PM
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Store 100% of the bitcoins that you aren't going to spend soon in "cold storage".

The ONLY bitcoins that you should have in a hot wallet are the ones you plan to spend in the near future.

Simple.

This is pretty much it.
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July 16, 2014, 09:35:03 PM
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I feel like it shouldn't be a percentage. Unless you're a trader, it should be mostly ALL with the exception of some BTC used for buying things (under 10BTC for sure)
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July 16, 2014, 09:35:37 PM
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I think you should only have something in your hot wallet if you are going to be spending it in any time soon.

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July 16, 2014, 09:38:27 PM
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If you are not actively trading bitcoin, you should store 100% of it in cold storage.
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July 16, 2014, 09:49:05 PM
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If you are not actively trading bitcoin, you should store 100% of it in cold storage.

Thats a good idea but at some point you'll maybe want to purchase something from a website with Bitcoin or off another useer. so I think that should be the only time you put a certain amount in a hot wallet.

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July 16, 2014, 09:50:39 PM
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If you are not actively trading bitcoin, you should store 100% of it in cold storage.

Thats a good idea but at some point you'll maybe want to purchase something from a website with Bitcoin or off another useer. so I think that should be the only time you put a certain amount in a hot wallet.

Basically, what you can afford to lose. That's the definition of a hot wallet. But I often don't follow that rule myself. :/
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July 16, 2014, 10:03:15 PM
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Cold storage should be 98% of your coins, im using site from sig to store mine offline on beautiful paper wallet Smiley
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July 16, 2014, 10:12:41 PM
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There's no percentage just have what you are not going to be using in the immediate future put in a cold wallet.

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July 17, 2014, 12:45:26 AM
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Well depends on the ammount you have. If you have 1 BTC or less you don't give a fuck about cold storage. If you have 20 BTC, than keep what you need for your purchases off cold wallet and put others in cold wallet.

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July 17, 2014, 12:49:08 AM
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I would say most so like 70% and the remaining 30% is on-hand for use of whatever you want.
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July 17, 2014, 01:08:06 AM
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Depends. If you are in aggressive instance, you can keep all in hot wallets for trade or to take quick advantage of price flutuactions and others oportunities.

If your main investment is not bitcoin, or if you are not a risk-prone investidor, you better 100% cold.

Anything between, part cold, part hot.
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July 17, 2014, 01:14:31 AM
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Cold storage = paper wallet, offline computer, secure hardware wallet, etc.

What do you think is the ideal percentage of BTC that should be kept in a cold wallet? Is there a trade-off between usability vs. security? If someone intends to hodl their bitcoins long term then perhaps 90 percent in cold storage sounds good. If someone is using their bitcoins to buy things, gamble, day trade, and invest in altcoins, then I would imagine 90 percent would be a pretty unrealistic figure.

What do you think?

Its very easy to use an offline wallet, and complete transactions quickly while its stored securely offline. This can be done in under 10 minutes in most cases, alot faster if you have practice. I would store every coin you have offline unless you need access to some immediately. Always use 2 Factor authentication when possible if you store your coins on online wallets.

I would research the Armory wallet: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=139601.0

Also if you can just download the vanity address generator and create private/public key pairs offline. Create backups of the keys on paper and/or encrypt them with a PGP key and save off the files on secure storage. Format the machine, and install another operating system before it is allowed to connect to the internet to ensure your keys were not saved and will not be broadcast to the internet. Alternatively if your storing serious coin, just buy a new hard drive and destroy the old one after formatting a few times.
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July 17, 2014, 01:18:41 AM
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Put any bitcoin you can't afford to lose on cold storage. This is my advice.
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