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April 30, 2012, 07:45:15 PM |
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what is the best method to keep your bitcoins safe? in your personal bitcoin wallet or in mtgox bitcoinica accounts? and how to exchange from your bitcoin wallet to cash?
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April 30, 2012, 08:01:10 PM |
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It's always best to keep your bitcoins in your personal wallet IMO (client based) and keep back ups of your wallet.dat. As for exchanging to cash check out the exchanges?
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malaimult (OP)
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April 30, 2012, 08:04:26 PM |
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thanks bro... will have to try the bitcoin client to download and configure it but will search the forum on how to configure it
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April 30, 2012, 08:06:58 PM |
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Keep your btc in your wallet, but make sure you do not lose it. Backup it! And make sure no one steal it from you, encrypt it (and don't forget the password)
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April 30, 2012, 08:22:09 PM |
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what is the best method to keep your bitcoins safe? in your personal bitcoin wallet or in mtgox bitcoinica accounts? and how to exchange from your bitcoin wallet to cash?
The level of attention needed for security will increase as the amount of funds held increases. For large amounts, (tens of thousands of dollars worth) for instance, the recommendation is to only use systems that have an "air gap" to the network. Some clients will help with this ... Armory being one of them.
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April 30, 2012, 08:32:01 PM |
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so the best solution for incoming outgoing bitcoins and also secure is Armory? i wanted to opt for the bitcoin client platform but will give it a go to Armory as well
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April 30, 2012, 09:16:31 PM Last edit: April 30, 2012, 10:41:20 PM by Otoh |
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so the best solution for incoming outgoing bitcoins and also secure is Armory? i wanted to opt for the bitcoin client platform but will give it a go to Armory as well
for day to day petty cash, say < 400 BTC then blockchain.info wallet (they have some issues just the last couple of days but are good) for say < 5,000 BTC Mt. Gox with a Yubi key & PW from lastpass, also with a Yubi key & dedicated reset email addresses from gmail with 2FA for > 5,000 BTC then Armory wallet on a dedicated offline laptop with USB flash drive & paper wallet backups in different locations & with deathswitchs for 100 - 2,000 BTC + consider lending some out to Pirate or one of his feeders (I can do this if you wished), top rate paying 7% per week interest I've moved 5 figure amounts to Gox via Dwolla but they can be a bit skittish & need a bunch of KYC, for large amounts just wire to the exchanges, I use http://www.xe.com/xetrade quick, cheap, efficient & easy - charge less than banks 1.4% over mid-market rates for currency conversions, most types of transfers are free & all arranged & executed fast online, assuming that you have Internet banking with your bank then that's all you need
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April 30, 2012, 09:24:16 PM |
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wow... thanks Otoh that's very helpful will start with the top
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April 30, 2012, 09:29:27 PM |
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I keep my bitcoins in StrikeSapphire. Now if I could only find out how to get them out after I lose them.
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April 30, 2012, 09:36:39 PM |
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wow... thanks Otoh that's very helpful will start with the top cool, any further details needed just ask, the blockchain.info wallet may not be working 100% for a couple of days but once they sort out their glitch they are the best, back the wallet up encrypted by email
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malaimult (OP)
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April 30, 2012, 09:43:16 PM |
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i sent you a pm Otoh but the previous post has a good answer how to spend bitcoins from armory wallet? or personal bitcoin wallet?
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April 30, 2012, 10:14:41 PM |
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or you can keep them in your brain
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April 30, 2012, 10:16:44 PM |
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or you can keep them in your brain
i wish that don't you?
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April 30, 2012, 10:21:31 PM |
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i sent you a pm Otoh but the previous post has a good answer how to spend bitcoins from armory wallet? or personal bitcoin wallet?
PM answered, yep spending Bitcoins from any wallet an easy way is just to enter the private keys in Mt. Gox if you wished to sell at spot & cash out in $ for any amount, I missed covering Bitcoinica in your OP - personally I would never park money there, if you are gambling on the site you will know your own risk tolerance, but I believe that there is a strong possibility given their MO that they could well go TU if the Bitcoin price were to quickly double or triple - which I also believe is bound to happen one day or at least isn't something that I'd like to bet against
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April 30, 2012, 10:25:02 PM |
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thanks Otoh will follow your steps much appreciated
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April 30, 2012, 10:30:27 PM Last edit: April 30, 2012, 10:51:32 PM by Otoh |
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May 02, 2012, 01:42:26 AM |
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The paranoia in this thread is beautiful. I feel like they really are out to get me now.
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Nefario
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May 02, 2012, 05:06:28 AM |
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As was stated by others in this thread it really depends on what level of security you want.
If you're capable of using a different password for each site, and keeping your email from getting compromised then a good service to use as an e-Wallet is Intersango.com
They have the best security record of any exchange and the operators are often the first ones to find security flaws on other sites (MtGox, Bitcoinica and BTC-e and others come to mind).
On top of that they're also the second largest exchange so you can swap in and out of bitcoin or cash quickly and easily.
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May 02, 2012, 05:49:39 AM |
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Paper wallets are king. www.bitaddress.orgyou can download the standalone .html, load it up on a Ubuntu live CD and print out all the physical addresses you want. I keep mine in a safe deposit box at my bank. Thinking about putting them in a fire proof box inside a floor safe... but the safe deposit box is free...
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Nefario
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May 02, 2012, 06:04:29 AM |
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Paper wallets are king. www.bitaddress.orgyou can download the standalone .html, load it up on a Ubuntu live CD and print out all the physical addresses you want. I keep mine in a safe deposit box at my bank. Thinking about putting them in a fire proof box inside a floor safe... but the safe deposit box is free... It's fine printing them to paper, how do you digitise them again after though?
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