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[Vlada69]

Ok, have been using bitfinex for a wallet and I would like something else. Do please recommend either wallet or another exchange which hasn't been hacked.

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[Apprentice]

Ok, have been using bitfinex for a wallet and I would like something else. Do please recommend either wallet or another exchange which hasn't been hacked.

Electrum

[Vlada69]

Ok, have been using bitfinex for a wallet and I would like something else. Do please recommend either wallet or another exchange which hasn't been hacked.

Electrum

Thanks dude. And has to be open all time, right?

[Apprentice]

no it doesn't have to be open all the time.

[kano]

no it doesn't have to be open all the time.

Yep it uses electrum's servers to validate the block chain - the wallet doesn't do it.

i.e. you have to trust electrum 100% ...

[Vlada69]

no it doesn't have to be open all the time.

Yep it uses electrum's servers to validate the block chain - the wallet doesn't do it.

i.e. you have to trust electrum 100% ...

what else then?

[kano]

no it doesn't have to be open all the time.

Yep it uses electrum's servers to validate the block chain - the wallet doesn't do it.

i.e. you have to trust electrum 100% ...

what else then?

Heh - well ... if you ask me I'll always say a full node running on linux

[Vlada69]

no it doesn't have to be open all the time.

Yep it uses electrum's servers to validate the block chain - the wallet doesn't do it.

i.e. you have to trust electrum 100% ...

what else then?

Heh - well ... if you ask me I'll always say a full node running on linux

nothing for win for a temp use. I am very illiterate in Linux and currently can't set aside Linux comp.

[comby]

Can I already add my dragons, kano ?

[minergain.com]

Heh - well ... if you ask me I'll always say a full node running on linux

nothing for win for a temp use. I am very illiterate in Linux and currently can't set aside Linux comp.

I have been using bitcoin core on windows for most of a year.  I guess it is time for me to migrate that to linux.  That said, having the full block chain on your own computer helps prevent hacking as well as the health of bitcoin since you are another copy for the system to compare off.  The main reason for not using windows is all the viruses that can intercept what goes between your hands and the internet (Kano, can you confirm).  Keep your firewalls, virus scanners and other security measures in place (including safe browsing and not opening unknown emails) and it will help for the short term.  When you can swing the money and time, probably best to migrate it to linux (which I will be doing now too).

[Vlada69]

Heh - well ... if you ask me I'll always say a full node running on linux

nothing for win for a temp use. I am very illiterate in Linux and currently can't set aside Linux comp.

I have been using bitcoin core on windows for most of a year.  I guess it is time for me to migrate that to linux.  That said, having the full block chain on your own computer helps prevent hacking as well as the health of bitcoin since you are another copy for the system to compare off.  The main reason for not using windows is all the viruses that can intercept what goes between your hands and the internet (Kano, can you confirm).  Keep your firewalls, virus scanners and other security measures in place (including safe browsing and not opening unknown emails) and it will help for the short term.  When you can swing the money and time, probably best to migrate it to linux (which I will be doing now too).

linux it is but will take me awhile...

[minergain.com]

linux it is but will take me awhile...

Here is a site with several links that I found for centos 7 (what I am building up now):
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/43123/how-does-one-install-bitcoin-core-on-a-centos-server
Dont forget to harden your firewall from the outside world.

[kano]

Heh - well ... if you ask me I'll always say a full node running on linux

nothing for win for a temp use. I am very illiterate in Linux and currently can't set aside Linux comp.

I have been using bitcoin core on windows for most of a year.  I guess it is time for me to migrate that to linux.  That said, having the full block chain on your own computer helps prevent hacking as well as the health of bitcoin since you are another copy for the system to compare off.  The main reason for not using windows is all the viruses that can intercept what goes between your hands and the internet (Kano, can you confirm).  Keep your firewalls, virus scanners and other security measures in place (including safe browsing and not opening unknown emails) and it will help for the short term.  When you can swing the money and time, probably best to migrate it to linux (which I will be doing now too).

linux it is but will take me awhile...

I'd suggest a ubuntu base linux - they're easy to install but also easy to upgrade.

The LTS (Long Term Support) versions last a few years, and some time before the end of that LTS you simply have to upgrade it - which is just a few commands and wait and watch

Edit: any yes the reason to avoid Windows is indeed all the viruses and key loggers out there.
The anitivirus software that everyone uses doesn't stop all viruses, it only stops 'known viruses' by pattern matching ... and that is by design by McAffee in the beginning.
He designed it that way so that you'd have to always get data/version updates regularly from them.
Permanent source of income ...

Windows (all versions at least since Windows 7) log your key strokes (and lots of other stuff) so that Microsoft can see them if needed.
Yes this is a well known fact, not an urban legend - it started with the Beta of Windows 10 and then they back ported it to the older windows versions via updates.
You just gotta hope no one ever manages to get at that log on your computer ...

[Vlada69]

Heh - well ... if you ask me I'll always say a full node running on linux

nothing for win for a temp use. I am very illiterate in Linux and currently can't set aside Linux comp.

I have been using bitcoin core on windows for most of a year.  I guess it is time for me to migrate that to linux.  That said, having the full block chain on your own computer helps prevent hacking as well as the health of bitcoin since you are another copy for the system to compare off.  The main reason for not using windows is all the viruses that can intercept what goes between your hands and the internet (Kano, can you confirm).  Keep your firewalls, virus scanners and other security measures in place (including safe browsing and not opening unknown emails) and it will help for the short term.  When you can swing the money and time, probably best to migrate it to linux (which I will be doing now too).

linux it is but will take me awhile...

I'd suggest a ubuntu base linux - they're easy to install but also easy to upgrade.

The LTS (Long Term Support) versions last a few years, and some time before the end of that LTS you simply have to upgrade it - which is just a few commands and wait and watch

Edit: any yes the reason to avoid Windows is indeed all the viruses and key loggers out there.
The anitivirus software that everyone uses doesn't stop all viruses, it only stops 'known viruses' by pattern matching ... and that is by design by McAffee in the beginning.
He designed it that way so that you'd have to always get data/version updates regularly from them.
Permanent source of income ...

Windows (all versions at least since Windows 7) log your key strokes (and lots of other stuff) so that Microsoft can see them if needed.
Yes this is a well known fact, not an urban legend - it started with the Beta of Windows 10 and then they back ported it to the older windows versions via updates.
You just gotta hope no one ever manages to get at that log on your computer ...

どうもありがとうございます kanosan

[ccgllc]

nothing for win for a temp use. I am very illiterate in Linux and currently can't set aside Linux comp.

If you are VERY VERY confident in your firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, and you promise to encrypt your wallet - the Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 wallet works fine on Windows.  Biggest risk is keylogger malware that could capture your pass phrase.  Here is a link to decent "health check" instructions for windows 7: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/how-can-i-remove-keylogger-issues/495a304e-b910-4b8e-8593-834307c590b1?db=5

Remember that you need 187GB of free space to store the full blockchain currently, and that will take a couple of days to download.

[coinbizarre]

Has anyone of you had experience with setting up a full node on a Raspberry Pi, would appreciate your input

[Shazam!!!]

Has anyone of you had experience with setting up a full node on a Raspberry Pi, would appreciate your input

Try looking here too:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2683060.0

Might be helpful on your voyage.

[coinbizarre]

Has anyone of you had experience with setting up a full node on a Raspberry Pi, would appreciate your input

Try looking here too:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2683060.0

Might be helpful on your voyage.

Thanks for the link, I already set up the Pi its syncing the blockchain right now. I should have worded my question differently I wanted to know how the experience of running the node has been on the raspberry pi since it only has 1 GB RAM

[ccgllc]

Has anyone of you had experience with setting up a full node on a Raspberry Pi, would appreciate your input

Try looking here too:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2683060.0

Might be helpful on your voyage.

Thanks for the link, I already set up the Pi its syncing the blockchain right now. I should have worded my question differently I wanted to know how the experience of running the node has been on the raspberry pi since it only has 1 GB RAM

Your going to have to override some defaults and reduce memory usage.  I would suggest you look at:

-maxmempool (defaults to 300MB)
-dbcache (defaults to 450MB)

Presumably your blockchain is being stored on an external USB 2.0 disk drive, since you would eat your SDHC card alive with activity.

[BSGMiner]

I have been using bitcoin core on windows for most of a year.  I guess it is time for me to migrate that to linux...

linux it is but will take me awhile...

I had to (re)learn a lot about Linux, but after a similar suggestion from Kano and FireTreeActual several months ago, I took the plunge on a FREE route that started by searching for "Ubuntu Bitcoin Core".

Prior to installing anything, I ran through the gamut of all those hash value comparisons (e.g. SHA-256, MD5) of a few Ubuntu distros/flavors.

Since I wanted to dedicate an old laptop for this use only, I went with Lubuntu, and after finally realizing my DVD drive was going bad and causing it not to boot during the test-driving phase, I burned the LTS version to a jump-drive, installed that, and then installed Bitcoin Core, which probably took weeks of syncing due to the old laptop locking up after running out of memory every once and a while--still not bad for an old 1.6GHz dual core, 3GB of RAM Compaq. Luckily, a long time ago, I upgraded the hard-drive to 500GB.

It not only grew my brain, but I also believe it's the best route overall. I, for one, do not trust any third party with my private keys, which is why I started this journey with generating paper wallets on the above mentioned "old laptop" that was air-gapped at the time of address generation and has since been wiped--not with a cloth.

Best of luck, and long live the republic & BTC!