How do you access the wallets when the time comes, don't you need a dat file?
Edit: Don't you make the bars? I was just looking at your site
Topic: Am I safe on a Mac? + some beginner questions - page 2. (Read 1618 times)
No one, to my knowledge, has ever had a single bitcoin stolen from a paper wallet.
It is simple: visit BitAddress.org, and print one. Send Bitcoins to the address on your successfully printed wallet. (never just save the address to your computer)
When ready to spend, import the paper wallet, and spend it all (sending any unneeded change to a new paper wallet).
This is what I do. I also split my bitcoins across multiple paper wallets so my whole balance is never online at any time. I import paper wallets just big enough to do my business, and nothing more.
It is simple: visit BitAddress.org, and print one. Send Bitcoins to the address on your successfully printed wallet. (never just save the address to your computer)
When ready to spend, import the paper wallet, and spend it all (sending any unneeded change to a new paper wallet).
This is what I do. I also split my bitcoins across multiple paper wallets so my whole balance is never online at any time. I import paper wallets just big enough to do my business, and nothing more.
1) I'm getting into bitcoins a bit, I'm worried about all the people whose accounts were wiped clean. Have there been any incidences of mac users being a victim to this?
2) I am going to use a yubikey and 2-pass for mt gox and store the wallets offline on thumb drives. Should that be enough protection?
3) Let's say that that all the thumb drives I save end up malfunctioning, if I write down my addresses and passcode on paper, would I still be able to get the bitcoins back, without the wallet/dat dat?
Thanks!!! I hope to do some buying bitcoins on this forum soon
2) I am going to use a yubikey and 2-pass for mt gox and store the wallets offline on thumb drives. Should that be enough protection?
3) Let's say that that all the thumb drives I save end up malfunctioning, if I write down my addresses and passcode on paper, would I still be able to get the bitcoins back, without the wallet/dat dat?
Thanks!!! I hope to do some buying bitcoins on this forum soon
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