I don't stake my BTCD often because I feel I am taking a risk every time I open my wallet and enter my password to stake.
I am worried about an attacker logging my password or stealing my private keys.
- Is it safe to stake my BitcoinDark using Windows on a public wifi at somplace like Mcdonald's?
- How should I educate myself in order to better secure my coins?
- Would studying linux or C programming help improve my security?
I felt secure in my setup. Until a malicious tor exit node cleaned out ~3 btc from my blockchain.info wallet. Now I feel like a noob
I created this DarkCity bitcointalk account using tor, and will only ever access it through tor using tails.
- Is it possible for an attacker to see where I am posting from?
Windows has the most malware
wifi is NOT secure at all
Tor is difficult to use properly
You are much better off staking occasionally and only from a hardline connection. Ideally a computer (laptop) that is only doing this and used for nothing else. You can unlock it for staking once and just leave it staking.
A lot of people get an old (inexpensive) laptop, install a fresh unix for this purpose. Learning unix will allow you to stop using Windows, so highly recommended
James
P.S. unless the attacker is actively trying to deanonymize you, going through Tor will protect you for forum activity, but never use Tor for crypto. Tor is not safe for crypto usage, it is for protecting your IP while using websites, but not foolproof due to its requirement for maintaining packet temporal response.
Ok, thank you for the information.
I bought a cheap laptop to dedicate to Bitcoindark.
I will install a fresh Ubuntu on it.
The challenge for me will be figuring out how to install BitcoinDark on Ubuntu.
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