I've not used it but there is:
BTCBalance.net
- http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27669.0
Topic: Checking balance of a wallet without exposing the wallet to transactions? (Read 802 times)
July 19, 2011, 06:19:19 AM
July 19, 2011, 03:04:44 AM
If you know the bitcoin addresses to which the wallet's coins were sent, just look them up on blockexplorer.com.
This.
Cheers,
Kermee
July 19, 2011, 03:04:10 AM
Nice, thanks for the tip.
July 19, 2011, 01:17:29 AM
Yes, indeed.
July 19, 2011, 01:12:55 AM
If you know the bitcoin addresses to which the wallet's coins were sent, just look them up on blockexplorer.com.
July 19, 2011, 01:05:50 AM
The strongest way to secure a bitcoin wallet consists of create it offline and keep it offline.
As far my understanding goes, there is no way to check the balance a wallet without retrieving the transaction history. Hence, it should be possible to retrieve all transactions on an unsecure networked machine, and then to copy the transactions to a portable drive, and then re-run the Bitcoin client on a secure strictly offline machine to assess a somewhat not-too-old balance value for wallet.
Is my understanding correct? Is there smarter ways to achieve the same result?
As far my understanding goes, there is no way to check the balance a wallet without retrieving the transaction history. Hence, it should be possible to retrieve all transactions on an unsecure networked machine, and then to copy the transactions to a portable drive, and then re-run the Bitcoin client on a secure strictly offline machine to assess a somewhat not-too-old balance value for wallet.
Is my understanding correct? Is there smarter ways to achieve the same result?
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