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legendary
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December 04, 2013, 02:37:50 PM
#17
thanks for the ideas guys
legendary
Activity: 1148
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In Satoshi I Trust
December 04, 2013, 06:33:23 AM
#16
what you can do: learn more about security. buy a new laptop. do only BTC trading with it. use linux. sent only small amounts to the exchanges. sell/buy your coins.
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
December 04, 2013, 05:38:06 AM
#15


i personally have a Raspberry Pi that is my wallet. i only plug it in to send funds to another address. far cheaper then buying a whole new PC to use purely for fund storage.

This is actually a brilliant idea. Might do this myself. Gonna look into this as I was thinking about having one PC just for my bitcoins and nothing else.

or you could buy a cheap hard/SSD drive and plug it in and out when you need to access your coins.
legendary
Activity: 3766
Merit: 1217
December 04, 2013, 05:34:29 AM
#14
Use Bitcoin Armory:

https://bitcoinarmory.com/

The access to spend your coins is never exposed online by using their offline computer option. You use two computers, one normally for the Internet and one permanently offline which holds the private keys to your coins. Even if the Internet connected computer gets a virus your coins are safely locked on the offline computer. Also print out a paper backup.

For that he needs to buy an extra computer, and an extra printer. I suggest using the Blockchain.info wallet with 2 passwords and 2FA. As safe as it can get.
global moderator
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December 03, 2013, 01:49:40 PM
#13


i personally have a Raspberry Pi that is my wallet. i only plug it in to send funds to another address. far cheaper then buying a whole new PC to use purely for fund storage.

This is actually a brilliant idea. Might do this myself. Gonna look into this as I was thinking about having one PC just for my bitcoins and nothing else.
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
December 03, 2013, 01:33:40 PM
#12
Use Bitcoin Armory:

https://bitcoinarmory.com/

The access to spend your coins is never exposed online by using their offline computer option. You use two computers, one normally for the Internet and one permanently offline which holds the private keys to your coins. Even if the Internet connected computer gets a virus your coins are safely locked on the offline computer. Also print out a paper backup.
full member
Activity: 140
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Mining FTW
December 03, 2013, 01:16:56 PM
#11
If you are using Kaspersky Anti-Virus, then you can use the virtual keyboard in it to type anything without worrying about the key-loggers.

I am 100% sure that is not 100% safe Smiley
Well if you trust Kaspersky to check your pc for Viruses, you can also trust their virtual keyboard to not do wonky shit.

I have a stressful number of bitcoins now. I want to spend some but I'm too scared to type in my password. How can I keep these things secure? Srsly?
If you have so many bitcoins in one wallet, that you don't dare touch it... something went wrong... create multiple wallets split stuff up. Much safer typing in the encryption password on a wallet that has 1 btc than that has 1000 btc. And paper wallets, they are key.
legendary
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1000
December 03, 2013, 01:16:24 PM
#10
 Roll Eyes
hero member
Activity: 874
Merit: 1000
December 03, 2013, 12:58:49 PM
#9
You should send the private key to me and I'll help you guard it.  How much BTC are we talking?
legendary
Activity: 4424
Merit: 4794
December 03, 2013, 12:38:45 PM
#8
if you know the private key (because its only on paperwallet format) and not already in a client. or if funds are in a client then send all funds to a paperwallet (created using strong random phrase). of course double check all funds, including the 'change' funds have moved to the paper wallet. and triple check the spelling of paper wallet privkey.

then wipe your computer back to factory settings or use a linux based OS then install the legit bitcoin client.

never downloading torents or other programs from people/sources you dont know.

i personally have a Raspberry Pi that is my wallet. i only plug it in to send funds to another address. far cheaper then buying a whole new PC to use purely for fund storage.
full member
Activity: 173
Merit: 101
December 03, 2013, 12:24:42 PM
#7
If you are using Kaspersky Anti-Virus, then you can use the virtual keyboard in it to type anything without worrying about the key-loggers.

I am 100% sure that is not 100% safe Smiley
legendary
Activity: 3766
Merit: 1217
December 03, 2013, 12:18:29 PM
#6
If you are using Kaspersky Anti-Virus, then you can use the virtual keyboard in it to type anything without worrying about the key-loggers.
full member
Activity: 168
Merit: 100
December 03, 2013, 10:47:38 AM
#5
Use Armory and take the private key offline.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=97.0
sr. member
Activity: 354
Merit: 250
December 03, 2013, 10:12:54 AM
#4
Take out your hard drive, create a live-cd of a linux distro and boot from that.  The first step isn't really necessary, but it might help peace of mind.
legendary
Activity: 1680
Merit: 1045
December 03, 2013, 10:10:37 AM
#3
I mean my private key. I would never type that anywhere except in my wallet obviously, but....keyloggers.....
member
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Merit: 10
December 03, 2013, 10:09:33 AM
#2
What password are you talking about?  You don't need a password to spend your bitcoins...  Are you talking about your address?  Please be more specific or people won't be able to help you out.  And if you mean your private key, NEVER EVER EVER post that thing ANYWHERE!
legendary
Activity: 1680
Merit: 1045
December 03, 2013, 10:08:03 AM
#1
I have a stressful number of bitcoins now. I want to spend some but I'm too scared to type in my password. How can I keep these things secure? Srsly?
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