Topic: help me choose a good wallet for windows (Read 1809 times)
I like electrum.
Running windows will never be properly secure. While it is true that any OS can get a virus or a trojan the reality is the 99.9% of hostile computer infections are on windows machines.
At the very least be sure to encrypt your wallet with a password. Consider a virtual keyboard for entering this password as keylogging in windows is easy.
Running windows will never be properly secure. While it is true that any OS can get a virus or a trojan the reality is the 99.9% of hostile computer infections are on windows machines.
At the very least be sure to encrypt your wallet with a password. Consider a virtual keyboard for entering this password as keylogging in windows is easy.
I don't think any windows wallet is secure due to trojans that can keylog. Even if you think you have a secure password, if you have a keylogger it is not secure.My suggestion is to get something like liberte linux on a thumbdrive and keep most of your btc there and keep only a little in your windows bitcoin wallet...kind of like leaving your big money in a safe at home and only a little in your wallet.
cosmicboy
cosmicboy
Does Bitcoin-qt work on liberte linux? I don't think it does.
I don't think any windows wallet is secure due to trojans that can keylog. Even if you think you have a secure password, if you have a keylogger it is not secure.My suggestion is to get something like liberte linux on a thumbdrive and keep most of your btc there and keep only a little in your windows bitcoin wallet...kind of like leaving your big money in a safe at home and only a little in your wallet.
cosmicboy
cosmicboy
You can get trojans on any OS, not just Windows. It all depends on being able to secure your OS effectively. And I happen to do that for a living.
I don't think any windows wallet is secure due to trojans that can keylog. Even if you think you have a secure password, if you have a keylogger it is not secure.My suggestion is to get something like liberte linux on a thumbdrive and keep most of your btc there and keep only a little in your windows bitcoin wallet...kind of like leaving your big money in a safe at home and only a little in your wallet.
cosmicboy
cosmicboy
This is self-explanatory.
For argument's sake, could you please elaborate? 
Best choice for security is offline Armory wallet. You can sign and send funds from it without ever conecting it to the internet!
the client code can be so easily and transparently updated by the site operator
Transparency = goodOpacity = bad
the client code can be so easily and transparently updated by the site operator
Transparency = good
Opacity = bad
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Yes, its a good wallet but no solution for large funds.
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Why not?
This is self-explanatory.Please explain.
Thanks for the feedback.
I was first tempted by the blockchain wallet but the fact that the client code can be so easily and transparently updated by the site operator is a dealbreaker for me. I would feel much safer if I'm in control of whether and when to update my client.
But I haven't made a final choice yet. Still looking at all the options.
I was first tempted by the blockchain wallet but the fact that the client code can be so easily and transparently updated by the site operator is a dealbreaker for me. I would feel much safer if I'm in control of whether and when to update my client.
But I haven't made a final choice yet. Still looking at all the options.
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Yes, its a good wallet but no solution for large funds.
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Why not?
This is self-explanatory. Yes, its a good wallet but no solution for large funds.
Why not? (provided you keep encrypted backups on other locations)
Yes, its a good wallet but no solution for large funds.
Without a doubt I would use the Blockchain online wallet.
Two-factor security and you can create your own AES encrypted backups.
Check into it and the features they offer:
http://blockchain.info/wallet
Two-factor security and you can create your own AES encrypted backups.
Check into it and the features they offer:
http://blockchain.info/wallet
He is using Win XP.
You can also try http://multibit.org/index.html for windows and mac users.
And linux 
+1 here, I prefer MulitBit as well.
You can also try http://multibit.org/index.html for windows and mac users.
HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet (Read 50718 times) : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/howto-create-a-100-secure-wallet-17240
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