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As a newbie I would say that if I had more than 100 bitcoins that I would start spreading them over several wallets.
Agreed! I can't hurt to have multiple offline wallets. 
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Just wondering what people think is a save amount of bitcoins to keep in a single wallet.
As a newbie I would say that if I had more than 100 bitcoins that I would start spreading them over several wallets.
I think that depends on your risk comfort level, and what you do with your bitcoins. For me, a very small player, 10 or more bitcoins would be the level where I start to diversify and take extra security precautions. But if you're trading bitcoins or make large purchases, maybe a high amount would be good for one wallet, then keep a good chunk in a wallet you only access to refill your main wallet, perhaps on a secure PC like the OP was talking about.
Just wondering what people think is a save amount of bitcoins to keep in a single wallet.
As a newbie I would say that if I had more than 100 bitcoins that I would start spreading them over several wallets.
great
A few questions.
(1) Say I already have my wallet on my mac.
I encrypted it. And backed it up. and copied the backup onto some flash drives.
Now I take the flash drive to another mac, and download another copy of the wallet program, I can open the encrypted data from the flash with my password and it will be able to spend it, right?
Or alternatively I'd be able on the other laptop to change the encryption key, so if I was confident that laptop had no malware, on it I'd be pretty safe, right?
(2) After I do the above, put my data on the flash encrypted, how do I delete the data from the first machine, in case
its hacked by someone who knows my encryption key?
(3) Wouldn't the above protect me securely from someone later getting access with malware to the first machine?
(4) If I wanted to use the first machine, connected to the internet, to occasionally spend some bitcoins, how would I go about leaving it with a small portion of my stash, as a checking account as it were?
(1) Say I already have my wallet on my mac.
I encrypted it. And backed it up. and copied the backup onto some flash drives.
Now I take the flash drive to another mac, and download another copy of the wallet program, I can open the encrypted data from the flash with my password and it will be able to spend it, right?
Or alternatively I'd be able on the other laptop to change the encryption key, so if I was confident that laptop had no malware, on it I'd be pretty safe, right?
(2) After I do the above, put my data on the flash encrypted, how do I delete the data from the first machine, in case
its hacked by someone who knows my encryption key?
(3) Wouldn't the above protect me securely from someone later getting access with malware to the first machine?
(4) If I wanted to use the first machine, connected to the internet, to occasionally spend some bitcoins, how would I go about leaving it with a small portion of my stash, as a checking account as it were?
very useful, thanks a lot
Excellent guide 
Thank you ! good man !
nothing is 100% secure
I will try to follow your steps to safe and secure but OMG im such a noob haha..
Great Guide.
Great Guide.
Very informative!
Thanks
Thanks
I'll give this a try! Thanks!
i will try
I don't agree
Isn't there any specific hardware for this?
no such thing as 100% secure
I think you can also move your wallet.dat to an encrypted volume to further increase security.
Thanks for this informative post! 
Great info!
Thanks
Thanks
Nice HOWTO
This helps much,
Thanks.
This helps much,
Thanks.
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