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Topic: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet - page 12. (Read 276150 times)

newbie
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April 14, 2013, 02:36:15 PM
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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.
member
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April 14, 2013, 02:08:43 PM

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.
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 01:58:25 PM

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.

newbie
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April 14, 2013, 01:16:35 PM
great
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 01:14:03 PM
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?
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 09:37:35 AM
very useful, thanks a lot
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 07:31:32 AM
Excellent guide Smiley
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 07:12:27 AM
Thank you ! good man !
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 06:54:23 AM
nothing is 100% secure Smiley
member
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NYC NYC NYC
April 14, 2013, 04:33:44 AM
I will try to follow your steps to safe and secure but OMG im such a noob haha..
Great Guide.
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 03:50:43 AM
Very informative!
Thanks
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 03:18:32 AM
I'll give this a try! Thanks!
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 01:38:48 AM
i will try
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 12:41:16 AM
I don't agree
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 12:33:19 AM
Isn't there any specific hardware for this?
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 12:25:13 AM
no such thing as 100% secure
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 12:20:22 AM
I think you can also move your wallet.dat to an encrypted volume to further increase security.
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 12:18:13 AM
Thanks for this informative post!  Grin
newbie
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April 14, 2013, 12:17:48 AM
Great info!
Thanks
newbie
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April 13, 2013, 11:15:06 PM
Nice HOWTO Smiley
This helps much,

Thanks.
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