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Topic: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet - page 4. (Read 276216 times)
Newb question - is this still largely relevant? I'd like to link it on my site, but not if it's outdated and/or incorrect. I should mention that I have NOT read through all 126 pages of the thread
Rit.
Rit.
Great guide, testing it out today.
Why not just adapt a 'paper wallet'. Encrypt it in a puzzle. I'm thinking of having my key engraved on to some puzzle pieces, mixing it up and then locking it in a safe. I don't have a huge amount of coin at the moment but it's safe all the same. Nobody will know what it means at the moment even if they do decipher it.
Funny idea - but if one gets the puzzle out of the safe he may be able to solve it.
Simply create an encrypted paper wallet. Print it out five times. Split the key into ten chunks and write one chunk on every print out. Then fold them and seal them with some kind of stamp. After this the five sealed printouts should be given to reliable persons with the instruction only to unseal them in case of your death or on your request. It is a good idea to have at least someone in the group who is not in good relationship to the others.
So then you have a perfect backup of the coins even for your heirs or in case you loose your wallet key or the password.
[引用作者= myrm链接=主题= 17240。 msg222367 # msg222367日期= 1308141081]
一个linux发行版,一切你可能需要来得不够快。 就好如果很小,基本上是一个向导,用户完成所有必需的步骤走到安全的钱包。 如果我有时间我就会恢复正常。
它仍然会100%安全吗? 什么是恶意软件的当前状态驻留在BIOS ? 我知道这是什么真是酷毙了从前。 我认为,机器开始引导OSs,安全事后运行持续从同一媒体杀一些。如果公元前起飞,我们会看到一个回到那些日子吗?
(/报价)
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Can't understand the font..? 一个linux发行版,一切你可能需要来得不够快。 就好如果很小,基本上是一个向导,用户完成所有必需的步骤走到安全的钱包。 如果我有时间我就会恢复正常。
它仍然会100%安全吗? 什么是恶意软件的当前状态驻留在BIOS ? 我知道这是什么真是酷毙了从前。 我认为,机器开始引导OSs,安全事后运行持续从同一媒体杀一些。如果公元前起飞,我们会看到一个回到那些日子吗?
(/报价)
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lol.
Why did someone make a chinese post here?
And, the google-translated version doesn't make any sense....
Why not just adapt a 'paper wallet'. Encrypt it in a puzzle. I'm thinking of having my key engraved on to some puzzle pieces, mixing it up and then locking it in a safe. I don't have a huge amount of coin at the moment but it's safe all the same. Nobody will know what it means at the moment even if they do decipher it.
it's so useful, I am newbie to coins world, seeking to go more further now. 
Brainwallet is a nice feature to have and unless someone can find a way to crack into people's brains, then it should be secure.
Not secure at all if you use simple words like "baseball" or "password".
I'm going to set up a wallet on my raspberry pi. It's portable and it's running Linux, which I hear is safer. Anyone confirm that?
For the Linux part, definitely it is better than Windows
(most of the virus are targeting to Windows users).
I'm going to set up a wallet on my raspberry pi. It's portable and it's running Linux, which I hear is safer. Anyone confirm that?
I absolutely love this OP! Great info and not all geeky worded, it's nice to see that some people still have personality. I'm going to start working with digital coins and found this with some searching online.
Thanks for the guidelines, will do as you say.
Brainwallet is a nice feature to have and unless someone can find a way to crack into people's brains, then it should be secure.
create a 100% secure wallet?
It's impossible due to the SHA-256 is not 100% secure,
It's impossible due to the SHA-256 is not 100% secure,
Of course, nothing is 100% secure, but writing "HOWTO: Create a 99.9999999% secure wallet" probably didn't have the same ring as 100%
Having a fresh OS every time, with a fresh install of the QT wallet, and keeping 2 copies of your wallet.dat file encrypted on a removable medium (USB or CD/DVD) is probable as close to 100% as you can get ... (I'd keep a copy of the blockchain too, so you don't have to download it again)
Thanks to everyone for all the awesome suggestions in this thread!
If I use mac instead of linux and use sd card that is encrypted by truecrypt, will it be less secure than linux. For example if I download bitcoin client into true crypt container and then install it and create a wallet, then save the wallet only in the container. Will this be secure enough ?
create a 100% secure wallet?
It's impossible due to the SHA-256 is not 100% secure,
It's impossible due to the SHA-256 is not 100% secure,
[引用作者= myrm链接=主题= 17240。 msg222367 # msg222367日期= 1308141081]
一个linux发行版,一切你可能需要来得不够快。 就好如果很小,基本上是一个向导,用户完成所有必需的步骤走到安全的钱包。 如果我有时间我就会恢复正常。
它仍然会100%安全吗? 什么是恶意软件的当前状态驻留在BIOS ? 我知道这是什么真是酷毙了从前。 我认为,机器开始引导OSs,安全事后运行持续从同一媒体杀一些。如果公元前起飞,我们会看到一个回到那些日子吗?
(/报价)
12345678
一个linux发行版,一切你可能需要来得不够快。 就好如果很小,基本上是一个向导,用户完成所有必需的步骤走到安全的钱包。 如果我有时间我就会恢复正常。
它仍然会100%安全吗? 什么是恶意软件的当前状态驻留在BIOS ? 我知道这是什么真是酷毙了从前。 我认为,机器开始引导OSs,安全事后运行持续从同一媒体杀一些。如果公元前起飞,我们会看到一个回到那些日子吗?
(/报价)
12345678
I think the OP was not clear on this bit I put in red:
But how can I haz my money back?
Okay, for those of you who didn't guess it yet: Whenever you want to make a transaction from your savings-account to someplace else, get your wallet.dat out of the safe, boot up your liveCD (don't you dare using your regular OS after all this work, or I'll come beat you up personally) and do the reverse: Install bitcoin again
A. How is that the reverse of what you did before? It isn't ... or am I missing the obvious here?
B. Why install bitcoin again? The instructions above did not say to uninstal it, so why do you install it a second time?
Maybe I'm dumber than I thought, or missing something because I'm a noob....or that red bit really is not clear. Obviously I think it's the last, hence my post!
But how can I haz my money back?
Okay, for those of you who didn't guess it yet: Whenever you want to make a transaction from your savings-account to someplace else, get your wallet.dat out of the safe, boot up your liveCD (don't you dare using your regular OS after all this work, or I'll come beat you up personally) and do the reverse: Install bitcoin again
A. How is that the reverse of what you did before? It isn't ... or am I missing the obvious here?
B. Why install bitcoin again? The instructions above did not say to uninstal it, so why do you install it a second time?
Maybe I'm dumber than I thought, or missing something because I'm a noob....or that red bit really is not clear. Obviously I think it's the last, hence my post!
Depending on how you created the LiveCD\USB it may not have persistent storage (and really shouldn't in this case). As such any changes you make within the LiveOS will be lost when you shutdown, hence the need to reinstall bitcoin.
I think the OP was not clear on this bit I put in red:
But how can I haz my money back?
Okay, for those of you who didn't guess it yet: Whenever you want to make a transaction from your savings-account to someplace else, get your wallet.dat out of the safe, boot up your liveCD (don't you dare using your regular OS after all this work, or I'll come beat you up personally) and do the reverse: Install bitcoin again
A. How is that the reverse of what you did before? It isn't ... or am I missing the obvious here?
B. Why install bitcoin again? The instructions above did not say to uninstal it, so why do you install it a second time?
Maybe I'm dumber than I thought, or missing something because I'm a noob....or that red bit really is not clear. Obviously I think it's the last, hence my post!
But how can I haz my money back?
Okay, for those of you who didn't guess it yet: Whenever you want to make a transaction from your savings-account to someplace else, get your wallet.dat out of the safe, boot up your liveCD (don't you dare using your regular OS after all this work, or I'll come beat you up personally) and do the reverse: Install bitcoin again
A. How is that the reverse of what you did before? It isn't ... or am I missing the obvious here?
B. Why install bitcoin again? The instructions above did not say to uninstal it, so why do you install it a second time?
Maybe I'm dumber than I thought, or missing something because I'm a noob....or that red bit really is not clear. Obviously I think it's the last, hence my post!
The OP guide talks about wallet.dat suggesting the use of bitcoinqt. For newbies, bitcoinqt is painfully slow to start with and be prepared to spend a day waiting to get the entire blockchain (unless you get bootstrap.dat which I didn't try).
Something like this guide might be more helpful these days:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2746081
Something like this guide might be more helpful these days:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2746081
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