Topic: Looking for better USB drive wallet solution other than Electrum (Read 1807 times)
According to this URL it is on one of their updates:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33087/apple-java-for-mac-os-x-10.6/
Java 6 was released Dec 2006 so anything relatively modern should have it (or a later version).
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33087/apple-java-for-mac-os-x-10.6/
Java 6 was released Dec 2006 so anything relatively modern should have it (or a later version).
So far so good. Now if I could only figure out why my computer is locking up with the usb drive and why some software is not working and I will be good.
USB drive works fine on other computers.
According to this URL it is on one of their updates:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33087/apple-java-for-mac-os-x-10.6/
Java 6 was released Dec 2006 so anything relatively modern should have it (or a later version).
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33087/apple-java-for-mac-os-x-10.6/
Java 6 was released Dec 2006 so anything relatively modern should have it (or a later version).
PPC Macs are SOL for Multibit, because AFAIK, Apple doesn't support 10.6 or 10.7 on PPC. To use a bootable distro with Electrum or just about any secure client, you need Intel.
It is veering a bit off topic, but Multibit needs Java 6 (or higher) to run which was never formally released for PPC.
According to this URL it sounds like it might be possible to get Java 7 running on PPC:
http://javaevangelist.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/openjdk-7-on-apple-g5-powerpc-on-mac-os.html?m=1
I have not tried it mind as I do not have the kit.
Any Mac under snow leopard doesn't have java 6
PPC Macs are SOL for Multibit, because AFAIK, Apple doesn't support 10.6 or 10.7 on PPC. To use a bootable distro with Electrum or just about any secure client, you need Intel.
It is veering a bit off topic, but Multibit needs Java 6 (or higher) to run which was never formally released for PPC.
According to this URL it sounds like it might be possible to get Java 7 running on PPC:
http://javaevangelist.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/openjdk-7-on-apple-g5-powerpc-on-mac-os.html?m=1
I have not tried it mind as I do not have the kit.
PPC Macs are SOL for Multibit, because AFAIK, Apple doesn't support 10.6 or 10.7 on PPC. To use a bootable distro with Electrum or just about any secure client, you need Intel.
Armory requires bitcoin-qt or bitcoind to run, I would use http://multibit.org/ since it is written in java, doesn't need the whole blockchain and has a wealth of functionality.
BUT no encryption for wallet!
I have my USB drive encrypted so that is not a complete letdown.
Not a bad idea for the future though!
get portable truecrypt and encrypted the whole USB partition
There is a 'how-to' for running multibit from a USB drive here:
http://multibit.org/help_runFromUSBDrive.html
Fair point on the wallet encryption.
It is coming - I have all the GUI work done and a proposed KDF/ encryption routine but there still a fair bit to do yet.
http://multibit.org/help_runFromUSBDrive.html
Fair point on the wallet encryption.
It is coming - I have all the GUI work done and a proposed KDF/ encryption routine but there still a fair bit to do yet.
Armory requires bitcoin-qt or bitcoind to run, I would use http://multibit.org/ since it is written in java, doesn't need the whole blockchain and has a wealth of functionality.
BUT no encryption for wallet!
I have my USB drive encrypted so that is not a complete letdown.
Not a bad idea for the future though!
Armory requires bitcoin-qt or bitcoind to run, I would use http://multibit.org/ since it is written in java, doesn't need the whole blockchain and has a wealth of functionality.
BUT no encryption for wallet!
Armory requires bitcoin-qt or bitcoind to run, I would use http://multibit.org/ since it is written in java, doesn't need the whole blockchain and has a wealth of functionality.
Hm, I thought that it had the ability to sync to a random node. I guess not. Sorry. 
Looking for something that does NOT require Bitcoind.
Does the program require the blockchain to be synced up before payments can be made?
I am looking for a USB drive wallet solution that doesn't rely on the download of the entire chain and I am able to insert usb drive, make payments, pull it out and go on my way quickly.
Electrum was a cool solution but lately their servers have not been up when I needed them to be.
Also I do NOT want a web wallet!
Electrum was a cool solution but lately their servers have not been up when I needed them to be.
Also I do NOT want a web wallet!
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