Topic: My Bitcoins are not stolen .. - page 2. (Read 4137 times)

I'd been keeping my bitcoins since 2011, and isn't that difficult. Just that I use Linux, have no Win computer, and store some of them under different approaches, including "in the outer space" (brainwallets)

That sounds awfully dangerous. How can you be sure that the majority of keyloggers or even backdoor malware actually don't transmit your clipboard contents? This seems like one of the most dangerous or naive methods I've seen  

On the topic of defeating keyloggers, I have a text file containing bits of my passphrase mixed amongst random text. When I want to enter the passphrase, I open the text file and copy & paste using the mouse the relevant pieces into the password field.

I know how most key loggers work, and most do not capture the clipboard contents.

It's great, that you pay such a great deal of attention to your bitcoins in order to not get them stolen. But the general publich will never want to invest such an amount of work. This needs to be solved until bitcoin can hit mainstream in any way!

double encryption is ok.. unless the encryption becomes corrupt. or you get amnesia. Alzheimer's and forget passwords.

i would still have passwords wrote down. but done in a way that is not obvious.

some people have a random book in their house and they use the first letter of every line of a certain page to make up the password.

so for instance this post will make up the password 'dissoo'. but yea, choose a novel with atleast 20 lines per page, one of those small print novals.

or have the first letter of the first word of each page and have a 200 page novel to create a 200 character password

other methods for online passwords is to have a simple sha hashing script (check sourcecode), use the novel words idea then add the websites name to that password. and SHA it

EG
SHA("bitcointalkdissoo")

And use that sha'd phrase as the password you type into websites, that way each site is unique

I see alot of posts in general forum as well as Indian forum about Bitcoins getting stolen .. I am gonna explain how I store my Bitcoins .. Please find any fault with this method, and make sure to comment

This is what I follow (Semi Cold Storage)

A dedicated laptop with finger print scanner.
Installed Original Windows 8.1 ( pirated may have keyloggers)
this laptop is only for syncing Bitcoin Core ... The wallet in this PC will be used to only receive funds.
No web browsing .. Strictly syncing Bitcoin Core
copy of wallet.dat double encrypted and stored offline. (Bank Locker , not in India , just in case of natural disaster)
Daily backup of wallet.dat  to secure online storage (never use dropbox / google drive)  PM for details on this ( do not want to share in public)
password for wallet.dat not stored online , not written on papers.. use brain wallet .. make sure its 20 characters with atleast 5 special characters
All accounts made should for online storage should be new , never used , onetime password .. activated with 2FA from Android Phone
Do not Root your android phone , do not install random apps , and NEVER install anything from outside the PLAYSTORE
No WIFI .. I even removed WIFI Drivers .. Only Ethernet connection.
Firewall Installed (home network)
Just for fun - Installed Hitman Pro and Norton 360
Laptop is connected to Internet maybe once a week  , remaining time switched off and battery removed . Use http://blockchain.info/ to check daily


Never share your real identity online .. hackers can just hack your facebook account and ask for bitcoin .. 2FA , ALWAYS

BK

I can not recommend brain wallets because too many people will choose pass phrases that eventually get cracked, and there is no way for next of kin to get the funds if you die.

Paper wallets can be imported by next of kin and can contain private keys generated using a high entropy random generator.

I've also never had any bitcoin stolen. I try to keep them all safe in my purse!

I'd been keeping my bitcoins since 2011, and isn't that difficult. Just that I use Linux, have no Win computer, and store some of them under different approaches, including "in the outer space" (brainwallets)