Offline version of www.bitaddress.org?

twolifeinexile

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Quote from: niko on January 28, 2013, 10:42:41 AM

I saved the code, checked sha sum. Then boot a machine without internet connection from a linux live cd, generate and print keys, and shut everything down. I wish the ammount of coins involved justifiied such paranoia.

Bingo! Yes, a live cd is definitely a great option to make sure the system is not compromised.

niko

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There is more to Bitcoin than bitcoins.

I saved the code, checked sha sum. Then boot a machine without internet connection from a linux live cd, generate and print keys, and shut everything down. I wish the ammount of coins involved justifiied such paranoia.

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Quote from: maxmint on January 28, 2013, 09:57:52 AM

You can just download the whole thing to your computer, then turn off internet connection and safely create your paperwallet.
Download here: https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org

I may be a little paranoid, I would create a virutal marchine and run it in virtual, with host offline. Then delete the whole virutal marchine after get the cold wallet.

Hehe,

maybe too paranoid?

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You can just download the whole thing to your computer, then turn off internet connection and safely create your paperwallet.
Download here: https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org

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I like bitaddress.org's functionalities, but feel never comfortable to run a wallet generating software on a web browser. How can we 100% sure the generated key pair is not uploaded somewhere/sometime?

I think bitaddress.org is legit and reasonably trustful, but in the case of producing cold wallet, strong caution should be employed and it is better we can have a offline version of this cool software to use for cold wallet purposes.

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