It is highly risky to keep your coins on exchanges for long periods of time. History has shown us this many many times already.
This! +1
Full Shadow ThinMode and Staking setup instructions here
2. Open up a text editor (Sublime, TextWrangler)
3. Enter the following:
thinmode=1
thinstake=1
thinfullindex=1
4. Save as shadowcoin.conf in your Shadow directory
a. Windows
i. C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\ShadowCoin (Vista and 7)
b. OSX
i. ~/Library/Application Support/ShadowCoin/
c. Linux
i. ~/.shadowcoin/
5. Reopen your client
Done! Your client should now be in “thin mode” and you can enjoy the benefits of a shorter sync time, while still securing the Shadow network.
Nice, thanks! I was just wondering how to do that.