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      adamstgbit last edited by

      to you keep most of your feathercoins online, or offline storage?

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        chrisj Regular Member last edited by

        I do both on my computer encrypted and offline wallet. Though I have not yet trusted a purely offline wallet that has never touched the blockchain because I am paranoid like that. So I generate a key pair on Linux box add some coins, spend some back (to test it) and then print it out.

        Haha I am sure I am weird.

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          adamstgbit last edited by

          [url=http://featheraddress.org/]http://featheraddress.org/[/url] paper wallets all the way!

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            chrisj Regular Member last edited by

            [quote name=“adamstgbit” post=“31358” timestamp=“1381878823”]
            [url=http://featheraddress.org/]http://featheraddress.org/[/url] paper wallets all the way!
            [/quote]

            But what if the CPU farts an electron and the public private key pair don’t match? You put your coins on to the public key and you think they are safe but then one day when you import the private key you find out that there’s a problem and they didn’t match after all?

            I mean I know the odds must be extremely low but I think about stuff like this

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              adamstgbit last edited by

              [quote name=“chrisj” post=“31360” timestamp=“1381879020”]
              [quote author=adamstgbit link=topic=4056.msg31358#msg31358 date=1381878823]
              [url=http://featheraddress.org/]http://featheraddress.org/[/url] paper wallets all the way!
              [/quote]

              But what if the CPU farts an electron and the public private key pair don’t match? You put your coins on to the public key and you think they are safe but then one day when you import the private key you find out that there’s a problem and they didn’t match after all?

              I mean I know the odds must be extremely low but I think about stuff like this
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              hmm i didnt know their was a chance that could happen

              well spread it out on a few paper wallets and you limit this tiny risk.

              encrypted with the client is fine too.

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                chrisj Regular Member last edited by

                [quote name=“adamstgbit” post=“31361” timestamp=“1381879245”]
                [quote author=chrisj link=topic=4056.msg31360#msg31360 date=1381879020]
                [quote author=adamstgbit link=topic=4056.msg31358#msg31358 date=1381878823]
                [url=http://featheraddress.org/]http://featheraddress.org/[/url] paper wallets all the way!
                [/quote]

                But what if the CPU farts an electron and the public private key pair don’t match? You put your coins on to the public key and you think they are safe but then one day when you import the private key you find out that there’s a problem and they didn’t match after all?

                I mean I know the odds must be extremely low but I think about stuff like this
                [/quote]

                hmm i didnt know their was a chance that could happen

                well spread it out on a few paper wallets and you limit this tiny risk.

                encrypted with the client is fine too.
                [/quote]

                But before it’s encrypted the key is stored in plain text no? Meaning there is window of opportunity. Also when it is encrypted I don’t think the original data is wiped with multi pass so it’s still on your machine somewhere.

                Diversity is the most important thing, so spreading coins out is good.

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                  adamstgbit last edited by

                  [quote name=“chrisj” post=“31362” timestamp=“1381879463”]
                  [quote author=adamstgbit link=topic=4056.msg31361#msg31361 date=1381879245]
                  [quote author=chrisj link=topic=4056.msg31360#msg31360 date=1381879020]
                  [quote author=adamstgbit link=topic=4056.msg31358#msg31358 date=1381878823]
                  [url=http://featheraddress.org/]http://featheraddress.org/[/url] paper wallets all the way!
                  [/quote]

                  But what if the CPU farts an electron and the public private key pair don’t match? You put your coins on to the public key and you think they are safe but then one day when you import the private key you find out that there’s a problem and they didn’t match after all?

                  I mean I know the odds must be extremely low but I think about stuff like this
                  [/quote]

                  hmm i didnt know their was a chance that could happen

                  well spread it out on a few paper wallets and you limit this tiny risk.

                  encrypted with the client is fine too.
                  [/quote]

                  But before it’s encrypted the key is stored in plain text no? Meaning there is window of opportunity. Also when it is encrypted I don’t think the original data is wiped with multi pass so it’s still on your machine somewhere.

                  Diversity is the most important thing, so spreading coins out is good.
                  [/quote]
                  but you can load a live linux and use the webpage offline.

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