Re: [ANN][HZ] Horizon Long + Fair Distribution|Decentralized Asset Exchange
About security:
Personally, I simply keep my accounts separate.
Inspired by that sad tragedy last year, by the way, I stick to my multi-tier architecture.
Because I want to be able to trust, so I need to be able to trust my own precautions.
Low amounts / would not matter much:
Using any wallet, incl. webwallet (site could have been hacked).
Mid-amounts, and need to access often:
I am using my own local HZ wallet, on my browsing machine (could have a trojan).
Uptodate firewall, antivirus, Java, kept as clean as possible - but there will never be 100% security.
Larger amounts, access seldom:
Booting Linux from a current LiveCD (read-only = no easy way to get hacked);
Blockchain & HZ & Java unzipped from a USB-stick, incl. checking sha256sums.
Usable within a few minutes, once I got that shellscript ready.
If I will ever own really large amounts, I would definitely learn to sign transactions
on an offline machine (cold storage), so that the privatekeys / passphrases never
enter a computer which is / has ever been / will ever be ... connected to the internet.
Be you own bank = Be your own security department.
Personally, I simply keep my accounts separate.
Inspired by that sad tragedy last year, by the way, I stick to my multi-tier architecture.
Because I want to be able to trust, so I need to be able to trust my own precautions.
Low amounts / would not matter much:
Using any wallet, incl. webwallet (site could have been hacked).
Mid-amounts, and need to access often:
I am using my own local HZ wallet, on my browsing machine (could have a trojan).
Uptodate firewall, antivirus, Java, kept as clean as possible - but there will never be 100% security.
Larger amounts, access seldom:
Booting Linux from a current LiveCD (read-only = no easy way to get hacked);
Blockchain & HZ & Java unzipped from a USB-stick, incl. checking sha256sums.
Usable within a few minutes, once I got that shellscript ready.
If I will ever own really large amounts, I would definitely learn to sign transactions
on an offline machine (cold storage), so that the privatekeys / passphrases never
enter a computer which is / has ever been / will ever be ... connected to the internet.
Be you own bank = Be your own security department.
That's exactly what i'm doing now
, plus linux as a platform, firewalls on both PC and router (just for the sake of paranoia) and a bunch of other stuff.SILVER's back-up account is actually a network of accounts for extra security and protection. Those accounts i only access once when i create them, and will access once more in case liquidation of the asset is needed.
Oh, and for extra extra security i clear my browser cache every day... just to be sure
Aaand i take snapshots of the SILVER holder accounts every day before i pay the dividends, in case the account is hacked, so i know for sure who owns legit shares and i can buy them back from those holders.
I'd like to think i learned a lot from my past misfortunes.