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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Finally, a Simple-For-Grandma Hacker-Proof Wallet
by
casascius
on 26/06/2011, 01:44:54 UTC
but now, anyone else can include your fingerprint on their own sheets.

5 BTC bounty to the maker of a convincing spoof.

I actually smudge ink on the paper to do this.  It's not as though I'm printing "fingerprint.jpg" on the document.  The print is real.

since trust isn't needed for a product in this niche, it's unfortunate to require it. for example, you might just package and sell an open-source version of grondilu's script (or write your own simple front-end to openssl) connected to some small additional code that generates a pdf from the output.

I could, but that raises the bar well above the target audience.  Lots of people without technical interest want bitcoins.  Running scripts sounds easy for me, but many people interested in Bitcoins can't be bothered to have to deal with installing the client, and are scared to swim in deep waters after hearing that hackers and viruses are after their wallet.dat's.  But most people can manage "buy now with paypal", as well as deal with a credible and provable assertion that the one guy who made their hacker proof wallet isn't going to stiff them.