Quote from: Catharsis on July 08, 2011, 09:19:13 AM

Different sources are saying different things.

To my understanding a live-usb version (WITHOUT installation/storage memory) of ubuntu is good for security since it doesn't leave traces of your wallet somewhere.
On the flipside the bitcoin client has to reconstruct the block chain every time, which can take hours for me, seems really impractical.

I'm looking for a good ratio between security and accessibility.

Thoughts?

partition it into 2 (say if you have a 8gb usb) 6gb ubuntu - 2gb blockchain.

Boot ubuntu > copy blockchain to local filesystem > run bitcoin > do whatever > backup wallet > shutdown.