Quote from: benyben123456 on November 26, 2013, 08:01:58 PM

Hi friends.
Sorry if this was asked before.

I have bitcoins in a few locations: MtGox, Coinbase, Blockchain (wallet).

I am wondering what is the best way to store.
Should I trust these sites? Or should I download a client for my PC?

Advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!

I use them all except for Mt. Gox who is unreliable as a business partner (not necessarily from security point of view.)

I primarily rely on paper-wallet (like constructs) stored in such a way that I myself cannot even access them without a lot of legwork which includes traveling. I split up the values years ago so I did not have all my eggs in one basket. The data necessary to access this value never touches an on-line computer until just before I wish to utilize the value.

The other services (Coinbase and blockchain.info) I only trust with the funds I am willing to lose. I break values between both so I am not subject to full loss of my working capital unless both go down simultaneously.

I would like to split my values even further than between other vendors and will do so if/when other seemingly reliable options pop up. Thankfully I never choose to rely on this forum or the Bitcoin Foundation to make decisions about who is reliable (e.g., inputs.io, BIPS, etc.) I've been around to long to make that mistake.

If you are dicking around with a few BTC, it may or may not be worthwhile to go overboard on security, but even here it might be worth researching and understanding your options since it is possible that the value could rise some more. Looks like you are doing this. I choose to consider security measures early just in case the valuations climbed. Glad I did.