*edit* but the premise of the thread regarding making bitcoin more "user friendly" holds true. having to un-encrypt my wallet, open the client, make the exchange, and then re-encrypt my wallet and "delete" the original file *(who knows if it's ever truly deleted, even after emptying the recycle bin? not to mention that the whole time I'm trying to catch up to the network my wallet is pretty much fair game)*
if this doesn't get easy enough for the masses, it will never be adopted by the masses.
I agree that it needs to get MUCH, MUCH easier for it to gain mainstream appeal, but FWIW this is all I need to do to use my BTC as a total noob with zero programming experience/knowledge:
- o (decrypts wallet.dat, opens client/daemon, lists account balances)
- b sendtoaddress
- c (closes client, encrypts wallet.dat, shreds plaintext wallet.dat 1000 times)
My .bashrc:
alias o='gpg -o ~/.bitcoin/wallet.dat -d ~/.bitcoin/wallet.backup && bitcoind && bitcoind listaccounts'
alias b='bitcoind'
alias c='gpg -o ~/.bitcoin/wallet.backup -c ~/.bitcoin/wallet.dat && shred -uzn 1000 ~/.bitcoin/wallet.dat'
Also if you want to keep your blockchain updated you can just keep it running without your wallet.dat since it's stored separately in blk0001.dat and blkindex.dat.