Agree! But, in my proposal, you will be the owner of your server (virtual in this case), including the Bitcoin binary and wallet.
What I can do is just provide a pre-configured version for regular people, but you can upload your entire Linux image to that cloud, including the Bitcoin binary...
I see people saying that a Bitcoin/wallet within a Virtual Machine is not safe but, that is true for crap systems like vmware esx or virtualbox, etc...
But that is not true for Xen.
Xen can provide a "security through isolation", so, I, the owner of the phisical server, am unable to access your portion of RAM memory.
What I can do is just provide a pre-configured version for regular people, but you can upload your entire Linux image to that cloud, including the Bitcoin binary...
I see people saying that a Bitcoin/wallet within a Virtual Machine is not safe but, that is true for crap systems like vmware esx or virtualbox, etc...
But that is not true for Xen.
Xen can provide a "security through isolation", so, I, the owner of the phisical server, am unable to access your portion of RAM memory.
Having to run a VM just to use a wallet is still a little bit overkill. Not to mention the resources needed to keep all those VM running, even using resource over-commit and memory ballooning. Also the long term future of Xen is questionable, being sandwiched by RHEL's preference for KVM and the incumbent leader VMWare.
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BTW, everybody can check the binaries of a system provided by me, to see if it is original or cracked.
So, I'll never going to provide a cracked binary (or compiled from a patched source) because my name is what is at stake. And my name, my reputation, is one of the most important things in my life...
So, I'll never going to provide a cracked binary (or compiled from a patched source) because my name is what is at stake. And my name, my reputation, is one of the most important things in my life...
Yet it's also one of the easiest thing to throw away under the right situations.
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I already think on this, first, the cloud folder will host a encrypted wallet, second, the backup will be sent to multiple clouds at the same time, so, you think that your file will be lost/deleted from Dropbox, GmailFS, Ubuntu One and from your PC at the same time?!?!
Oh! BTW, in my proposal, you will be able to access your wallet.dat through SSHFS!!!
Oh! BTW, in my proposal, you will be able to access your wallet.dat through SSHFS!!!
The problem is always a compromise between redundancy and security. Strewing so many copies of the wallet around, even encrypted, could invite security concerns.
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You´re right... The non-technical user is the most weakest part of any IT solution, that´s why I propose a solution like this... A solid backend environment, powered by Xen, Linux and Eucalyptus (that is a huge part of the proof), with a easy to use Ajax Web Interface for "normal" people, with automatic backups, etc... People will just need to "link" their google account with the Web Application to start the backup procedures automatically, for example...
One of the cornerstone of Bitcoin is anonymity. Tying the wallet to a Google account? Com'on man, might as well just put out a public list of which transaction belongs to which passport number
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My point is: It is perfectly possible to provide a trusted, secure and easy to use Bitcoin online wallet. Within the law!
I am the kind of people that trust in everybody for the first time, until somebody proves the contrary.
I feel that the feeling of trusting in people are going to hell... But this is not the kind of society I want to live. In fact, I think most people are trustable in first place, not the inverse.
I know that there is many, many thiefs in this world but, I am not one of them. I am one of this people that can be used to make this world, a better place, starting building a safe place for people´s Bitcoins. Because our money, is sacred and sweaty.
I am the kind of people that trust in everybody for the first time, until somebody proves the contrary.
I feel that the feeling of trusting in people are going to hell... But this is not the kind of society I want to live. In fact, I think most people are trustable in first place, not the inverse.
I know that there is many, many thiefs in this world but, I am not one of them. I am one of this people that can be used to make this world, a better place, starting building a safe place for people´s Bitcoins. Because our money, is sacred and sweaty.
We start from very different ends I guess
I'm cynical so I assume nobody can be trusted beyond what I'm willing to risk. So I would design such a system that it has to be as secured against myself and everybody else before I considered it secure.
As for the thieves part, a lot of people didn't start out with the intention to be a thief. There are many examples of well meaning people starting things with good intentions, but along the way, things changed, people changed. So while your intentions may be good, the system MUST be secured against you betraying that trust as well.
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If I gonna build this service, it will be entirely open source, so, you will be able to read my documentation and build one identically with your own computers.
All the best man
