Quote from: Mulder_the_truth_is_here on February 03, 2014, 08:47:22 PM

It's not a wallet backup if I move the entire wallet.dat into a usb that I take offline right?

i use the same process to secure my bitcoins amount from a compromise PC.

1) run bitcoin-QT
2) save wallet.dat in multiple SAME files in different USB (i use microSD).
3) delete the wallet.dat in the PC
4) run bitcoin-QT (with 0 BTC and unsecure wallet)

when i want to view the evolution of my wallet

1) shutdown the unsecure bitcoin-QT
2) delete the wallet.dat
3) copy-paste the (real) wallet.dat in the PC (from the USB location)
4) run bitcoin-QT
5) check the "upgrade" automated received from the bitcoin network

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In this bitcoin network, only the door (compromise PC) can stealth the bitcoin amount.
Not the "trace" of your bitcoin (wallet.dat)

At the end, i think that i will create a single PC with a RAM/ROM loader to only launch bitcoin-QT with a wallet.dat on a stick (and so, the blockchain main folder).