Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on January 13, 2019, 04:22:44 PM

Quote from: af_newbie on January 13, 2019, 04:12:29 PM

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I mean, yes, you could do all those things for increased security. But it would be safer, easier and cheaper to just use any old laptop/PC you have lying around, remove the WiFi card, format it, install an open source OS of your choice and run it as an airgapped wallet. Or if you want a really easy option, just buy a hardware wallet.

That is what I use. The idea behind VMWare is that it can detect keyloggers if configured properly.
If you get a keylogger in spite of all the precautions you will at least know and can abort and re-format, reinstall etc.

I would not put my coins in any wallet other than bitcoin core encrypted wallet. Backed up in multiple physical locations, on various types of media.

I agree with others, a hardened version of Linux with your own version of bitcoind/cli or qt compiled from sources (on a dev machine) is the way to go.