Noob question: I am planning to buy a new desktop PC and to store bitcoin on
Bitcoin Core Desktop Wallet full node.
I am currently doing that on my laptop. I bought it from
ZaReason, it's tailor made designed to run linux.
Now I moved to Taiwan and don't want to import from abroad, since so much hardware is produced here. Knowing that
- I'd format the hard drive to get rid of preinstalled Windows OS
- I'd get these specs:
Do you think there is any possibility of hardware backdoor, or any leftovers from Windows, that would put my bitcoin at risk? I plan to use it as my main, home workstation.
Yes, you have a backdoor, every intel cpu has a backdoor for nsa or their three letter friends to snoop on you.