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Re: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 20:02:25 UTC
Quote from: Richy_T on October 24, 2012, 07:00:01 PM
Quote from: kuaka on October 24, 2012, 05:34:18 PM

Like the live cd, your "wallet" is NOT on the disk (in this case image).  Any traces of it are disposed of when reverting to a snapshot.  Unlike the live cd, you only have to install the bitcoin software once.  If you really know your stuff, install the software and create your own live-cd with it.


Ah, so basically an alternative to the live CD. Though I would assume that a useful live *would* have the software installed.

It is a trust issue.  If you know a source for a live CD with the Bitcoin software already installed that can be trusted to NOT have put in other stuff...

noids come in pairs you know.
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Re: Trust No One
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 17:56:29 UTC
Quote from: Crypt_Current on August 10, 2011, 12:27:36 AM
The fact that one cannot trust anyone else with holding their bitcoins (at least, in my mind, to the extent that anyone would entrust another individual to hold his/her cash) is used all the time by the opposition to BTC.

This (like most [if not all] arguments against BTC) posed by the haters is used as supposed ammunition to the detriment of BTC's legitimacy.

This is incorrect logic; it is a fallacy, and this is why:  The very fact that one cannot trust another to hold his/her BTC, proves that BTC has at least the same demand among those who would use it for goods / services as does cash.

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And these same people trust banks to hold their FRN's (Federal Reserve Notes...).  I get e-mails weekly about bank failures.  Sure, we got the FDIC to keep things going, but that's just another level to mistrust.
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Re: Trust No One
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 17:49:11 UTC
Quote from: camosoul on August 04, 2011, 09:57:37 PM
I'm ultraparanoid. It should be my username...


A favourite quote of mine from a legal discussion forum I used to frequent...

If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.
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Re: Trust No One
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 17:46:52 UTC
I don't even trust my bank to hold my FRN's securely.  I rarely keep more than 200 in my account.  It is there for direct deposit payments, which get withdrawn as rapidly as possible.  Cash in safe is as secure as FRN's can be...I'm just now looking at Bitcoin as an alternative, and will be dabbling with "losable" quantities at first, once I understand the technology sufficiently to delve into it.  I wasn't even aware of Bitcoin until two days ago...
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Re: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 17:34:18 UTC
Quote from: Richy_T on October 24, 2012, 04:38:48 PM
Quote from: kuaka on October 24, 2012, 04:36:15 PM
A big fan of VM's myself, how about getting a VM (Used to use VMWare, but VirtualBox fan these days) of your favourite distro up and running, install all of the necessary software, take a "snapshot" of it (shut down is safer, but you can "snapshot" a running VM).  Do your wallet transactions inside the VM after booting it up, transfer the file to cd/usb stick/whatever..., shut down the VM reverting to snapshot.  Then you won't be needing to install the software every time, but you still get the benefit of having a system which doesn't actually contain your wallet.  If you are extremely paranoid, download the software installs separately and install them in the VM while not connected to the web.

I'm not sure what the VM gains you.

Like the live cd, your "wallet" is NOT on the disk (in this case image).  Any traces of it are disposed of when reverting to a snapshot.  Unlike the live cd, you only have to install the bitcoin software once.  If you really know your stuff, install the software and create your own live-cd with it.
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Re: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 16:36:15 UTC
A big fan of VM's myself, how about getting a VM (Used to use VMWare, but VirtualBox fan these days) of your favourite distro up and running, install all of the necessary software, take a "snapshot" of it (shut down is safer, but you can "snapshot" a running VM).  Do your wallet transactions inside the VM after booting it up, transfer the file to cd/usb stick/whatever..., shut down the VM reverting to snapshot.  Then you won't be needing to install the software every time, but you still get the benefit of having a system which doesn't actually contain your wallet.  If you are extremely paranoid, download the software installs separately and install them in the VM while not connected to the web.
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Re: Introduce yourself :)
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 16:13:29 UTC
Not bought any Bitcoin yet...wish to understand the technology better first.  Interested in the transportability of a personal wallet between devices...as I have several and "upgrade" often.
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Re: Newbie restrictions
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 16:11:46 UTC
It is unfortunate that people in general are not mature enough to handle themselves in an upfront and open manner.  It is this tendency and this tendency alone which fuels those who wish to rule over others...the "need" for most to be ruled.  It just adds difficulty for those of us who do not need to be ruled to function, having to circumnavigate the "rulers" while wading through the "ruled"...
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Re: Introduce yourself :)
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kuaka
on 24/10/2012, 15:59:23 UTC
I am Kuaka...Destroyer of Sacred Religious Idols...or some such nonsense from a Hawaiian name generator.  I'm looking to understand more about Bitcoin and the possibility of using it instead of so-called money for as much as possible.