[quote]Diddy Ryder wrote:
I think I’m gonna buy a coin. Talk me through making it secure:
I have my wallet at blockchain, do I just leave it in there?[/quote]
The blockchain account is secure, they have one of the best security experts, Andreas Antonopoulos, this guy is fucking smart and probably the most knowledgeable person I’ve ever heard speak.
The account is secure, if you keep your email secure. You would have been mailed an identifier, a string of digits to log on with also whats called a seed, a long string of random words. Keep those secure and secret, especially the seed, it can be used to reconstruct the private key.
Have some bitcoins sent to your address then search for your address on blockchain and make sure the transaction went through and the balance is correct.
After that, if you want a paper wallet, goto https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com/
and click on generate keys and print wallets. Follow the steps and it will create a printable wallet. I dont follow the steps for aligning your printer, i just go right to print wallet.
It will make a unique key pair. You can then practice by sending 0.01 btc from your blockchain wallet to the public address on the paper wallet. Search the paper wallet on blockchain and make sure it received the amount. After you are satisfied, you can send the remaining balance to the paper address.
Those coins are then extremely secure. Photocopy the wallet a few times and hide it.
If you need to recover the coins from the paper wallet, your blockchain account with have an option for inputting the paper wallets private keys, thus giving you control of them.
If you like we can walk though the steps one at a time with a little coin. I can provide a couple dollars worth if you don’t have a balance yet.
Post up your block chain address. It would be instructional for anyone lurking as well


