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Ethan_Mick on March 4, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Flexcoin is shutting down

I'm more and more convinced the only safe way to keep your bitcoins is on your own computer. I have 1 BTC, and it's currently hanging out in my hard drive, with a wallet backup on another hard drive. I suddenly feel much safer.

gpcz on March 4, 2014 | [–]

When you say your 1 BTC is on your hard drive, do you mean it's on the hard drive of a running Internet-connected computer? If so, how do you address the threat of malware that searches for wallet files?

gnaritas on March 4, 2014 | [–]

Which is how it's intended to work; keep your own cash.

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