THE ALL CAPS BITCOIN QUICK START GUIDE

  • INSTALL ELECTRUM CLIENT THIS IS A LINK.
  • RUN ELECTRUM CLIENT.
  • IT WILL GENERATE 12 WORDS. THESE ARE IMPORTANT. PRINT MULTIPLE COPIES AND KEEP THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES. DON'T KEEP THEM ON A COMPUTER.
  • WHEN PROMPTED USE A GOOD PASSWORD. YOU ARE TERRIBLE AT MAKING PASSWORDS. GO TO THIS LINK: CORRECT HORSE BATTERY STAPLE
  • ALL THE PASSWORD DOES IS PROTECT THE COPY OF YOUR KEY ON YOUR COMPUTER. IF NO ONE CAN GET FILES FROM YOUR COMPUTER IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU USE A GOOD ONE. YOU SHOULD USE A GOOD ONE ANYWAYS.
  • IF YOU LOSE YOUR COMPUTER FILES OR THE PASSWORD, YOU CAN RECOVER EVERYTHING WITH THE 12 WORDS.
  • CONVINCE PEOPLE TO SEND YOU BITCOINS TO ADDRESSES UNDER THE 'RECEIVE' TAB.

    • FATCAT - MODERALTLY PARANOID

  • GET CHEAP COMPUTER. MAYBE A NETBOOK OR SOME PEICE OF TRASH SOMEONE HAS.
  • INSTALL LINUX ON IT. I LIKE DEBIAN BUT WHATEVER.
  • USE DRIVE ENCRYPTION.
  • DISABLE ANY REMOTE ACCESS. NO SSHD.
  • FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE.
  • VERIFY THE SIGNATURES ON THE ELECTRUM BINARIES THAT YOU DOWNLOAD.
  • DO NOT USE THIS COMPUTER FOR ANYTHING ELSE. DON'T USE IT FOR FACESPACE. DON'T INSTALL SHIT ON IT.

    • ULTRACAT - EVEN MORE PARANOID OR RICH

  • USE TREZOR DEVICE TREZOR
  • HOWEVER, YOU STILL NEED TO WRITE DOWN YOUR WORDS AND NOT LOSE THEM.
  • (AS OF SUMMER 2016 I HAVEN'T MESSED WITH TREZOR IN A WHILE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS WELL CURRENTLY. IT PROBABLY DOES BUT I DON'T KNOW.)

    • NOTES

  • YOU CAN USE YOUR 12 WORDS ON MULTIPLE COMPUTERS TO ACCESS YOUR BITCOINS FROM MULTIPLE PLACES. THIS WORKS FINE.
  • THERE IS EVEN AN ANDROID ELECTRUM CLIENT NOW. THAT IS COOL TOO.
  • TRY TO USE EACH RECEIVE ADDRESS ONLY ONCE. THIS MAKES YOU HARDER TO TRACK. IF YOU TURN ON ADVANCED MODE YOU'LL SEE HOW MANY TIMES EACH ADDRESS HAS BEEN USED.
  • IF YOU LOSE YOUR 12 WORDS YOU LOSE EVERYTHING. DO NOT BE THAT GUY.