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it is a new technology after all, people are just getting a feel of things. I don't know anything about how Bitcoin Wallet works technically. Anyone care to po
by teyc 15y ago
it is a new technology after all, people are just getting a feel of things.
I don't know anything about how Bitcoin Wallet works technically. Anyone care to point to some references?
Incidentally, isn't the Zeus Trojan a keylogger? Would securing the private key with One Time Passwords present another layer of protection?
- wladimir 15y agoThe wallet is a database file with all the private keys of the bitcoin addresses (ECDSA keys) in it. These private keys are needed to spend the coins in the addresses. The private keys could be encrypted with a password, but I'm not sure how you would use One Time Passwords here, as there is no client/server.
- teyc 15y agoNeither do I. There is really no safe method if a piece of malware can read your process memory, or read your temp files. Assuming your process memory is safe and the seed value is safe, then we can require the user to enter another password to unlock the wallet.