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If you're storing the entire blockchain on a USB key to "avoid hacks", you're doing it wrong. An offline live-CD or USB key has no need to store the entire blo
by glitch003 12y ago
If you're storing the entire blockchain on a USB key to "avoid hacks", you're doing it wrong.
An offline live-CD or USB key has no need to store the entire blockchain if you just want to store coins and keep them safe.
- ars 12y agoHow would you initiate any transactions from your live-key if you don't have the client installed? And the client needs the entire block chain. (I'm aware of light clients that work with a server, but that's not the standard.) You can store the wallet cold on a usb key, certainly, but that's not the use case here. The use case here is a usb-key you boot ONLY for bitcoin, and nothing else. No web browser, no nothing, just the bitcoin client. This is recommended if you are on windows, or if you aren't certain you can secure your computer (most people can't).
- Dylan16807 12y agoYou can get by just fine with a client that stores the root hash of each block and part/all of the blocks where it sent or received money, ignoring all other blocks. You won't be able to fully verify old transactions but you'll be able send and receive. Whether someone has coded such a client I don't know, but it's not a difficult problem, and does not require a server.