Is it reasonably safe to buy a cheap laptop to run your bitcoin software on?
NOT TALKING ABOUT STORING PRIVATE KEYS
Is there anything i should do before downloading bitcoin software?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 15 Dec 2023
For bitcoin core full node it is recommended that the node where your wallet is located only "talks" to another node of yours.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 15 Dec 2023
bitcoin core full node ?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @POTUS OP 15 Dec 2023
No, I am running a seperate node already so just things like software wallets
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 15 Dec 2023
Software wallets are light nodes, so "any" computer will do. In a good software wallet, the private keys are stored and encrypted locally.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @POTUS OP 15 Dec 2023
maybe software wallet isnt a precise enough term
Maybe transaction coordinator is a better term, not sure, but the plan is that the keys would never be on the device but instead generated offline
Either way sounds like you are saying any computer will work
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