Total Bitcoin Security: How to Create a Secure Bitcoin Wallet Step-by-Step - Softcover

Finally, an easy and complete guide to creating a secure Bitcoin wallet!

In Q4 2013 alone, hundreds of thousands of bitcoins were lost or stolen. Thieves yanked more than 96,000 BTC from the Sheep Marketplace. One Reddit user lost 61 BTC, his entire stash. Users of inputs.io collectively suffered a theft of more than 4,100 BTC. Dozens of other disturbing reports peppered online publications and discussion forums.

Are you the kind of person who takes security seriously? Then you know there are no Bitcoin bailouts. This isn’t Wall Street, my friend–it’s more like the digital Wild West. The security of your coins is entirely in your hands.

Many have wished for a comprehensive guide to Bitcoin security... until now!

The eBook Total Bitcoin Security: How to Create a Secure Bitcoin Wallet Step-by-Step teaches Bitcoin security from first principles and provides clear step-by-step instructions with full-color screenshots to help you create and use a shockingly secure Bitcoin wallet.

“It feels like you need a degree in computer security to protect yourself from theft.”

“There’s a lot of money being invested in security and it will improve as time goes on .... People are scrambling to increase it as fast as they can. But it’s ripe for hackers for the time being.”

“There is a desperate need for clear, simple and beautiful tutorials to replace the . . . wikis and youtube videos.”

Total Bitcoin Security: How to Create a Secure Bitcoin Wallet Step-by-Step gives you two things:

• Theoretical explanations
• Step-by-step practical instructions for both Windows and Mac users

It teaches you how to create two kinds of wallets: Electrum wallets and BIP38 paper wallets. The first is perfect for everyday storage and spending, and the second is perfect for long-term cold storage.

Here are just a few of the topics covered:

• What a bitcoin actually is, and why it matters for security
• How to create a truly random password
• How to conduct all of your Bitcoin transactions on a secure Linux USB key
• Why BIP38 paper wallets are incredibly useful, and how to use them
• Why you should never use a brain wallet
• How to sign transactions offline without ever exposing your bitcoins to the Internet
• Why there’s a chance that someone else could randomly take over all your bitcoins, and it doesn’t even matter!

Simple explanations, step-by-step tutorials, and full-color screenshots

Nowhere else on the Internet will you find this information in such a consolidated, digestible format. In the past, you could gather it, but you would have to visit multiple sites and connect all the dots yourself. With this book, the hard work is already done for you. If you use the techniques in this book, your coins will stay exactly where you put them.

By buying a copy, you’ll be supporting the Bitcoin economy, and Bitcoin commerce in general. Best of all, you will protect yourself. The small amount you invest today will pay for itself thousands of times over.

BONUS: Buy the paperback edition, and you'll get the Kindle edition absolutely FREE through Kindle MatchBook!

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