Bitcoin Best Practices

Bitcoin Security FAQ and Best Practices 2014

Published on Aug 17, 2014

In this rare publicly available episode of Tragedy and Hope’s Casual Cafe series (usually reserved for T&H subscribers), Richard Grove discusses Bitcoin (BTC) best practices and security Frequently Asked Questions with Bitcoin Maven, Will Pangman, who leads Richard through the steps to set up his first bitcoin wallet.

Will Pangman is the Chief Communications Officer at Tapeke, a cryptocurrency personal finance platform; the founder of the Milwaukee Bitcoin Meetup, BitcoinMKE; and an active proponent of bitcoin education initiatives. Through all three of these roles, he has carved out a niche as a premier bitcoin outreach expert.

Topics included: Securing Passwords, Securing Email, 2-Factor Authentication (in BTC and Email), using BTC securely with smart devices, 2nd BTC password for spending, cold wallet storage, 1996 NSA Crytocurrency & e-coin paper (pre-Bitcoin & Blockchain), the differences between Centralized, Decentralized, Distributed, and Peer-to-Peer Architectures.

UPDATE: Richard Grove and Will Pangman team up with Ernie Hancock on Declare Your Independence to launch the Tragedy and Hope Bitcoin fundraiser (starts at 2 min.):

Links discussed in this episode:

T&H Bitcoin Fundraiser hosted by Ernie Hancock of Freedom’s Phoenix: http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Fundin…

1996 NSA Cryptocurrency article “How to Make a Mint” http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/class…

Google Searches: KeePassX, LastPass, Tails (Linux), Authy, Google Authenticator

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