Safest way to keep bitcoins?

[osasshem]

What is the safest way to keep bitcoins.

Taken dangers like hacking, losing in to account!

The safest way to store/safe keep your bitcoins is using hardware wallet, paper wallet or good cold storage wallet. These should be the best ways/wallets to use without fear.

[wellbit]

Harware wallets like Trezor or Ledger Nano S are the most secure way to keep bitcoins. You can also install Linux Tails, and use it as a offline pen drive with Elecrum and generate a paper wallet. But be completely sure to never lose your paper!

[wenas]

creating paper wallets or having a good hardware wallet seems most clever for me. depending on the amount of btc you have i think.

//edit: look for a safe place for your paper wallet! ( f.e. like your birth or marriage documents)

[Rludd]

Don't listen to all this. People touting their wallet services...
All you need is a bip 38 paper/cold wallet with a good passphrase.
Generate one offline with bitcoinpaperwallet (OFFLINE!), and print the wallet.
Save a backup somewhere as well, either a second and third printed wallet or an encrypted backup online somewhere. That's all you need.
Keep control of your coins.

[Bamel]

Don't listen to all this. People touting their wallet services...
All you need is a bip 38 paper/cold wallet with a good passphrase.
Generate one offline with bitcoinpaperwallet (OFFLINE!), and print the wallet.
Save a backup somewhere as well, either a second and third printed wallet or an encrypted backup online somewhere. That's all you need.
Keep control of your coins.

What's the url of the paper wallet site where I generate my wallet?

[Amial]

If your talking that much why not just invest in a hardware wallet like a Trezor?

[Kesecer]

If your talking that much why not just invest in a hardware wallet like a Trezor?

I just got one. Just took it out of the box yesterday. I love it.

[Usine]

If your talking that much why not just invest in a hardware wallet like a Trezor?

They changed their software license from GPL to a much more restrictive license. A dick move that moves away from the open nature if the bitcoin ecosystem.

[Renr]

If your talking that much why not just invest in a hardware wallet like a Trezor?

They changed their software license from GPL to a much more restrictive license. A dick move that moves away from the open nature if the bitcoin ecosystem.

Multisg.
Disclaimer: I work for a multisig wallet, Coinkite. That's where I keep my coins. Regardless who you use, make sure you don't have a single point of failure, as loss can also happen. For large amounts, I suggest a mult-signature setup where the majority quorum of keys is generated offline. Our info here

[AimHigh]

What is the safest way to keep bitcoins.

Taken dangers like hacking, losing in to account!

As my friend said the best and safest way to keep you bitcoin is to keep it offline i mean download a software that handle your bitcoin because many of people now was hacker and addicted to get a bitcoin so that my friend saying me that how to keep my bitcoin to make sure it safe and not to hack try it to make sure no ane can get your bitcoin.

[Aneelal]

Use multisig with private keys created offline on different devices (preferably secure systems) is the best way. Don't forget to have a disaster recovery plan.. loosing keys is as common as theft is.

[Giric]

Can't you just store your wallet seed on a set of flash drives or sd cards, along with the pc, mac and source tarballs for (say) electrum.org? You can also set up 2-of-2 and 2-of-3 wallets on electrum.
With google inactive account manager (for example), you can set up a dead-man's switch which will send these passwords, encrypted with an AES key that you have already shared with your designated heirs, in the event of your death or incapacitation.

[Stianyd]

Can't you just store your wallet seed on a set of flash drives or sd cards, along with the pc, mac and source tarballs for (say) electrum.org? You can also set up 2-of-2 and 2-of-3 wallets on electrum.
With google inactive account manager (for example), you can set up a dead-man's switch which will send these passwords, encrypted with an AES key that you have already shared with your designated heirs, in the event of your death or incapacitation.

I prefer Armory fragmented backups from a cold storage wallet (will never be online). I keep a watch only wallet on my computer so I see that they are enjoying their cold life

[Renr]

You can use CoinCooler. Key generation and encryption all done on an offline raspberry pi.

[Usine]

The best way is to use a brainwallet.

[Kesecer]

Ledger wallet

[Amial]

If your talking that much why not just invest in a hardware wallet like a Trezor?

I heard Trezor has some kind of software issue recently I probably want to avoid them.

[Stianyd]

Armory.

[Giric]

Ledger wallet

[Aneelal]

just curious, but how much is this info worth to you? would you pay a professional to help guide you in this matter as you might a financial advisor? what would you consider reasonable compensation?