Guys,
I was holding large amounts of crypto on exchanges. I've been mostly into Monero because of the anonymity aspects. Now I realize it's a terrible idea to keep large sums in exchanges so I went looking for alternatives. I wanted to do this right, in a way it is impossible to get hacked. After some research I've come to the conclusion that cold storage (completely disconnected from the Internet) is the way to go.
First attempt: installing the official Monero client on an airgapped PC. This didn't work out, the software is horrendous to use and only seems to run on a machine connected to the Internet. (Offline I just keep getting deamond errors).
Going with the ledger hardware wallet. No luck, it's not in the list of supported coins and the 'hacks' around this seem a bit too complicated.
Last option, simple paper wallets. This seems the best option so far for long term holding. After loading the page, I did disconnect my Internet and generated my keys while offline, and printed them from a USB stick while staying offline. So far so good, but at one point I will want to spend them...
So here comes my question: does anyone have a experience with signing Monero transactions completely offline? I know it's possible in the bitcoin world by using Electrum for an airgapped computer...
I was holding large amounts of crypto on exchanges. I've been mostly into Monero because of the anonymity aspects. Now I realize it's a terrible idea to keep large sums in exchanges so I went looking for alternatives. I wanted to do this right, in a way it is impossible to get hacked. After some research I've come to the conclusion that cold storage (completely disconnected from the Internet) is the way to go.
First attempt: installing the official Monero client on an airgapped PC. This didn't work out, the software is horrendous to use and only seems to run on a machine connected to the Internet. (Offline I just keep getting deamond errors).
Going with the ledger hardware wallet. No luck, it's not in the list of supported coins and the 'hacks' around this seem a bit too complicated.
Last option, simple paper wallets. This seems the best option so far for long term holding. After loading the page, I did disconnect my Internet and generated my keys while offline, and printed them from a USB stick while staying offline. So far so good, but at one point I will want to spend them...
So here comes my question: does anyone have a experience with signing Monero transactions completely offline? I know it's possible in the bitcoin world by using Electrum for an airgapped computer...
