Anyone feel like refuting the arguments in this post? It's really insightful and worth the read.

http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/pow-cheapest/

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Quote from: masterofmyself on March 29, 2015, 06:18:58 pm

I tried it again, and still only blank fields. I even went to your Github page and downloaded it straight from there just to be sure I had downloaded the right thing.

Btw, you specified Firefox earlier - just realized that. Is that essential? Because I've been opening it on Chrome (don't have Firefox).

It should work in ANY browser as it is just javascript .. not sure why the page is empty for you

Okay, it works on my laptop. Not sure why it doesn't work on my PC. Just to be clear, should a person send their funds to the Public Key or to the Address?

to the address (should be shorter) .. though currently there is no non-terminal way to do so .. this is what will change in the future release ...

The GUI transfer method only allows to send funds to a registered name.. not an address ..
you could send your funds to your address using the terminal with the following command

$ wallet_transfer_to_address <amount> <asset> <from_account> <to_address>

or you wait for the next release which will make this alot easier

Oh, I see. So I couldn't, for instance, purchase BTS from ShapeShift or Metaexchange and have the funds sent straight to the paper wallet address?

How do you like this:
https://delegate.xeroc.org/coldstorage.html

Thanks for putting this together! This should do the trick to solve the problem of easy cold storage. You did a great job of walking through the process step-by-step.

Quote from: masterofmyself on March 29, 2015, 06:18:58 pm

I tried it again, and still only blank fields. I even went to your Github page and downloaded it straight from there just to be sure I had downloaded the right thing.

Btw, you specified Firefox earlier - just realized that. Is that essential? Because I've been opening it on Chrome (don't have Firefox).

It should work in ANY browser as it is just javascript .. not sure why the page is empty for you

Okay, it works on my laptop. Not sure why it doesn't work on my PC. Just to be clear, should a person send their funds to the Public Key or to the Address?

Quote from: masterofmyself on March 29, 2015, 06:18:58 pm

I tried it again, and still only blank fields. I even went to your Github page and downloaded it straight from there just to be sure I had downloaded the right thing.

Btw, you specified Firefox earlier - just realized that. Is that essential? Because I've been opening it on Chrome (don't have Firefox).

It should work in ANY browser as it is just javascript .. not sure why the page is empty for you

Let me try on my laptop - one moment!

I appreciate what you're doing, for sure.

I tried your suggestion, and when I opened the "generateRandomKeysAddresses.html" it came up blank for each field.

Did I miss something?

So there doesn't exist an easy, non-terminal way to offline your BTS? I'm going to be suggesting to investors that they put money into BTS, and these are likely people that have no idea how to protect themselves against spyware, malware, viruses, etc. Having them store their BTS online isn't ideal, because that could lead to backlash against me and my partner if their BTS are stolen.

Working on an article covering Bitshares for an investment newsletter. Would like to advise investors on purchasing their shares and putting them immediately into cold storage. Are there any resources out there that go over this process?

Alternatively, I'm curious what the security level is like for an online wallet on the Bitshares platform. Is it dangerous to keep your Bitshares on a live wallet similar to how having Bitcoin in a hot wallet opens you up to being hacked? Or is there a different level of security with Bitshares that sets it apart from Bitcoin?

I appreciate the input - much obliged! My thinking was that before BTS decentralized, bytemaster and the gang were spending money to advertise through these channels. But once they decentralized, it has been up to the community to pick up the slack there. That doesn't mean that it was worth the investment in the first place, that was just my thinking about why keep doing it. The original creator found it to be a valuable investment, so it might be worth continuing. Especially since the reader crowd are those with money who are looking into new and innovative ideas in the bitcoin space. So one user that clicks through, likes the idea, and buys in, could really alter the landscape.

With twitter, you have to gather followers, meaning you have fish for people who are interested. With yBitcoin and the website, you bring the product to people who may not even know they're interested yet. I don't think twitter can accomplish on the same scale what we could with these two media outlets.

Plus, I'm pretty sure there is already a twitter account doing exactly what you described.