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Originally Posted by dyna mo
what do you use for offline storage?
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You can copy your wallet.dat file from your desktop client and put it on a flash drive. You can encrypt it to a zip file with a password for extra security.
If you do this make sure your client is closed. After you are sure your wallet.dat file is backed up, you can delete it from your client.. and when you restart your client it will create a new fresh one.
If you have an address from this wallet file, you can still send bitcoins to it even if its under your bed on a zip drive.
People also use paper wallets and all kinds of other methods.
http://bitaddress.org
I have no used these.
If you have questions the Reddit group is a good way to get quick answers.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/
