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| author | Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-04-17 09:39:33 +0200 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2014-04-17 07:39:41 +0000 |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?)
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+> +> I think eventually multi-wallet support will make it so that a wallet +> won't be created by default. + + +After the wallet split-off this will also be easier: + +- Bitcoin Core Node +- Bitcoin Core Wallet + +The node would be as compatible as possible with any OS in existence, but +the wallet can be more picky. + + +> Instead users would create-wallet, which +> would also give them options like using a HSM (e.g. trezor) or +> multisig secured wallet. + + +HSMs complicate this; I'm not even sure how this will work, are the Trezor +guys planning to contribute support for their device to wallets including +Bitcoin Core? + +Hopefully by that time, everyone will have forgotten about XP already :) + +Wladimir + +--001a11c319385d0e7f04f7382214 +Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">= +On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Gregory Maxwell <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = +href=3D"mailto:gmaxwell@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gmaxwell@gmail.com</a>= +></span> wrote:<br> +<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-= +left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Bringing the thread back = +on-topic:<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div><div>=C2=A0<= +/div> +<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-= +left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> +<div class=3D""> +On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Wladimir <<a href=3D"mailto:laanwj@gmai= +l.com">laanwj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> +</div><div class=3D"">> Hello,<br> +> Today I noticed that even my bank is warning people to not do internet= +<br> +> banking with Windows XP.<br> +> If it is no longer secure enough for online banking it's CERTAINLY= + not<br> +> secure enough to run a wallet (for a node only it would be ok-ish as t= +hey<br> +> have no keys to protect).<br> +> Any opinions on what to do here?<br> +<br> +</div>I think eventually multi-wallet support will make it so that a wallet= +<br> +won't be created by default. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>After the= + wallet split-off this will also be easier:<br></div><div><br>- Bitcoin Cor= +e Node<br></div><div>- Bitcoin Core Wallet<br></div><div><br></div><div> +The node would be as compatible as possible with any OS in existence, but t= +he wallet can be more picky.<br><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail= +_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204= +,204);padding-left:1ex"> +Instead users would create-wallet, which<br> +would also give them options like using a HSM (e.g. trezor) or<br> +multisig secured wallet. =C2=A0</blockquote><div><br></div><div>HSMs compli= +cate this; I'm not even sure how this will work, are the Trezor guys pl= +anning to contribute support for their device to wallets including Bitcoin = +Core?<br> +<br></div><div>Hopefully by that time, everyone will have forgotten about X= +P already :)<br></div><br>Wladimir<br><br></div></div></div></div> + +--001a11c319385d0e7f04f7382214-- + + |