From fabb7b17d33a57b0bbf1b869c1769c4e069b0916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew David Wong Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 20:39:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add notes regarding private and public key management --- security/split-bitcoin.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/security/split-bitcoin.md b/security/split-bitcoin.md index e3a85fe4..bb284fa0 100644 --- a/security/split-bitcoin.md +++ b/security/split-bitcoin.md @@ -42,3 +42,15 @@ A "Watching" Wallet and a "Cold" Wallet 9. follow the [electrum documentation in creating an online watching-only wallet](http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/coldstorage.html#create-a-watching-only-version-of-your-wallet) +Important Notes +--------------- + +* The private keys (xpriv) should never be moved outside of `offline-bitcoin`. +* For copying out the public keys (xpub), Qubes provides two secure, convenient + methods: the [inter-VM clipboard] and [inter-VM file copy] tools. Compared to + traditional physically air-gapped machines, these tools makes it very easy to + copy out public keys. + +[inter-VM clipboard]: /doc/copy-paste/ +[inter-VM file copy]: /doc/copying-files/ +