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Live CD/USB distro designed to be a self-contained Bitcoin Swiss Army Knife that supports air-gapped Bitcoin transactions and makes offline cold storage (slightly more) practical. Developed by [https://www.turnkeylinux.org TurnKey GNU/Linux] | Live CD/USB distro designed to be a self-contained Bitcoin Swiss Army Knife that supports air-gapped Bitcoin transactions and makes offline cold storage (slightly more) practical. Developed by [https://www.turnkeylinux.org TurnKey GNU/Linux]. First released in 2014. | ||
It supports verifiably secure Bitcoin wallet creation and transaction workflows that provide defense in depth while minimizing third party trust. Development is guided by the philosophy that you shouldn't have to trust anyone, including BitKey authors and even BitKey itself. | |||
Latest version bundles [[Electrum]] Bitcoin client, Warpwallet [[Brainwallet]], coinbin, incognito chromium, bitaddress, qrcode, zxcvbn and bx (libbitcoin-explorer). | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [https://bitkey.io/ https://bitkey.io] | * [https://bitkey.io/ https://bitkey.io] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_USB Live USB] | |||
* [http://nakamotoinstitute.org/trusted-third-parties/ Trusted third parties are a security hole] | |||
* [http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/07/20/bitkey-a-secure-debian-based-live-os-for-bitcoin-transactions/ BitKey review] | * [http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/07/20/bitkey-a-secure-debian-based-live-os-for-bitcoin-transactions/ BitKey review] | ||
* [https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/secure-bitcoin-transactions Closest you can get to perfectly secure Bitcoin transactions] | * [https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/secure-bitcoin-transactions Closest you can get to perfectly secure Bitcoin transactions] | ||
Revision as of 16:21, 22 January 2017
Live CD/USB distro designed to be a self-contained Bitcoin Swiss Army Knife that supports air-gapped Bitcoin transactions and makes offline cold storage (slightly more) practical. Developed by TurnKey GNU/Linux. First released in 2014.
It supports verifiably secure Bitcoin wallet creation and transaction workflows that provide defense in depth while minimizing third party trust. Development is guided by the philosophy that you shouldn't have to trust anyone, including BitKey authors and even BitKey itself.
Latest version bundles Electrum Bitcoin client, Warpwallet Brainwallet, coinbin, incognito chromium, bitaddress, qrcode, zxcvbn and bx (libbitcoin-explorer).