How safe is to recover with mnemonic while offline, then go online to sync?
995 sats \ 4 comments \ @allegory 24 Dec 2023 Education
Disable wifi connection and type in mnemonic into wallet to restore, Electrum allows offline restore.
After that turn wifi connection back on to sync and show balance.
Does this add any further security to restoring a wallet, as at least you enter your mnemonic in offline environment?
write
preview
this territory is moderated
related posts
334 sats \ 0 replies \ @fishyness 24 Dec 2023
deleted by author
reply
76 sats \ 0 replies \ @dtonon 24 Dec 2023
Basically, there is no difference from being online all the time.
reply
30 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 24 Dec 2023
If your machine was ever connected to the Internet, consider it compromised when it comes to typing in mnemonics (assuming you're taking the ~security of your bitcoins serious enough).
Turning off WiFi ain't going to save you from anyone more clever than a script kiddie. And I would assume even the malware that script kiddies have access to don't just crash because you disabled your network access. They are just going to wait until you have network access again to exfiltrate data.
Use TailsOS as mentioned by @fishyness here if you really don't want to lose your keys.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @needcreations_ 28 Dec 2023
great question. I'm learning a lot from the replies. I hope more people reply too!
reply