I’m wondering what the safest procedure is for creating a daedalus wallet. having used trezor and ledger, I know the private key isn’t exposed. But with daedalus, it’s right there on my screen.
Everything I read about crypto seems to say if your private key is exposed online, you should consider it compromised.
So i’m just wondering how best to proceed with Daedalus. and have a few specific questions:
1 - is there a checksum available for the installer? I didn’t see anything on the download page.
2 - does it make sense to install on a freshly installed OS to prevent any chance of malware/keyloggers, etc.
Once the blocks are synced, is it possible (or advisable) to kill the internet connection and create the wallet “offline” in daedalus? is that possible?
Or if there is a guide of steps for best practices for security when using daedalus, that would be great.
Maybe I’m missunderstanding something but isn’t the private key only used to verify transactions as well as create/generate new addresses ?
So how is your security compromised even if people know the private key? Since they can only access the wallet belonging to that key if they know your seed or your passphrase
sry if i’m hijacking your thread and can’t really answer any of your questions
It seems that there is no way to verify the integrity of the installer. As the developers have left your question unanswered since Dec 17 last year, they clearly don’t care. The same concern was raised on Redit in December. Same lack of action. https://www.reddit.com/r/cardano/comments/7krmku/daedalus_installer_checksums/