On Thursday, September 28, 2017, 2:19:19 PM PDT, juan
   <juan.g71@gmail.com> wrote:
   On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:34:32 -0400
   John Newman <[1]jnn@synfin.org> wrote:
   >> I’ve been using electrum on android and Linux for the past 18
   >> months or so, and can only second Juan’s recommendation -
   >> it’s worked quite well for me. There’s even a “bitcoin atm” near
   >> my house where you can deposit cash and specify a wallet
   >> address (or scan a qr code) - although I haven’t used the atm
   >> since prices got above 1k/btc, so it’s been a little while ;)
   >    For completness' sake I guess we should mention that one has to
       be reasonaby sure that the machine running electrum (or other
       client) isn't 'compromised' / has some sort of coin stealing
       malware.
   Yes, I recall reading on a blog of this potential problem.  Do ordinary
   anti-virus programs have the ability to detect such problems before
   they BECOME real problems?
                  Jim Bell
   >
       Also, best practice is to have most of your funds in cold
       storage.
       [2]https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage

References

   1. mailto:jnn@synfin.org
   2. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage