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What happens if I don't “pick up” bitcoins with a Bitcoin client? [duplicate]

Say I want to save ten bitcoins could I send them to myself and just not 'pick them up' with my client? In a way would I be storing the bitcoins in the blockchain and when I want them just start up ...
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What are good ways to storing backup of an encrypted wallet?

What are good ways and places for storing backup of an encrypted wallet? When somebody open encrypted wallet what all can he do when he does not have a key? asuming that the key to the wallet is e.g. ...
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My Niece is turning 4 and would like to give her BTC. What is the best way to give/store long-term?

My niece turns 4 next month and I'd like to give her a fraction of a Bitcoin for her birthday. What is a good way to do this so that she can hold on to it for 10 years or so? Should I just store in ...
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Suggestions for hoarding strategy and technics

I've finally managed to figure out bitcoin, it's fantastic, now I have a goal of buying some coins while they're still affordable. Please provide some advice for a fellow hoarder. Just keeping all ...
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What order do transactions appear in a block? Is it up to the miner?

It seems to be random or up to the miner from what I can tell. But to store blocks, one must keep the order of the transactions (in some position column, etc) because regenerating the block for later ...
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What is the safest medium on which to store my wallet/private keys?

What is the safest medium on which to store my wallet/private keys? I avoid eWallets like the plague. I have my wallet on my computer at the moment with the Bitcoin passphrase encryption and I have ...