Gavin Andresen wrote: I agree, don't let the database out of your hands. There's private PM in there, e-mail addresses, passwords. BTW, password hashes = passwords. It's easy to break the hash of short passwords people use on forums. 6 chars = 3 difficulty 7 chars = 410 difficulty 8 chars = 25418 difficulty +1 Even with encryption, a trusted storage place is better.