Just to be sure I know what I'm doing: I did a test transfer of 1 blackcoin from mintpal to the blackcoin-qt from
http://www.blackcoin.co. When I open the program I see the balance of the wallet on the left and recent transactions on the right. Is that it? If I transfer my remaining balance they will just sit there? And it's secure?
What about the two features "encrypt wallet" and "backup wallet"? What do those do?
Thanks again.
If you don't encrypt you wallet everyone with access to your computer can open your wallet and spend your coins.
If you don't backup your wallet your coins are lost if your hard disc drive is broken or if you can not access the wallet.dat for some other reason anymore.