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Hi guys!

I'm new to Bitcoin. Which Android wallet would you recomend?

Thank you

I heared great things about mycelium... Always be carefull: don't put to much BTC in a mobile wallet... Keep your funds in a more secure wallet for storage!

Mycelium offers variety of features, including cold storage spending which allows users to spend coins on paper wallets with minimal risk of getting hacked. They also recently launched Mycelium traders which allows users to trade Bitcoin locally.

Whenever I heard someone seeks an Android wallet, well there's always one name that pop ups to my mind and its no other than mycelium ;) All I can say its simply the best wallet for Android and if you're looking for more details of its wonderful feature, just check on their site https://mycelium.com/

I confirm as well, don't look no more, just download mycelium.

That's actually one of the Bitcoin applications that you can proudly show to anybody that you introduce Bitcoin too. It's that awesome and well made.

You should also look at Andreas Schildbach's wallet (available from the app store) to compare features and characteristics.
On the spot I can't find docs on how it manages blockchain access (Mycelium uses dedicated servers for that) but you might have more time than me to look around...

Onkel Paul

i would recommend "bitcoin wallet" the one which is alike to core, it ws on the first spot, with an hold top five for android

i dunno now, but it should be solid enough

I will suggest Mycelium like what others have said. Also coinbase have an app also available on the appstore. He blockchain client is not really on my list becuase you will be needing a pc to access your wallet in it if wver you accidentaly lost access on it in your app.

IMO Xapo will be good for you , additional security and Barcode scan for quick Address recognization , else you can google more wallets.

Mycelium Wallet is really a popular bitcoin wallet in Android. You can use it as a cold storage and also you have an option of signing your btc address there. You hold your private keys here and don't forget to backup it in case your phone got bricked and only formatting the phone's data is the only solution.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycelium.wallet&hl=en

Use Bitcoin Wallet for Android by Andreas Schildbach. It's the best out here. You can get tech support here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=100.0

Always used mycelium. Never had any issues with it.

Bitcoin wallet can look like core mostly due to its color scheme, it doesn't operate in the same way. Bitcoin wallet connects to different nodes to get information just like multibit and most spv clients. It is impossible to get the entire blockchain on it due to the fact that there is limited computing power and space.

It has moved to hierarchical deterministic instead of the unlinked previous private key generation. (CMIMW)

I have tried almost every wallet android
copay, mycellium, bitcoin "core" android , coinbase, xapo, mycellium ,airbitz, green address , blocktrail.

now i use only 2 wallet
-xapo : very elegant mobile UI , simple and No fee
-mycellium : easy to use and you get full acces to your bitcoin address

For people new to Bitcoin, I recommend Airbitz.

Mycelium is very good, but it is less user-friendly than Airbitz.

I have 2 apps in my Android associated with my web wallets (blockchain.info & coinbase).
Both have nice features such bar code scanner..
With coinbase you can transfer your whole balance without paying fees and you can use their vault too.
But i still prefer my 1st used one: blockchain.info in which i can adjust the fee i want, manage easily multiple addresses...
(tried for one day mycelium & wallet Android but personally didn't like both)
Ofc it depends with the money that you want to deposit there, if it is high then preferably you get to use a cold one.

I think that it is not harmless to check every Mobile wallet features, give a try for few of them... in order to find the best one for you.

It is harmless, as long as you remember you're actually working with a currency, and not "play" money... Don't put a lot of BTC on a mobile wallet, especially one that is not very trusted amongst the community ;)

For personal uses, I use Bitcoin Wallet by Andreas Schildbach. It's been a great app for me for over a year now and so far it didn't gave me any problems. Functionality and security is a plus in that wallet, too. :)

I personally use Mycelium wallet for my android, i like the interface, it's easy to use, the security features is nice too. and never have any problem with this wallet.

I use the same wallet on my android.  I don't trust 3rd parties like Mycellium, I want a "real" wallet that doesn't require you to put any trust in an outside party.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet

im use mycellium and mycellium work perfet,
mycellium is not 3rd party like xapo/coinbase, hw run like multibit(on PC) , he give you full acces to sign message, backup private key or restore

you wrong if you say mycellium is 3ed parties

I'm using blockchain android wallet and I did not face any problem with it

No, you are wrong.

Mycellium is the 3rd party.  They use their own custom nodes to process the blockchain.  They use a centralized API.  If their servers go away or become compromised you are shit out of luck.  You should educate yourself about the wallet you are using.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=293472.msg3158655#msg3158655
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=293472.300
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2yxid5/chainalasys_vs_mycelium_the_full_story/

Bitcoin wallet is completely decentralized and does not require you to trust in 3rd party nodes to operate.

I use XAPO :)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xapo&hl=in
http://xapo.com/r/KDGT5D6 :)

- 0% fee
- you can make debitcard with xapo (https://app.xapo.com/#debitcard)

I use the main bitcoin wallet for my android works perfect and i can add the balance from my paper wallets.

I also have xapo wallet for my faucet apps

it's the reason why i've recommend, it, i always like the original not the modded one, no matter the feature, i prefer the one that has the more security and was the first to appear

and also like ti was said, mycellium is centralized, not something that is in the vibe of what bitcoin is

i suggest you to use Mycelium on android, easy to use and they are always updating the app to be the best out there.

Never knew these facts before downloading mycelium bitcoin wallet :D I don't usually research about it especially when recommended by a trusted member ;D Thanks a lot man! I think I might consider trying that bitcoin wallet app

It's true that Mycelium relies on centralized servers for blockchain access, and the availability of these servers is a single point of failure (there are no third-party compatible servers, as the server code is not open source.)
However, this does not mean that they can take control of your wallet or that you can't access your funds when their servers are unavailable. The wallet uses standard hierarchical deterministic key management, so by copying the seed to another wallet supporting the same mechanism, you would gain access to your funds again.

Onkel Paul

how about this ?
i create new bitcoin address from blockchain, then i back up my private key
and restore my private key to mycellium wallet ?

That should simply work.
Mycelium also supports working with single addresses. It's not the default mode because it is recommended to use new addresses for every transaction to make tracing of your transactions harder, but for some cases, receiving several payments on just one address is ok.
For example, the address in my profile is used to receive signature campaign payments, and I've added the corresponding private key to my Mycelium wallet so that I can access it when needed.

Onkel Paul

I never heard about it  :o
anyway i think i will remove my mycellium wallet and comeback to use bitcoinwallet
thank's for your reference  :)

Try blocktrail wallet. It was very easy to use. UI is very simple too.

Android wallet : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blocktrail.mywallet
Thread discussion is here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=756279.0.

Try blockchain wallet. Very easy to use, secured and features loaded. And 22 local currencies are accepted too

Download from here : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=piuk.blockchain.android&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dblockchain+app&pcampaignid=APPU_1_nyIiVpr7AoniuQTbjobwBw

Blockchain.info is definitely not a choice in both security and UI wise. There was a issue which affected the RNG on it, causing lots of BTC getting lost. It wasn't fixed for several months till it gained some attention. Arguably, other wallets are also as userfriendly as it is. The currencies is not much of a feature, any wallet can display the Bitcoins in many currency accurately.

But now it is fixed so no need to worry tho? Never saw this before...

Coinbase isnt bad too with no fees.

Blockchain.info had a HUGE and bad record with various vulnerabilities due to their negligence, costing users lots of money. I don't have any reason to believe that they are changing with so much issues popping out (Mostly due to the poor RNG).

Coinbase is a shared wallet and you do not control any money unless you use multisig vault. They can still freeze your money.

Clear.
If you have a big amount better to put it in a cold storage but with small transactions i still prefer the no fee option risking to loose few mBTC.
Thanks for your answer iram  :)

i use main bitcoin wallet.

I just share my experiences
some months ago,
my email get hacked, and i lose my blockchain wallet because im use same password like my gmail pass

i prefered to blockchain.info user to use "strong password and different with your mail" also use 2fa (goolge authenticator recomended)

Main bitcoin wallet? As in core? You can't get that on your android device, only clients like Electrum, Mycellium and Schildbach's bitcoin wallet, but not core.

He didn't mean the main wallet as Bitcoin Core for a PC, he meant a Bitcoin wallet for Android. The main or the first one, call it as you want.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dbitcoin+wallet+for+android&pcampaignid=APPU_1_-_MjVrO8Cse3abqLgrgK

I prefer mycelium or ninkip2p (has a nice desktop app too). blocktrail has a nice app too by the way

Blockchain Android wallet is the best one for me. It's can work perfectly for me.  ;D

Meh, that is what I'm using since I started. I call it as Schildbach's bitcoin wallet that is why I was kinda confused when he used the term main (late night poasting effect, I guess.)

Thanks to all you guys for helping me choose the best wallet!

Have an awesome day  :D

You dont have many choices so browse from these:
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet

Copay, Airbitz, Mycelium , Ninki and the others...

Try hive works very wellet and has 2 security.

Hive is no longer supported. I don't recommend it.

If i remember correctly, even hive's development team stated that there was no more active development on his site...

http://www.coinbuzz.com/2015/09/21/hive-wallet-officially-unsupported/

this. Hive open sourced their wallet and stopped working on it. there was a big reddit post some time ago

I will suggest Mycelium

Myceleum seems popular, but it has centralized validation, this means you have to trust a third party(Myceleum) not to take advantage of your payments, it has proven itself trustworthy, but that is something to think about before installing and using a wallet.

 ;D try mycelium bro

Think i will try this wallet never downloaded it till now

I use mycelium for android (4.4 and 5.0 lollipop)
It works good, never had any problem with it.
You can sign a bitcoin message too, so all in one :)