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Title: Whats the best? Post by: KernelFreak on December 06, 2012, 04:26:04 PM ??? whats the best a real bitcoin wallet or an online one?
Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: DannyHamilton on December 06, 2012, 04:41:58 PM What's the best, a pick-up truck or an economy coup? It depends on your needs doesn't it?
Same with wallets. Both have their benefits and issues. Spend some time learning what each of the options you are considering has to offer, and then decide which best suits your particular needs. Note, there are two types of online wallets. There is the type that mtGox offers where they maintain control of the private keys and could run off with your bitcoins if they decided to, and there is the type that blockchain.info offers where you maintain control of the private keys, but are then responsible for keeping them safe and not losing them. Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: RodeoX on December 06, 2012, 04:46:11 PM I vote for a full client. There are some real advantages to online wallets. But for any large amount, you can mitigate risk by keeping them safe yourself. Personally, I use a mix of wallets. My bit-wealth is stored offline. I keep a full client running to support the network and buy stuff with a few BTC. Then I keep some in an online wallet at an exchange.
With these together I can use my coins just about anywhere in the world. Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: Anon136 on December 06, 2012, 05:00:33 PM short answer: http://bitcoinarmory.com/
though it may be a bit to feature rich for a new person, so if keeping it simple is important for you then i would perhaps start with an ewallet at http://blockchain.info/ also consider that you can do a lot of really cool things these days with bitcoins on a smartphone. if you want to be able to transact fluidly with your friends irl than having the ability to scan qr codes is amazing. For this would recommend the blockchain.info android/iphone app. As a warning its a bit buggy, i wouldn't ever store large amounts here and i would test it for a little while with very small amounts before storing a moderate amount (the amount of cash you might carry in your wallet on a normal day). Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: KernelFreak on December 06, 2012, 05:04:11 PM short answer: http://bitcoinarmory.com/ though it may be a bit to feature rich for a new person, so if keeping it simple is important for you then i would perhaps start with an ewallet at http://blockchain.info/ also consider that you can do a lot of really cool things these days with bitcoins on a smartphone. if you want to be able to transact fluidly with your friends irl than having the ability to scan qr codes is amazing. For this would recommend the blockchain.info android/iphone app. As a warning its a bit buggy, i wouldn't ever store large amounts here and i would test it for a little while with very small amounts before storing a moderate amount (the amount of cash you might carry in your wallet on a normal day). i cant find a fedora version for it. Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: Anon136 on December 06, 2012, 05:33:30 PM short answer: http://bitcoinarmory.com/ though it may be a bit to feature rich for a new person, so if keeping it simple is important for you then i would perhaps start with an ewallet at http://blockchain.info/ also consider that you can do a lot of really cool things these days with bitcoins on a smartphone. if you want to be able to transact fluidly with your friends irl than having the ability to scan qr codes is amazing. For this would recommend the blockchain.info android/iphone app. As a warning its a bit buggy, i wouldn't ever store large amounts here and i would test it for a little while with very small amounts before storing a moderate amount (the amount of cash you might carry in your wallet on a normal day). i cant find a fedora version for it. idk how to help you with that Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: KernelFreak on December 06, 2012, 05:39:48 PM ok, thanks anyway.
Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: SlickTheNick on December 07, 2012, 12:01:05 AM id say keep an online one for when your out and about, but keep the majority of your wealth in a secured offline wallet + backups
Title: Re: Whats the best? Post by: Atruk on December 07, 2012, 03:32:18 AM short answer: http://bitcoinarmory.com/ though it may be a bit to feature rich for a new person, so if keeping it simple is important for you then i would perhaps start with an ewallet at http://blockchain.info/ also consider that you can do a lot of really cool things these days with bitcoins on a smartphone. if you want to be able to transact fluidly with your friends irl than having the ability to scan qr codes is amazing. For this would recommend the blockchain.info android/iphone app. As a warning its a bit buggy, i wouldn't ever store large amounts here and i would test it for a little while with very small amounts before storing a moderate amount (the amount of cash you might carry in your wallet on a normal day). i cant find a fedora version for it. You should be able to build it from source http://bitcoinarmory.com/index.php/building-armory-from-source (http://bitcoinarmory.com/index.php/building-armory-from-source) Just remember that it needs the reference bitcoin-qt client to do anything. |