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Hi friends ,
I just wanna know how many or you have upgraded to blockchain.info beta wallet?
If you have upgraded to it then how is your feeling on it.
Personally i don't like it , i am unable to manage my old address nor i am able to find the place from where i can sign messages.


will love to hear your views on it ! :P

I think the interface is nice, although I still wouldnlt use blockchain.info due to security concerns. IMO there are web wallets with better security measures and better 2fa.

Design is pretty nice if you ask me but well , a design without features / security isn't the best thing . I'd prefer to wait for the final release.
See here more reviews : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1344203.0

I've upgraded and it works flawlessly.
There was a problem sometimes retrieving addresses but that bug is solved too.

What i don't like is that my used addresses are called imported addresses, instead of a normal list of used bitcoin addresses

Learned about its issues from a local forum to which sign message weren't anymore available.  It should be an issue later since sign message is important. but maybe it will there in the final version

My wallet was immediately on beta wallet when I signed up for a new wallet llike 3 weeks ago. I used the blockchain android wallet so I didn't get to choose which version. Anyway, I can't tell much of the difference from the old wallet other than the confusing new wallet address it generates everytime I receive a transaction. I'm quite still learning how that thing works as sometime I'm confused which bitcoin address will I use.

As most experienced members rated it, I will just have to wait the final version before moving my funds.
It is still in "BETA," means they are actively looking ways to improve all the features that members have problems with. Blockchain is the most well-known-wallet and with their reputation I am sure this will end with a great features.

So, don't loose all your hope to Blockchain. ;)

blockchain is safe to use. 5/5

I would not recommend using the new version of Blockchain web wallet because its still in beta version. Their address clearly shows that : https://blockchain.info/wallet-beta/#/login
Until its get done stick with the old one as I am now. Newer one might have few bugs now. Wait for the Full release

I have migrated over to the new blockchain beta wallet, and it's much more intuitive, but lacks the same features as the original wallet. First of all, they've done a very similar thing as Xapo, whereas it suggests that you create a new address (from the Your Addresses section). This gets quite annoying, and it should be a feature that you should be able to toggle on or off so you don't see that message every time you want to manage an address.

https://i.imgur.com/PCL72Nz.png

Secondly, and most importantly, there is no way for me to be able to sign a message to my address(es). This is ridiculous, and I'd be floored if Blockchain decided to remove the feature... I doubt it, but in the beta wallet, you're not able to sign a message. I have checked every single link and option, and it simply is not there.

Another negative is that if you use multiple addresses, the activity log on the home page of your wallet does not display which address that you have sent or received money from. In fact, the Transactions page does not show the information, either, until you click on an individual transaction. And given that the transaction lookup is slow, this gets annoying fast when you're receiving multiple transactions a day and need to track or make notes for the transactions. I wish they would display which address that you received a transaction to on the overall activity log.

All in all, the new design is intuitive, simple to use, and I can see that they are gearing it more towards the layman than an experienced bitcoin user.

As far as safety goes? All my coins are still available, but all of my addresses from my original Blockchain wallet are now displayed under a section called "Imported Addresses", which is quite annoying. The addresses are still there, but I wish that Blockchain would have somehow kept my existing hierarchy that I had in my original wallet instead of creating a new section. The "Imported Addresses" section appears grayed out, but it is still manageable and accessible.

All in all, with the experience that I've had with the new wallet over the past week or so, my recommendation is for you to wait before you update. I feel that Blockchain still has some more implementation to do for the new structure and design, and it's not quite ready.

The worst part about the whole updating to the beta wallet is that I am not able to "downgrade" back to the original wallet.

I don't understand either why they upgrade their wallet when in fact there is no complain I've read about them. I prefer using them most of the time as its easy and won't need to synchronizing to my computer and blockhain which takes a lot of hard drive space.

You probably have wrong information then.Blockchain.info is usually a target of Ddos attacks leaving their services at halt quite often.Also,earlier they used to have the private keys/unique login url stored in the web browser which was prone to attacks.They have updated this in the latest version.One has to access the unique url using their email only (for direct access).Apart from that ,various UI features have upgraded.Though I find the old version's looks better.There should be substantial amount of changes in API too, its not released yet.

this upgrade just to make sure their user got the possible highest security level, prevention is better than a cure,and blockchain do give a choice to their users whether the user want to move to the new web wallet or to the old ones it's all depend on user, but i can sure, when the new web wallet finally launched and lost its "beta" word ,the user will be forced to move there

God. I hate sig spammers. Your post in this thread does absolutely nothing to contribute to the topic, which is Blockchain's new beta wallet. Your post is like something you took out of a children's book. Shame on you, sig spammer.


Blockchain's wallets were the most prone to getting hacked online, probably mainly because they were one of the first web wallets available for Bitcoin. The upgrade was to ensure safety and security for the accounts, but after upgrading to the beta, I feel like they just simply added a section on security that recycles the same security settings from the old wallet... They just placed it more prominently on the homepage, with a big fat progress bar next to it.

Ironically, as I stated above, there is still no way to sign a message anymore... Which is a feature I really hope they add to the beta version very shortly.

Do anyone know how to sign a message from new blockchain.info wallet , i am familiar with old wallet but cant find the right place in new beta wallet.

Don't think you can sign/verify messages from the new wallet Yet.I have checked the documentation of the new updates including the FAQ but could not find signing/verifying links.You can still sign through old wallet right ? Hardly matters anyway.

I have Talked to blockchain.info support and they told me that once you have upgraded to beta version then you can go back to classic old version.

A little bit more information, please. Is this something you have to request with Blockchain support? As far as I know, after digging around the site, there is no option to revert back to the classic wallet once you've upgraded. Believe me, I've tried!

If you can't find the place to sign message in new blockchain wallet then try to look for private keys option
Just get the private key and use it in your old wallet. In this way you will be able to sign message even if it was generated in new one

Unfortunately, once you upgrade to the beta version of the wallet, you are no longer able to revert back to the classic one. And in the beta version, there is no section in order to sign messages for your addresses.

oops you got me wrong there was a "not" missing in my previous comment , yes , i mean that once you have upgraded to beta version then you cannot revert back to classic.

I did use the beta but I do not like at all if I'm honest about it, the system is just new to be, I maybe have to first get into it.
Because I love the design but the overview of things are a bit of strange for me.

new version is not good yet.
and back to old version no way.
i upgrade and it have some problems.
delay with
payment.. more generate address wallet and so on.

Who want how return to old version wallet?
i not like beta version..
not work api!
sorry

I don't think there is any way to go back again to old wallet. I think you have to update api to new version.

I ever tried it once while still beta, but I was confused to use, I prefer to use the old wallet because it is easier to use, although it looks more nice new wallet!, depending on individual taste!

Right now they are out of the beta phase right. I don't see the alert off the app being in beta anymore?
The new app works brillianty btw. Really can recommend it if you have an account at blockchain.info.

I really prefer their old wallet design than the new one. I do not know why did not they ask the users for their opinions before these changes.
I do not know even who to choose an address only to spent its outputs only without involving other addresses in the wallet . but at the end we will get used to use it soon.

Anyone having issues trying to access the blockchain website?

if I do not happen any problem in blockchain.info for now, what the issue is you are going through?, there may be other people who can help you or contact blockchain.info about your problems!

there is no problem with me accessing blockchain.info and I checked it here and it is up - http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/blockchain.info (http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/blockchain.info)
maybe you have some issue with your internet connection

1.One more thing to notice about new beta version of blockchain.info wallet is that it is multi signature.
2.It has no way of importing private keys...etc

Importing private keys
The online wallet has that option, and in feel they left out this this feature because of some valid security concerns.
And let's face it you probably use that feature when you make a wallet (online) not so much with your mobile wallet.

I did not upgraded to it, I say the new layout but I do not like it at all, the old one is much easier in my opinion.
Also the dashboard is for me a bit new and weird maybe I just have to play around with it.

Blockchain will be now more used of course and that is very good. I hope that more people will use Bitcoin and that they also use some wallets.
That will be so good. Blockchain is very popular and it is also very good and safe to use. And that is perfect.

I hope that more wallets will be more popular. And that they are going to use it in the future. And not only blockchain.
Otherwise it will be not good. And the most important is that also more people must use Bitcoin.

What you said is completely out of understanding. I am talking about a service blockchain.info wallet not about the complete blockchain .

what the above quote has to do with my context?

Blockchain is a very good wallet. And many people use it so that is very good. It works also very easy and well.
I hope that more people will use it and have the experience that it is very safe and good. But first we must it make more popular.

The new Blockchain account is still in beta and is full of numerous bugs.

If you want to see the fancy layout of their future wallet service you can try out as a beta tester but never store more bitcoins in them, which you cannot afford to lose.

If I may be honest I do not like it at all the dashboard has changed a lot and I think I even lost the overview now.
I hope they will change it and we also can keep the older theme because I prefer that one.

It is still in beta, slightly buggy, and you have to make a totally new wallet if you want to go back to the legacy wallet. From what I can remember, you can't import or export a private key. I would recommend to make a new wallet and try it out first.