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Is that possible?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't we already have one (electrum and some other lightweight wallets)?

you are correct.
they are called SPV wallets. these wallets (like Electrum) download only the blockchain headers (it is ~40 MB for Electrum) and connect to dedicated servers which are running a full node and receive / send information from them.

Yes definitely possible.
Here you go buddy.
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet (https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet)


Click desktop, choose between Windows, Mac and Linux.
Then go for wallets with simplified validation like Electrum, Mulbit and Bither.That's it.

All the wallets expect Bitcoin Core & Armory (only one that require downloading the blockchain) as far as I know .

There are a few dedsktop wallets like that a simple google search will find you one, obviously be carefull when selecting one.

When you choose a wallet, try some one where you can:
- save your priv key.
- you can sign / valid a message

then read carefully how to make a backup of your keys.
and let's go!

(I use multibit)

Thank you for all the replies

As far as i know, there are three wallets which can be used without downloading the entire block chain.

1- Electrum
2- Multibit
3- Bither

If i happen to find another i will let you know.  :)

Electrum is one of the best I think.
It is very lightweight and easy to use.

Is this :              https://electrum.org/#home            the official wbsite where I can safely download Electrum?  :)
THX!

Yes, thats the official electrum page. They have signed checksums of all downloads, so you can verify that way.

Electrum is one of the most well known wallets that behaves like this.

Yeah, Electrum is pretty much the way to go for something lie this. Of course, if you need more security (storing your life savings :/) I would go for a different client.

If I remember Electrum was the best lightweight and secure wallet, while Multibit was the best wallet that you would be able to quickly send and receive Bitcoin with.

If I remember correctly, didn't the Electrum devs stop working on their wallet a while ago?

Nope, it is still being updated, the newest version which was just released is 6.0.2 if I am not mistaken and Electrum is according to me the best wallet for desktop whether it be security wise, ease of use or storage.

I use Multibit, but Electrum is also a good choice.

There are few, Electrum does not need the whole block "much less than the days needed for bitcoin core" the same for Multibit, The only one needing days to sync right now is Core itself as far as I know.

Personally I prefer MultiBit although Electrum is very good too (matter of taste).

If you don't have a good Internet connection (like me) or don't have much patience you can use them.

are people living under a rock, you can run core with prune mode, problem solved, no more nearly 70gb of data to download, no need to run an spv client

Question for you guy's, do Electrum support generation transactions, I stop mining at solo.ckpool for now because I did not receive a answer for Coinbase.com yet and I don't want to lose 25BTC if I get a block

Right Multibit have many good feature, but blockchain wallet desktop (or i can called spv wallet)  also good too and can use easily.

I personally prefer multibit because of it's ease of use and the ability to send transactions without having to download anything, but I wish it did have some more security behind it.

hello from underneath a rock.
you are comparing 70 GB with 40 MB of data (in Electrum). besides there is no need for a strong pc (cpu, ssd,..) you can run it on crappy one too. and the sync each time is less than 1 MB even if you don't run it for a while.

yes. this is possible. but if your hard disk is have low space and you can't download a good bitcoin desktop wallet, then I think you should better to go with online wallets. like coinbase and xapot. they are secure enough and you don't loose your hardesk space. I think using a online wallet is better then downloading a low quality and low size wallet.

Pruned mode you still need to wait more than 2 days to fully synchronize the blockchain. It still requires downloading the some part of blockchain, consuming time and pace as well.

I recommend either Multibit-HD or either Electrum. My personal preference is Electrum. I had no problems with either and it seems to be the best way to go if you want a light-weight blockchain wallet. Even though Bitcoin Core is the original satoshi wallet, the amount of data it contains is generally way too much for an individual to dedicate on their hard drive. Allocating anywhere from 60+ GB and growing everyday is a pretty big deal. The best part is you can easily recover your wallet with "seed words". These seed words allow you to recover your bitcoins on any machine with either Multibit-HD or Electrum once you enter them. It is vital to keep these seed words safe. The smaller amount of data that needs to be downloaded and seed words make Electrum my preferred wallet than Bitcoin Core QT 0.12 (the current version).

I made a lot of wallets, online purses for me are reliable, among a lot of wallets I chose https://apibtc.com/. He has no equal among analogues. Very easy to use, anonymous and secure. The support service is open 24/7

hello ...can i use my bitcoin address to receive bitcore coins? thank you.

Yes, It is possible...I like Electrum because it allows you to recover your wallet from its secret phrase.  It is a well known wallet that focus speed and simplicity. A worry free wallet for me.

Are you sure that leaving your coins in an online wallet without holding your private key a better idea?
I don't even use Blockchain's online wallet nowadays as they don't allow multiple addresses to be sent at once (when you send to more than one recipient), as well, for privacy reasons, they change the address with new and the "change" remains in the old one (which can be used again in future but you don't hold your private key). I think Electrum needs to be used with care (if anyone's suggesting OP with electrum, please ask them to download the upgraded version 3.0.5 to forgo the bugs).