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What is in your opinion the best online wallet? From most important to the least: security, site background (owners), api options, user friendly interface.

Thanks 

I chose bittrex. in bittrex lot of coin are supported. with security features and a trusted website. I recommend this.

Why do you want to use an online wallet? A Core 0.12 wallet can be pruned to 2GB, sync time has significantly improved, easy options to throttle bandwidth and most importantly you can be your own bank.

That means you can fork off invalid chains when lite wallets like blockchain.info follow the wrong chain. It means you don't have to trust anyone to tell if you got paid, or to properly credit your account, or allow you to withdraw. Any private services are potential exit scams, and any lite/SPV wallet leaves you vulnerable to accepting invalid transactions.

The best online wallet is not stored your bitcoin on exchanger. Because there are many scams about it and for me the best online wallet is blockchain.info. It's easy to use and small fee transaction.

Bittrex is not a wallet, it's an exchanger you don't have ultimate controll over your private key, once the site is down you are literally lose your money,

In my opinion the best online wallet is blockchain is easy to use and have a system security like 2 factor authentication, and it's prety safe due to the controll over our private key, it's better than coinbase or xapo

Never tried greenaddress and bitgo and other wallet before

How can you store core 0.12 wallet to just 2 GB?

Honestly I've never had any sort of problem for using blockchain.info wallet even though some others had different experiences so I'll list what they do have according to what you listed:
Security - Anything that operates on the internet, isn't 100% secured.
Site background - There is, a complete list with pictures.
Api options - It has but I would recomment using other API's instead since up until few months ago, their API had some sort of delay.
User friendly interface - Very much a yes.
And also what you forgot to list was, functionality in which it has that as well.

On a side note: This thread belong to service discussion instead, moving there might help you to get more answers.

Hi,

I've also heard rumours about blockchain.info. Is it based on truth? I've also noticed they are sometimes under ddos attacks.

Thanks for the opinion and advice! :)

Blockchain.info most definitly.

Since last release, Core wallets can now run in pruned mode, meaning most of the blockchain does not need to be stored on disk.

I haven't known that. Thanks

like what everyone said , blockchain.info but i'm not activate 2fa because i afraid if lost my phone number ,,  

Another vote for blockchain, but really having a local wallet is the better option.  I wouldn't trust long term storage on large amounts to any online wallet.

Will also suggest blockchain but I use mycelium in my mobile. I never really use any other wallet other than that.

Why would anyone want to have an online wallet and be concerned with security ? This 2 things just don't fit in one place. Lot of cases reported of wallets being hacked(blockchain being the main target). I can understand if you want some money to be spent, low amount. In this case Mycellium in IOS in a mobile is much more safe than any online wallet. You should always have a desktop wallet for better security and keep the private keys or master seed stored securely in some different place, in case your PC is broken, you can restore your funds with the master seed.

The popular one is blockchain, I have started to use Mycellium on IOS and there is also Coinbase, you can't beat your own wallet at the end of the day where you are in full control but for everyday transaction usage I would vote for Coinbase.

I'm happy with blockchain. I'm using the iOS app and are happy with it. The only thing which is not working is the fingerprint login. But I never had any problems. Two times someone was trying to login in my wallet but I have 2FA enabled and all is fine.

Personally I only use mycelium and a local exchange wallet coins.ph for my coins. I use blockchain from time to time for small trasactions but I never really use blockchain as a wallet to store my coins. I use blockchain like a disposable address. I never trust them.

I think,  https://wallet.blocktrail.com is a good option.

In my opinion every web wallet is INSECURE.
I mainly use Brainwallet in OFFLINE mode.
You can generate address, send money, sign message with it.

https://moneypot.com (https://moneypot.com) is the most versatile wallet

I always suggest for who is in doubt about it the Blockchain.info wallet. Their service is one of the most safe and trusted today. Small fees (don't make many small transactions or you will pay highest fees).

The transactions are done very fast also, never had any problem with them and they give you many mechanisms to make your account better protected. (Write your wallet access code on a safe place, maybe a copybook).

Wait, moneypot can be considered as online wallet ?
I thought they were just a group of gambling websites placed into one using their API ???

Agree, if you want to store a little bit amount of coins for everyday spending, then online wallet is your choice
though, i wouldn't recommend blockchain wallet for that matter ::)
Even though i use desktop wallet I gotta say Xapo has a great benefit for online wallet users out there ;)

Why not blockchain?

I think they dont want to pay for the every transaction fee. because xapo has no fee or every transaction also coinbase has no fee in transaction unlike blockchain and electrum..

i was saw similar thread such these before and i guess people answers will still same blockchain wallet is the best also the most popular wallet currently and i had been use these wallet too with very long time and i feel that this is the best online wallet

MoneyPot is an online wallet, it also provides an API service to casinos

Could you please explain the investment advantage of moneypot wallet from your own experience if you have any. It would be really great to have an online wallet which also provides an investment opportunity. I guess many bitcoiners here, are looking for some safe investment opportunity like me.

To be honest, online wallets are not safe anymore, with the growing adoption of bitcoin.

I put 0.3 in my coinbase wallet for everyday purchases, and keep all my bitcoin besides that in my Ledger wallet. I may randomly pump and dump on an exchange with my coin, but that's rare.

Try TREZOR its a must for wallets with large amount of btc. Its secure and only requires a TREZOR device on you to send payments to clients. The next one is blockchain which i use it has 2 FA and is secure so would recommend it. No form of I.D is required to join, lastly its free to join.

Why would anyone want to hold their funds in an online wallet at first place knowing there are risks(can understand for small everyday spending)?
Anyway Mycelium so far its an Android wallet, you have it with you all the time, and if you are knowledgeable enough in using it and making a backup of the master seed, than this is one of the most secure online wallets so far for you to use. 

Does anyone know an online wallet that requires mobile authentication to login? (like in gmail)

I prefer xapo. a very user friendly online wallet. and also very secured. xapo have great features like multi signatures btc addresses. when we use a btc address to receive money xapo automatically change the address and give us a fresh btc address but all old addresses still connected to the wallet.

I would choose localbitcoins as I find it very convenient and easy to use, and I also need to transfer my btc to my bank account so for that localbitcoin is very handy as it transfers money to my bank account instantly.

I choose XAPO as my web wallet, because it look secure and no fee :)

if OP ask for online wallet i'll choose for blockchain, simple to use and i never get any problem except site was down when using blockchain.
only hate sometime site was down

There is a scam accusation against them currently here:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1311798.0 apparently they change the receiving address without informing the users, which means you might end up receiving coins to an address which is no longer attached to your wallet. (Not sure if it is legit or not)

Having been said that, it is always advised to stay away from web wallets as much as possible.

I don't like Xapo precisely for that. There is too much work done behind closed curtains and I would rather be in control of everything than rely on walled to manage it addresses for me.
Also I heard that there were cases where Xapo wallet users were banned from it for using Xapo to fund btc to a casino.

I would recommend bitgo, if you want full control over your money. Otherwise, try coinbase. As I never had any problems with that wallet and (for me) it's easy to use.

as a general rule, any online wallet is not safe because there is always danger of hack, malware,... that all leads to losing money. but this doesn't mean they are all unsafe and should never be used.

I prefer blockchain.info anyways. it is a well known web-wallet and it has been around for so long and all the bugs are found and fixed. and it is important to know that they are saving your wallet on their servers "encrypted" with only you having the password.

and for online-desktop-wallet I use Electrum since I don't want to run a full node.


what rumors? they may be true or maybe false. say what they are so we can discuss it.

I can say blockchain is the best one I've ever been used over a year and their work are amazing & simple.
At the first I know bitcoin, my friend recommend this online wallet and I've prove it's awesomeness


They keep raising after being attacked !
That's the fact !

I like Blockchain.info too, i'm using it since i started with BTCs. Is there any chance to have identifier account code stolen by hackers? Because they can have your password, but without identifier they can do nothing.

The only safe web wallet is https://blockchain.info/
I am also willing to trust my money with exchanges coinbase and btc-e
but everything is inferior to having control of your own private keys and putting your coins in offline cold storage.