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Title: Good resource covering all the different wallet options? Post by: don giovanni on February 11, 2013, 08:01:28 AM Can someone point me to a guide explaining all the different types of wallets that exist and the pro/cons of each?
Title: Re: Good resource covering all the different wallet options? Post by: DannyHamilton on February 11, 2013, 08:58:36 AM Can someone point me to a guide explaining all the different types of wallets that exist and the pro/cons of each? I'm not sure about a good consolidated resource reviewing the feature sets of most of the well known wallets, but I'd certainly suggest that you take a look at the following at least:
EDIT: As of 2013-04-17 BitFloor has ceased all operations. Title: Re: Good resource covering all the different wallet options? Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 11, 2013, 09:56:49 AM Can someone point me to a guide explaining all the different types of wallets that exist and the pro/cons of each? - Full client: The client downloads and manages the blockchain Examples: Bitcoin-Qt, bitcoind, - Simplified Payments Verification (SPV): Examples: MultiBit, Bitcoin Wallet for Android - Mobile client to a back-end server. Examples: Bitcoin Spinner - Mobile hybrid client with a back end, but the wallet is stored locally. Examples: Blockchain for Android, iOS - Hosted (shared) E-Wallet: Users have accounts with the service. All private keys are owned and stored by the service provider. There is a high risk without two-factor authentication. InstaWallet, EasyWallet, and BitcoinVideoPoker.com all offer "low security wallets" where simply knowing the URL is all that is needed to spend the funds. Others require a username / password or other authentication credentials. Examples: InstaWallet.org, Coinbase, Mt. Gox, etc. and even services that provide walleting for customer funds -- like bitZino. - Hybrid E-Wallet: Only an encrypted form of the private keys are stored with the service. The wallet is accessed from a local data store. Examples: Blockchain.info/wallet and StrongCoin - Physical wallet. Private key travels with a physical object. Example: Casascius physical bitcoins, BitAddress paper wallet. Some more information on several of these: - http://bitcoinmagazine.com/bitcoin-wallet-options/ Title: Re: Good resource covering all the different wallet options? Post by: don giovanni on February 12, 2013, 04:24:21 AM Im looking for a client that
-can be configured to work strictly over tor, -doesnt require to download the entire blockchain, -has good security features for local wallets can anyone reccommend? Title: Re: Good resource covering all the different wallet options? Post by: flatfly on February 12, 2013, 05:52:21 AM I think Electrum is the only client that matches these criteria.
Title: Re: Good resource covering all the different wallet options? Post by: don giovanni on February 12, 2013, 06:30:27 AM Looks like it, ive been playing with your version, seems to work fine through tor with slush's hidden server.
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