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I am reading the forum daily and am registered here a few days ago.
What do you people suggest for a safe wallet for a newbie, I am not that tech guy , just the average joe with computers.
I have read that Blockchain.info is one of the best wallets, but I have also read that there are a lot of other wallets that they call local wallets like Bitcoin core Multibit Electrum and Armory also phone wallets. Which is one you can sleep safe at night ?

10 Best Bitcoin Wallets For Secure Bitcoin Storage

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For me personally Blockchain is still the best.
If you use 2 step authentication with then, have Antivirus program up to date on your computer and don't share your password you will be safe with them.
Of course, there is no such thing as ''absolute'' security on Internet but if you don't keep to much funds in one wallet youn will be ok.
Other idea is to keep Bitcoin offline.

For a newbie, first of all your should try some online wallets like coinbase, xapo, etc., just to understand how does Bitcoin works. After that you may try some desktop wallet or hardware wallet or may be some paper wallets.

Go with Electrum or Multibit. I wouldn't recommend blockchain.info because there's at least 2 threads on this forum where people have reported what appears to be blockchain.info generating an address that is not associated with their wallet's xpub

My gut feeling would guide you towards either electrum or multibit HD. They're SPV wallets, meaning they only download headers from central servers, so you don't have to download and sync the full blockchain, while they still keep your private keys on your own computer.
Also, the fact that they can easily be backupped by writing down the seed words on a piece of paper is a big plus.

Electrum allows a bit more coin controll, while multibit HD hides a lot for a new user... They both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Bitcoin core is the 'default' wallet. It has allmost all feature imaginable, but i personally feel the learning curve is a bit steeper, and the syncing might take a couple of days.

I'd personally stay away from online wallets due to safety aspects. Just google for "blockchain.info wallet hacked" or similar, and you'll hopefully see what i mean.

It all comes down to a lot of what you are looking for, and what you think you can handle.

If you are confident with your ability and have the funds to make copies of the wallet and keep them in offline storage devices, then a lot of the desktop wallets such as Electrum and Armory would be relatively good places to put your funds in.

If you would rather having something online to keep it safe, Coinbase with 2FA or Blockchain would be equally good choices, and just depends on your preference.

Yeah, let him do that and he will learn the hard way when his coins will be frozen by Coinbase when he ever try to send BTC to any gambling services 'unsupported' by Coinbase.
I think good wallets for newbie are Electrum, Multibit and Hive (although I never tested it myself, I only read some opinions).

Any wallet is as safe as you make it to be, with careless practices you can (most definitely will) lose money from any wallet, there are tonnes of tutorials on safe keeping of your bitcoins, read up on them and then choose. My personal recommendation is Electrum.

Give these a read:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet
https://bitcoin.org/en/secure-your-wallet

You could also try out a hardware wallet like a Trezor, if you have some spare money to burn. Since it started.. I have never heard of anyone saying they lost a single cent, using their wallet. There

were some issues with Blockchain.info {Random generator} a while ago, but I think this is solved. The general rule will be not to save too much money in these online wallet providers and to always

find a way to have 100% control over your private keys.  ;)

I'd say Multibit is probably one of the best because of its reputation and easiness to use, good for long-term holding as well.

However, I do use Xapo in doing little transactions because there's practically no tx fee so why the heck not and besides, I don't put more than 0.10BTC in my Xapo wallet.

I use Blockchain's wallet from the start up to now. Never ran into problems. I use 2FA, and second passwords in the wallet to keep it secure. I'd recommend you also do so if you plan on using online wallets.

I would say Coinbase is the simplest not techy wallet out there.

I would suggest you or an online wallet or a hardware wallet. An online wallet like coinbase is good start for a newbie, it is accessible from many devices and also they have their own native mobile app both for iOS and Android, so it is portable. The cons of it is that they do not provide you with the private key (but you can sign bitcoin message). About hardware wallet they have different price and each has different features, it's like an USB plug & play.

I agree with your recommendation about Electrum. It's what I use, and I like the fact that you don't have to download the entire blockchain, which saves a lot of hard drive space.

I would concur with this.

Advantage of online wallets are ease-of-use and the wallet provider takes care of backups to prevent risk of loss of the wallet. The disadvantage is that they can potentially be hacked or go offline.

Longer-term you should (probably) use offline wallets like Electrum or a hardware wallet or paper wallet. The advantage here is you are in control and you don't need to trust or rely on a 3rd party. The disadvantage is that you may be more vulnerable to being hacked (or physically robbed) than an online provider. And you NEED to keep backups, in a secure manner, of any offline wallets - sooner or later you'll suffer a hard drive failure, or a house fire, or a lightning strike. The risk of theft must be balanced against the risk of losing access to your private key(s).

Nice! Thank you for sharing!
I use a multibit (old one) but I am not happy with it :(

As a newbie I would recommend you to still use the blockchain wallet because its maybe online its very safe due to the fact it has 2 way verification.

well but as far as i know there were occasions when the wallets were hacked and people lost bitcoins from them so i doubt that it would be a great decision to use it for newbie

i would definitely choose a multibit desktop wallet if i wanted to have a safe and easy to use wallet as it is a newbie friendly wallet and impossible to hack if you dont have viruses

Yeah, don't use coinbase if you plan on using any bitcoin for gambling. It's against their ToS and they may freeze your account.

Yes indeed lately they are also very hard with their rules they are freezing your account without warnings.
Plus I also have heard that someone even did not gamble and has its account frozen...

I would suggest to for you to use wallets like xapo,coinbase and blockchain to try on (coinbase is not applicable for now) so the best to use is blockchain ,this is the safest online wallet .then if you already know you may try on hardware wallets it is costly but worth it to store any private keys to make sure that your bitcoin are safe even online wallets breaks down.

I would recommend using Armory.

blockchain,xapo and coinbase are safe and easy to use wallets for a newbie use them for a few days and see which is the better for you.Later when you collect more bitcoins i recommend a hardware wallet like ledger for example.

Any one of them will keep your bitcoins safe. You just have to choose the ones that works best for you and do your research.

I personally use bitcoin wallet from blockchain, online or mobile phone. Why blockchains.info? because it is convinced about their security. but if you want another legit wallet, you can go to https://www.bitcoin.com/choose-your-wallet (https://www.bitcoin.com/choose-your-wallet) . thank you

Blockchain.info IS an online wallet.

Don't put full faith in 2fa, although it is a nice feature it is not a fail safe for bitcoin theft.
When using 2fa use an app on your phone like Google authenticator or Authy instead of email.

I would recommend the Mycelium wallet to a bitcoin newbie.

I use blockchain.info and I would suggest it. A lot of people I know use it and they recommend it for newbies. They say it is safe and easy to use. :)

Definitely don't go directly from Coinbase/Circle to any gambling site. That's just asking to have your account closed.

If you're going to be doing any gambling, I recommend using an intermediate wallet. For example, buy from Circle/Coinbase and then send to Electrum/Blockchain wallet/whatever, then send to the gambling site.

When you cash out from a gambling site, be sure to use an intermediate wallet before cashing out through Circle or Coinbase. For example, gambling site>Blockchain wallet>Circle/Coinbase.

I've used this method dozens of times without any issues whatsoever.

Man what country are you from? if your from philippines or you have some relatives living in the philippines use coins.ph. This wallet is secure and I guarantee it's safety. You can also trade it to fiat easily and claim the money easily to money sending companies. You can also use it to buy airtime for you phone.  ;D

Depends on your needs buddy, if you want to store a big amount of bitcoin so I recommend you to use offline wallet such as multibit or bitcoincore. For small transaction maybe you can use xapo which has no fee iirc, but dont forget to always use 2fa.

All reputable online wallet has a security features so are the offline desktop wallet,you just need to know how to secure access of those wallet ,you need to keep your pass phrase or walle.dat in a very safe place knowledge is power especially in storing your bitcoin or altcoins..

Depends on what country are you on but mostly for us filipinos we used coins.ph because it is convenient and the only wallet we can use here without hassle and so it have many feature like buying load, mol points, steam and no fee when cash out. And also coins.ph i safe wallet provider for us filipino and we can carry it anywhere since it have app  based version.

See if you want to do very quick transaction and do not want to get in the hassle of synchronizing the wallet again and again then I would suggest blockchain.info wallet. Else bitcoin core is best if you are available with more disk spaces and ~70 GB bandwidth.

Blockchain.info just enough because most newbie don't store big amount and don't forget to activate 2FA that the more secure your wallet.

For newbie,i think Blockchain now have more friendly services,they sometime change deposite address,and have better apperence. coinbase also good for newbie,and xapo,and that all online wallet,and for dekstop wallet,its good option if you pick Electrum,multibit or Armory,they all safe and secure if you carefully set up the security.

Yep, blockchain.info is one of the best online wallet providers because you can actually access your own private key, as opposed to Coinbase or Xapo. But Coinbase and Xapo pay the transaction fees for you, which is great as well.

If you wanna have a complete peace of mind, go for cold storage. Paper wallets are the safest. Encrypt them with BIP38 if possible.

The bitcoin core wallet is the best one ever for anyone, reason being sites which are online can turn scam any day but the core wallet cannot, because its not run by 3rd parties.

For a newbie I would recommend electrum, you can read all about it here at
www.electrum.org then go to the help section, it has an extensive help section that covers everything the user needs to know and it covers them in details.

Just a reminder, before installing any desktop or local wallet like electrum make sure your PC is safe from malware and if possible use the Linux environment as its a big plus to security.
In the end depends all on the user how secure or how safe his wallet is.

A lot of replies and a really responseful community , thank you for your ideas, after reading through here decided to go for Multibit HD , I heard is being bought from a hardware wallet company so they must make it even more secure and I like the fact that it hiddes a lot of things from me. Just installed it, but thinking also to switch to a safer OS but not ready for this step yet.

Yeah multibit isn't one of my favourites either, I've had some issues with it in the past and I switched over to Electrum.
So I'd definitely recommend Electrum..

You can also use a paper wallet if you need to store Bitcoins for any long period, if you create it correctly, then it's very safe, and also not too hard to do.

Here's a tutorial on that, in case you'd want to experiment:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet)

And here's a list of all the major Bitcoin wallets from the Bitcoin wiki:
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet (https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet)

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I wouldn't personally recommend Multibit, as stated above. I've had some issues with it, where I forgot to update and it messed up the wallet (or access to my wallet from Multibit). Never had that happen with Electrum.

Thank you , for the moment I have a very small amount of bitcoins which I am safe in storing in Multibit HD, I learned it hides a lot of features from me by default and is newbie friendly as I am trying to play around with it. After a few days I will try another wallet , I am installing other wallets too after some days.

When I was a newbie here, I started with electrum wallet. As I read somewhere that the online wallets are not safe to store your Bitcoins and they can be easily hacked or the wallet provider could also run away with your Bitcoins. So due to this fear I started using electrum wallet from start.

For me in my newbie days i use coins.ph until now because it is more convenient to us filipino bitcoin users and its safety although im facing issue on our wallet provider now for blockibg my wallet because of little issue i can say its safety to use that wallet because it give us convenient way to cash out easily without hassle and we can buy load,steam items in our wallet as part of its feature, and thats good for us because theres no other wallet provider here in ph thats why majority of  filipinos using it.

yeah, generally any wallet that is not offline is not safe either. because you can be infected by a keylogger which you are not even aware of.
also as far as "running away" goes, it is restricted to those web wallets which have access to your private keys instead of you like coinbase.

blockchain.info is not the safes wallet than other btc wallet, but for newbies who just started using bitcoin, blockchain is probably the best wallet, blockchain.info is very easy to use and understand and also safe enough. I've started my btc journey to blockchain wallet, for low amount of many blockchain is better.

For a newbie I think Blockchain.info is the best wallet. Because it gives easy access as well the possibilities of making mistakes is very low.

based on my experience, I just use blockchain.info from the beginning until now. online wallet has possibility to be hacked, so is blockchain.info, so make sure you set 2 factor authenticator or code sending on your mobile phone or email.

I think that was the best blockchain.yes setting a 2 factor authenticator is the best to protect online wallets when hacker attemps to open your personal account. But the best to store bitcoins is a bitcoin hardware .

You can try one by one bitcoin wallet, so you can make a compare which the best wallets for you, but in my mind I can suggest you to choose bitcoin wallets have 2fa it's will make a more secure you wallet. So before this, I think you can make a compare from the bitcoin wallets. Let's try and you can get which bitcoin wallets you need.

Maybe I don't get something but how a wallet with 2FA could be hacked? I mean if to get access to your wallet you should decrypt a line with your PGP how exactly this wallet could be hacked?

Get Electrum. Very easy to setup. And relatively safe.

Don't use online exchanges. They may seem safe but you never when they will be "goxed" which can happen in any time.

If you want the safest wallet, then install the original in a clean pc.

I can suggest to your electrum with authentication trusted and safe than the other wallet.. but if you are just transacting low transaction you can use coinbase.. they are still legit as of now..

I can recommend three wallets. If you want an online wallet, you can opt for blockchain.info. If you want more secure wallets you can opt for desktop or offline wallet like Bitcoin Armory. While if you want a mobile or hardware wallet, then you can go with Keepkey.

You can check this website for more info: http://www.bitcoineverything.net/the-most-definitive-post-on-bitcoin-wallets/

i use blockchain since i was a newbie  and a local wallet for cashing out.  blockchain  also have a mobile application. so far it is good fast and secure for me.

I prefer and suggest online wallets like blockchain, holytransaction and sometimes I would say use exchanges like poloniex. Actually with offline wallets it takes a lot of time to understand them and if you by mistake reboot pc without saving important files then your money is gone.

Last year i am still newbie,and at that time i create blickchain wallet, its a great wallet and of course It safe,i think newbie should open many wallet,coinbase and spectrocoin already tried by mr,and also they safe,if we talk about safe wallet,we can't decide which wallet The safest for newbie Or expert.

The best option is to always have personal possession of your bitcoin private keys. Don't trust an online or desktop wallet, get started right by using a hardware wallet and you will never have to worry about having your bitcoin stolen by hackers or malware. Trezor is the standard with the best user manual by far at $99. If you are on a budget the Ledger HW.1 is only $17. Either would serve you well.

from first untill now i still using blockchain.info as my wallet, although saving on online wallet is not safety , but using 2FA on every wallet that we use,at least can reduce risk to lose our money. just don't forget to set 2FA on every account that we have

Xapo is a good wallet too, so is Circle, but I've heard bad reviews of the app on Android.

yes for some users who are pro-bitcoin is still using blockchain. besides easy to use with a simple display, the application on blockchain was fairly safe. and when the log on the website we can find a computer's IP last. so as to minimize the risk of hacker attacks.

I can recommend some Bitcoin wallets I have used based on my experience if you wish. I am currently using GreenAddress online wallet and it gets the job done perfectly. I think it will suit the needs of a newcomer better than the official Blockchain wallet because it's very easy to use, the user interface is not cluttered and very intuitive and people can log in with a PIN which is a very big plus when you are in a hurry and on the go. For mobile devices I have used Mycelium and Copay which are both very solid wallets with a good track record. Also I have heard that Bread wallet is a very good choice for the Apple platform but I don't own an iPhone so I haven't tested it myself. For the desktop I have recently tried the Electrum wallet which is a pretty popular software Bitcoin wallet and you can't go wrong with it. I think you should test a couple of wallets and settle on the one that best fits your needs  ;)

There is no really really 100% secure wallet but at least the safest one i know is blockchain, which is seldom got a bad rumor
Counbase and xapo is quite secure but there was bad rumor about the wallet

I recommend to use blockchain.info, it's simple and easy to use.
A lot of people I know use it and they recommend it to me. I use it from the beginning until now. :)

In my another perspective, the best wallets are online bitcoin and altcoin exchange websites. I have used sites like btc-e for keeping my BTC , though they charge a fee of 0.001 on each transaction, but at least I am safe :)

Lol lol I think not only blockchain that makes it easy for the novice user. because I see all wallets have ease and comfort. they have a distinct advantage. I think all the online wallet is suitable for a newbie. This only advice

just the disadvantages of using blockchain.info are their support was very slow when the clients are contacting them and awaiting for the answer,and also sometimes error happening even it's quite rare,i would prefer a desktop wallet which is easy to use

Try using Xapo wallet, its very easy to use and many faucet and apps are affiliated with this wallet, Try faucet apps in xapo its better than the regular faucet site

This is a trust based way to store bitcoin, 2fa is neat and all but it's better to store bitcoin in ways that aren't as reliant to a website's uptime and trust.

When I was a newbie to bitcoin, I joined xapo and started to use it for all of my transactions, and from there i continued to learn more about wallets, If you like you can start with xapo, it is not bad.

I will say best and safe wallet for any newbie can be blockchain.info.It is secure and give access to its owner form everywhere.I stated with blockvhain.info and if I remember well first whole year I was using this alone to keep my funds in Bitcoin.Later I had windows wallet which I encrypted with good password.Now there is huge range of wallets to choose from.

when I first knew I was using blockhain bitcoin. and up to now has been 2 years. I was comfortable using blockchain. if asked to choose among all the online wallet then I would choose blockchain as the main choice.

i consider myself a newbie and i am comfortable with my two choices for wallets so far: blockchain.info and electrum.

they are both good wallets that i used respectively and now i am only on electrum.

I think that the best one is blockchain, me and many of my firends using blockchain and very happy. I think you choise must be blockchain, cause it's most secure nowdays.

I am sorry but I have to disagree with many of you suggesting bitcoin wallet blockchain.info , I am reading daily through this forum and I have seen it looks like it has a lot of problems, people don't getting authentication codes or email codes etc. For the moment based on what I read in this forum I am staying with Multibit HD and after some time going to try electrum but as of now , Multibit HD is sufficient for me.

blockchain.info is one of the oldest bitcoin wallet, but now it is not secure enough. I saw some peoples was complained that they lost their money on blockchain.info. and blockchain has a new wallet now which is more worst then old one..
for a newbie safest wallet is electrum and multibit of course, but use all security methods to secure your wallet, add password for sure.

true, that Blockhain be a wallet which is quite recommended by those new to using BTC, because Blockhain has a look that is simple and easy to operate. Blockchain also has very strict security system.

Actually if you can save the .dat file in your pc and take care of the wallet and its needs then I will suggest multibit, its light version and at the same time quite effective, though I also like others suggest online wallets.

Breadwallet for IPHONE
Mycelium for ANDROID
Trezor for HARDWARE

When i used coinbase everything look fine,and i love coinbase because it safe ahd low fee,also can generate many addreses.

From what I know people who lost coins while using blockchain.info's wallet are the ones to blame. I never heard of any organized successful attack which needed up with coins being stolen from blockchain's wallet.
The scenario is always the same - usually user's machine is infected with malware, or hacker somewhat receive access to victims credentials then log in and transfers btc.

But with new version of blockchain wallet and 2FA implemented I think it will be much harder for thieves to steal your coins.

I am using both blockchain.info online wallet from start but i put much of my coin in electrum wallet as they store private key in our laptops rather than in their server.

Blockchain is understood about this problem, I'm certainly blockchain will make a step to increase their securities. we can't assume blockchain is not taken any steps on this incident. yeah, you're right with enabling 2FA I think it's will make a more secure on your wallet.

There's really no telling which of which are the 'safe' wallets because there's a tiny hole/bug that exists in each and every code that can be exploited. However, there are some that highly recommended because those 'holes/bugs' aren't easily found from them.

Blockchain.info - online wallet, never store more than you can bear to lose.
Multibit - standalone wallet, this wallet has a very good reputation and you can actually see it from other users' recommendation too.

The best wallet for a newbie is probably Coinbase.com (they are insured against theft from themselves and are also very reliable and secure).
Blockchain seems to be reported as less secure than Coinbase.
Bitcoin core clients have to download the 80GB blockchain, which is a painfully slow process that takes several dayseven with a good computer.

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Coinbase also covers the transaction fees fom transactions so it is cheaper to send Bitcoin.

I think the Blockchain wallet is a very good starter wallet for novice users of Bitcoin. Actually they have revamped it and a new, updated version is available with a lot less clunkly, modern user interface. BitGo has a very minimalistic user interface as well and for me it is even more user-friendly than the Blockchain wallet. If you don't have a lot of coins at your disposal using online wallets doesn't present a threat to your money because they are as safe as they can be. Just don't keep any substantial amount of Bitcoins on the exchnages because they have a tendency to get hacked into. As for locally-based wallets on your machine or mobile device you could try any of the most popular wallets like Electrum or Mycelium they won't fail you whatsoever.

I would suggest getting Coins or bread wallet as they are very user friendly and ideal for a newbie to learn how wallets work. They both have a lot of options available that you can turn off if you want (so you don't do anything bad for your safety and your coins)and turn back on once you get alittle more advanced in their use.

if I now wear the same Coinbase VIP.bitcoin, co, id I think the others comfortable but also very enjoyable for me with fast transactions at night

If you have large amount I prefer for desktop wallet to save your btc but if you want to save small amount you can choose online wallet which you prefer I use blockchain atm and never have a problem until now

It depends how much bitcoin you are planning on storing in those wallets, and what exactly you are looking for.

If you just want simplicity, I would recommend Coinbase and Xapo because they pay the transaction fees for you, and also they are simply like an online banking system with bitcoins. No technical experiences are necessary. If you have a bit of experience with bitcoin, try blockchain.info. It's safer than coinbase because you control your own keys.

I think using the exchange as a wallet is something risky. do not believe the third person. because man must have a bad side. I'm afraid they become scam and money missing

For the safest wallet, you will need to read a lot on Bitcoin security. For beginners, I'd recommend Multibit or Electrum. It is a desktop based wallet and as long as you keep your desktop and keys safe, you have no worries. If you would like something fast and can be used anywhere, I'd suggest you Mycelium. I've been using Mucelium for about two years now and I have never encounter any lost of wallets or coins.

there is no such thing as "safest wallet". a wallet can be safe or unsafe depending on what you do for creating it. a paper wallet can even be unsafe if you for example download the code for making it from a malicious site. but in general any wallet that is created offline and stays offline can be the safest.

Great list! I like breadwallet too. It is standalone which connects directly to the bitcoin network. NO server hassles. I would also recommend others on the list.  :)

If I may add, the other reason why Xapo is good for new users is because they have free transaction fees feature which would help new users to learn about sending btc around freely. Though Xapo help desk is quite poor (or so I heard, never had any issue with my account)

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Other wallet I recommend for newbie (security reason aside) is ipayyou. Never tried this wallet so I have no idea about how safe this wallet is, but they said it has a cancellation feature which would helps newbie to familiarize himself with transferring coins and can cancel the transaction once the transaction goes south (like entering wrong address or wrong character).

I personally use electrum and blockchain.info of you want a online wallet then blockchain is the best but for more security electrum is better as the private key of your address remains only on your Pc. Other desktop wallets are also good, IMO the most secure wallet is bitcoin core.

i have been using electrum so far and i am very happy and satisfied with it specially with the small size (it being SPV wallet and all).

you can even use blockchain.info with 2fa and still be happy, although less secure.

For first learning about wallets can make you interested in it, next, you can see the various feature  offers to you, You can try to use bitcoin bitcoin wallet can make you interested. finally, you can assume and choose the best wallet for you. but choose only wallets to have a 2FA will make more secure for your money.

I think it's never safe to store bitcoin. let alone store in a third party? instead it will increase the risk of loss. because the human person may have a taste greedy and took all the money belongs to the user be careful with it. I think that is pretty secure is a desktop wallet. do not forget to add authentication

I would say that it depends on country where you live in.Here in philippines we all use coins ph wallet because of its reliability.It is a portable wallet which we can use to buy  steam cards,mol points,buying prepaid load and even encashing it to real money insantly.For me this is the safest wallet for us.Every bitcoin wallet is safe it will just have problem id the user will fail to protect his/her account

Yup its depends on your country. Im also here in philippines and the best wallet for me is coins.ph wallet because when i send some coins to my friends, deposit in hyips, deposit in trading site theres no fee in sending bitcoin. But the only that i dont want here is if you look in the bitcoin address in blockchain.info i think the coins.ph using my bitcoin. But in the site i didnt see that they use it.

Try to use blockchain.info wallet because it is one of the popular and it has a lot of safety features that you can use online.

you have to stop being a newbie if you want to be safe when using bitcoin. learning about cold storage and how to keep your coins safe is not hard there are a lot of tutorials showing you how to do it also.
i use a paper wallet and electrum as my wallets.

I still consider myself a newbie but I have different wallets that I use. Blockchain.info and coins.ph are two of my most used wallets. When I'm buying bitcoins, I use coins.ph. For my signature campaign earnings, I use blockchain.info. So far, I'm satisfied with both wallets and haven't had any troubles yet.

Most wallets that are opensourced and well-known are very safe. The most important factor is how you take care of the wallet. For example, if you value your wallet, you should not be downloading random and unknown software from the internet and accessing dangerous sites. Always keep a cold wallet that is generated on a clean and offline computer. If you need portability, you can try to use HD wallets.

If you are newbie you need to keep reading in this forum and to be wise or to be manage your bitcoin well.
You gather all tips to earn here to get started dont waste your time in faucet, focus in reading.

i just want to add to this and say being open source on its own doesn't mean something is good. the second criteria is also important and that is being "well known" because it can be an unknown wallet with malicious code which nobody uses and if you choose that you will regret it.

but that is a rare case though, all the wallets that are known and are listed on bitcoin.org are well known and multiple people are contributing to the code and checking it.

Blockchain.info is good choice or bitcoin core is very..very good but its hard to download blockchain data. the file is big.
I suggest you can try blockchain.info easy and simple to use.

You'll not get any troubles if you keep your information safe and secret. Even blockchain is not a secure wallet, I would suggest you that anytime you got lots of bitcoin, that time better to move to another wallet,
A cold storage wallet or a paper wallet is very safe for large amount of wallet, but for low amount and spending purpose blockchain is still good, becausei using blockchain is very easy and simple, and you can access to your account from anywhere on the world.
just keep your identifier and password safe, and always backup your wallet's private keys.

Blockchain is pretty good, they have transaction fees but I assure you that your wallet is in safe hands. You can have multiple addresses as well but don’t forget to ensure more security on your wallet with passphrases and authentication.

that mean we can't send and received fund from gambling site ?

I will suggest you to use blockchain because it's very easy to use. and its security is good. You can also use wallet by Android Mobile. And, I think its perfect for any newbie because I also used it when I was newbie like you.

hi! i'm quiet new and opened a wallet here: (Access with Tor)
http://easycoinsayj7p5l.onion/index.php

some of you know about it?

i see my bitcoins but cant -or dont understand how to  :-\

I think it's doesn't matter, they are similar to each other, but i think that anyway better to start from blockchain.info, it's very popular and good wallet.

I am also a newbie. My friend adviced me to choose electrum wallet. Its user friendly.I hope its the best wallet.

It is also good but I think those who are newbie in the field of bitcoin and whose earning are not much bigger then they should have to join xapo, as they do not have any fees for transaction and they in the start while registering redirect their users to complete all the security functions.

Blockchain wallet is safe, newbies and experts can use it without any problem. Electrum wallet is not bad too. Just avoid the exchangers wallets because it's not really safe

yeah, i use it all the time either, even though a lot of people tell that it has a lot of security holes, i believe that it is the best for me right now

Blockchain is the best wallet, it's safe and secure and you can use easily without any problems, it's not complicated to use even for newbies

In the start I also tried xapo, and there I did not faced any difficult , I think the newbies should have to adopt xapo, and the feature of no fees is much attractive to me till now.

Well after my laptop burned and i didnt had the keys to recover it, i just use the blockchain.info, because its an online wallet and till the moment i got nothing to say about besides they forced all to upgrade the wallet, and we cant sign a message.

about online wallet what's better coinbase, blockchain or xapo?

Some of them are good options.

For the beginner it would be xapo. It has a clean interface that doesn't confuse with alot of code and buttons that you won't use until you are more experienced in bitcoin.

Use any of Hierarchical Deterministic wallets, remember or write down your seed and even if your laptop will be destroyed you will always have your bitcoin safe.
And it is perfectly fine to sign a message from new blockchain.info's wallet, this feature is just harder to find.

HD wallets will sure be the best for newer users. They are more compact and can be packed down into a single seed. The problem is that you will have problems signing messages, importing addresses and more. It's not really recommended for newer users.

Well IMO there's no so called safe wallet for newbie because this kind of wallets are being used of others here even not a newbie in bitcoin, the.security will all depends from the user if how you handle your account in safe places. And as what I used, I got blockchain and mycelium in my android maybe I can say its secured because there's nothing issue I face since I use mycelium wallet, and coins.ph also as exclusive only for our country. But you can try the desktop wallet like electrum and multibit they have more secured than a web wallet, but because I have only my mobile so as what I mentioned above is the only wallets I used.

You just contradicted your own words a bit here. I don't think that new users look up for somewhat 'advanced' features like signing messages.
Ability to sign message is not really needed to receive/send BTC. What they crave the most it security and assurance that even if their device will burn bitcoin will be safe.

its better to use xapo and blockchain. but be sure to make it safe and have a good password. but for large amounts you better have a paper wallet to make it more secure. you can try to explore the forum and you will find what you are looking for.. because every bitcoin addresses are wallets. so obtain an address and make it secure. thats all.

More than likely no. Because it is stated in their Terms of Service that you agreed to when you signed up for an account with them.

I'm actually using local online wallet now , but most of the time I use multiple wallet , like xapo,coinbase,block chain before using any kind of wallet read term and condition.first know the rules of the online wallet you want to use.

I noticed that new feature too when I logged into my wallet that I haven't used for ages! ;D

This is my 3 safe wallet that I used,
1. Blockchain- this wallet is the safe and best wallet for me this is compatible to all user.
2. Coinbase- I like coin base because they have vault to secure your bitcoin.
3. Coins.ph - the Asia wallet tried and tested for the bitcoin safe.

Blockchain.info is the oldest and the safest (supposedly :-\) out of all the online wallets out there! ;D

Like always first thing you need to know is how much money you plan to invest into bitcoins, if its some serious amount you will need wallet with good protection. If you just plan to learn about bitcoins and wallets, to see how to send and receive coins blockchain.info is my suggestion. I use it for months and they offer nice protection, good android application. Few times I contact support, they responded very fast and helped me with minor problems.
Xapo doesn't have transaction fees, if you plan to work with faucet's and low amounts that can be good wallet for you.
You can try every wallet, it's not forbidden. Try few and find the best for you.

I think all bitcoin wallets are safe for a newbie, but i advice you to use blockchain.org, because for me blockchain is the best and simple online bitcoin wallet and it's easy to use for newbie.

Out of the three choices, I would use blockchain info wallet. The reason is both coinbase and xapo owns the private keys, so your not the true owner of the Bitcoins there. Blockchain info wallet is different, they dont have private keys of their users, so you should write down the recovery sentence so you can access your Bitcoins if you forget login information. Its more complicated to back up the wallet, but should Blockchain info wallet go into insolvence, they dont have access to your Bitcoins, only you do...

Paper wallets are the safest you can get but..... and that is a really BIG
BUT
.. they are not for newbies. ;)

Thanks for the link - I've only heard of about half and of those I hadn't actually seen a couple, just by reputation alone.

The last one looks very flaky (the Pi-Wallet) eventually you'll have to connect to the internet so it's no different from the second Multibit which can run off of a USB.

Unless I'm missing something?

All of that is an online wallet and I can say you're giving a trust for 3rd parties to saving your money and I think anytime you can get a risk from that. and are you ready for it? i don't say online wallet is bad but there is not a guarantee for your amount.

But he uses 3 wallets, so I think he will be quite safe since he didn't put them all in "one basket". Paper wallet is better, true, but it can be overwhelming for people who didn't know what to do, and that can backfire

No but if they have no other alternative. Like having no access to a pc and on a mobile it is tough to install bitcoin core if not impossible having limited memory space for the growing .dat file.

I think it depends on your country what is the legal or licensed wallet.  Here in our country we have coins.ph.  I feel very secured on their services and it is easy to use.  I could use my bitcoins to top up my cellphone, I could pay bills like credit card, utilities, pay loans, and even schools tuition fee.  How cool is that?  There are like 4 kinds of verification and they are very strict.  If they traced your transactions came from suspicious sites, they will blocked it and you have to contact them through skype.

I agree with this that online wallet is a big risk to save a money that is why we need to put a portion of our money that we can afford to lose do not put all your money at risk even it is a good return of profit if we have a big investment we do not have assurance that it would be longer exist like of of fiat.

I do not recommend using a web wallet. A better choice is Multibit or Electrum. They are very easy to use, safe and there is no need to download the whole blockchain. I suggest any newbie should take their time to learn and use these wallets.

Then later they can use web wallets and mobile wallets.

I don't think countries and lows are relate to specific bitcoin wallets.  if bitcoin itself legal and allowed somewhere then all bitcoin wallets are also legal, and if bitcoin is not legal then all walets are illegal there. that's it..
peoples can use any wallet, I use electrum and it is more safer than any online wallet,

Yes when we invest must think about the amount that fits, because the investment is a risky thing. Therefore we should only use the money that has been prepared for the lost (of course we do not want it).

And my advice to never put all your assets in one place, the same thing with bitcoin. Never put all your bitcoin in one place (bitcoin wallet), it is better to save in many places (bitcoin wallet).  thank you

Well try some of the best wallets online and try to look what best suites yourself. Because some other wallets offer different uses. Some wallets offer Dollar to BTC transaction with different prices, some other wallets also supports BTC to ETH and vice versa.

I can suggest you what wallet i am using, for online web wallet i am using coinbase and xapo as this both are very much included in faucet when i was introduced to bitcoin and till now both wallet are safe and fully secure twice i got hacked my computer but till now no one is able to hack my this both web wallet, another i am using for desktop wallet is electrum, it is secure to use for all types of transaction as it dont have any limit or TNC for using like coinbase are against to use in gambling.

There's no such thing as a safe wallet for newbie. You can go with Electrum or latest version of Multibit HD but best for a newbie is to spread your coins in different wallets if you will keep your coins in online wallets. The safest wallets are Hardware wallets like Trezor but they cost a bit. I suggest you read more in the link below for hardware wallets. That should be our ultimate goal to keep bitcoins in safe cold storage.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardware_wallet

I truly agree with you...presently am using blockchain  and am loving it.

You are agree? but his statement is against in blockchain, but for me i think it depends on the country you at what bitcoin wallet is the legal to store your investment. Just continue read and search of what is the best wallet for your money.

LOL, maybe he is less to read what the meaning of the statment that he quotes. Because I think opinions he quotes is declared against blockchain.info. But I think all of wallet has weaknesses and strengths, I personally use a variety of wallet. Because with that I could avoid the things that are not desirable. IMO

If you don't have complete trust in your ability to secure and keep your bitcoins in a complicated wallet like Armory or QT then you can try it as well with Electrum "Really simple really" or Blockchain.info "although using a website-based wallet is not that recommended".

if you are using an android phone then use mycelium wallet it is trusted and very safe for keeping money and also learn some about private keys and make a seperate private key and attach it when ever you use a new wallet

i guess you are right, i really like blockchain.info though a lot of people say it is not secure so there is a green address wallet which is really great either

i agree. just test some and see what you need and like. the most important thing still is to inform yourself before you use them since the priority should be that your money is safe by your standards. 

Mobile phone wallets are not generally safe though since it's phones are always prone to attacks whenever it is connected to wifi.
I'd rather have a desktop wallet or an online wallet at least if I'm not going to be placing large amounts.

For mobile phone,go for blockchain official wallet.You can find it on playstore to download

So these are the wallets where I can put my bitcoins. Meaning those bitcoin wallets has a good background history? Isn't right? Well then I might gonna choose the blockchain wallet because this is most often I heard has a good track record when it comes to bitcoin security though I'm not saying that the others are not good. :)

Yep blockchain is most trusted for many users here, and people here use it but theres a fee for every transaction using that wallet , I used it too to but most of the time I use online local wallet  for many reasons no fee for every transaction you made and easy to convert to fiat, I use blockchain for just save my funds that I didn't use.

Copied, You've mentioned  online local wallet and no fee for every transaction.?how is that? meaning if I'm gonna use a local wallet online I need to convert it to fiat,right? What is fiat? is that a kind of digital currency also? please excuse me about this thing because I'm totally innocent in this industry. Thanks in advance! :)

Personally, I use blockchain.info. I think it is easy and simple to use, however, many of them are reliable. I like blockchain because it has a mobile app.

I think he meant by local wallet is a wallet exchangers are available in his country. And like in my country Indonesia, for trading with fiat we were not charged a transaction fee if acting as a price maker. And with that I can directly send the fiat to a bank account that I have. thanks

Here in my country there is a local wallet address that many bitcoin users are using but I'm not using it because I find it hard to use. So, I would like to suggest that use of blockchain. I am into using it the new version and I find it is somehow hard to use too but for sure in the end I'm going to be used with it.

Yeah blockchain.info only the best option for newbies because its easy to access,  easily people can understand bitcoin technology as well.
Apart from this so many desktop wallets and cold storage also there but he or she need to good in that to have on this.

xapo and coinbase is best choice for you, because xapo and coinbase will protect your account from hacker, of course 2fa must be activated, other full access wallet like mycellium, blockchain is not suitable for people who know more detail about bitcoin.

I think the best wallet still held by blockchain.info. view website is user friendly and also has many features have advantages over others. besides blockchain also had a wallet android. making it easy for the Sycnhrone with all devices.

I agree with you. blockhain has advantages compared with other wallet. ease of use into the pickup for a newbie to use it. I have been using blockchain for 3 years. and I felt very comfortable and safe storing bitcoin here.

Adding little details in regard of kidoseagle's question, fiat is physical money issued by your government. Like USD, EUR, AUD. You'll hear that term a lot if you're on trading section.

For me it only depends on the online wallet in different country, but me i am using 2 bitcoin wallet which have good services offered to the users. and i think blockchain.info is much safes wallet for the newbie but in reality there is no online wallet is safe.

i use blockchain for my pc and i use mycelium too for my android. so far, i am satisfy with just two wallet on that but beside that wallet, i used wallet address that available on polo, yobit and others to make trading with that site.

I think most wallet services are provided in different countries so if X secure wallet in V state then it is safe also in W state . And blockchain.info in my opinion is a secure wallet for anyone including newbie or expert. if you think there is no online wallet safe, why do they services still exist? Because to me more inclined to the users themselves. And it's safe or not depends on the individual who uses. IMO

blockchain.info is indeed a safe option but if you're going to save so damn many amount of bitcoin,dealing with blockchain.info is such a bad thing,better run a desktop wallet or even hardware wallet,just keep in mind if you're seeking for security,online wallet is not that good

Blockchain.info also good for storing bitcoin. I also use it to keep my bitcoin but only for a while and after that I use local bitcoin wallet which I think is safer. Wallet will be kept safe as long as we can keep existing account information.

I think you are right and on point...noted.

that's not online wallet,that's an exchanger,online wallet only to keep your bitcoin ,not to exchange it to anything else,for example of online wallet : blockchain.info and example for an exchanger : coinbase,liqui,and,Poloniex

If you are in the philippines i would suggest that you use coins.ph but if you are in the foreign country i suggest that you use xapo wallet or coinbase but it's up to you .. Do some research first before making a move follow your heart instead

i use the very same wallet, in my opinion it is the best one for the newbies and for experienced users because it is really easy to use for the small amounts

Yeah, well when compared to desktop wallet, wallet online is less safe. I personally use electrum in my pc. But even using the desktop wallet we also have to beware of malware that can get into your PC. Because I have experienced it related to coin stealer malware. Thanks

I heard that xapo and coinbase were good btc wallet.  I guess it depends on the available wallet/btc exchange in your country.  I believe there were btc wallet for each country.  Here we use coins.ph and I guarantee you that it is safe.  Everytime you will log in they will always ask you to input the verification code sent in your cellphone or you could just ask for email code.  That way I am really feel safe as I knew that my account won't be hacked as they are always asking for the code.  They will also ask you to verify information from you like, phone and email verification.  They will ask identification card issued by the government, things like that. 

xapo and coinabse are good wallets but not the best choices you can get.

they both do not give you your private keys which means you will have no control over your coins and in case they decided your account should be banned you will lose all your funds.

My only advice is before you use some wallet do a lot search about it

well yeah, research is always good to be honest, though in my opinion blockchain.info is the best online wallet for the new people in bitcoin though thats just my opinion

The most important thing in choosing a wallet is control of the private keys. If you are using a wallet who's private keys are maintained by someone else or if you share control over your keys then YOU DO NOT OWN ANY BITCOIN. Only use wallets that give you complete and exclusive control over your keys. This means that the coins you have at an exchange or a website or web wallet should not be counted as they are under someone else's control and they own "your" coins.

If that seem scary then consider that you also don't own the dollars in your regular wallet . Those belong to the Federal Reserve, you are just being allowed to use them. 

I think this way is great if done, because with it we can know the quality wallet. Or find information about the wallet providers in this forum, and how the responses there. hehe

i think you should use only blockchain.info because it is officially a bitcoin wallet . since in starting a newbie need btc instead of spent . so i think for transaction charge free wallet you should use coinbase . it is working both in mobile and pc , app & browser .

i think the best wallaet , is xapo ?

your suggestion is right but i want tell you coinbase need better internet connection then blockchain .

Best wallet for me is going to be by far with BitGo with and Blockchain.info WITH 2FA enabled.


Best wallets by far!

I didn't use bitgo but blockchain.info is good for everyone to use at starting time bitcoin use.  One thing you find more than one blockchain site in Google results so better try to login using perfect url instead of searching.
And then there are many desktop wallets there like bitcoincore and more Try anyone from that later on.

Every wallets are safe. Its up to them how they use it. Some wallets have rules that they break cuase them get banned especially online wallets. Read and follow every rules you have read before using their wallet to avoid inconvenience.  Use ut in a proper way. For more guides, you should roam at the wallets sections. Im sure it can help about wallets

all wallet safe, but if you want to use a simple wallet you can use blockchain.info. I use this and add features 2FA for wallet security.

yes all wallet are safe indeed it is how you secured your account ..

You can use coinbase.com,localbitcoin.com it is safe

The first wallet I tried was a paper wallet, had it lost in a washer...but I had a few backup private keys kept in certain locations to retrieve for the worst case scenario.  Xapo & Coinbase seems like a choice to start but eventually there is concern of personal insecurity of not having your own coins.  Maybe a few wallets that allow you to keep the private keys and phrases would be a step up from being a beginner.  For altcoin, using wallets that come from the main source seems more appropriate.

https://www.weusecoins.com/en/find-the-best-bitcoin-wallet/

Many wallets on this link. Give a look and choose yours. As you starting here now, use an online wallet, nothing to lose.
Most popular is blockchain.info.

For a newbie, I think blockchain wallet is one of best wallet because it's very user friendly and there's a lot of features to keep your bitcoin safe. Use 2FA or other features on blockchain wallet to double the layer of your security.

Every wallet is safe as long as your the only one who controls the private key and secure it with 2FA or any features just to secure it. I'm pretty sure that the majority of wallets suggested is Blockchain.info Still the security in online wallet is still not good compared to hardware/software/paper wallet and it's the most suggested when storing big amount of BTC.
Anyway, there's already a General thread about BTC wallets (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1631151.0) helping you what to choose.

Use Blockchain.info, never the Coinbase...

Also, recommended is Bitcoin-qt (which is a software wallet).
I use only the blockchain as its universally accessible. Also, I think the blockchain is very very secure, and in my opinion much more than the software wallets. I also would like to recommend you to use the 2FA (Two factor Authentication to ensure the extra safety)!
Hope that helped you buddy!