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Title: Hi all, newbie here Post by: hopenotlate on December 03, 2013, 10:06:35 AM Hi all,
my nickname says all. I first heard about bitcoin during 2011 but didn't understand it, folded and moved on. Last days I read about their value near to $1000 and it ruined my days because I was near to get this train but didn't. Now I would like to enter and hope someone can address me to the first steps to do. First of all, I guess, I need to make a wallet, right? Where/how can I do this? Do I need a wallet for every cryptocurrency I would like to hold? Thx in advance for your patience and cooperation Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: AndrewNoble on December 03, 2013, 10:10:46 AM Hi..........
Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: sweetNlow on December 03, 2013, 10:13:13 AM Hello, I wish I had gotten into Bitcoin sooner as well! A good offline wallet I like to use is Bitcoin-qt, haven't had any issues with it thus far. And yes you will need a separate wallet for each coin you wish to have. Hope this helps a little!
Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: hopenotlate on December 03, 2013, 10:40:48 AM Hello, I wish I had gotten into Bitcoin sooner as well! A good offline wallet I like to use is Bitcoin-qt, haven't had any issues with it thus far. And yes you will need a separate wallet for each coin you wish to have. Hope this helps a little! Thx for your quick reply and...yes it helps :) Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: Light on December 03, 2013, 10:46:21 AM Hello, I wish I had gotten into Bitcoin sooner as well! A good offline wallet I like to use is Bitcoin-qt, haven't had any issues with it thus far. And yes you will need a separate wallet for each coin you wish to have. Hope this helps a little! Thx for your quick reply and...yes it helps :) As far as information goes, if you want to get an understanding of everything I would point you to the the Bitcoin wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page which has a lot of information, all of course Bitcoin related. With wallets it depends on whether your using the official client, or Electrum/Armory/Multibit or an online wallet like blockchain.info. Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: Mualla on December 03, 2013, 10:47:10 AM we all late body.
Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: idakle on December 03, 2013, 11:05:16 AM Remember that online wallets are more vulnerable, because you have to trust a third part, and the sites could be hacked. With bitcoin-qt, you store your BTC on your computer and not on the internet. But with this you have to remember a bcakup of your wallet on a usb stick or smth, in case your machine crashes.
Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: jones31 on December 03, 2013, 11:08:37 AM Remember that online wallets are more vulnerable, because you have to trust a third part, and the sites could be hacked. With bitcoin-qt, you store your BTC on your computer and not on the internet. But with this you have to remember a bcakup of your wallet on a usb stick or smth, in case your machine crashes. No , you don't store BTC on your computer. You store the keys that make possible to spend those BTC. If anybody gets your private keys they can spend them . Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: jones31 on December 03, 2013, 11:09:33 AM we all late body. body? I laughed :D.Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: hopenotlate on December 03, 2013, 11:10:36 AM With wallets it depends on whether your using the official client, or Electrum/Armory/Multibit or an online wallet like blockchain.info. thx for your help At the moment I'm not using anything and would like to start with the correct foot: my idea is to have an offline wallet to store coins and another tool to make "transactions". What do you suggest? Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: Virtual miner on December 03, 2013, 01:20:27 PM Remember that online wallets are more vulnerable, because you have to trust a third part, and the sites could be hacked. With bitcoin-qt, you store your BTC on your computer and not on the internet. But with this you have to remember a bcakup of your wallet on a usb stick or smth, in case your machine crashes. No , you don't store BTC on your computer. You store the keys that make possible to spend those BTC. If anybody gets your private keys they can spend them . Hi all! I am sorry but this confuses me. What is in the bitcoin-qt backup file than? Title: Re: Hi all, newbie here Post by: TigPT on December 03, 2013, 01:24:57 PM welcome
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