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I'm looking for a non-hosted wallet, and I've narrowed down my choices to Armory or Electrum, since I don't have the resources to support Bitcoin Core, and MultiBit has some bugs that aren't preferred for what I'm doing.

So which one would you choose to hold your Bitcoin? Armory or Electrum?

Also let's say I have an nondescript number of Bitcoin waiting to be moved, for this we'll say 3BTC.

If you need a client for regular transactions then I will recommend electrum wallet, because In Armory you have to download whole blockchain, unless you want to run offline armory.

I prefer Electrum because it is not only a deterministic wallet (meaning that I can backup the private keys of all my generated addresses and future addresses by just writing down the seed) but it is also a SPV client (very easy to use). :)

I suspect you already have a good feel for the basic differences between wallet choices, but if not, this link might help: http://gurnec.github.io/btc-wallet-comparison/ (http://gurnec.github.io/btc-wallet-comparison/)

Electrum is the lighter client.
Beginners are advised to use Electrum,

I've been using Electrum since I was starting out. Wouldn't change. Very portable, fast, no downloading the blockchain, good interface.

If you want your Bitcoin to be secure then you should use Armory otherwise if you aren't to bothered or don't know how to use the advanced features of the wallet then you should use Electrum as it's newbie friendly and pretty straight forward.

I'm new but I used Multibit since a year and never had any problem with it, maybe I was lucky but I think it's a great wallet.

Newbie friendly all the way:  Electrum.  :)

As a non-tech kind of guy, mark another vote down for Electrum.

Im still undecided, using core for a while, but too daaaaaaaamn bloaty.

Armory.

I just saw a video tutorial about Electrum and the guy says Armory is not light and depends on Bitcoin core as well or something like that  ???

ARMORY  ;)

I like design.


Yes, you have to dl blockchain, but who cares? Anytime I can import some of my pr. keys to any lightweight wallet if I need.

Electrum is more user friendly, I'd recommend it for people without any previous experience.
But overall I prefer Armory because of it's security, and btw I would not exclude Multibit, it's not so buggy.

I have not tried armory and I have only been using electrum for a couple of months. Cannot give you a comparison, I can only say there is nothing I dislike about electrum.

Agreed. After having it hog my resources for a week, I switched to Electrum. Much better.

I used Electrum once, and I was satisfied.
However I never used Armory, so I won't for anything right here.
You can also try both of them to see which one suits you.

great thread as usual. thanks

Electrum. I don't have enough funds to be super sensitive and make proper paper wallets and everything so it's enough for me to just write down the seed. Plus it's just so fast. Everything from the installation to general use, it's amazing imo. And it's written in my favorite language.

Now a days, Armory is better. It provides better security but you will have to download whole blockchain. You can download bootstrap.dat and copy it into wallet directory. Many BTC stealing Malwares and Trojans has came. So it is better to choose more secure wallet than lighter wallet. You can also avoid getting stolen by installing good antivirus and removing non-trusted softwares.
Kindly,
      MZ

Why not use both?

They serve different functions due to different characteristics.  Armory has the potential to have the most setup possible with true cold offline storage.  Electrum is light and easy to use.

If you have 137 BTC, I would put 125BTC in an Armory offline wallet and have it secured and sleep soundly at night.  The other 12 BTC can be used in Electrum for day to day type transactions.

I chose Electrum, I use the good
PC wallet but lighter, do not need to download the full data like bitcoin-qt & Armory
2-3 minutes also sync if a new install (depending on the number of transactions on the address page)
but when asked to choose electrum or multibit, I would choose the multibit  ;D

Armory is good for cold storage. i have my cold storage on QT because i haven't touched it in so long, but i prefer Multibit for my desktop hot wallet. Electrum is nice too.

they have different purposes. if it really is either or, then Electrum. :)

That is good suggestion. So which will you choose in this : Multibit or Electrum?
Kindly,
         MZ

I use electrum and i think it is the best bitcoin light client
you don't need to sync full blockchain of bitcoin, good for daily use
about armory, can i change where i keep/put my blockchain in different drive on my PC?
or it's only stored in C: drive?

Would choose Electrum for it's quickness and simplicity, not having to download the entire blockchain is a huge bonus. Ideally if you're storing a substantial amount of btc I would use Bitcoin Core or Armory

Electrum, simpler and less reliant on you being a complete tech nerd

Electrum easy to use and no Blockchain to download.

Armory has proven to work.

Electrum is still new to most users.

AFAIK, Electrum is here for almost 2 years now.
2 years is a really long period of time in the cryptocurrency world and so I wouldn't use the word "new" to describe it.

They didn't do a good job promoting it then.

Both clients are great. Electrum is more user-friendly and Armory has more features.

IMO if you are talking about a small amount of bitcoin, it is better to use Electrum.
But if you have a significant amount of bitcoin, I think it deserves some of your time to set up an offline Armory wallet.

Is he using the word 'resources' for dependencies and blocks or just dependencies? ::)
Kindly,
       MZ

If you are looking for the most secure and feature rich wallet then get armory. No other wallet has the encryption features armory has, for protecting your private keys.

Shout outs  ;D to Alan Reiner (brilliant mathematician) , for making this wonderful piece of software.

Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1HDQ1XVPuE

I prefer Electrum - I am not technical at all and find it much more intuitive to use

It's a lot more user friendly and faster to run than most of the other trusted wallets but it's not the best option for security but having said that you can create a paper wallet on there.

I personally prefer Armory. Didn`t used many times Electrum

Which of these are better for gambling?

are both of these light weight wallets?

For now blockchain weights 23GB and still growing... For some people this is big drawback.

Why would one wallet be better for gambling than another? Both are equal. And not, armory is the opposite of light weight. It requires you to download the whole blockchain.

i have not tried armory myself. i'm a big fan of electrum, though. great for a perpetual newbie such as myself, and no need to download the entire blockchain. :)

I like armory offline nature more than the faster, smaller but more online electrum. Though I only have a small amount of BTC I still think a person should secure bitcoins securely regardless of how much (maybe a satoshi would worth a dollar in the future :P ) .

Me niether, i used electrum also, but i dont keep anything big there, just some "pocket money" for fast transactions, so that i dont need to sync my local wallet everytime.
I never trust web based wallets too much,as you never know what will happen next..

AFAIK, you could use Electrum to create and manage an offline wallet easily as well.