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Title: good web wallets? Post by: JNord on December 21, 2014, 10:34:43 PM Hi. Ive been reading alot of guidelines to be safe while purchasing cryptocurrency and I am going to start purchasing this week.
So I am syncing a local wallet but i would also like to have a web wallet to keep smaller amounts on there as well. So im curious what sites are the bigger ones and what to pick. Any advice is apriciated. Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: dsly on December 21, 2014, 10:42:21 PM Hi. Ive been reading alot of guidelines to be safe while purchasing cryptocurrency and I am going to start purchasing this week. I think wallets like coinbase are fine for small amounts. However if you spend you btc on gambling sites, then it would be not recommended, as they are known to seize the funds in the past. So I am syncing a local wallet but i would also like to have a web wallet to keep smaller amounts on there as well. So im curious what sites are the bigger ones and what to pick. Any advice is apriciated. Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: fryarminer on December 21, 2014, 10:43:14 PM To be totally honest, if you do not have full access to your coins (private keys) you are taking risks. Don't use online wallets. Use a wallet that is physically on your computer or on your smart phone for the Bitcoin that you want to be using, and cold storage (like a paper wallet) for your savings.
Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: thompete on December 21, 2014, 10:46:57 PM To be totally honest, if you do not have full access to your coins (private keys) you are taking risks. Don't use online wallets. Use a wallet that is physically on your computer or on your smart phone for the Bitcoin that you want to be using, and cold storage (like a paper wallet) for your savings. Sometime online wallets become essential while travelling. I think op mentions using one for only small amounts. So this shouldnt be a problem here. Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: Sythyn on December 21, 2014, 10:47:35 PM You are 100% safer storing it in cold storage.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: KIRAZ on December 21, 2014, 10:47:45 PM As you said you need a web wallet aside to keep small funds, i recommend blockchain.info although there was a security issues lately
but that is still the biggest one as you asked. Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: Salmon1989 on December 21, 2014, 11:17:07 PM Hi. Ive been reading alot of guidelines to be safe while purchasing cryptocurrency and I am going to start purchasing this week. So I am syncing a local wallet but i would also like to have a web wallet to keep smaller amounts on there as well. So im curious what sites are the bigger ones and what to pick. Any advice is apriciated. Blockchain.info is by far the most popular web wallet and you have your own private keys there. Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: cloverme on December 22, 2014, 12:16:35 AM You are 100% safer storing it in cold storage. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage Agreed, this is the best way if you are planning on long term holding. Web wallets are too risky, avoid them if you can, especially those without multi-factor authentication. Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: Bejkn on December 22, 2014, 05:18:54 AM https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet
Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: slacknation on December 22, 2014, 06:33:19 AM coinbase multisig vault if you are just storing your coins (non frequent usage) and want to own the right to move the coins
https://www.coinbase.com/multisig else their normal vault/wallet Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: EsaEzekiel on December 22, 2014, 08:14:31 AM https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet does those wallets charges? Title: Re: good web wallets? Post by: Chemistry1988 on December 22, 2014, 07:17:33 PM https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet does those wallets charges? Nope you can download them freely, except for those hardware wallets (Trezor and Ledger Wallet). |