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Any suggestions on where a person who has already purchased bitcoins through Coinbase / circle should store them? I'm open to any suggestions from members. Thanks

Cold storage for the biggest chunk and a mobile wallet for daily spending.

I use plenty of flash drives to store my wallet.dat files, each flash drive contains like 8 wallet files for extra safety. I use this method since Januari 2013 and it works like a charm.

I plug them in once a month to refresh my backups. It takes some effort but as we all know, better safe than sorry.

blockchain.info 29.1%
cold storage 66.8%
litecoin 3%
purse.io 1%

There are various ways of storing Bitcoin and you can find many (including guides and tutorials) by doing simple searches on Google or on the forum. This really depends on what you want to do with your coins. If you want to store them for a very long time then I recommend using a offline device. Just make sure that it is clean before you transfer your Bitcoins there. If you have some money to spend and want to use your coins, then I recommend getting a hardware wallet. Personally I'm storing a small amount on a device using Bitcoin Core with a good password.

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How do I store bitcoins on blockchain.info?  Sorry if it's a basic question but I'm very new to bitcoin.

I've seen a few mentions of "cold storage".

I'd appreciate hearing how and where? 

Thanks

90%+ on a cold storage and a little amount in a hot wallet, for fast usage and

usb + my pc nothing else

Do not do that. Blockchain.info is a online wallet and it is susceptible to hacks. Never use such a wallet for storing a larger amount of Bitcoin! Have people learned nothing from the Inputs.io fiasco?

Here you can find information on what 'cold storage' is.  (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage) Here is a tutorial related to i (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCn0Kze2u1Y)t (note: I haven't watched it myself as I'm unable to at the moment).

A few places is best.... cold storage, unused laptop, i also sometimes keep 2-5% on exchanges for buying into litecoin or for selling BTC on a crash.

I would use few methods together: I mainly store coins on my blockchain.info wallet (which I have exported the private key to mycelium android wallet), some on phone, some on different exchanges, and most rare, paper wallet. I use few methods together to reduce the risk of losing coins on a single source.

Since I don't have a fortune to protect, I just store it on a blockchain wallet

How much do you spend on things in a week? Keep that much in a hot wallet like blockchain.info

Everything else in cold storage like a paper wallet, Trezor or Case.

Paper wallet for me. I use Mycelium for expenditures.

I just store them in coinbase wallet for the time being... but I only have about half a Bitcoin.

It depends on the quantity of the bitcoin you own. If you have only few bitcoin you can keep them wherever you want, even online wallet for quick transaction is fine in that case. If you are more advanced user or just being paranoid and ultra secure about your coins then hardware wallets, cold storage and paper wallets are something you should research. But don't bother unless you have more than dozen of btc imo.

Cold storage is best to store the Bitcoins.

i found out that having a paper wallet is quite a good cold storage method. i print them on photo paper and then seal it with plastic to make it water proof. you only need to make sure you store them in a safe place where only you have access to.

IMO, if you do a lot of transactions then, online/desktop/mobile wallet will be the better option. If you don't do much, cold storage (paper/brain) wallet will be the better option.
And i store some of my bitcoin on online wallet and some at my desktop wallet  ;D and never stored in cold wallet

For spending and some other purposes, I usually keep it in an Electrum desktop/Android wallet. For large amounts of coins, I keep it in a paper wallet generated offline via bitaddress.org. I do have some couple of bits in some online wallets, but I never did store a chunk in there because personally, I don't trust web-based wallets.

I tend to have a lot on localbitcoins.

But those go quick and I have to replenish them.

Several options you can choose from. Either you make some paper wallets and store them in a secret place or you use some cold storage, hardware wallet. The best is to safe it 2-3 times imo.

on my exchanger wallet :D still safe until now

Blockchain for small amounts.
Cold wallet for my savings.

I store them in Coinbase.  I have had some pretty good luck with them and I know people don't like that, but I don't like a lot of the other options that you can use, Coinbase seems quick and easy.

Some part I stored in paper wallet and other in windows client,on some exchanges and blockchain.I use different place to keep my Bitcoins.All the eggs should not be in one basket so this is my strategy so far.

I store them on blockchain.

Well i have stored 75% of my total into cold storage that storage is on totally different pc which i kept in safe, 25% on different type of hot wallet for my daily trading and gambling activities.

It depends on my needs mostly all coins stored into cold wallet but for online gambling activities i keep some coin into my Electrum hot wallet.

I keep my Bitcoin on blockchain web wallet.I put a strong password with 2FA and also made backup of wallet .I am quite satisfied with security measured which I took to secure my bitcoins.

How would you guys go for instance when you get paid your wages in bitcoin?

Deposit it monthly in your hot wallet and instantly move savings part to cold wallet? Or do you deposit to cold wallet? And how do you get access to those coins again easily while keeping them cold?

I'm thinking lately of how to balance a "savings" and a "spending" account as I'm always moving money around in my normal bank accounts.

And what happens if someone gains access to your pc? They can run off with your wallet easily. This is not a really safe way to store your bitcoins.

Cold (savings) and hot (spending) is a good way to do it
I use Trezor for hot wallet, might also get a Case later

If you want to store long term as you should, make an address on bitaddress.org. Do it offline (look it up on youtube). Ideally, do it by booting a Live DVD of Linux on it to guarantee the OS where you create the wallet at is not compromised.
After you do this, what you'll have is a paper wallet that has never seen the internet. You can extract money from there in your money to do purchases.

If the amount of bitcoin is small store it in a software wallet, i recommend Multibit HD.

If the amount is "huge", go with cold storage!
 
Useful links:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage

http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/16599/how-do-i-transfer-btc-in-cold-storage

https://m.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2t5yzb/stepbystep_guide_store_your_bitcoins_in_a/

Hope that helps ;)

I store my bitcoins in my pc client and always install up to date version which is encrypted with password.For day to day use of course blockchain is my only choice at the moment.

in a secure hardware wallet:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=899253.0

Online wallet.                     

Definitely not. Best is offline.

I always store my Bitcoins in window client bitcoin core latest version.I use online wallet too but for trading purposes only.At start I was on blockchain but sometimes was unable to transfer funds so I permanently moved my funds to bitcoin core wallet.

I can advise you to store them to some hardware wallet or to the paper wallets. For the hardware wallet I can recommend you a Trezor. I warn you, I might be biased, it's what I use, but I honestly think it's the best.

You should do your research anyways on all of the methods suggested here and decide by using your common sense!

Best is to spend them and then somehow acquire more.

electrum wallet on my laptop, previously i used blockchain.info online wallet but they get problem many times and in that situation we can't access our bitcoins so electrum is best for me

even though i dont have a lot of bitcoins i store it on a paper wallet, i believe its the safest way of keeping your bitcoins and you can access it at any time

I've got not a lot , so all the work on the exchanges !

I store them in coinbase but not most of my bitcoins, it know that it is not the best idea to store in this "wallet" or this exchange but it has good feature and i don't need anything extra.
The problem with it is that when the website goes offline or in maintenance i have not access to my funds.
I think that the best way it to use paper wallet or hardware wallet such as trezor and ledger which is in my future plans to buy one of them.

For the easiet storage but safe an accessible at the same time you could use a hardware wallet such as ledger and trezor.. If you want to store long term then creating priv key offline and keeping them safe would be the most secure.

I have stored my bitcoins at localbitcoin and blockchain.

50% of my coins are in my mobile wallet so that I can use them whenever I need. About 30% in coinbase and 20% in cold wallet- I am using paper wallets and store them in fire proof safety box.

I don't understand people that are using mobile wallets, we see that how easily is vulnerable android OS.

It can be easily infected by any virus. Only if you left an smartphone offline for the whole time and just to store the bitcoins.

Paper wallet.

I think that the diversification is the key for everything

I store them in multibit,electrum,paper wallet,online wallet,offline wallet and woodwallet  :P

blockchain is the best , when it comes to security.well what I do is I put 30% in dogecoin 30% in litecoin and rest in bitcoin so that I can get the advantage of trading dogecoin and litecoin. I don't trade btc/USD as it is getting stable and range bound.

Storing and keeping your coins on Multibit and blockchain.info are my way of bitcoin gathering. I rarely spend from multibit, so literally it's almost offline, so I keep them as cold storage. Blockchain coins it synchronizes as lightning I prefer it's my hot wallet. Doing in two different wallet is not a problem for me.

Hmmm... As I don't have much, I am not too worry. By the way I am using CoinPocket in Apple IOS and everything is working well for nearly 2 years with 24/7 internet connection. The private key is in BIP38 and back up is easy.

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www.Blockchain.info is amazing.  I know a guy with 1000 bitcoins that keeps it all on there and does all his business on one address and has done it for over a year.  I am not saying to do that!!  (no, i won't post the address to get my friend in trouble!)

But to keep all your money on www.blockchain.info with 2-step verification and you're fine until you get 100+ bitcoin at which point you can start to worry about other means.  I've been using for over two years and I just love the service and almost feel bad that it is free as I would happily pay to ensure the service remains. 

Storing bitcoin in an offline wallet would be a greater idea regardless of which type of wallet you are using. Because any wallet can be used as cold storage wallet. Use block explorer as your wallet watch. If you are a bitcoin spend, get a password secured wallet with low amount of bitcoin.

I only store it on my bitcoin-qt wallet and some external drive backup.

I store my bitcoins on an online wallet protected by 2fa. So every time I access my account, I will receive a 6 digit code that I need to enter before I am able to access my account. The only risk that I have is I hope I will not lose my phone like I misplace it or get robbed.

I used to do that as well but became a hassle when for example I forget my phone(yup seriously forget it sometimes). Now I just use bitcoin core on my home PC, and work comp(no one has objected yet) along with updated antivirus although not sure if antivirus can protect from viruses or malware that effect my wallet.dat

That happened to me several times already that I forgot my phone in my house. It's troublesome because I have to call my wife and look for my phone and check the messages for any code sent by the wallet provider. I'm OK with it.

i use blockchain with 2fa using my phone
but sometimes i forget to where i left my phone
its sometimes buggin me but i always think my coins are safe and secure

I too use online XAPO wallet and blockchain wallets. I don't keep all coins at one place.

I have one question on desktop wallet. In case you need to reformat your PC due to some attack or some other reason but you don't have option to transfer coins from your desktop pc wallet before formatting. Then can we still recover our coins from wallet after the PC reformat done?

Thanks.

I use blockchain for daily use. Some times mobile wallet also.

Myself also prefer blockchain.onfo. Because I can access my bitcoina anywhere in the world in just a matter of seconds. I store my bitcoin in blockchain and my private keys in my desktop.

I'm still saved on blockchain. Recently blockchain have a problem so I decide to move another wallet program such as multibit.
Just copy blockchain's private key to get your balance as same as blockchain's

I've got not a lot , so all the work on the exchanges !

coinbase.                                     

I personally use a mixture of Greenaddress and Coldstorage.

I was considering creating my own Multisig address to store however.

USB drive --> Papillon

I just using blockchain.info and xapo :)

I store my bitcoins into a cold storage bitcoin address as explained in bitcoin.it wikipedia. I believe in the developers of bitcoin so I follow their steps to secure my bitcoin.

I currently have mine in cold storage using a paper wallet and with another smaller portion on an old laptop which is not connected to the internet. The beauty of bitcoin is that you can find creative ways to hide away the private keys so long as nobody gets to see it. Some innovative ways like having these stamped onto a metal plate or even use some clever secret code encryption that you develop your own. The options are limitless.

I put some in blockchain.info for daily spending and use bitcoin core as well with passphrase ! 

About 99% is stored in a cold wallet. The remaining 1% are stored at an major exchange for day 2 day use.
After Mt gox I wouldn't recommend storing any major amount at an exchange.

i think the best strategy is to split your bitcoins in several storage. I have my bitcoins in hardware wallet, cold storage, cloud storage etc

hi there
I only see cold this cold that, i think these can help you
he explains in plain english :)
maybee check his list of btc vids out, i learned alot from him

enjoy :)

usb storage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qmOM567BF4

paper storage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qmOM567BF4

On btc-e.

What a stupid question. On the blockchain. That's the only place bitcoin can be stored.

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Currently i don't own any iOS device, i would like you buy one with my bitcoins if any is selling lol, but as far as i know there are less viruses and malware in iOS market (Appstore,itunes).
The target of the hackers is always first in Android devices as they are easy to manipulate and can be easily be listed in Google Play Store. About the backups that's the only and the best idea until you dont backup a corrupted one. I don't use any only-mobile wallet but just the coinbase client for android and it is good enough at least for me.

in the blockchain. I store my private key on my... nvm. why should I tell you?

my wallet is in my pc. if that's what you're asking.

The most important lesson is to never store all or a high % of your coins in one method or one place, that way if something goes wrong you don't lose everything.

Personally I have most of my coins in cold storage, split between various paper wallets of which I obviously have more than one copy of each. I have coins stored on a Trezor, I have some coins on Core & a small amount for every say spending in a hot wallet.

Electrum, breadwallet, and paper wallet.

Regards,
Christopher

Diversify your coins. I never hold all my coins at the same spot. I use Bitcoin Core for the big stash, 3-4 backup wallets in different places, local exchanges for trading. Some in Btc-e and some in Multibit. Some others in my laptop.

If you have under 5 coins, just store them on blockchain. If you have other that, look into cold storage and other secure safes.

Majority of coins I store on a paper wallet and the rest is stored in a Electrum wallet. I do not use third party services to store my coins.

I keep a wallet.dat file on DVDrom and have a newly password protected wallet because of my mining plans since I left the faucets for greener pastures. I have it newly protected so I can't get them stolen. Used to have a couple dollars at most in the wallet, so that didn't truly count if it was hacked, but now I give a damn, a BIG damn.

Maybe you should try to keep some offline. Exchanges might fail any time. Paper wallet cold storage is the way to go- cheap and simple!

I keep my private keys in different USB flash disks. I back up regularly. I also gave one flash disk wallet copy to my trusted relative in case something happens to me.

That's good idea of keeping securely your hard earned coins. Same thing is recommended by bitcoin.it wiki. You better give to more than at least 3 friends/relatives who are in different geological locations. Explain to your family members how much bitcoin you own and how it works and how to receive and send from a wallet. That also very important and basic need to keep your hard earned bitcoin growing.

store on online wallet, some on coinbase and the rest on blockchain.

Bad idea. I see Gox in your future.

I've got the biggest chunk in cold storage (Casascius bar) which would require a plane trip for me to go get them. Hence the temptation to spend them is reduced.
The next biggest chunk in cold storage behind three locks
Then the next percentage on an android phone in airplane mode except when I need it.
Then a very small amount on my cell phone (mycelium) for my expenses and purchases.

When my Case wallet arrives tomorrow this might change - I'll keep my cold storages for savings and the rest on my Case.

i store my bitcoins currenly on an exchange site based here on our country cuz i often exchange my bitcoins to our local currency.
many says that it was not safe to store bitcoins on web based wallets but i trust the site cuz i already visited their main office and met the ceo on a seminar :)

That's a good thing. By keeping your coins on different wallets you will reduce to risk of losing all coins at once if any thing worst happened to one wallet service provider. I do save my coins on different online wallets. But I don't keep much on exchanges.

Man care to share how much you have spent on bitcoins?

All my bitcoins are in an exchange (not a lot though)
I have 1 altcoin where the coins are in a wallet.

Damn you must have a lot of coins to devide you wallets like that.

I store my bitcoins on different exchanges which are well known and some big part on blockchain wallet that all.Windows wallet will take 2 weeks to be synched fully with my connection speed.Ir is better this way at present.

When you will have enough BTC you don't want to put that in an exchange for long time. You'll eventually need to setup a wallet in your pc and hold your own private keys.

I mainly store coins on my blockchain.info wallet  and 15% on different type of hot wallet for my daily trading and gambling activities.

Haha! A lot came from mining. When I see someone I haven't seen in a while they usually ask me: "are you still into that bitcoin stuff?"
And I respond: "now I'm being paid in bitcoin!"

It's a secret :) shhh

But many people active in trading bitcoin in exchanges. There is no way other than keeping our hard earned bitcoin there itself. It must be time to innovate any kind of new things to resolve this kind of situation everybody faces.

I've also been thinking of getting a Case for daily use.
Would be interested in hearing what are your thoughts on it so far.

On blockchain.  ;)

I usually store all of my coin in hot wallet (online wallet) as it is not quite big to store in cold storage for long run. I spend almost whatever i earn.

Look if you bought the bitcoins for holding purposes say you strongly believe in bitcoin and think it will price will rise and want to keep them safe then you can either store your bitcoins in offline wallets or paper wallets for the best security but if you bought the bitcoins for gambling or buying or using them on day to day basis then just store them on blockchain.info wallet because it's the simplest and fastest bitcoin wallet :)

 i have two blockchain accounts,some btc i have in exchanges to trade alts

do you not afraid if the store in the wallet online ?
I fear first incident happen again as in mt gox  :'(

Cold storage.
You can store your bitcoins in here.

if you have some serious ammount of bitcoins of course i suggest you to use cold storage, as you can see there is lot of users that agree with that.


well, if he is not using a huge ammount of bitcoins is not a bad idea at all, but as i sayd i will never use it to store most of my bitcoins.

I store my bitcoins in two places.. one offline wallet.. and another in my trading site.. i know its not safe.. but i do a lot of trading ... so i keep there too.. so that i can easily buy and sell

well yes thats exactly what i had said, if you are going to use it a lot then is needed, ofc, just be carefully to do not store a lot of bitcoins there ;) just for precaution.

I store my BTC at my Xapo wallet, even though online wallet is never safe and it's recommended to get Hardware wallets
But im can't afford hardware wallets right now :(
Im saving my sig campaign money to upgrade my pc

And i don't know how to operate Hardware wallets anyway  ::)

well hardware its like a software wallet into a pen no? soo a flash pen usb can store the multiwallet or multibit and you can see it gorws or pay in specific computers

hardware wallets (at least the main ones like Trezor, Case, Ledger) are very easy to operate, arguably easier than some software ones
I do think the prices should be lowered, but if you have more than a few btcs it's worth the investment

I store my bitcoins in different systems, cold storage for my savings (paper wallet for long time storage). Mobile wallet for hot wallet , bitcoins that i can spend in short time. Another bitcoins in an exchange for trading. I think exchange is the most problematic we saw some big collapses in exchanges and stolen bitcoins. I try to have bitcoins on exchange only when i'm doing trading.

I actually divide my bitcoins and store in different wallets to avoid loses in case of any thing goes wrong on one system. It is similar to diversifying our investment to avoid bigger loses. For every day use I will use XAPO account because of no fee and I feel it is quite safe in online wallets. Some stored in cold storage in my desktop and some in block-chain wallet.

I personally store most of my bitcoins in two wallets, one is on coins.ph wallet which is a web based wallet - I store some of my bitcoins there for spending and cashing out purposes; and the other one is on mycelium for holding purposes. I also use blockchain.info wallet but only for gambling purposes. I also want to have a hardware wallet (which I heard the safest one to store your BTC) but I don't know where can I buy it in our country ;D

I store my bitcoins on my blockchain wallet.... I feel safe in it as i get always update about my balnace in phone through notififcation..

I would love to have a hardware wallet too.
Apart from difficulty in buying it, the cost plays a role in deterring me from buying one.

Core is still the best software for me. I like it because it's simple and im so paranoid about my Bitcoins that I only trust the Bitcoin Core wallet. I don't see a better way to store Bitcoins to be honest. You can just compress the wallet with SHA256 (which rar and 7z have) and put it anywhere.

Right now Im storing all my coins in different wallets preferrably in online wallets like COINBASE , XAPO , COINS.PH (for cashout purposes) , BLOCKCHAIN and Android Wallet Mycelium (I preferred to hold majority of my coins here). I know the risk of storing wallet in web based wallets but hey with the current bitcoin trend and development they are doing I think somehow they will not just crash in a matter of seconds as they will face legal term.

just coinbase,or you can use as you need. dont too worry about your bitcoin if you not linked with scam/suspicious website/startup.

I also forgot that part :D I'd like to have a trezor hardware wallet but it's kinda expensive to me ;D $99 is a big amount here on a third world country but hopefully can buy it here on our country(from someone) when I can afford one

i store my bitcoins in my hardware wallet, eletrum and some i store in coinbase to play for my sports betting , the profit from the sport gambling i store tham on my hardware wallet electrum . storing on my electrum is my investment.

Althought blockchain has some issues with their security system, I store all of my bitcoin in their wallet. Right now I don't have plan to store my bitcoin in hardwallet because I think it's hard to use. With my current bitcoin ammount, web based wallet is the best in my opinion. Maybe I will use hard wallet or electrum when I have 1BTC

i store my bitcoin in a hardware wallet, specifically a Ledger wallet. it is simple to use and was very affordable. they are even cheaper now, i see, than when i got mine, but after being hacked and losing some bitcoin I went and bought it and the security is well worth the investment.

i just store my bitcoin at Xapo
i dont really know much about xapo here.
but i use that because there's a faucet that will be instant WD and no fees for WD

I store bitcoin in a wallet generated by  the core. Protect it with passwords and store in several hard disks.

I bought some bitcoins from coinbase. I keep them in my coinbase wallet or I send them to changetip.com because there is to transaction fee.

That's the wise idea as suggested by many veterans. Make sure your hard disks are disconnected from internet for further securities. Also make sure the life time of hard disks, usually HDD are made up of magnetic tapes which are known for fade away in time.

I stored my BTC in the HalleyBTC.  ;D

what the best Electrum desktop/Android wallet??

what is halleybtc? can you tell me the site?

I store a portion of my bitcoin in a cloud mining service/Web wallet and I use paper wallets to store bigger portions of my btc.

how if your hardware wallets is lost? any back up there? just like youre lost your flashdisk..

That halleybtc looks like an investment site, take a look their site : https://www.halleybtc.com/ So he's storing his BTC on an online investment program which I think is kinda risky. It's not recommended to store your coins on such sites like that as they are most likely prone to collapse anytime soon.  :-\

I have the same worry. How can you back up your hardware wallet. Do you still need a paper copy of the password?

Keep a private key store on secure disk, plan it on flash disk, CD disk or even hard disk , also save your hardware wallet in safe place which no one can reach it or even make a paper wallet at once.

What happens if the hard ware is broken or lost? Can you buy the same hardware and import the key?

Honestly, I'm not use hardware wallet, but you can see faq a trezor hardware wallet: FAQ (http://googleweblight.com/?lite_url=http://doc.satoshilabs.com/trezor-faq/&lc=id-ID&s=1&m=984&mlid=0_4&id=cwopVoP8MJCfpgO9sZrAAw&ts=1445530227&sig=APONPFmT2xaeI9Rb322p2EwZzKlPr1c3tQ)

I would just add that I have some extra bits laying in an altcoin exchange. I trade altcoins too, and I must say that it is very profitable if you know how to spot the indications that a coin will do good. The best and cheapest method so far is through a paper wallet and is stored in a safe place.

If im not wrong, yes you can
You just need to import he private key and you're in
To make sure you don't lose your private key, back that up into cloud like Gdrive or Mediafire ::)
Looks like im stuck with online wallet for now :P

Storing your privkeys in a cloud storage is the most foolish thing to do. It is as if you're giving away your money for free without much difficulty. Putting it in a flash drive is way safer than storing it in a cloud storage.

I store my wallet.dat files in usb sticks for as long as I know Bitcoin. It's working fine and I'm planning to buy a few more sticks to make sure I have enough backups. A Bitcoin lover can't have enough backups.  :D

I have an encrypted wallet.bat backed up in a few places. I also have a paper wallet with a few extra coins.

USB sticks are bit expensive if you consider some other back up methods.
For a true bitcoin lover the back ups will grow when the new address are being generated. I believe some 3 to 5 back ups in different geo locations are more than enough.

Coinbase and Bitcoin-qt.
Both have good security.

I store them in my bra virtual wallet.

What is a virtual wallet? Is it a bitcoin qt or some online account? Do you store it in cloud service?

I have probably 10 USB sticks right now, where 8 of them are at least 3 years old, that's why I want to purchase a few extra. The price is fairly low as it cost around €6 for a 16GB Sandisk stick nowadays.

Virtual is something non physical, for short digital, so a virtual wallet is a wallet that's web based or either software based wallets. I think that's what he mean :D

Every time i see this thread, i'm tempted to say:

"In a sock, under my matress"...

In reality, i store about half of my funds in a multibit HD wallet, and the other half in an electrum wallet...

If i ever have a dormant stack (coins i don't use for lending/trading), i'll defenatly make a paper wallet (encrypted), laminate it, and store it both in my house, and my brother's house...

I basucally prefer saving bitcoin in my paer wallet... The best to keep your bitcoins safe and secure...  ;D

Never had an experienced to have a desktop wallet. So it is possible to save wallet.dat files to usb sticks then just sync it to another computer whenever you will check it or if your PC crashed? It goes like tha? Well I don't trust even high class USB Sticks for important storage. I preferred CloudBackup then or if possible both backups from Cloud and Hardware one.

In Trezor I trust  :D

All my bitcoin/Litecoin wallets are on my Trezor and I make use of both Electrum,on pc, and MyCelium on my phone to interact with my Trezor.

If you do not have a Trezor and or a hardware wallet you should seriously consider one, in my opinion. It just changes the whole way you work with your bitcoins. Before I used to go through all the security steps to setup a wallet on offline machine, then again to setup watch-only wallets on online machine and having to move the transaction between the two etc...

Now I just slot the Trezor into the USB port, fire up Electrum and I'm good to go. The biggest advantage for me about the Trezor is that you do not have to store the bulk of your coins in a paper or cold wallet and the rest in a hot wallet. With Trezor you just store everything there and use it as needed. Its essentially always in cold storage in a way.

first i  was using coinbase, xapo for my all transaction saving wallets but after using electrum hardware wallet it is very good and i am storing all my saving in my hardware wallet but i keep some in coinbase which i use to do sportbetting transactions because if i use electrum for each transaction i have to pay fees which is loss for me. so i use coinbase for that.

Yes, you can then access it on any computer in the world if you so wish. In Windows simply use the command %appdata% and press enter, then a window will pop up where you can see a Bitcoin map. In that map you can replace the wallet file with whichever wallet.dat file you want. I always prefer offline storage. Cloud storage is quite a risk as people may be able to crack your online cloud map.

im still storing my bitcoin at blockchain from beginning, i've got no problem but some of my friend say that blockchain isn't safe, i would give trezor a try  ;D probably it's the most secure wallet in bitcoin world

I have read many storys of people that had problems with blockchain... I would strongly advise against storing big amounts of BTC with them... If you don't have a lot of BTC, you might be better of with installing bitcoin core, multibit HD, electrum,... And move most of your coins to those wallets instead of keeping them on a blockchain wallet...

I preferred desktop wallet but unfortunately I don't have desktop computer. Only have laptop but I don't want to install any important application there because it's for another purposes.

Right now Im using Mycelium Android Wallet.

if you are a regular user of bitcoins then according to me you should use electrum bcz it is light weight and synchronizes easily on first use.

And if you are holder then armory would suit you the best.

You can actually get "electrum portable"... You can even store it on an usb-key... :)

What are portable lacking with the one with the full client?

Yes I preferred that storage in usb but Im not storing coins too long in my wallet because I want to rotate it. Putting it in a offline storage will give me hassle sending and receiving coins.

It's basically the same program, it's just portable (you can put it on a usb-key). It's not installed, and can be ran straight from the key... You do need a laptop or desktop to plug the key into, so it's not offline storage. You have access to your wallet whenever you have access to any pc (be carefull for virusses and keyloggers when using untrusted PC's/laptops tough)

It is better not to store bitcoin in online service unless there is multsignature feature. If there is a security flaw in the online system, you might be in trouble.

Thanks for the information. Still confused because I didn't experienced it yet. Well google sure will help. I will look into it to check. Thanks again. :)

Bitcoins is the digital currency of the world. As you know even a real currency also needs a wallet to be stored so as digital currency.
There are many apps to store digital currency like xapo, mycelium,  bitcoin wallet etc. which will help us to store our bitcoin encripted on a android device..and electrum,bitcoin core wallets are works the same way for a computer
Dont worry about the privacy as this apps are really secured. So if you have btc and want to store it you can use this wallets.

Your friend was right, blockchain isn't safe at all
Based upon my experiences in the past.
I have different 2 address at blockchain at that time
And both of them got hacked even with 2FA enabled :(
And im still wondering how did the hacker managed to bypass the 2FA

blockchain,multibit,greenadress are the most comfortable ways to store my bitcoins for today !!!

These are the online service. It is not very secure. There are many examples that people lose bitcoins on these sites. The safest way is to store the coins yourself.

For me i stored my bitcoins in one vault with 2 factory authentication google authentic , sms authentication and 2 email authentication in coinbase... Its much safe for me than the others..because you have  2 days before your withdrawal will be successful so you have a time to cancel it.  but first you need to extra wallet for emergency or spending wallet...

Keeping your bitcoin under your control must be the safest way of storing hard-earned bitcoins. So I do always prefer go for desktop bitcoin wallets for storing my bitcoins. These wallets stores more secure if you disconnect them from Internet, the off-line, cold storage way.

But with an online wallets you need not worry of securing your private keys like disconnecting from internet for a cold storage and connecting again for spending which are more complicated for beginners. All the above with an online wallet you can access your bitcoins anywhere in the world, you never need to carry them.

Even online wallets having many advantages, I do go for software/desktop wallets with the cold storage for long-term storing of my bitcoins.
As you mentioned, cold storage is not that much complicated process for beginners too. Lots of guides are available how to make cold storage to secure our bitcoins.

Having control over our bitcoin must be the good idea.
I believe blockchain.info provides the control over our bitcoin as well as online storing facility. You can keep your bitcoin online at the same time you can have your bitcoin addresse's private keys for taking control of your bitcoins.

I hold my Bitcoins in few places: Coinbase (but not much - just something like a reserve). My MultiBit desktop wallet (For use on a daily basis). Third place is just my wallet file that i have in 4 places - hard disk, two emails, pendrive and DVD :)

I feel safe :)

I think you should not store any relevant amount in any place that isn't a Local wallet. I would trust a Bitcoin Core running a full node in a secured computer as a good way to do long term storage while still being able to easily send and receive coins. Paper wallets are even more secure, but it's annoying if you want to create new coins addresses all the time and manage payments.

I use Bitcoin Core running a full node. That is just used to send and receive a small amount of bitcoin. Most of bitcoins are stored in a USB. The wallet files are encrypted with 7Zip. I just hope NSA does not have backdoor to the 7Zip encryption.

I got robbed of 6 btc last year so after wiping my computer I bought a ledger wallet. 100% safe and secure, low cost for peace of mind. I recommend ledger's product to anyone who will listen

I keep my principal amount in classic Bitcoin Core wallet on a separate, clean laptop. Only the OS and wallet, nothing more ! When I need expenses or to top up my deposits at exchanges I sent the part in my wallet blockchain.info and make payments with it. I think it's safer, but that's just imho ...

i store my bitcoins in desktop wallet and a little in online wallet

I have safely stored about 90-95% of my bitcoins on a deck of cards (https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=811397) for over a year now.
I keep the rest on my mobile (Coinomi) and desktop (Electrum) for daily use.

I save my bitcoin in local exchanger, safe enough and when I want to sell it will be easier :).

I store my bitcoins on the blockchain, but not on blockchain.info.

I store my private keys on a hard drive and in a USB drive.

I personally have encrypted my cold wallet backups and they are stored on my HDD. Plus I have my cold wallets also as paper wallets. I think it's more than decent.

Yeah, I do the same. I have some bitcoin in exchange only for trading and to get fiat.

But for daily use, i choose to store my bitcoin into multibit wallet. It's very safe anyway.

Let's hope your exchanger is pretty trustworthy enough not to turn into another Mt
Gox :(
I'd rather put my btc inside desktop wallet and mobile wallet for the sake of my own safety ;)

i hope you have a low amount there, because the safest way is always a cold storage not certainly an exchnage, unless we are talking about coinbase which have insurance

Bitcoin Core since a long time. Only things to remember are: backups and strong passwords.
For everyday use Mycelium is good.

i save my bitcoin into local exchange and in the blockchain wallet but if you have a huge amount of bitcoin i recommend you should use offline wallet such a bitcoin core or electrum wallet because it's more safe i think

Personally I store and save my bitcoin on my mobile wallet, specifically on Mycelium bitcoin wallet. I also suggest it as I find it secure and convenient. I can bring my bitcoin wallet securely on my pocket anywhere I go :)

I prefer to use Bitcoin Core, and if you want to spend it when you go out just use Online Wallet like Blockchain.
But don't store many Bitcoin on online wallet, it's very risky.

I hope that you don't hold all of your coins there and that this is not a very big amount, since this is not the  most secure way to hold your coins. You need to do a research and educate yourself a bit more!

now im just using blockchain.
because I think not need to create another storage place,besides blockchain very accessible for me

You're right, what if he loses his phone or even worse someone has access to his phone. Things would get bad pretty quickly. There's a slim chance that Mycelium would shut down as well. Apple just had a zero day exploit where anyone could root your phone just by going to a webpage on safari. Some sort of same zero day exploit was available on android as well if I recall correctly. So he's pretty much playing with fire.

Any income I earn will go to my blockchain wallet, where it doesn't sit for long as I constantly invest in different crypto platforms. I also got a minted wallet from nasty, which I use to store my "retirement" funds. I mostly send dust to there like my earnings from signature campaign and my U3 miner. As for my alt coin investments. I use a cold wallet.

Uhm, actually I store 1 btc there , which is the amount I am holding right now. Someone just told me mycelium will be a good wallet to store my coins and after some research, I used it. Yes I am aware its not the most secure way but this the only wallet I am comfortable with so far. I heard about hardware wallets and paper wallets, which were way more secured than a mobile wallet like mycelium. I need to research more though

Yes, hardware wallets together with the paper wallets are the safest. Also Electrum and Multibit are very safe for your PC. Of course together with the Bitcoin Core but Core is resource hungry and you need quite a lot of disk space and you must download about 50GB of blockchain.

So I can warmly suggest you Multibit or Electrum. But yes, Mycellium will do a job more than well until you don't do your research. Make sure that you do your research, that's very good until you don't feel completely comfortable!

Right dude Even I have wallet in Block chain as well as in Coinbase also There is nothing to online wallet and all but We have make wallet's security more difficult like which is others should not easily crack your wallet. two factor authentication and security questions option many things are keep safe your wallet.

Was using Blockchain.info to store 2.25btc, thats until i read about johoe and the hundreads of dodge bitcoin addresses.   :(  it gave me the kick up the arse that i needed to get my small holding into cold storage.  Was always abit weary about generating my own address and private keys but after doing it and playing about with them for bit it's really not that hard.  

so now i have most of my Btc on paper wallets and a usb thats never connected to the internet.  i also started using breadwallet for very small amounts for everyday spending.

i have my BTC in blockchain cause it is not worth much

Anyone using a mobile app to store bitcoins with and do transactions back and forth?

In essence, do not store eggs in one basket.
I use cold and hot wallet, all the existing functions and also their share.
If I, cold wallet (offline) I use to store the results that I produce. While the hot wallet (online) I use as a tool for the transaction is often done and as needed.
For example cold wallet, electrum and multibit. While the hot wallet is blockchain wallet and xapo.

in my cold storage

in several addresses, the most important ones are back uped

Why would anyone trust an online service that can do an exit scam like MTGOX did?
Bitcoin Core is the only, I repeat, the ONLY way you can be sure nobody can disappear with your money.

i have been using mycelium and bc on my android device. i recommend you to use mycelium.

Hi, i store a large chunk of my coins in offline cold storage as a paper wallet.

For my daily use i store it in a hot wallet currently blockchain.info

thanks

It is true , but it should be noted as well

For some people it will not be easy to do , with the internet connection is not so good , it would be very difficult to do . Will they be able to synchronize wallet?
Hence there is a supply of cold wallet besides bitcoin core that I think is safe to use .

Hi,

Paper wallet for cold storage and most secure method

armory for hot wallet daily use

Thanks

Is bitcoin-wallet a hot wallet or cold storage wallet .

Is there even a market for paper wallets or cold storage offline wallets?
Created by someone other than the end user?

so many bitcoin storage. just pick some storage as you need,lets take an example.
if you have not a big amount of bitcoin,store it in wallet like coinbase or on exchange,its secure enough.
but if you have a big amount,try to get papper wallet or hardware wallet like trezor.

On blockchain, desktop wallets and exchange sites.

I am using blockchain.info
It is one of the best storage.

Sorry but it's not. First of all it's an online wallet. You should never trust online wallets since they are run by the third parties.

Secondly, this is the buggiest wallet out there by far. Even the Bitcoin.org has removed it from official list of wallets because it has become amazingly unreliable!

i store majority of my coins around 95% in a paper wallet that i created from bitaddress and the rest on my coinbase wallet.

i use blockchain and desktop wallet...

I store it in my mobile wallet. Majority of my coins is stored in coins.ph and some are in mycellium. But sometimes I just leave my coins in dice site more or less one month.

I use Multibit as my hot Wallet and use paper wallets as cold storage. I use Bip38 sonic hope I will never loss the password.

I prefer to use Electrum in general. It is good enough.
I sometimes leave it in exchange sites for speed.

Leaving your coins in the exchange is a bad idea, they might turn into another mt.gox ::)
I'd rather waste a few minutes of my time but making sure my coin is safe rather than put it into a risk ;D

Not really the best, they are prone to malicious hacks ;)
Might want to change it to something else more secure like offline wallets or a better online wallet with a decent security ;)

I use multibit and several online wallet to store my little bitcoin. Not safe actually stored your coin in online wallet.

What hacks has blockchain.info ever fallen victim to?
They have 2 factor authentication, and a solid login.
Not that I endorse online wallets, but I see a lot of false claims about hackers on here.

Hi

I would advise people to use a paper wallet for long term storage as this is the best and safest option.

For actual daily spending it is best to use something like green address or armory wil a good strong password and 2fa

Bye

I must convert to local currency to buy stuff, i cannot find store accept bitcoin

Use Purse.io to show on amazon with it! =D

or just get a BTC debit card and use it anywhere that accepts cards
much easier than converting to local currency first

I use a software wallet for holding most of my Bitcoin. I also use a online wallet for day to day use, I make most of my daily transactions on my phone.

By using a debit card they are converting to local first.
By using purse.io for shopping you need not convert, they all do the math for you.
By using purse.io you get discounts 10% and better.

I store my bitcoins in many places. Mainly in a paper wallet as well as in the armory wallet

creating an offline cold storage which is useful for storing bitcoins and using a hardware wallet such as TREZOR

The conversion is done automatically online, you just need to charge your card with btc first
completely different from having to sell your btc for cash in order to use that cash at some local store

I think purse.io is awesome however it is only limited to Amazon as opposed to a debit card which can be used anywhere cards are accepted

Same here dude I have Coinbase as well as blockchain.info to save my Bitcoins Coinbase's Purse IO is I feel its one of the best storage wallet due to its two authentication factor security system Our Bitcoins will more safe dude. Even in Blockchain too !!!

i store my bitcoin from any job on blockchain.info and bitcoin from any faucet games on xapo
i am also save my private key of my blockchain.info into my USB drive

I'm use multibit and blockchain so I still can back my private key if something bad happen


Just make sure that use offline wallet as well since blockchain is online wallet. And online means that it can be offline or vanish at anytime ! ( Worst scenario )

Honestly I store my bitcoins online because it is convenient for me and I can access it anywhere  ,but I am planning to research more about bitcoin cold wallet and I will moved my bitcoins there because of security purposes  :)

yes storing a small amout of bitcoin online is good, but if youre going to store a big amount of bit it is better to use a offline wallet
the security is far better than the online wallets.

I just want to store all my bitcoins in Cold storage.
Is it a trusted one?
I hope it is better than the others.

Currently I store most of my bitcoins in Electrum wallet. I do not worry about security too much, because I am very familiar with IT and know how to avoid most viruses, keyloggers and such.. With common sense these regular wallets used with your PC are very secure already.

I am planning to buy Trezor however very soon to keep as more secure cold wallet. When that happens I will use Electrum only as a hot wallet for purchases etc.

put your wallet in a usb stick $5 each, buy many of them, than secure them in a safe box or bank or whatever you want

it's the simplest and easiest way, don't waste time with apparently more secure and hard way, because they are not...

Is that the maximum amount you can store on a USB stick?

I don't know if it your kidding or not, it go me interested if I can store my btc on a USB that is safer than offline wallet.

Just curious?

You can store any amount on a USB stick. Amph was saying that you make several copies just in case you lose one USB. But with several copies there is bigger risk that more people can find it.

USB stick thing is an ok thing if you are sure enough that you have done this in a safe environment, meaning that you have no viruses on your machine. Of course, can you ever be 100% sure?

Oh! OK thanks for the info its just that I haven't heard of this method of keeping your btc on a USB.
I try this method soon but I'll only keep a small amount check it for my self if its suit my need. Thanks for the
Info again.

I hope that you are aware that you store wallet.dat files on your USB! Make sure that you know what you are doing before risking bigger amounts of money. You can search tutorials online, I am sure that there are many tutorials. If something is not clear for you, just come back and ask more questions.

Cheers!

Actually I stored almost whole of my bitcoin in a local exchange, and I used xapo in my daily spending.

I don't think store bitcoin on a USB stick will be the safe way to save your money.I just worry if your USB stick exposed to the virus or something else that would make all files from USB will be lost and will not be returned

Because I don't have a much Bitcoin, so I use the online wallet a lot.
But when it getting bigger and bigger, I will move it to MultiBit.

well yes you can be 100% sure, if you buy a fresh new ssd and do a windows fresh installation(possible windows 7 or linux if you prefer), there is no way a fresh new system is compromised in any way

then the first thing you do is making a storage wallet, o've done exactly this with my coins and usb, and they are there untouched since years, flawless...

yes, there is if your BIOS is infected or if other partition or disks are infected, or if any of the 539 things you will need to download to make windows works properly is infected, or if the piratebay place where you got your system is compromised.

I think do it offline without help of computers or do a live section without drives or anything is a better solution

i store my bitcoins on bitcoin app wallet.

on paper in safe place:)

Blockchain is how we roll  ::)

Im considering getting a Trezor at this point. I was worried that if the service they have which is some sort of login page went down, you would have your coins useless, but you can still access it.

Exactly this! Although I must admit that this is quite paranoid! But the same exact thing happened to me and then I decided to get myself a Trezor. Trezor with a combination of paper wallets is the way I do it now and I must admit that I feel completely safe!

But fresh install with Windows 7 is a good way as well if you are not holding a lot of coins!

no because i've bought the whole system, motherboard was fresh cpu fresh and everything else, everything was new, impossible to have any virus

windows can be bought new also, so i don't see an issue on this

i store my bitcoin on exchange  :D
in temporary time i store it on axchange,but my primary i store on coinbase,i never disapointed with coinbase,it always fast and secure,coinbase also very low fee.

Well many people choose Coinbase because they actually paid for your TX fee ::)
and yes, they are pretty secure because all of your bitcoins are insured by them
Still, their verification process is a little bit a hassle for me so i just left Coinbase :P
Wonder how much i left at my old coinbase account ::)

Yeah that the one and the best online wallet that i used until now.. Then i also use the vault as piggy bank every i receive payout 5% of my earnings should be in the vault for the future with 2 sms authentication and 2 email authentication... its very secured for me...

You can use Electrum with a Trezor. You don't have to rely on the Trezor site.

For spending bitcoin, i spend it on the cold storage very trusted hehe :)

I have a few online wallets and one desktop wallet. Mostly I won't store all my coins in a single online wallet because of safety so I distribute my coins in few different wallets and for everyday use I use XAPO wallet because transactions are quite fast and no transaction fee. For long term storage will be on desk top wallet.

I have 2 hot wallets that I use on a regular basis and quite a few offline that haven't been touched for the longest part of 2 years.

I use a USB to store my bitcoins

Why, in the block chain of course. But I keep it in a paper wallet laminated and hidden in a safe place--mostly out of reach of other people.

the only place to keep coins safe. i agree.

Looking to get a Trezor or Keepkey in regard to using an online wallet for security purposes. I am looking to pick up one these sometime within the next month or two. The safest probably would be a paper wallet far from the reach of anyone beside yourself. I have a few coins stored this way.  

Trezors are great, I have one and I love using it, simple and I always know coins are safe.

Trezors are on sale today! It's Black Friday and they are giving great deals. Check out their website!

Thanks for mentioning. I like that black friday thing. Just need a safe way to store some BTC for later.

i store large amount in paper wallet and small amount in online wallet for convenience

Don't move and stay there where you are. Coinbase has its beginning as a wallet. Is a web wallet and that mean bitcoin when you want those and independently  where you are. It was enough to have a smartphone or computer and internet. Then Coinbase paid your fee of the send of bitcoins. Your bitcoins there are super safe. Coinbase distribute 98% of all bitcoins deposited on it offline and geographically in safe deposit boxes and vaults around the world. And the last but not the less important Coinbase is insured against employee theft and hacking in an amount that exceeds the average value of online bitcoin it holds at any given time. Specifically, Coinbase's insurance policy would respond in the event that bitcoin stored in Coinbase was lost or stolen as a result of a breach of our physical security, cyber security, or as a result of employee theft.

Who want more and what can be made more....  ;)

Depending how much coins I have i preferred paper wallet when storing large sum of bitcoins  for security purposes and a web wallet when i need to withdraw my coins for cash :)

Depends on how much you have.If you have less then 1 btc,keep it on your mobile wallet,desktop or even online would be easy.For larger amounts,cold storage is the best available option to date

for now i still trust online wallet,because i dont put any bg amount of bitcoin,ussualy i withdraw or trade it to local currency,and not keep big amount of bitcoin on my wallet. but i think i will use papper wllet or mybe trezor when i must keep a big amount of bitcoin.

I store my bitcoins on online wallet

i store in blockchain.info, but very secured. since there is security issue in non secure account.

I store mine on coinbase since I don't want the wallets to process alot of my storage data

If you want to save bitcoin safe, keep it in a cold wallet, there are many options, such as bitcoin core, electrum, multibit etc and save it only on your computer and then perform the backup.

You can use hot wallet if you want to use for the daily transactions that are not too big like blockchain, coinbase etc. Or store it in the exchanger, if you want to make trade.

For who keeping quite huge amount of bitcoin, better to prepare yourself to keep it into offline wallet.
As we know if online doesn't mean will last forever. There will be one day whenever something bad happen so we can backup and save our bitcoin

Yes I agree, use online wallet only to the value that is not too large or in the exchanger if you want to trade

It's better to store BTC on coinbase , it's fast and secured. Blockchain is down sometimes.

I have a little on exchange, but only keep what you trade
You should store off-line in a perfect world

I stored my bitcoin on Xapo wallet, they have cold storage that you can used for keeping your bitcoin man..

I have some coins on coinbase. It is insured and I have a decent amount on there. I'm going to move them to my wallet (Multibit,Electrum) then get either a Trezor + Keepkey.

coinbase is good place to store your bitcoin, also he give 100% free fee transfer, so you can spend it every day without thnk about "fee"
and coinbase give option 2fa with sms verification, i think it's very safe ;)

Its is bettet to store on blockchain.info

I always use blockchain.info to store my bitcoins. It seems that they offer the safest online place. I don't like to store my bitcoins offline, on a software or something like that.

It is safe as much as you stay safe, use difficult password, coinbase it's for a long time in the market and i don;t think will bankrupt so it should considered as a safe web wallet.

and better to use coinbase vault :)
https://www.coinbase.com/vault
~TIME DELAYED WITHDRAWALS

Withdrawals from your vault have a 48 hour window during which they can be canceled.

~MULTIPLE APPROVERS

Joint accounts can be used for extra security, requiring multiple approvers to initiate a withdrawal.

~OFFLINE STORAGE

98% of bitcoin is stored totally offline, in geographically distributed safe deposit boxes and physical vaults.

I have seen that option but never tried to use it, what do you meant time delayed withdrawals, i can make a withdraw and after 48 to get confirmed?

You guys that are storing on coinbase arnt worried about them being hacked or going all mt gox? Im just worried to store more than maybe 1-2 btc in an online wallet. I know things are safer now but seems risky still.

In my paybills cause i hav many paying bills haha , and many payment cost haha

Im use it for savinf account, if you want to withdraw your money you must waiting 48hours to get confirmed,
example if you submit withdraw Today at 06:41:16 AM you will get your money (btc) in 2 december at 06:41:16 AM

:)

What if i need to withdraw fast and if i wonder about the bitcoin price drop? how coinbase will solve this? Personally i have started to store there but not in this vault

you must waiting 48hours because it's "rules" of vault, The aim of this process if you coinbase account is stolen and the thief wants to take your bitcoin, you have 48 hours to stop it or cancel it

Everything is clear, today i learned something that will be helpful for me for the rest of my life, thank you, seems coinbase has a good power :), but requiring 2FA every time for every transaction that could stop the thief too.

yes you must use 2fa and im recomended to use sms verification, does it the old way, but in my opinion it is the most potent and safe :)

Its btc holders biggest fear.
This is why I'm just keeping mine to a cold storage.  I do however have about $100 or less on a web wallet which I regularly use to buy something online. I'm use to renew my domains in namecheap thru bitpay.

web wallets is easy to access in case i need something to buy quick.

I have a few coins on Coinbase and I'd be lying to you if I said that I am not worried about my coins being hacked. A Mt.Gox would be my worst nightmare. I am kind of glad that I got into the bitcoin exchanges after that. The coins on Coinbase are insured if you have two-factor authentication and 98% of them are kept offline. I'm making the switch of moving everything to my Multibit HD wallet and then use my hardware wallet (Trezor) to basically conduct transactions from there. At the end of the day, the only person I trust with my bitcoins are myself.

I think you're need trying multi wallet, is an offline wallet and it's more safer than an online wallet..

Most on a paper wallet (2 copies in different places...), and a few on an online wallet.

Is there a safest way ?

1 offline wallet would be okay and a couple of online ones, spreading your coins out over different wallets is the safest way.

I "grew up" with Bitcoin Core so im not going to change to anything that doesn't deliver the maximum security that having the entire blockchain gives to you. Even if the blockchain becomes too big, by then the prune mode should be developed enough that we all can run Bitcoin node using smaller cuts of the blockchain thanks to the pruning technique. This even if not perfect compared to full node its way better than just going into a website and storing your stuff over there.

Agreed, I think your advised is very good mate, like someone says "just dont put your eggs in one basket"

This is some good advice. It's better to spread it out instead of risking it and keep it in 1 place.

Different wallets, spread bitcoin over all of them and not keeping them in one place

Try my plan,use coinbase for anything,or Cold storage for the biggest chunk and a mobile wallet for daily spending.

the biggest part of my bitcoins (around 90%) are in a paper wallet that i keep safe. the rest i use in hot wallets like bither and coinbase. i only keep a small amount on the coinbase wallet, so it isnt really risky for me.

I always use blockchain to keep my bitcoin . There reason of it , because when i has been starting to collect bitcoin my friend recommended blockchain to keep bitcoin. I has been using blockchain until now

I actually store my bitcoins in a bitcoin wallet. I'm not sure about you guys, but that's what I do. To be more specific, I use one electrum wallet and one coinbase wallet.

Just used 2 wallet if I was you just do more bitcoins in BlockChain and some in Coinbase or offline wallet.
Why? Because you never know what will happen to your bitcoin if something happens at least you have the other bitcoins you know.

I keep only small amounts of Bitcoins in Electrum wallet. I have paper wallets I redeeming when necessary - this protect me when my comp gets compromised to loose only minimum. I considered hardware wallets as well, but considering their high price, I change my mind if I will ever transact serious money.

I recommend using coinbase as your hot wallet, and then electrum as your child wallet. I use them both and I am very happy with them.

I see people using Coinbase for me I think it is a good hot wallet, but for some people they say they got hacked and it's bad. So my question why do you use it? Because BlockChain is quite good too. By the way what is a child wallet? I have never heard it before and I am one year with bitcoin.

Since the very beginning I do use USB sticks to store my wallet.dat files as cold wallets. Right now I have 10 USB sticks with all my backups. For me it's the best storing method.

Thanks for your criticism and suggestions guys, it will be my reflection to store my bitcoin. Each bitcoin wallet have advantage and disadvantage and some different features

I store my bitcoins in two online wallet BlockChain and CoinBase.
For now I like those two I haven't a problem yet. If I have more bitcoin I will just make a cold wallet to just hold it.

I keep my bitcoins safely on two wallets Electrum and Blockchain.
I dont trust other online wallets other than these two.
No issues using them both.
I also always suggest them to my friends.

I store my bitcoin at web based storage. I think web based storage is more efficient than cold storage. Blockchain and coinbase are good web based storage because of its simplicity and security. I tried cold storage in the past, but I lost my bitcoin after got a new notebook and I forgot to backup the key. So to prevent that thing happen again, I use blockchain.

Block chain storage is a nice idea to save our bitcoins there. if there is big amount of bitcoins to store then we can use it in investment so that we can get some extra amount of it. or else do mining. and wait for the price increase too.