Easiest Ethereum Wallet To Use?

I want to buy Ethereum. I have bitcoin and i use electrum to store my bitcoins. i find electrum pretty simple to use as i send/receive BTC with it. I like the fact that you can restore you btc with the 12 word phrase etc.

I would like to download a wallet to store ETH where its very similar to how electrum does with bitcoin. Can someone name me the best wallets to use to store ETH?

From what i read online, jaxx seems to be okay? What about myethereum.org? However someone told me they downloaded it but it took them several days to download it. So this is the case with everyone? I would want to download something like electrum for ethereum. I do not want to download anything that is very complicated as im not tech savy person etc.

I use MyEtherWallet.com and it also integrates nicely with the Trezor cold storage wallet, although you do not need a Trezor to make it worth. Worth a look.

Quote from: viking02 on June 07, 2017, 05:27:59 AM

I'm using myetherwallet.com because I didn't want to download a whole lot of blockchain on my system and it's working well for me.

My comment is just similar to the people before me because i also use https://www.myetherwallet.com to store ether and other tokens.

The only problem you might have with myetherwallet is keeping your private key safely because once you lost it, you will not be able to gain access to your account any more.

I suggest MyEtherWallet, it's very easy to use.

Also I'm using MyEtherWallet. So smooth Wink

I personally think that the easiest Ethereum wallet to use is myetherwallet

Agree with all the people here, MyEthWallet is really the easiest to use one.
However, i don't recommend you to use web-based wallets at all, the reasons are obvious Wink

I prefer Exodus, imo its the easiest one to use on a desktop platform.

Using Exodus on Desktop! Very easy for multiple coins and changing between them.

Just waiting for Monero and RPX to be added. Than my story is complete!

i also use the same wallet as others myetherwallet.com i use that walet for one reason i can store ether and other token belong to ethereum contract so its easy to use for me and very helpful.

Use MyEtherWallet with a Trezor or Ledger Nano S for security.

Yeps, MyEtherWallet works fine; No long synchronization before you can transfer your coins and no large blockchain on your laptop.
Another advantage; If you hold Ethereum from before the hard fork you have with MyEtherWallet access to both Eth and Etc.

okay it seems everyone here seems to mention myetherwallet.

After that, which other ones would you recommend?

I like to know about jaxx.io and exodus.

I downloaded exodus wallet. This programs look really nice... the interface etc.

But where is the password or phrase etc on this?

I do not have any ETH at the moment. But i will definitely want ETH to be sent here. But is there a 12 word phrase like electrum with this? Also where is the option to put a password before you send any type of coins? For example with electrum, if i were to send any btc, it ask for the password etc. I do not see any of this in the options etc. I see settings there but none of this. Do i need to first get ETH there first to enable this?

The "Easiest" would probably be Coinbase, although I'd recommend Jaxx if you want control of your coins.

You can try to use mist wallet. But you must download the ethereum blockchain to use it. Myetherwallet has simple synchronization and friendly users. You are able to grab your private key and it will be easiest for you to store your amount on there. Its the best choice right now.

I've been using JAXX for many months. It handles 15 + coins already and have plans to
keep adding many more.
I use myetherwallet to store Ethereum ERC20 tokens mainly.

I also seem to be getting that message cannot connect to bitcoin, dash, dogecoin and litecoin.....

How do i fix this issue? I have windows defender as my antivirus. But it says i have to change my dns settings?

Definitively MEW (MyEtherWallet) is the easiest ETH wallet to use.

I looked at myetherwallet

Go to https://www.myetherwallet.com/.
Enter a password. Do not forget it.
Click the "Generate Wallet" button.
Click the "Download"button.
This saves your encrypted keystore wallet file. Keep this safe. Back it up in multiple physically different locations.
Read the warning. If you understand it and promise not to lose your private key, click the "I understand. Continue" button.
You now have the option of printing a paper wallet, saving your raw private key, or saving a QR code of your raw private key.
If you wish, save any of these. We recommend printing your paper wallet and keeping it in a super safe location as a final backup.
Then click "Next: Save your Address"
Unlock your wallet that you just created using the file you just downloaded in order to see your address.
Your address will now be displayed, along with some other additional information. This address is what you will use to send ETH or Tokens to this account.

1. Can someone explain the keep the encrypted keystore wallet file safe? I dont get what this means. I assume when you download the wallet, its already on your laptop right?

2. When they say back it up in multiple physical different locations, can someone explain this to me? This is an online file right? So what do they mean by this? You mean make a copy of it and put it in an external hard drive? And also have one in an online cloud service like dropbox? If not, what do they mean by this?

3. When they mention private key, is that the password that you created?

4. When they ask about printing a paper wallet, can someone explain this? Do i need a printer right now connected to my laptop in order to print this paper wallet?

5. The other options are saving your raw private key or saving a QR code of your private key. Can someone explain me what is meant by this?

6. I don't think i would want to print a paper wallet as i do not want to keep a copy of it in the apartment etc. Do you guys agree/disagree with this?

7. So there is no 12 word phrase like electrum?

8. So if you don't keep a backup copy of this wallet and even if you know your password, that means you won't have any access to your ETH anymore? So basically you have to make multiple backup copies of it because if you don't, and any of your copies are destroyed or loss etc... then you lose all your ETH? For example, you have the wallet on your laptop of course. But let say you make a copy of it on an external hard drive and thats all. So if computer has problems and external hard drive has problems, then you lose all your ETH no matter what? With Electrum with bitcoin, as long as you know that 12 word phrase, that is all that is needed. Thus even if you don't have any backup copies of electrum on your external hard drive or anywhere else, well the 12 word phrase would allow you to restore your electrum with bitcoin.

Thanks all.