Are my bitcoins safe in blockchain.info?

[P4ndoraBox]

Quite an interesting conversation over there.

Which wallet would you recommend the most guys ?

I see lot of people complaining about blockchain.info wallet, and well I do know about online wallets in general.

I had Multibit, and from time to time...Either multibit was broken, or recently multibit wasnt event able to recognise my passphrase and I wasnt able to get my fund.

Since I had the wallet words, I was able to recover my fund using blockchain.info private key importing and blablabla.

From my experience, I had more issues with the hardware multibit wallet than blockchain info.

My question is, instead of bashing a wallet or another, let's talk about the solution, which wallet would you recommend the most for storing BTC while august 1st panic will go on ?

Thank you.

[Prem.Soorajpaul]

My only problem with blockchain.info is its association with the well known scammer Roger Ver. Other than that, I don't have any issues with them and I am using their wallets for more than a year now.

[odolvlobo]

well known scammer Roger Ver.

You're an idiot to believe the ridiculous things that people write on Reddit. Think for yourself. Don't be an idiot.

[v.dcm]

I created a wallet at blockchain.info and one in myethereum, could you tell me if they're secure? I haven't earned any bitcoin yet because I'm a newbie and just starting with this thing. Personally I didn't think I'd have any problems with them because of them reputation, but I'm asking because I'm reading posts where people say blockchain.info wallets are not safe, aren't they really or i'ts something that may change with one user or another?
I'm confused

[jamesnickel88]

Same here I've been looking for a new wallet if anyone has recommendations?

No, your coins are not safe on blockchain.info - think of this as carrying cash overseas! It's just vulnerable.

[P4ndoraBox]

Electrum

[bitpeepcom]

My only problem with blockchain.info is its association with the well known scammer Roger Ver. Other than that, I don't have any issues with them and I am using their wallets for more than a year now.

Can you elaborate on this? Have you any proof?
That's pretty mean tbh.

[AdolfinWolf]

My only problem with blockchain.info is its association with the well known scammer Roger Ver. Other than that, I don't have any issues with them and I am using their wallets for more than a year now.

Can you elaborate on this? Have you any proof?
That's pretty mean tbh.

If you were really that curious, it would've been better to open a new thread, you currently are bumping a thread that has been dead for over a week.

Either way, Roger Ver was i'd say co-owner / Majority investor of blockchain.info, https://www.coindesk.com/roger-ver-blockchain-past-present-future/ One of the first investors.

This was back in 2014. I am not sure if he still owns it / sold it.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ver#Bitcoin aswell.

[FreelaBit]

online wallet=not safe
offline/paper/client=50% safe
I don´t think there is a method to secure 100%

[AdolfinWolf]

online wallet=not safe
offline/paper/client=50% safe
I don´t think there is a method to secure 100%

Your post was totally useless, and also, totally wrong.

An online wallet can still be 99.99 ( 100)% safe, aslong as you can verify you're the only one with the private keys.

Paper / Client are i'd say 99.999% safe in terms of overall security of the software. Unless you get ratted there is no way you'd lose your bitcoins. Brute force is something that really doesn't exist.

Paper is paper. how can anyone get to something you wrote down? How is that "just" 50% safe?

[Skyborn]

Are my bitcoins safe in online wallet www.blockchain.info for what happens on August 1?

I have my private keys & my account is fully secured.

I really need to know this

I've heard it's better to actually have a software or hardware wallet rather than an online one. If you have either of those you will always have 100% control over your bitcoin. If the blockchain.info site were to go down you will probably lose access to your coins. Better safe than sorry

[Hamilcar]

I think with your private keys you are safe anywhere.

[ankurguta87]

Best way is offline wallet like hardware wallets,  paper wallets..  alternatively you may use blockchain.info

[Dudeperfect]

It's not just limited to the special incident like 1 Aug but in general, it is not recommended to keep the funds on any web wallet or exchange because there is always a risk associated with it when you keep funds anywhere other than your control. You can use the paper wallet to hodl your Bitcoins for the mid or long term and if you do have frequent transactions then you can try hardware wallet like a Trezor to maintain 100% control of your funds.

[aer0]

You can watch an interview with the founder of [Suspicious link removed] on thisweekinstartups.

They seem to know what they are doing, they are responsible for a majority Bitcoin wallet transactions.  I feel better about them after the interview.

[Michael_Token]

Blockchain.info have a pretty good reputation of reliability.

[Melquart]

I think it's safe. I'm using it too.