Best Bitcoin Desktop Wallets

[coinsgod]

What are the best bitcoin desktop wallets? And also other wallets that include a number of altcoins goo?

[Riberiy]

best solution is a wallet for each coin. So one for bitcon, one for ethereum etc etc...
Personally I didn't trust multi coin wallet, but there are few official option.
about btc the best desktop light wallet is electrum.

[Jay2408]

I like Exodus for a number of altcoins, it's very easy to handle. But I wouldn't use it for BTC since the transaction fees are apparantly very high. For BTC I also recommend Electrum.

[hdclover]

blockchain.info

[Intensity]

Electrum is the wallet mostly recommended for BTC on a desktop. For multi coin wallets, Exodus has a nice GUI, but as mentioned, the fees to send BTC can be high. I personally like Jaxx.io for a multi wallet since they give three options for sending speed when it comes to BTC. Ultimately, the choice is yours.


https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet

[zzwensel11]

I have been a happy user of electrum for a while. Quite straightforward and it just feels secure, also thanks to many reviews of others.

[acemith]

So Electrum it is. I'll also check out Exodus for the supported altcoins, but I think I can manage to have different wallets for each coin.

Thank you.

[mk4]

Here are some of the most reputable desktop wallets we currently have, all of which you have access to your private keys(very important):

• Electrum: https://electrum.org/ | Bitcoin only, but has clones for Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash
• Exodus: https://www.exodus.io/ | Bitcoin, Aragon, Augur, Dash, Decred, EOS, Ethereum, Golem, Litecoin
• Armory: https://www.bitcoinarmory.com/ | Bitcoin only
• Copay: https://copay.io/ | Bitcoin only

Take note though, Windows is very vulnerable to malware and viruses compared to other operating systems. Meaning your private keys are more vulnerable when on Windows. Depending on what operating system you're currently using, I would prefer installing a wallet on a Linux operating system or even better in my opinion if you would keep your bitcoins/cryptocurrencies on an android device or apple device instead.

[coinsgod]

Take note though, Windows is very vulnerable to malware and viruses compared to other operating systems. Meaning your private keys are more vulnerable when on Windows. Depending on what operating system you're currently using, I would prefer installing a wallet on a Linux operating system or even better in my opinion if you would keep your bitcoins/cryptocurrencies on an android device or apple device instead.

 
If you were to keep it on an andriod or apple device, how would you deal with backing up the private key & wallet.dat file? The problem with phones is if it's lost or stolen.

What do you think about these strategies:

1. Encrypting the private key & the Wallet.dat file with GPG4Win. Secure wipe the original private key & the Wallet.dat file so there's no traces left on your computer. When you want to use your wallet program you just decrypt the Wallet.dat file. Open your wallet, do what you need to do, close it. Use GPG4Win and encrypt the new Wallet.dat file. Secure wipe the new unencrypted Wallet.dat file. Also secure wipe the old original encrypted Wallet.dat file as you now have a new encrypted Wallet.dat file.

2. What about if you were to keep your private key and your Wallet.dat file saved onto an encrypted partition/volume using Veracrypt. When you need to use your wallet you copy the Wallet.dat file off the encrypted volume once mounted to your C:/coinfolder/. Open your wallet, do what you need to do, close it. Copy the new Wallet.dat file to the encrypted volume then dismount that volume so it's fully encrypted again. Secure wipe the new unencrypted Wallet.dat file sitting in your C:/coinfolder/

[midelou]

I use Electrum. Have not used Exodus yet.

[BTcSD]

i advise to use main bitcoin core software if you have good internet speed &  HDD space else use Electrum instead . for online solution use blockchain.info and always never forget to backup wallet.dat file. 

[Rune]

Electrum is absolutely the best no hassle light weight wallet I highly recommend that to any user.

[cucuadam]

i guess Blockchain is good to wallet

[MaxDigger]

I use jaxx both as a desktop and a mobile version. For now I am satisfied.

[yeamin.rsl]

In my small mind i think its coinbase.
And its address is: https://www.coinbase.com/

[Honest Tim]

What are the best bitcoin desktop wallets? And also other wallets that include a number of altcoins goo?

For bitcoin you can afford to install electrum as it takes very less space and is also easy to use.
But for altcoins I advise you to stick with official wallets as others are quiet risky to install as they may contain hidden viruses or maybe keyloggers.

[vithancodai]

i guess Blockchain is good to wallet

i have question for about blockchain . i see it is storage offline or online , can blockchain has been hacked ?

[dlhezter]

What are the best bitcoin desktop wallets? And also other wallets that include a number of altcoins goo?

for me, im using electrum wallet on my desktop for my bitcoin transactions, and myetherwallet(dot)com for my all altcoin. im not saying that those wallets which im using now are the best wallets, it is more comfortable for me to use this wallets.its up to you which wallets are suited to your needs.

[namjey]

from my personal experience the best ones are eletrum! I didn't have any problems so far

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