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August 24, 2017, 09:02:28 PM
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I know this has been probably asked a million times but I decided to go all in (investment money speaking) on bitcoin so I am looking for a safe wallet.

I have some stored in blockchain digital wallet but want to take it offline just in case. I did use electrum in the past and still considering it.
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August 24, 2017, 09:32:45 PM
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I'm sure others will chime in.

I've been itching to pick up a hardware wallet - specifically a Ledger Nano S. I've yet to get to a value level to fully justify it though. Hopefully someday soon
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August 24, 2017, 09:34:44 PM
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I know this has been probably asked a million times but I decided to go all in (investment money speaking) on bitcoin so I am looking for a safe wallet.

I have some stored in blockchain digital wallet but want to take it offline just in case. I did use electrum in the past and still considering it.

You already had the offline wallet that I'm about to suggest, electrum is what almost everyone prefer here. And I have some funds there probably 1 bitcoin and I don't have any plans on using them that's why you are good to go with electrum and there's no need to worry about it because it's one of the safest offline/desktop wallet ever.

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August 24, 2017, 09:41:42 PM
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Two best offline bitcoin wallets are:

1. Ledger nano wallet
2. Trezor wallet

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August 24, 2017, 09:48:01 PM
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I know this has been probably asked a million times but I decided to go all in (investment money speaking) on bitcoin so I am looking for a safe wallet.

I have some stored in blockchain digital wallet but want to take it offline just in case. I did use electrum in the past and still considering it.

Electrum is great and perfectly suitable for cold storage. Not only can you back up an encrypted copy of the wallet and take it offline, but you also have additional safety, since you can keep a copy of your seed written down on paper in a safe place (perhaps a safety deposit box, or buried in your back yard Tongue). Paper wallets are okay, too, but you need to be very careful to plan for contingencies if one copy gets destroyed. Consider laminating them and keeping multiple copies if you go that route.

As some have mentioned, hardware wallets are really cool. I've heard great things about the Trezor and Ledger Nano but I don't have experience with them. I'm also worried about long term data integrity and I'm not sure how their backups work. I use Electrum for my cold storage, personally. Good luck!

 
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August 24, 2017, 10:36:05 PM
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As some have mentioned, hardware wallets are really cool. I've heard great things about the Trezor and Ledger Nano but I don't have experience with them. I'm also worried about long term data integrity and I'm not sure how their backups work. I use Electrum for my cold storage, personally. Good luck!

Trezor's backup consists of 24 seed words (+ passphrases for increased security) that you need to write down and safely store as a backup. That's all you need to restore your wallet to a new Trezor or software wallets with Trezor import support (eg. Electrum).

I have no experience with Ledger, but I assume it's not much different.

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August 24, 2017, 11:44:45 PM
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I'm sure others will chime in.

I've been itching to pick up a hardware wallet - specifically a Ledger Nano S. I've yet to get to a value level to fully justify it though. Hopefully someday soon
Got my Ledger last month. Very happy with it.

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August 24, 2017, 11:49:16 PM
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I know this has been probably asked a million times but I decided to go all in (investment money speaking) on bitcoin so I am looking for a safe wallet.

I have some stored in blockchain digital wallet but want to take it offline just in case. I did use electrum in the past and still considering it.
for the reason that bitcoin hardware is a offline wallet so it safe or safer than the other online wallet because it is offline theres no way they could access it it is invulnerable when it comes in hacking and youre the only one that could one access it in your hardware butthe thing is it can be broke.
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August 25, 2017, 01:48:24 AM
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Go for hardware wallet, it is easy to use and safe. Two popular brands (Ledger and Trezor) have been mentioned above.
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August 25, 2017, 03:25:37 AM
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Is offline wallet is better than online wallet? Whats the difference?
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August 25, 2017, 03:34:17 AM
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If you want the cheapest way to store your coins then then https://www.bitaddress.org is the answer to your problem.

You can also download the offline version https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org and use that on an offline computer to generate an address for cold storage.

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August 25, 2017, 03:34:37 AM
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I know this has been probably asked a million times but I decided to go all in (investment money speaking) on bitcoin so I am looking for a safe wallet.

I have some stored in blockchain digital wallet but want to take it offline just in case. I did use electrum in the past and still considering it.
Why not you try the Trezor or Ledger hardware wallet, Ideal for storing long-term bitcoins and very safe Grin

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August 25, 2017, 03:37:34 AM
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Use a paper wallet, my friend. Go to http://bitaddress.org, move your mouse around for a few seconds. Then click "bulk wallet" and generate as many addresses as you like. Then print/write them on paper and you have your own public/private keys to send Bitcoin to safely. Smiley

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August 25, 2017, 03:45:24 AM
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Is offline wallet is better than online wallet? Whats the difference?

For long term storage, definitely. If your node is connected to the internet, your coins could be lost if your keys become compromised through malware. So, if your coins are kept offline, a malicious program wouldn't be able to transmit the private keys back to the hacker.

It's pretty inconvenient to take coins out of cold storage for day-to-day spending, though, so it makes sense to keep a desktop wallet (like Electrum) for regular usage. Just keep minimal coins in it (just in case) and use encryption and/or 2FA.

 
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August 25, 2017, 06:16:51 AM
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I know this has been probably asked a million times but I decided to go all in (investment money speaking) on bitcoin so I am looking for a safe wallet.

I have some stored in blockchain digital wallet but want to take it offline just in case. I did use electrum in the past and still considering it.
Buy some real storage like trezor which is one of the best hardware wallet as of now and there is a lot of serious investors who invested in bitcoin and store it on trezor but the if you want to be more secured then you should divide it into different hardware wallets like buying some ledger hardware wallet so you can have at least two storage for your serious bitcoin investment.
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August 25, 2017, 06:23:58 AM
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For now I think the safest ofline wallet is just trezor, we can save our bitcoin in trezor without fear of hackers, and I think trezor usage is very easy, if we save bitcoin in online there is fear because many web phishing

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August 25, 2017, 06:37:22 AM
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I'm using a Ledger Nano S since a month and I am very happy with it. Easy to use and secure.
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August 25, 2017, 06:44:28 AM
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I know this has been probably asked a million times but I decided to go all in (investment money speaking) on bitcoin so I am looking for a safe wallet.

I have some stored in blockchain digital wallet but want to take it offline just in case. I did use electrum in the past and still considering it.
If it's a safe purse it can be said  hard to But all online wallets are not 100% safe with risk. You can buy usb or ssd save coin storage here it's safe .
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August 25, 2017, 06:45:06 AM
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If you want one, totally 100% secured on your own, get a Bitcoin paper wallet. You can create one and print one off Bitaddress.org

You select to print three or four copies of this wallet. Then go to a office supplies store or arts and crafts place and get some self-laminating sheets. Protect your paper wallet with the lamination and then store each of these paper wallets in a secure spots preferably three or four different spots.

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August 25, 2017, 06:50:24 AM
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I am looking forward to having a ledger soon anyway with all the hypes. By the way, if you are looking for a long time storage and looking to have lots of bitcoin, I will advise a cold storage as most people already adviced here. Hardware or paper wallets are good for that. Desktop wallets aren't bad too though but remember that those desktop wallets (most especially the light ones) are as safe as the PC you are installing them on. So be careful of malwares and don't just expose them if you are planning on sticking to one.
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