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January 22, 2014, 08:04:39 PM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
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January 22, 2014, 08:12:37 PM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
Something that provides easy to use offline wallet functionality, armory or electrum.
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January 22, 2014, 08:19:31 PM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
Something that provides easy to use offline wallet functionality, armory or electrum.
This. I'd actually recommend Electrum until Armory .91 or .92 is released. Armory has much more functionality and some more security, but also a few serious bugs to be worked out (which eat your time, not your coins), though it's much less apparent if you run your computer(s) "normally" (fast, solid Internet connection, power stays on). Electrum will ultimately take up hours less of your time, excluding needing the full blockchain with Armory.

With the de facto "official" Bitcoin client, you both have the time-consumption of a "full" client and no added functionality over third-party clients. AFAIK, the Bitcoin clients also still do not use deterministic wallets, which is a major pain in the ass and/or security risk if you use it a lot.
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January 22, 2014, 08:22:46 PM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
Something that provides easy to use offline wallet functionality, armory or electrum.

How much disk space does electrum take atm?
(oh nvm, it doesn't work like bitcoin qt I think)
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January 26, 2014, 05:28:43 AM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
Something that provides easy to use offline wallet functionality, armory or electrum.

How much disk space does electrum take atm?
(oh nvm, it doesn't work like bitcoin qt I think)
Is there a link to the electrum download site, It sounds interesting.
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January 26, 2014, 07:01:03 AM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
Something that provides easy to use offline wallet functionality, armory or electrum.

How much disk space does electrum take atm?
(oh nvm, it doesn't work like bitcoin qt I think)
Is there a link to the electrum download site, It sounds interesting.

This is the website. https://electrum.org/
This is the Electrum board here on bitcointalk. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0
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January 26, 2014, 10:09:05 AM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
Something that provides easy to use offline wallet functionality, armory or electrum.

How much disk space does electrum take atm?
(oh nvm, it doesn't work like bitcoin qt I think)
Is there a link to the electrum download site, It sounds interesting.

This is the website. https://electrum.org/
This is the Electrum board here on bitcointalk. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0

Is the android version safe as the desktop version? , Sounds awesome.
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January 26, 2014, 10:25:00 AM
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Is the android version safe as the desktop version? , Sounds awesome.

No idea..maybe you can try it and report back Tongue
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January 26, 2014, 10:38:08 AM
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Is the android version safe as the desktop version? , Sounds awesome.

No idea..maybe you can try it and report back Tongue
No thanks, I ill take my chances on the desktop version haha  Cheesy
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January 26, 2014, 06:02:00 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.
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January 26, 2014, 07:42:21 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?
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January 26, 2014, 08:19:05 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?

What do you mean by "it uses other networks"Huh
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January 26, 2014, 08:19:32 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?
It can be stored offline. So, It is secure, Oh and it doesnt download the blockchain.
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January 26, 2014, 08:39:06 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?
It can be stored offline. So, It is secure, Oh and it doesn't download the blockchain.

Not downloading the blockchain is like the biggest feature, +it doesn't have to be online.
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January 26, 2014, 10:30:29 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?

What do you mean by "it uses other networks"Huh

wish I knew Cheesy
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January 27, 2014, 01:02:22 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?
It can be stored offline. So, It is secure, Oh and it doesn't download the blockchain.

Not downloading the blockchain is like the biggest feature, +it doesn't have to be online.

there are tricks for speeding up the blockchain syncing using bittorent and a dump of the blockchain: look up blockchain bootstrapping. Lots of tutorials available.

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January 27, 2014, 04:17:03 PM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?
It can be stored offline. So, It is secure, Oh and it doesn't download the blockchain.

Not downloading the blockchain is like the biggest feature, +it doesn't have to be online.

there are tricks for speeding up the blockchain syncing using bittorent and a dump of the blockchain: look up blockchain bootstrapping. Lots of tutorials available.

Still, some people are not happy to have 16GB+ data on their HD.
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January 28, 2014, 06:09:44 AM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?
It can be stored offline. So, It is secure, Oh and it doesn't download the blockchain.

Not downloading the blockchain is like the biggest feature, +it doesn't have to be online.

there are tricks for speeding up the blockchain syncing using bittorent and a dump of the blockchain: look up blockchain bootstrapping. Lots of tutorials available.

Still, some people are not happy to have 16GB+ data on their HD.

And for some people, downloading 16 GB takes loving ages.
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January 28, 2014, 07:42:22 AM
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Electrum. Or a paper wallet for long term storage.

just got electrum, but could You explain why is it safer? It uses other networks, which might be compromised, can they?
It can be stored offline. So, It is secure, Oh and it doesn't download the blockchain.

Not downloading the blockchain is like the biggest feature, +it doesn't have to be online.

there are tricks for speeding up the blockchain syncing using bittorent and a dump of the blockchain: look up blockchain bootstrapping. Lots of tutorials available.

Still, some people are not happy to have 16GB+ data on their HD.

And for some people, downloading 16 GB takes loving ages.

Yup. And not just a day or two, but like half a month or more. Crappy internet speed. So I use Electrum.
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September 03, 2014, 04:31:10 AM
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Bitcoin-qt vs bitcoind? Or is there anything more secure?
Something that provides easy to use offline wallet functionality, armory or electrum.

I think armory is more secure, what do you think?
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