Samourai Wallet is pretty damn good for a bitcoiner who needs some nice add-ons.
I can connect my node to it, I can mix my coins easily with Whirlpool and I like PayNyms too.
Give it a try.
If I had to bet which of the wallets in the second category will pull an exit scam, my bet would be on Samourai.
- The wallet on Google Play has little to do with their open source
- They hide in secrecy about who is behind the wallet
- They invite people to put as much money into the mixer at the same time as possible
There would be no recourse for an exit scam if they are really as private as they pretend to be. Of course there is Keonne Rodriguez who keeps defending Samourai but maybe he sold it to some anonymous entity. Who knows?
You can run your own Dojo and Whirlpool servers.
Still does not stop the wallet itself from becoming evil.
And I have said it before and I'll say it again. Open source is only good if you follow all the rules. No auto update, don't install an upgrade until you and / or other trusted people have verified the executable download matches what you get when you compile yourself. And you know what, most people still don't do either. Just download and go.
There is also the question of how some of these wallets operate.
You can choose my own server in Samourai. You cannot in Mycelium
BTC spikes to $25000 tomorrow and you want to sell. The Mycelium server gets overloaded and stops responding, or they don't want people moving the coins so it responds
but never broadcasts it anyplace. There are ways around it, but some you either have to install another app and import your seed or do some other things. Both of which take some time and knowledge.
Samourai / coinomi same thing but all you have to do is pick a different server which IMO is a lot quicker. I run my own and I know a lot of people here run their own and are more then willing to help out and say connect here.
Not to mention the privacy aspect.
There are many things in play, but just talking about opensource builds is just part of the issue.
As I have said, just my view. I don't expect to change yours but I do think it should be out there.
Stay safe.
-Dave