Mobile wallet for newbies?

[mocacinno]

Repeating previous poster's advice: go for electrum...

Why? Well, it's a stepping stone...

If you advice your friend to use electrum on his mobile, he can start his learning curve. If he decides to move to a desktop wallet he can restore his mobile wallet on his desktop and have more or less the same features as he had on his mobile. Or, even better, he can create a brand new electrum wallet on his desktop...

IF, one day, your friend decides to go secure with an airgapped setup: electrum
IF he buys a ledger or a trezor: electrum

Electrum is open source an peer vetted, it can be used on your mobile, on your desktop (linux, windows and mac), it can be used as a daemon or with a gui, it can be used in an airgapped setup, it can be used together with hardware wallets... Do your friend a favour and point him in the right direction

I realise that many people are advising a multi-coin wallet, but this thread was generated in a bitcoin-related subforum, so i'm giving a bitcoin-related advice...

[farrellronald]

the first question you need to ask is whether you need this wallet for your work or for personal puposes only? and the second question is that what money does your destination wallet use frequently?

[$crypto$]

Coinomi and ImToken, which in my opinion are easy to use in terms of appearance compared to other wallets, are the Android versions that have been widely used since they were launched.

I have advised many of my friends for beginners to use this wallet and it is easy to understand with the many coins and tokens that have been supported, I have accommodated a lot of tokens / coins or transactions easily and also have no problems.

I think you should try it for your family and I am sure that you have heard of or tried this wallet app.

[chanler]

In my opinion, we cannot use wallets if we don't know anything. At least, we must know the basic knowledge about crypto wallets.
Commonly, most mobile wallets are created with a friendly way to use. So, don't worry to use it, brother. However, I suggest checking the review of the crypto mobile wallets before you choose it, then you can get the wallet that fits for you.

If you are looking for Bitcoin Wallet for Android, here are some options that may be suitable for newbies.

1. Zengo
- easy-to-use
- simple for back up dan restoring

2. Blockstream Green
- easy-to-use
- available fee estimation excellently

3. Atomic Wallet
- user-friendly
- More than 500+ assets
- instant exchange
- custody-free app

I think that these three are easy to use. But of course, they have pros and cons. So, better to study them first before using and ensure that you conform with it.

Link sources:
- https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/wallets/android/
- https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-for-beginners/what-is-bitcoin-wallets

[Lordrift]

What crypto mobile wallet can you suggest for newbie who doesn't know anything about Bitcoin and blockchain.
Wallet needs to be very simple to use, non-custodial and with Android OS.
(This is not for me but for my family and friends)

I'd advice to use trust wallet. It is simple and easy to use

[tukagero]

What crypto mobile wallet can you suggest for newbie who doesn't know anything about Bitcoin and blockchain.
Wallet needs to be very simple to use, non-custodial and with Android OS.
(This is not for me but for my family and friends)

Trust wallet is what i recommend to my newbie friends if they are looking for mobile wallets, and also i always give them advice that never download on playstore without reading comments or feedbacks, because most crypto wallet on playstore will only steal their crypto.

[erikoy]

Try to check my thread. Those wallets are listed in top when you search for mobile bitcoin wallets. Yes, usually wallets now are compatible with smartphones may it android or iOS. There are many actually and had found non-custodial wallet. Meaning that you own your key and your bitcoin and no one could access it for you except your self. Check it here in my thread posted in this section below,

For your ready reference on mobile bitcoin wallet

[gagux123]

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First of all I would advise your family and friends to study bitcoin and blockchain first, how the system works etc. (ps: I don't know if they already know)

I used MyCelium for a while and really liked it, some features that I prefer Mycelium

• In my opinion it has a user friendly interface
• You can manually change the transaction fee
• Open source code
• The wallet supports, Legacy, P2SH, Bench32 addresses

[erep]

Various variants of the wallet application have been suggested based on their respective advantages. But hey, we are beginners, and do we need all those features without any knowledge of bitcoin and we only use to receive and send just typical of beginners. Electrum and ImToken are beginner-friendly apps that are easy to introduce to beginners and easy to learn.

[Krislaw]

There are multiple wallet choices

If you're looking for bitcoin wallet, you can choose Electrum or Mycellium wallet. Mycellium gives you segwit and legacy address. But if you're looking for a multi wallet, go for Trust wallet. It supports coins like BTC, ETH (including ERC-20 tokens) BNB and some others.
Do not leave your coin on exchange, it's not safe there.

[pakhitheboss]

My first android Bitcoin wallet was Mycelium wallet. In my opinion it has one of the best user interface and simple menu option for anyone to understand easily. I have used other Bitcoin wallets but this one for me is the best.

Another important aspect of this wallet is that you donot need to register or go through KYC and setting up pin or creating backup is not mandatory.

Although it is advisable to always create a backup and add an extra level of security to the wallet by adding a pin number.

[Rengga Jati]

I was also a newbie at that time who do not know about bitcoin and also blockchain. In case, I have to know if I want to enter this crypto world.
Well yeah, it may be not easy for them at first to learn about bitcoin and the crypto world, moreover about the wallet.
If they need to get an easy wallet, I think that Trustwallet is the best option, this is what I use for the first time. Moreover, it is a multi-wallet in which we can store not only BTC but also more altcoins. We can also swap the coin or event exchange it in that application. In addition, if we want to use such certain DAPPs, there is also available by searching on the Dapp button.

But. please note to your friend, if he really wants to enter the crypto world, for the sake of security he needs to learn more about BTC and this crypto world. Learn more than one wallet, of course, it may not be easy, but it needs to be learned.  

[kataxgaming]

i would recomend to use Trustwallet for newbies. friendly UI easy to use

[famososMuertos]

What crypto mobile wallet can you suggest for newbie who doesn't know anything about Bitcoin and blockchain.
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Hi! notblox1,
In my opinion, this should be a personal decision when you have experience. Recommendations of course the experience of other users helps in the final decision, but when you have no idea about what a cryptocurrency is, it can bring you problems with the family, I would recommend the reverse process, that is, that the person (family / friend) is the one who tells you which wallet they want to use.

This has something fundamental, it takes it out of the information gap "0" according to your criteria in the context of the question.

Based on how you propose it in the OP, I would not recommend any Crypto Mobile Wallet to anyone.
Rule sine equa non they must first document to use Crypto Mobile Wallet.

This type of recommendations that with good foundation and intention is made in a thread, cannot be taken so happily to third parties, in fact it is preferable that you send them the link to this post or suggest opening an account in the forum.

G.B. 

[Mandarava]

When I was just starting to use cryptocurrencies and bitcoin, I used two wallets that were stored on my phone. The first was a wallet from Xapo. And the second is Coinbase. By the way, even then Xapo suggested that everyone use their own credit card. At that time it was the most convenient for me because now I can also recommend these wallets.

[Jawhead999]

When I was just starting to use cryptocurrencies and bitcoin, I used two wallets that were stored on my phone. The first was a wallet from Xapo. And the second is Coinbase.

I assume you're using coinbase exchanges, both Coinbase (but now coinbase has releasing non-custodial wallet) or Xapo are custodial wallet where you don't own your private keys. So it's wrong to recommended these wallet to OP.
Not your keys, not your coins.

Wallet needs to be very simple to use, non-custodial and with Android OS.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

OP if you decide to use electrum as suggested by most users that have previously replied to your questions you do have to understand how the apps works especially when setting the transaction fees. While the obvious option would be to reduced the block confirmation time to 25 so to reduce the fees you'll pay, but it doesn't always means you'll be charged less especially when the mempool are congested.

It discovered that the hard way when I have to pay a $10 fees on a $20 transaction irrespective of reducing my transaction targeted block to 25. Read below to understand how to read the fees.

Just tap on ETA and it switches to mempool size and then to static where you can set it to 1sat/b

[AniviaBtc]

I know that most of the people here are using Coinbase which is what I'm also using.

It is a user-friendly platform that everyone can use when they are looking for a trusted and quality wallet for their assets. Many bitcoin investors are using this wallet and don't hesitate to try it because it has a lot of features where you will feel security and comfort on all your bitcoin.

It offers a lot of cryptocurrency that you might use, not only bitcoin.

[mersal]

I know that most of the people here are using Coinbase which is what I'm also using.

It is a user-friendly platform that everyone can use when they are looking for a trusted and quality wallet for their assets. Many bitcoin investors are using this wallet and don't hesitate to try it because it has a lot of features where you will feel security and comfort on all your bitcoin.

It offers a lot of cryptocurrency that you might use, not only bitcoin.

Coinbase is not really a wallet and it sucks to be honest from my personal experience, their support is the worst of all exchanges and you may never get any response most of the time. If you are still using coinbase then its time for you to move to better wallet like electrum for bitcoin or coinomi,jaxx,exodus,trust wallets for multi cryptos storage.

[bob123]

Coinbase is not really a wallet

There is a coinbase wallet application, which indeed is a mobile wallet.

If you are still using coinbase then its time for you to move to better wallet like electrum for bitcoin or coinomi,jaxx,exodus,trust wallets for multi cryptos storage.

I would definitely not recommend coinomi, jaxx or exodus.
All of these wallets have their own problems. And the developer of jaxx and coinomi are extremely incompetent and had severe vulnerabilities in their wallets without properly acknowledging them.

I'd keep away from those wallets.