Help with research - Comprehensive list of desktop bitcoin wallets

[sir_danny]

Hi! I'm trying to do research by compiling a mega-exhaustive list of desktop bitcoin wallets.

It has to support BTC (If it's a multicurrency wallet)

Please respond by adding to my list thus far:

• Bitcoin Core
• Armory
• Bitcoin Knots
• Bither
• Bit Pay
• Electrum
• Sparrow
• Specter
• Wasabi

[bL4nkcode]

From the same reference https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet?step=5&platform=linux I guess there's nothing to add more in compare to the list recommended by bitcoin.org.

I don't know if people will agree with exodus and coinomi both multi currency wallet, but it's worth mentioning. Also blockstream green wallet.

[hosseinimr93]

I don't know if people will agree with exodus and coinomi both multi currency wallet, but it's worth mentioning.

Both are close source and I wouldn't recommend them.

In 2019, Coinomi was sending users seed phrase to google servers. (Click here to see how that vulnerability caused a user to lose his money)
Although they have solved the issue, but that's a good example showing why you shouldn't trust close source wallets.

[Oshosondy]

I don't know if people will agree with exodus and coinomi both multi currency wallet, but it's worth mentioning. Also blockstream green wallet.

Another one that I know is atomic wallet but it is also close source. I can not use close source wallet because people do not know if close source wallets have malware, it is good to use open source wallet.

I do not know what the OP want to use it for, may be he will need all the wallets, both open source and close source, but in his research writing he has to include the disadvantages of close source, especially that people do not know if the wallet is having malware or not.

[nullama]

You could also include libbitcoin:

https://libbitcoin.info

Here's the github link:

https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system

It's more of a toolkit than a wallet, but you can use it to create a Bitcoin wallet on your desktop...

[SFR10]

Hi! I'm trying to do research by compiling a mega-exhaustive list of desktop bitcoin wallets.

It has to support BTC (If it's a multicurrency wallet)
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You might want to mention if you're only looking for those with source codes ^{[to check if you can reproduce them]} or not, but I'll list one for each:

• Guarda - On some review sites, they're claiming it's open-source, but AFAIK it's "not" completely open-source + it's connected to "Changelly ^{[the same goes for Atomic]}"!
• Jaxx - Closed-source.

Note: I would not recommend using either of them to store anything ^{[especially the first one]}!

[nakamura12]

Whta I am going to suggest is already on your list but if you are looking for a way to use an android app on your desktop is to use an android emulator like bluestacks for example where you can install wallets that are only available on android or both android and app like electrum.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Atomic wallet (https://atomicwallet.io) it's multicurrency and obviously closed source.
Airgap wallet (https://airgap.it) Multicurrency and Open source.

This thread by Ratimov will be useful to you if you want to dig up more desktop wallets Best Crypto Wallet Aggregators

[sir_danny]

You could also include libbitcoin:

https://libbitcoin.info

Here's the github link:

https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system

It's more of a toolkit than a wallet, but you can use it to create a Bitcoin wallet on your desktop...

Thank you! I will take a look at it now

[sir_danny]

Atomic wallet (https://atomicwallet.io) it's multicurrency and obviously closed source.
Airgap wallet (https://airgap.it) Multicurrency and Open source.

This thread by Ratimov will be useful to you if you want to dig up more desktop wallets Best Crypto Wallet Aggregators

This is a treasure find thank you!

[sir_danny]

Whta I am going to suggest is already on your list but if you are looking for a way to use an android app on your desktop is to use an android emulator like bluestacks for example where you can install wallets that are only available on android or both android and app like electrum.

Thanks! I have listed several hundreds on walletscrutiny.com.

I work with them by collating data and then categorizing them. Then somebody else tests for reproducibility.

[sir_danny]

I don't know if people will agree with exodus and coinomi both multi currency wallet, but it's worth mentioning. Also blockstream green wallet.

Another one that I know is atomic wallet but it is also close source. I can not use close source wallet because people do not know if close source wallets have malware, it is good to use open source wallet.

I do not know what the OP want to use it for, may be he will need all the wallets, both open source and close source, but in his research writing he has to include the disadvantages of close source, especially that people do not know if the wallet is having malware or not.

Thanks, I do have those in the list, and in contact with the devs.

Can't really blame them. Many of these projects were previously open source. Then bad actors started copying the code verbatim, slapping on a different logo and name, or worse, pretending to be the real app and then stealing users funds.

A security model that some now embrace is "security through obscurity".

To each his own, I guess.

[sir_danny]

Hi! I'm trying to do research by compiling a mega-exhaustive list of desktop bitcoin wallets.

It has to support BTC (If it's a multicurrency wallet)
~Snipped~

You might want to mention if you're only looking for those with source codes ^{[to check if you can reproduce them]} or not, but I'll list one for each:

• Guarda - On some review sites, they're claiming it's open-source, but AFAIK it's "not" completely open-source + it's connected to "Changelly ^{[the same goes for Atomic]}"!
• Jaxx - Closed-source.

Note: I would not recommend using either of them to store anything ^{[especially the first one]}!

First time I heard of Guarda - thank you! We categorize closed source accordingly

[tranthidung]

• Bitcoin recommended wallets
• Wallets supporting Taproot
• [Guide] Secure air-gapped crypto wallet storage method
• Not your keys, not your coins

You must

• Back up your wallets
• Test validity, usability of your backups
• Store your backups offline and safely, privately and securely

[sir_danny]

Hi, just want to report back,

My list now contains the following:

1      Armory
2      Bitcoin Knots
3      Bither
4      BitPay
5      Electrum
6      Sparrow
7      Specter
8      Wasabi
9      Mercury Wallet
10      Exodus Desktop
11      CoinApp
12      Atomic Wallet
13      Coinomi
14      Jaxx Liberty
15      Blockstream Green
16      Lily Wallet
17      Nunchuk
18      Guarda
19      CoinSpace
20      Infinity Wallet
21      Zap Desktop
22      FreeWallet dot io
23      Spark Wallet
24      Bisq
25      Lisk Desktop
26      Kronos
27      BTCWallet
28      Yeti
29      Fully Noded
30      Berlino
31      Paymetheus
32      Caravan
33      ARK Desktop Wallet

I'm still trawling through github and I see a lot of abandoned projects.