What things do you study while choosing a wallet?

[coinremitter]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

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[Nwada001]

Before I consider using any wallet, the first thing I look at is its security. and I think that's the most important part of every wallet. One should check out the security. Is the wallet secured enough? Do I fully have control over my assets? Those are the things I look at the most in any wallet that I want to use.

Transaction fees vary; most wallets usually have a custom transaction fee. You can adjust your transaction speed to how you want it, but the lower the fee, the slower your transaction will take to execute.

[Zaguru12]

First is the custodianship, it is of paramount importance to wallet which is self custodian. Secondly is security and this is mostly achieved by using a cold wallet but there I also own hot wallet to store some funds for easy access. The cold wallet are where the huge funds are saved in. Thirdly is choosing an open source wallet, there are self custodian wallets that are closed source and it is entirely frowned upon.

The transaction fees are also important but not just like the others listed above. The transaction fee problem is solved by using a wallet that supports the RBF opt-in. With this I could navigate around the amount of transactions fees to use.

[Charles-Tim]

I am generally and only referring to noncustodial wallets.

Wallet is not an organization, no need to consider customer support, this forum is more than a customer support, just ask any questions about any of the reputed wallets.

Transaction fee are taking by miners, not the wallet.

What should first be considered is if the wallet is a cold wallet/offline or hot/online wallet. Cold wallets are safer.

Then considering if the wallet is supporting RBF, very important when the mempool is congested.

Other things to consider are:

1. The type of address it is supporting (a wallet that is not supporting segwit should be avoided)
2. Having coin control
3. Having excellent fee estimation algorithm (but best to use mempool to know the fee rate to use)
4. Fee customization etc
5. Know if it is open source (close source wallets are not recommended).

Some people may prefer privacy and go for full node wallets like Bitcoin Core, using Tor with it.

[Patrol69]

The most important thing before choosing a wallet is the security of the wallet. Because if the wallet is not secured then our money will never be safe there. We should avoid using wallets that have weak security systems. That is, we should always avoid wallets that can be easily accessed by others. Because when our wallet security is completed then our resources will be safe in that wallet.

No matter which wallet you use, we must pay a transaction fee when making a token transaction in every wallet. The transaction fee from one wallet to another is not very high.  We never use wallets with less security due to small transaction fee variations. We should always use a strong and high security wallet even if the transaction fees are a bit high.

[Edwardard]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

For a user like me, the first priority is ease of use i.e. I prefer simplicity over complex and advanced functionalities. Technical support is an important part but if the wallet is not difficult to understand for a newbie, not many ppl will require this. Transaction fees is not a question to ask since every self-custodial wallet has custom fee option where you check the mempool and set the fee for your tx as per the traffic.
Also for me, pay-to-many is an important feature for bitcoin wallet and you wont find many bitcoin wallets (especially the mobile ones) having this function. I use bluewallet for all my day-to-day use. Its the best bitcoin wallet for me till date.

[boyptc]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

The community that it has got and the security that it offers. There's a thread in the Beginners and Help about this topic.

--> [General] Bitcoin Wallets - Which, what, why?

Aside from that, it's also best to stick with those wallets that have been known by most and has proven to be a reliable wallet. There have been newbies that are still being misled to the usage of web wallets that don't even provide them their private keys.

And that's one factor that everyone should take, upon using a wallet, use the ones that's providing them the private keys and they're the non custodial wallets.

[Yaunfitda]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

Wallet should be open source of course, and then you yourself building that source app from ground up, meaning you have to download the source code yourself and verify everything.

Just like Bitcoin is build open source,  Bitcoin Core is open source.

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[m2017]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

You are right, cryptocurrency wallets are a lot. Also, there are many different types of wallets, which you forgot to clarify. When choosing a wallet of different types, you have to take into account certain features each time. In general, I would like to highlight the following thoughts.

If the most important function of a wallet is to save money, then security comes first in importance. Technical support is next. Without this, it is almost impossible to keep the security of the wallet at a high level due to rapidly changing trends in technology (attackers will simply hack a wallet that will not be updated). The next parameter is the simplicity and convenience of the wallet, which allows any user to master and use it.

[Z-tight]

This link will conveniently help you to choose your BTC wallet, though it is required that you answer some questions so they can select the best wallet for you, questions like the operating system of your device, whether you are a new or experienced user, criteria, etc. Answer the questions honestly so you get the best wallet that suits you.

If you are a new user and you select that you are an experienced user, you may be provided with a complex wallet that you cannot handle for now, so be honest with it, and when you gain more experience, you can get wallets of your level that would suit you then. Only recommended wallets are in their options, so no worries about using anyone recommended for you.

[Plaguedeath]

If you're want to use wallet for your cellphone, the best choice is Electrum.

If you're want to use wallet for your PC or Laptop, the best choice is either Bitcoin Core or Electrum.

If you're want to hold for long time, you can use hardware wallets e.g. ledger or trezor.

You will not regret if you use this wallet because this is the only wallet which give many features and very safe. I don't see any reason for you to choose other wallet than I mentioned above except you know what you're doing.

[Magic-Money]

Choose using trust wallet app and is easy to use and less charge fees for any given transaction, mostly on the Binance and Tron smart chain, which I have been experiencing for some period of time, I'm using the Trust wallet.

[KiaKia]

1. Custodial vs Non-Custodial   2. Open source vs Closed source

These two points of mine are very important for everyone to understand before choosing a crypto wallet for storing their digital assets.

Custodial Wallets

are wallets that takes control from users and decide to be their users private keys keeper, meaning they function just like the banks, they keep your assets for you, with this, many things can go wrong, they can decide to close down the business, and they will leave with your money, they have the keys in the first place.

Non-Custodial wallets

These wallets are better than custodial wallets because they give users access to their private keys or recovery seed, even if they go down some day you can easily import your recovery seed into another available wallet, everyone prefers using Non-custodial wallets because they are safer compared to Custodial wallets.
Open Source vs Closed Source

Open source wallets are more transparent, they leave every codes opened to the public, so when choosing a wallet, make sure they are open source, closed source wallets are secretive, they decide not to share their coding and stuff to the public experts and developers for full transparency, some said they are trying to avoid copycats and stuff, but users still prefer open source wallets and it's the best decision ever.

[Z-tight]

Choose using trust wallet app and is easy to use and less charge fees for any given transaction, mostly on the Binance and Tron smart chain, which I have been experiencing for some period of time, I'm using the Trust wallet.

Trust wallet is not a recommended wallet, and i would not recommend it to members that are looking for good wallets to use. Trust wallet is closed source, and if you want to choose a wallet you should go for one that is open source and recommended by the real BTC community. Trust wallet is also owned by Binance, and that is another reason why you should not use it because of the shady way Binance operates. If you are using Trust wallet transafer your BTC's to either Electrum or BlueWallet.

[serjent05]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

It is an obvious answer, the reputation of the site and developer that creates the wallet. At first, I use only the Bitcoin core wallet and I am skeptical to use other wallets, then I found Electrum, being light and easy to access without downloading the whole blockchain data, it is now my goto wallet.

Btw, I just browsed the Bitcoin.org wallet list database and it is surprising that they have a helper now.  They give options on the type or kind of wallet the downloader wants so the user can choose what type of wallet they prefer.  They even have choices like this

[Merit.s]

Noncustodial wallet is the best wallet to use to keep your funds safe,because it is an open source whereby,you control your keys yourself. Security is the most important thing when choosing a wallet. As a newbie, if you want to use a mobile wallet,go for electrum wallet because it is easy to use and has RBF for smaller funds and maybe for your daily spending. If you want a PC wallet,then you go for a hardware wallet like Trezor. Hardware wallets are use to store large amount of coins or if you want to keep on accumulating your bitcoin for a very long period of time. Transaction fee shouldn't be a problem because it can be adjusted.

[Z-tight]

Noncustodial wallet is the best wallet to use to keep your funds safe,because it is an open source whereby,you control your keys yourself.

Self custody wallets are different from open source wallets, a wallet can be a self custody wallet but be closed source, for example coinbase wallet is a self custody wallet, but it is closed source and hence not recommended. The most recommended are wallets that are open source and self custody.

If you want a PC wallet,then you go for a hardware wallet like Trezor.

A desktop wallet isn't a hardware wallet, they are two different types of wallet. Electrum for example is a desktop wallet and also a mobile wallet, so you can run it on either a computer or a phone, but in a computer it comes with better features. A hardware wallet stores your keys offline in a small device you buy and keep physically.

[darkv0rt3x]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

A couple of things comes to mind right away. Policy of the project (open or closed source), community and which innovations does it brings compared to others already on the market. If there is nothing really new or innovative, I usually don't even bother to try it! In cryptoworld, even the smallest mistake can cost you a shit ton of problems, funds loss, etc!

[Dunamisx]

There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!

I consider a wallet if it's a decentralized wallet and a non custodial wallet, any wallet i will have to use must be an open source cold storage, not all cold storage were open source, i try also to make use of wallet that are common and not only that, those that are reliable that can secure my asset for life, wallets like hot wallet are not reliable because they can be hacked or closed at anytime,when the source code of a wallet is made publicly available, they you can go for it as an open source, generate your keys and safe keep them to always use whenever you wanted to important your wallet on any device at anytime.

[Asuspawer09]

1. Custodial vs Non-Custodial   2. Open source vs Closed source

These two points of mine are very important for everyone to understand before choosing a crypto wallet for storing their digital assets.

Custodial Wallets

are wallets that takes control from users and decide to be their users private keys keeper, meaning they function just like the banks, they keep your assets for you, with this, many things can go wrong, they can decide to close down the business, and they will leave with your money, they have the keys in the first place.

Non-Custodial wallets

These wallets are better than custodial wallets because they give users access to their private keys or recovery seed, even if they go down some day you can easily import your recovery seed into another available wallet, everyone prefers using Non-custodial wallets because they are safer compared to Custodial wallets.
Open Source vs Closed Source

Open source wallets are more transparent, they leave every codes opened to the public, so when choosing a wallet, make sure they are open source, closed source wallets are secretive, they decide not to share their coding and stuff to the public experts and developers for full transparency, some said they are trying to avoid copycats and stuff, but users still prefer open source wallets and it's the best decision ever.

It does have a lot of complicated things but as a beginner, all you need to consider is it's a Non-custodial/decentralized and open source. Most of the users are concerned about centralized exchange because you don't have control over your money and at any moment the wallet or exchange could easily lock your account if they wanted and you can't do anything about it, unlike if you own your private key your the only one who has access to your wallet.

But if you have the budget you could just buy a hardware wallet which is the best when it comes to security overall. But I would still suggest Electrum as well. [GUIDE] How to Safely Download and Verify Electrum [Guide]