Attacks from exchanges to wallets and how to prevent these attacks?

[korakwinband]

I'm conducting research on wallet reliability. And in line with these researches,i learned not to keep my money in the wallets of exchanges, is the wallet you recommend reliable? Do you think i should install Windows or Linux?

                                                                                                                                                                                                   korakwinband

[zabzob]

I'm conducting research on wallet reliability. And in line with these researches,i learned not to keep my money in the wallets of exchanges, is the wallet you recommend reliable? Do you think i should install Windows or Linux?

                                                                                                                                                                                                   korakwinband

Linux is way more secure than Windows. Sparrow and Electrum wallets are among the most highly recommended and best for security.

[Stalker22]

I'm conducting research on wallet reliability. And in line with these researches,i learned not to keep my money in the wallets of exchanges,

Good.  That is probably the most important lesson you will ever learn in crypto.  When you keep your money on an exchange, you dont actually own it. They are.  The only way to actually be in control is by moving your funds to a private, self-custody wallet where you hold the keys.

is the wallet you recommend reliable?

What wallet?  Do you have any specific one in mind?

Do you think i should install Windows or Linux?

Thats entirely up to you.  As another member already mentioned, Linux is generally a more secure OS than Windows, but do you actually have the time and patience to learn how to use it? (I assume you don't have much experience with it since you are asking this question.).  If you dont know how to keep your OS updated or how to manage permissions, you are just moving your risks to a different playground.

Have you considered getting a hardware wallet?

[BitMaxz]

Linux is way more secure than Windows. Sparrow and Electrum wallets are among the most highly recommended and best for security.

Linux is more secure, but no matter which of these operating systems you choose, your wallet remains vulnerable to hacking if you keep your device connected online.

So, to perfectly protect your wallet from hackers and online attacks, always keep your wallet disconnected to the internet either one works just fine but I prefer Windows since this one is easier to use than using Linux.

@OP I recommend if you don't know how to use Linux, you better use the Windows OS and make cold storage for your wallet. Mostly they use Electrum because you can make a wallet in the offline device and have a separate watch-only wallet to monitor your funds or create unsigned transactions that you can use later with your offline cold storage wallet.

If you choose to use a Linux OS, I prefer to install Tails OS. It has a built-in Electrum wallet; it was built for a cold storage wallet, way safer than just a normal OS that's always connected to the internet.

[Forsyth Jones]

I'm conducting research on wallet reliability. And in line with these researches,i learned not to keep my money in the wallets of exchanges, is the wallet you recommend reliable? Do you think i should install Windows or Linux?

                                                                                                                                                                                                   korakwinband

You're on the right track, an exchange should never be used as a bank to store your money, for that, there are self-custody wallets like Sparrow, Electrum, and Wasabi...bluewallet, etc.

Regarding which OS to use, for bitcoin I recommend Linux (like ubuntu), but it gets a bit more difficult if you've never used it before. However, Linux used to be much more difficult in the past.

Use these sites below to learn more about wallets and services related to Bitcoin and privacy:

https://bitcoin.org/
https://bitlist.co/
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/
https://walletscrutiny.com/