Yakamoto (OP)
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July 21, 2014, 04:05:17 PM |
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I'm looking for a non-hosted wallet, and I've narrowed down my choices to Armory or Electrum, since I don't have the resources to support Bitcoin Core, and MultiBit has some bugs that aren't preferred for what I'm doing.
So which one would you choose to hold your Bitcoin? Armory or Electrum?
Also let's say I have an nondescript number of Bitcoin waiting to be moved, for this we'll say 3BTC.
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There are several different types of Bitcoin clients. The most secure are full nodes like Bitcoin Core, but full nodes are more resource-heavy, and they must do a lengthy initial syncing process. As a result, lightweight clients with somewhat less security are commonly used.
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escrow.ms
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July 21, 2014, 04:10:06 PM |
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If you need a client for regular transactions then I will recommend electrum wallet, because In Armory you have to download whole blockchain, unless you want to run offline armory.
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Minnlo
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July 21, 2014, 04:38:25 PM |
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I'm looking for a non-hosted wallet, and I've narrowed down my choices to Armory or Electrum, since I don't have the resources to support Bitcoin Core, and MultiBit has some bugs that aren't preferred for what I'm doing.
So which one would you choose to hold your Bitcoin? Armory or Electrum?
Also let's say I have an nondescript number of Bitcoin waiting to be moved, for this we'll say 3BTC.
I prefer Electrum because it is not only a deterministic wallet (meaning that I can backup the private keys of all my generated addresses and future addresses by just writing down the seed) but it is also a SPV client (very easy to use).  |
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btchris
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July 21, 2014, 04:42:15 PM |
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I'm looking for a non-hosted wallet, and I've narrowed down my choices to Armory or Electrum, since I don't have the resources to support Bitcoin Core, and MultiBit has some bugs that aren't preferred for what I'm doing.
I suspect you already have a good feel for the basic differences between wallet choices, but if not, this link might help: http://gurnec.github.io/btc-wallet-comparison/ |
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polynesia
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July 21, 2014, 05:26:24 PM |
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Electrum is the lighter client.
Beginners are advised to use Electrum,
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WillyBTC
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July 21, 2014, 05:42:32 PM |
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I've been using Electrum since I was starting out. Wouldn't change. Very portable, fast, no downloading the blockchain, good interface.
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Baitty
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July 21, 2014, 06:07:27 PM |
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If you want your Bitcoin to be secure then you should use Armory otherwise if you aren't to bothered or don't know how to use the advanced features of the wallet then you should use Electrum as it's newbie friendly and pretty straight forward.
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MrBtcSenior
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July 21, 2014, 06:18:25 PM |
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I'm new but I used Multibit since a year and never had any problem with it, maybe I was lucky but I think it's a great wallet.
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Malok
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July 21, 2014, 06:28:48 PM |
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Newbie friendly all the way: Electrum. |
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harlenadler
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July 21, 2014, 06:33:06 PM |
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As a non-tech kind of guy, mark another vote down for Electrum.
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hyperdimension
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July 21, 2014, 06:56:34 PM |
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Im still undecided, using core for a while, but too daaaaaaaamn bloaty.
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Rub3n
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July 21, 2014, 07:09:11 PM |
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Armory.
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hyperdimension
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July 21, 2014, 07:17:03 PM |
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Armory.
I just saw a video tutorial about Electrum and the guy says Armory is not light and depends on Bitcoin core as well or something like that  |
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Wusolini
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July 21, 2014, 07:23:01 PM |
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ARMORY  I like design. Armory.
I just saw a video tutorial about Electrum and the guy says Armory is not light and depends on Bitcoin core as well or something like that Yes, you have to dl blockchain, but who cares? Anytime I can import some of my pr. keys to any lightweight wallet if I need. |
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InwardContour
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July 21, 2014, 07:25:14 PM |
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Electrum is more user friendly, I'd recommend it for people without any previous experience.
But overall I prefer Armory because of it's security, and btw I would not exclude Multibit, it's not so buggy.
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jbrnt
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July 21, 2014, 07:33:49 PM |
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I have not tried armory and I have only been using electrum for a couple of months. Cannot give you a comparison, I can only say there is nothing I dislike about electrum.
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WillyBTC
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July 21, 2014, 07:45:15 PM |
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Im still undecided, using core for a while, but too daaaaaaaamn bloaty.
Agreed. After having it hog my resources for a week, I switched to Electrum. Much better. |
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whitefly
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July 21, 2014, 09:15:43 PM |
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I used Electrum once, and I was satisfied.
However I never used Armory, so I won't for anything right here.
You can also try both of them to see which one suits you.
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thecoindoctor
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July 21, 2014, 09:28:33 PM |
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great thread as usual. thanks
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zhinkk
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July 21, 2014, 10:34:41 PM |
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Electrum. I don't have enough funds to be super sensitive and make proper paper wallets and everything so it's enough for me to just write down the seed. Plus it's just so fast. Everything from the installation to general use, it's amazing imo. And it's written in my favorite language.
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