Armory or Electrum?

[Muhammed Zakir]

Now a days, Armory is better. It provides better security but you will have to download whole blockchain. You can download bootstrap.dat and copy it into wallet directory. Many BTC stealing Malwares and Trojans has came. So it is better to choose more secure wallet than lighter wallet. You can also avoid getting stolen by installing good antivirus and removing non-trusted softwares.
Kindly,
      MZ

[DrG]

Why not use both?

They serve different functions due to different characteristics.  Armory has the potential to have the most setup possible with true cold offline storage.  Electrum is light and easy to use.

If you have 137 BTC, I would put 125BTC in an Armory offline wallet and have it secured and sleep soundly at night.  The other 12 BTC can be used in Electrum for day to day type transactions.

[soccosocco]

I chose Electrum, I use the good
PC wallet but lighter, do not need to download the full data like bitcoin-qt & Armory
2-3 minutes also sync if a new install (depending on the number of transactions on the address page)
but when asked to choose electrum or multibit, I would choose the multibit 

[FattyMcButterpants]

Armory is good for cold storage. i have my cold storage on QT because i haven't touched it in so long, but i prefer Multibit for my desktop hot wallet. Electrum is nice too.

[HarryT1923]

they have different purposes. if it really is either or, then Electrum.

[Muhammed Zakir]

Why not use both?

They serve different functions due to different characteristics.  Armory has the potential to have the most setup possible with true cold offline storage.  Electrum is light and easy to use.

If you have 137 BTC, I would put 125BTC in an Armory offline wallet and have it secured and sleep soundly at night.  The other 12 BTC can be used in Electrum for day to day type transactions.

That is good suggestion. So which will you choose in this : Multibit or Electrum?
Kindly,
         MZ

[BigBoy89]

I use electrum and i think it is the best bitcoin light client
you don't need to sync full blockchain of bitcoin, good for daily use
about armory, can i change where i keep/put my blockchain in different drive on my PC?
or it's only stored in C: drive?

[shogdite]

Would choose Electrum for it's quickness and simplicity, not having to download the entire blockchain is a huge bonus. Ideally if you're storing a substantial amount of btc I would use Bitcoin Core or Armory

[maurya78]

Electrum, simpler and less reliant on you being a complete tech nerd

[3x2]

Electrum easy to use and no Blockchain to download.

[AdamSmith]

Electrum for ease of use and beginners.
Armory if you need more security.

Armory has proven to work.

Electrum is still new to most users.

[PangPang]

Electrum for ease of use and beginners.
Armory if you need more security.

Armory has proven to work.

Electrum is still new to most users.

AFAIK, Electrum is here for almost 2 years now.
2 years is a really long period of time in the cryptocurrency world and so I wouldn't use the word "new" to describe it.

[transient858]

Electrum for ease of use and beginners.
Armory if you need more security.

Armory has proven to work.

Electrum is still new to most users.

AFAIK, Electrum is here for almost 2 years now.
2 years is a really long period of time in the cryptocurrency world and so I wouldn't use the word "new" to describe it.

They didn't do a good job promoting it then.

[PangPang]

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.

Both clients are great. Electrum is more user-friendly and Armory has more features.

IMO if you are talking about a small amount of bitcoin, it is better to use Electrum.
But if you have a significant amount of bitcoin, I think it deserves some of your time to set up an offline Armory wallet.

[Muhammed Zakir]

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.

Both clients are great. Electrum is more user-friendly and Armory has more features.

IMO if you are talking about a small amount of bitcoin, it is better to use Electrum.
But if you have a significant amount of bitcoin, I think it deserves some of your time to set up an offline Armory wallet.

Is he using the word 'resources' for dependencies and blocks or just dependencies?
Kindly,
       MZ

[validium]

If you are looking for the most secure and feature rich wallet then get armory. No other wallet has the encryption features armory has, for protecting your private keys.

Shout outs   to Alan Reiner (brilliant mathematician) , for making this wonderful piece of software.

Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1HDQ1XVPuE

[deepestfear]

I prefer Electrum - I am not technical at all and find it much more intuitive to use

[Baitty]

I prefer Electrum - I am not technical at all and find it much more intuitive to use

It's a lot more user friendly and faster to run than most of the other trusted wallets but it's not the best option for security but having said that you can create a paper wallet on there.

[icet208]

I personally prefer Armory. Didn`t used many times Electrum

[aatrox]

Which of these are better for gambling?

are both of these light weight wallets?