About smart phone wallets..

[testerman]

Which android/ios btc wallet application are you using?

are they trustworthy? User friendly?


I am looking forward an application , which is safe and user friendly for storing,receiving, sending my btc..

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[RustyNomad]

Personally making use of MyCelium on Android (No iOS app yet). The new HD version was released this past week.

Tried many others but settled on MyCelium as I like what it offers.

In regards to safety..... They all say their wallets are safe and maybe they are. I would however have sleepless nights with all my coins lying in a phone wallet. I never keep more than around 0.5 in my phone wallet. Rest is kept offline and moved to the phone as required.

[IIOII]

In regards to safety..... They all say their wallets are safe and maybe they are. I would however have sleepless nights with all my coins lying in a phone wallet. I never keep more than around 0.5 in my phone wallet. Rest is kept offline and moved to the phone as required.

Yes, don't keep more on your phone wallet than you expect to need. Use it the same way like you would use an ordinary wallet.

Even if the wallet implementation might be safe, your phone may still be unsafe because of the platform itself. Also it might be stolen. Offline storage is the only resonably safe way to store larger amounts of Bitcoin.

Apart from that, mycelium is a good choice.

[newflesh]

Yeah regardless of what security an app promises, they should be treated like 'hot' wallets and not long term storage.

I've used Hive before, been meaning to check out Mycelium as they've had pretty good reviews.

[testerman]

how about blockchain wallet ?

it has a feature of, 4 digit pin code , and 2fa which is sms code verification.

[TheMasterKey]

blockchain wallet seems to be more secured.

[OnkelPaul]

Mycelium - it works well even on my really dated Android 2.3 phone and is being improved continually.

But even though this wallet has superb backup features, I would not keep much more BTC on a smartphone than I would carry equivalent EUR in my physical wallet.

Onkel Paul

[justusranvier]

how about blockchain wallet ?

it has a feature of, 4 digit pin code , and 2fa which is sms code verification.

Don't use the Blockchain wallet.

It reuses addresses by default, which means you have no privacy.

[howhardcanitbe]

I use the blockchain wallet, however I'm still looking for one that seems the LEAST like a real wallet.

I mean the way things could go south would be if a thief knew what to do with the app when he found it. I imagine some thieves might not know about bitcoin but if they saw an app that said "blah blah WALLET" then they're going to think money, something worth cracking, etc.

Someone should make an obscurely named wallet.

[runam0k]

Don't use the Blockchain wallet.

It reuses addresses by default, which means you have no privacy.

Must admit, I didn't care about new addresses per transaction, but in Mycelium, at least, it's all handled seamlessly.  I already take it for granted - in the space of a week! - and now I think, why not have that added level of privacy?

A few general points about Mycelium:

- great back-up feature
- option of PIN protection, so losing the phone should not be an issue
- apps generally are sandboxed, so arguably safer than the wallet on your PC (we're still talking about hot wallets, of course, not your life savings)
- the trading app within Mycelium is a nice bonus

[james martin]

I used Blockchain.  It also has more basic and very useful features like displaying a list of your transactions, and a PIN lock to make sure nobody accesses your wallet. You can also pick a fiat currency to display on the main screen of the app to show what your bitcoin balance is worth.

[petahashminer]

in this digital world,

never trust anything, unless you write the code..

[HeroCat]

Currently I do not see any safe telephone wallet - that is the main problem.
May be in the future 

[Monkeynutz]

+1 for blockchain

[2double0]

how about blockchain wallet ?

it has a feature of, 4 digit pin code , and 2fa which is sms code verification.

Don't use the Blockchain wallet.

It reuses addresses by default, which means you have no privacy.

Many people do not care if others see/know they re use addresses, as long as the wallet is secure its fine, unless you have something to hide.

[justusranvier]

Many people do not care if others see/know they re use addresses, as long as the wallet is secure its fine, unless you have something to hide.

It's a form of pollution that negatively affects other people who interact with them, like second-hand smoke.

[scarsbergholden]

how about blockchain wallet ?

it has a feature of, 4 digit pin code , and 2fa which is sms code verification.

Don't use the Blockchain wallet.

It reuses addresses by default, which means you have no privacy.

It will only reuse addresses if you use a custom send TX, if you use the "send" feature then it should create a new address for your change address.

[faceplantz]

Anyone here uses breadwallet? Any problem about using it?

[Jamacn]

The more intelligent wallet, the more I do not trust. (Someday robots will replace humans  )

[zhouqi_cn]

Bither is a bitcoin wallet on both iOS and Android, and it is also open source.

Bither have two mode

Bither Hot Wallet: running on your daily phone, can easily monitor your bitcoin assets, and you can also save small amout of bitcoins in it to pay bitcoins anytime, anywhere.

Bither Cold Wallet: running on your backup phone (old or cheap one), keep the phone offline and save large amount of bitcoins in it, then you can keep your bitcoins as safe as possible.

Communicating between Bither Hot and Bither Cold is simple, the only thing you need to do is scanning the QR-Code.

You can have a try.