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February 15, 2015, 02:11:20 AM |
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Hi All,
Newbie here. I want to install a wallet on my Win7 Pro pc. I was doing some research and from what I can understand some wallets require that you download the whole blockchain and some don't. I have very limited bandwidth so I definitely don't want to download the whole thing.
I googled "Comparison of wallets for Windows" but didn't find anything useful.
Which Windows wallet is best that does not require the whole blockchain to be downloaded?
I also have an Android phone (5.0.1) so if you think the Android wallets are much better let me know.
Thanks for helping a newbie. Cheers,
Advait
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oblivi
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February 15, 2015, 02:13:49 AM |
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Try Electrum, i've never tried it but it's supossed to do just that.
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February 15, 2015, 02:15:17 AM |
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electrum and multibit first go to this link: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-walletthen click the wallet logo and check the validation feature (on the second line) if it says "full validation" then it's a full node and you've to download 30GB+ if it says "Simplified validation" then you don't need to download all blockchain.
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February 15, 2015, 03:59:48 AM |
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Hi All,
Newbie here. I want to install a wallet on my Win7 Pro pc. I was doing some research and from what I can understand some wallets require that you download the whole blockchain and some don't. I have very limited bandwidth so I definitely don't want to download the whole thing.
I googled "Comparison of wallets for Windows" but didn't find anything useful.
Which Windows wallet is best that does not require the whole blockchain to be downloaded?
I also have an Android phone (5.0.1) so if you think the Android wallets are much better let me know.
Thanks for helping a newbie. Cheers,
Advait
You can find all the wallets list here. https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet
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February 15, 2015, 05:19:55 AM |
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SPV clients like Electrum and multibit doesn't download the full blockchain but it downloads the headers of each block. It trust the miners to enforce the network rules and Bitcoin Core doesn't trust miners this way. If you are only looking to recieve and send Bitcoin, SPV clients are the way to go. If you are looking to use all the developers features and have more control over your privacy, try using Bitcoin Core.
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Muhammed Zakir
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February 15, 2015, 05:33:24 AM |
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GreenAddress(recommended), Multibit, Electrum and Armory_Offline+CounterWallet.
-MZ
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m3110w (OP)
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February 15, 2015, 01:08:36 PM |
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the replies. Per your suggestions, I downloaded and installed Electrum. So far so good.
Cheers,
Advait
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LewiesMan
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February 15, 2015, 01:10:17 PM |
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Electrum is very nice isn't it?
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February 15, 2015, 01:28:03 PM |
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For Android you can use Mycelium. Powerful and with the possibility to local trade bitcoin.
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m3110w (OP)
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February 15, 2015, 01:29:38 PM |
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Looks ok, pretty simple and straight forward.
In the Electrum "Preferences" it says the default transaction fee is .000002 BTC or something like that. What is this transaction fee? I'm guessing its a just a way of automatically donating to Electrum when I make transactions? That correct?
Also, how do I mark a thread as "solved"?
Thanks,
Advait
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February 15, 2015, 01:43:52 PM |
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Looks ok, pretty simple and straight forward.
In the Electrum "Preferences" it says the default transaction fee is .000002 BTC or something like that. What is this transaction fee? I'm guessing its a just a way of automatically donating to Electrum when I make transactions? That correct?
Also, how do I mark a thread as "solved"?
Thanks,
Advait
The fees goes to the miners(They help you confirm your tx for the fees you paid) and not to electrum.
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February 15, 2015, 01:44:45 PM |
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the replies. Per your suggestions, I downloaded and installed Electrum. So far so good.
Cheers,
Advait
Good choice. Electrum is a great wallet for beginners.
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m3110w (OP)
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February 15, 2015, 02:14:10 PM |
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The fees goes to the miners(They help you confirm your tx for the fees you paid) and not to electrum. [/quote]
OK, thanks. So this fee is voluntary?
Default fee is .0002 BTC per kb of transaction. How many kb in a typical transaction? .0001 kb? or 10,000 kb? I need to know how much I'll be donating.
Thanks for helping a newbie. Cheers,
Advait
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Muhammed Zakir
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February 15, 2015, 04:17:41 PM |
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OK, thanks. So this fee is voluntary?
Yes, if you didn't set recommended fee(see below), your transaction may not get confirmation. Default fee is .0002 BTC per kb of transaction.
Recommended fee is 0.0001 BTC/1000 Bytes. How many kb in a typical transaction? .0001 kb? or 10,000 kb? I need to know how much I'll be donating.
It will depend on your transactions. If you have many inputs, your bytes increases and if you don't, your bytes will most probably below 500. As I have said, this will depend on your transaction. You may want to read these : https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees and http://bitcoinfees.com/ . Thanks for helping a newbie. Cheers,
Advait
Anytime. -MZ
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February 15, 2015, 04:27:48 PM |
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The fees goes to the miners(They help you confirm your tx for the fees you paid) and not to electrum.
OK, thanks. So this fee is voluntary? Default fee is .0002 BTC per kb of transaction. How many kb in a typical transaction? .0001 kb? or 10,000 kb? I need to know how much I'll be donating. Thanks for helping a newbie. Cheers, Advait The minimum fee you can go is 0.00001 BTC/kb for clients to relay your transactions. Transactions are ranked by their priority, the higher the priority, the more probability it will confirm within the next block. Priority is calculated using coin age (amount of time that specific coin is in your wallet untouched), transaction size and fees. If your priority is high enough(57,600,000), you may try using 0 fees, no guarantees your coins will confirm very fast. To qualify for a free transaction, your transaction size must be below or equal to 9999 bytes. Compressed keys are known to produce lower sized transactions so you are recommended to use it. It all come down to what is the block finder's policy. If the block finder decides to abandon your transaction, the next block finder can then decide to include your transaction once he have found a block.
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February 15, 2015, 05:18:46 PM |
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i suggest you install Electrum from its official website, it is lightweight and easy to use, also you can easily create offline transactions with it the size is something around 30 MB
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Weak hands have been complaining about missing out ever since bitcoin was $1 and never buy the dip. Whales are those who keep buying the dip.
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February 15, 2015, 05:25:52 PM |
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You may use Electrum wallet as recommended here, but I would advise you to also consider downloading the core wallet and thus downloading the whole blockchain. A nice discussion of pros and cons of each you will find here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=950454.0
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February 15, 2015, 10:48:43 PM |
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I like electrum and multibit for windows and blockchain.info wallet for android
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foxkyu
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February 16, 2015, 05:25:29 AM |
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you can try electrum or multibit a lot of people using it, nad seems to be don't have a problem with it and don forget to lock your wallet
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