Can I use this generator safely and transfer my neo from bittrex directly? i do not want to use hardware or webwallets.
https://snowypowers.github.io/ansy/Whats the difference between the adress and the public key?
That generator is listed at the official NEO Reddit, so I suppose it is legitimate, but I would personally not trust any website ever with my private keys. So personally I would recommend you to just write down your private keys on a piece of paper and/or print your private keys from a desktop wallet. Every extra source that you share your private keys with is an extra security risk, so I personally would not risk it. You can just get the NEO desktop wallet, copy the private keys on one or more pieces of paper (and possibly the password for the .db3 wallet file, but not absolutely necessary when you have the private keys), store the wallet .db3 file on one or more external storage devices (easier than the private keys when you want to transfer NEO later on) and then you send your NEO from Bittrex to that wallet and later on safely remove the .db3 file from your computer. Security wise this is in my opinion not 100% perfect, but fairly safe. My definition of 100% perfect is beating intelligence agencies at their game, but that seems to only be worth it if you have more than a million USD/EUR to invest in my opinion.
You can then at later times check the status of your account via the public address via for example:
https://neotogas.com/ At least that is what I do.....I do not have to login that way and therefore do not compromise security in that instance.
The address and the public key are technically one and the same. There are actually two public keys....one is a lot shorter than the other, but both should link to the same address. Personally I have only used the shorter one so far, but you should be able to use either one from what I understand. The shorter address is basically the compressed version of the long address. A transaction only goes through if NEO are sent to an existing wallet address, so the odds of sending NEO to the incorrect address, but one that exists should be smaller than the chance of winning the lottery.
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The new Neo wallet hasn't been officially released yet has it? Seems like the old Antshares wallet is on the neo.org website
The new wallet is available at the link below, but indeed not listed at the old Antshares/NEO website:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NEO/ (on the right side)