From what I've learnt about LTC now, the official wallet it totally safe as long as you are not sending / spending the money. If you are just trying to get coins to see if they take off then you won't loose your money. It's only when you put your private key in that some sort of malware could steal the coins.
People have advised me to spend coins on a totally blank OS (blank Ubuntu / Linux Mint) so that there can be no malware before spending / selling any coins. It's a shame about Paper wallets, hopefully Blockchain.info will support those soon. Of course you can make your own.
Topic: Best Litecoin wallet? (Read 11448 times)
Did anybody else here try ltc-wallet.com? The site went down recently and took a bunch of my coins along with it. I don't think it's a server issue, because when I went to explorer.litecoin.net, I looks like my balance was transferred out on June 26, the night before the site went down.
How can we have toork marked as a scammer? Does anybody know his real identity?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annltc-online-litecoin-wallet-ltc-walletcom-176637
Lesson learned: do not leave a balance for any crypto online.
How can we have toork marked as a scammer? Does anybody know his real identity?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annltc-online-litecoin-wallet-ltc-walletcom-176637
Lesson learned: do not leave a balance for any crypto online.
Seems like the official is the way forward for the timebeing 
Cheers!
Cheers! 
I would say Litecoin-QT.
I like the original wallet.
I use the official wallet until blockchain.info decides to make a ltc version
If you want to stay safe..
You need an official wallet with very good anti-virus. That's the best and safest option.
You need an official wallet with very good anti-virus. That's the best and safest option.
I'd love to see Electrum for Litecoin
Hells yea me too!!
I'd love to see Electrum for Litecoin
I try to always stick with the official wallets for any given crypto.
There are numerous downsides to storing coins in the client program though. I think it's more about weighing the up / downsides of each type of wallet and using whichever comes out best. Personally I think that paper wallets are the best as the potential downsides are fire and theft and I doubt anyone would know I had any crypto-currency. But with LTC you don't have that option so I was dubious about using the application which is vulnerable to Malware.
I try to always stick with the official wallets for any given crypto.
Official wallets Always the best
I am using btc-e wallet. It is and the single site for exchanging them
Thanks for info. I will go for official one also.
So this would go in:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Litecoin\wallet.dat
then.
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Litecoin\wallet.dat
then.
All you need is wallet.dat file. You can replace the backup manually
I don't get that sorry. Assuming all files are deleted and I have a wallet.dat where do I put it to create the restore?
put it to the fresh new installation
Thanks for the information !
I'll go for the official one
I'll go for the official one
I like the official wallet the best
All you need is wallet.dat file. You can replace the backup manually
I don't get that sorry. Assuming all files are deleted and I have a wallet.dat where do I put it to create the restore?
Okay so the consensus is that I should use the official wallet. I've never used wallets I store locally before due to the potential for the computer to be lost, stolen, break etc.
So can you backup / restore the wallet from a cd / memory stick etc?
EDITED
I downloaded the official client where there are backup and export options. Although there is no obvious import option.
So can you backup / restore the wallet from a cd / memory stick etc?
EDITED
I downloaded the official client where there are backup and export options. Although there is no obvious import option.
All you need is wallet.dat file. You can replace the backup manually
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