Topic: Did you already lose your BTCs on an online Wallet? (Read 1773 times)
Luckily I never had this and I think its also in how you manage your online wallets and which one you of course choose to store them on, blockchain is as a example very trusted.
I lost a fraction of my coins when Cryptsy closed down with a runner. I never really thought that would happen and I actually missed most of the important news about Cryptsy because I was busy with my studies at that time, so never really had a chance to cash out via a coin that was not blocked by cryptsy.
All in all it wasn't a big loss, however it is a very important lesson to be learned. Do not trust any online wallets that hold your account private keys for you. They may seem trustworthy but there will always be one or two of them closing down or getting hacked each year.
All in all it wasn't a big loss, however it is a very important lesson to be learned. Do not trust any online wallets that hold your account private keys for you. They may seem trustworthy but there will always be one or two of them closing down or getting hacked each year.
No i haven't lost any bitcoin because of hack but i think i have lost few mBtc because i have lost paper wallet file of bitcoin address.
I am using blockchain.info web wallet for daily transaction and never got any hack attempt or somthing, but there have been several hack attempt on my cex.io and btc-e.com account however luckily i don't have any bitcoin in those account during hack.
Lost few mbtc in bitfinex account when they got hack, i have withdrawn majority of bitcoin from them just few weeks before they got hacked.
I am using blockchain.info web wallet for daily transaction and never got any hack attempt or somthing, but there have been several hack attempt on my cex.io and btc-e.com account however luckily i don't have any bitcoin in those account during hack.
Lost few mbtc in bitfinex account when they got hack, i have withdrawn majority of bitcoin from them just few weeks before they got hacked.
Never. Thankfully, I have yet to lose any coins from any of my online wallet. I use both coinbase and blockchain.info and so far, there haven't even been any issues encountered.
Although this could be because my coins are just passing through. I receive some small amounts to both(about .1 or so /week) and I immediately send it to my mobile wallet. Sometimes I keep a bit online when I need to make payments, but I always keep it under .1 .
Although this could be because my coins are just passing through. I receive some small amounts to both(about .1 or so /week) and I immediately send it to my mobile wallet. Sometimes I keep a bit online when I need to make payments, but I always keep it under .1 .
biggest problem with online wallets was downtime when I needed to transfer coins and errors in the transactions that have been corrected later.
still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
Which wallet are you talking about here?still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
I use only one online wallet - blockchain.info and so far I encountered zero issues with it.
People are notorious spreading misconceptions about this wallet and it got removed from bitcoin.org list of 'good' wallets.
Because their recent DNS problems are sufficient reason for that. But I still think that among other online wallets with far worse ToS (Xapo, Coinbase) blockchain is still the best.
First time I see a veteran forum member giving a good feedback about Blockchain.info. I think this wallet is very demonized for many people in forum. Looks they had some problems on the past, but the only thing I can say is about my own experience with their service, and it's a good experience, I'm using this wallet for more than 1 year, no issues.
I already saw persons saying Blockchain.info steals your money when you reach to X amount stored in wallet. But I think it's not true.
I never lost my BTC using web wallet but if a hacker comes he can steal you every Satoshi you have so to but more confident you can download Électrum. It's really trustful and personally I used and I'm using Électrum, it's the best wallet you can have
Luckily i have not lost a single satoshi using any web wallet for any reasons.The wallets i have used so far are xapo,blockchain and block.io wallet but i never experienced issue like hacking,stealing or my account being locked.I hope it never happens with me in future also.
i haven't experienced to lose my BTC's from an online wallet but i think i am almost there before as I am using so many online wallets which is around 4 or 5 and then decided to abandon the other and stick with only one that has a lot of services in my country but right i am also using blockchain.info just to store my signature campaign earning.
The hacker should target you specifically to hack you In that case. So It's pretty much easy to protect yourself as long as you have an anti malware , anti virus and you don't download random executable files and definitely not brag about how much Bitcoins/Altcoins do you have in your wallet.
so i guess installing a hard wallet on a Linux OS can be a good idea as it has less risk of being attacked by a malware and you don't have to install an anti-virus. just an opinion.
But if we store our BTCs on desktop wallet, the risk continues, no? A hacker can invade our computer and steal the BTCs.
I think would be good if we could have more guarantees of safe. Who has big amounts of stored Bitcoins fear all the time be hacked.
I think would be good if we could have more guarantees of safe. Who has big amounts of stored Bitcoins fear all the time be hacked.
The hacker should target you specifically to hack you In that case. So It's pretty much easy to protect yourself as long as you have an anti malware , anti virus and you don't download random executable files and definitely not brag about how much Bitcoins/Altcoins do you have in your wallet.
so i guess installing a hard wallet on a Linux OS can be a good idea as it has less risk of being attacked by a malware and you don't have to install an anti-virus. just an opinion.
In my experience i lost few bitcoins before in one online wallet name xapo.. but its long time ago and i can't login until now because of their delay verification. But it is just a small amount and i use xapo last year.
I contact the support but they said there is no problem about my account. until now i trying to recover it because maybe i have many bitcoins there because i many referral in xapo faucet before..
I contact the support but they said there is no problem about my account. until now i trying to recover it because maybe i have many bitcoins there because i many referral in xapo faucet before..
I use only one online wallet - blockchain.info and so far I encountered zero issues with it.
I am also having a blockchain.info wallet with some balances always and I have the same address in my electrum wallet too. (I have blockchain web wallet to use in my office if I need to). So far, I am very comfortable with what I am doing and yes with zero issues. Mobile phone wallets are serving same purposes of web wallets but I feel mobile phones are highly vulnerable to hacking.
biggest problem with online wallets was downtime when I needed to transfer coins and errors in the transactions that have been corrected later.
still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
Which wallet are you talking about here?still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
I use only one online wallet - blockchain.info and so far I encountered zero issues with it.
People are notorious spreading misconceptions about this wallet and it got removed from bitcoin.org list of 'good' wallets.
Because their recent DNS problems are sufficient reason for that. But I still think that among other online wallets with far worse ToS (Xapo, Coinbase) blockchain is still the best.
biggest problem with online wallets was downtime when I needed to transfer coins and errors in the transactions that have been corrected later.
still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
yeah , we are satisfied with your problem . because many times i also faced the same problem .still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
Still i got no loss yet but due to longer zero confirmation ( block maintenance problem ) i am storing less amount of bitcoin ( money )
biggest problem with online wallets was downtime when I needed to transfer coins and errors in the transactions that have been corrected later.
still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
still no losses due to online wallet hacking
but mostly due luck and because I don't put much money and not for long in online wallets
I've lost only 0.01 BTC once when I carelessly forgot to write down my blockchain.info wallet identifier and didn't set up email confirmation on that account. That was the only time though and the rest of the times nothing bad has happened.
Just remember to always back up your wallet identifier on blockchain.info.
Just remember to always back up your wallet identifier on blockchain.info.
You didnt get the point of OP actually. He means about lossing some bitcoins inside already on your wallet, still you have the access into it. You are reffering to a situation on which on how you lost your bitcoins. Regarding to the problem of OP, so far i dont have any problems with blockchain.info wallet.. I didnt experience lost on my bitcoin and i didnt even hear even one situation that this kind of thing happen from other users which means blockchain is safe somehow.
I've lost only 0.01 BTC once when I carelessly forgot to write down my blockchain.info wallet identifier and didn't set up email confirmation on that account. That was the only time though and the rest of the times nothing bad has happened.
Just remember to always back up your wallet identifier on blockchain.info.
Just remember to always back up your wallet identifier on blockchain.info.
I never loss my bitcoin in online wallet, until I use 3 online wallet, blockchain, coinbase and xapo. For xapo and coinbase also have vault option to more secure. Sometimes I also use exchanger wallet. My tips is always use 2fa for login and send our bitcoin and save to vault for big amount.
Nope. So far my online wallets at various places like Blockchain.info still contains what should be inside. If you know how to secure yourself then you will be fine. However ... much still relays on the web wallets provider security.
This is the online wallet I've been using from the beginning and I find it very secured and easy to use that's why I'm very confident that its security is tight enough.
For sure blockchain is the most secured online wallet because of its blockchain technology that bitcoin is using.
But I think all of online wallets are secured they just tend to say that they were hacked or breached just to cover up their hidden agendas.
Nope. So far my online wallets at various places like Blockchain.info still contains what should be inside. If you know how to secure yourself then you will be fine. However ... much still relays on the web wallets provider security.
I have some of my bitcoins on different online wallets and I did not lose any of them at there so for me they are secure till date and I think the reason is that they are secured till now and I pray that they remain secured. In short until these wallets are secured everyone is secured but if any tragedy occurred to them everyone will lose.
Many people say that online wallets aren't trustful and that it's easy to steal your BTCs from there. No safe and guarantees.
I would like to know if you already had any problems with this kind of wallet, specially, Blockchain.info. Were you hacked or anything like that?
I would like to know if you already had any problems with this kind of wallet, specially, Blockchain.info. Were you hacked or anything like that?
Hopefully I haven't lost any bitcoin from online wallets even though I have tried and experimented with some of them, I haven't used blockchain.info because their site someone gets down and if I need to make any transaction.
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