Hands down Electrum is the absolute best wallet. It is open source and I can only recommend using open source wallets, otherwise you are gambling on the hope that your trust will not be betrayed- and it will be. Just look at how shady Ledger has become. If they won't trust you enough to show the code, then why should you trust their app enough to let it hold your money?
Furthermore, Electrum has been tested and tried since 2011. That alone should give you a sense of deep security.
Topic: Guys, what's the best Bitcoin wallet for PC these days? (Read 667 times)
I'd say it depends on the amount of money you're holding. Personally I find Electrum to be the best desktop wallet. I've been using it for many years with no issues.
The second best is the wallet that I use on my phone and that's BlueWallet. While Electrum is nice on windows, I find it to be harder to use on mobile. Blue is open source and encrypted, so whether you use this or that is up to your preferences but both will be safe and stable.
If you don't hold a lot of money and use bitcoin for payments you could do fine with many different wallets, like coinomi, or even exchange wallets like the one provided by coinbase. Just remember these are not for holding. If you want to store more than 1 btc for a year or so, get a hardware wallet.
The second best is the wallet that I use on my phone and that's BlueWallet. While Electrum is nice on windows, I find it to be harder to use on mobile. Blue is open source and encrypted, so whether you use this or that is up to your preferences but both will be safe and stable.
If you don't hold a lot of money and use bitcoin for payments you could do fine with many different wallets, like coinomi, or even exchange wallets like the one provided by coinbase. Just remember these are not for holding. If you want to store more than 1 btc for a year or so, get a hardware wallet.
Ahh, I would vote for the hardware wallet. It is one time investment that can actually help you with your coins in perfect way possible. Like you can make your safe passage of storing for as long as you want because with software wallet we all get bad experiences all the time. I am not saying they are completely bad but having device with your software wallet installed on it can get compromised in no time. There is internet connectivity, phishing attempts, updates that could lead to more bugs and what not. All of them may not happen but something can always turn out to be disturbing with software wallets. In case of hard Wallet they are safe, they are only connected when you connect them with external networks. This makes it as extra layer of security. They can be kept secure in safe place without any external connectedness thus making them more safer from phishing attempts. If you still want then you can go for Bitcoin core or trust wallet from my side.
Electrum wallet has to be the best software wallet out there alongside with sparrow wallet. But most of the people choose to use electrum as their fast priority. It is already a great Bitcoin wallet but you can add an extra layer of protection if you can make the device air gapped. I have come to learn about this very recently but it is something so good that the security becomes really unbreakable.
As long as you don't compromise your secret key phrase, you are safe as well as your assets. It is cheaper than hardware wallets as you can build one using low and PC brought from many marketplaces. All you need to do is make sure that the device cannot connect to the internet.
As long as you don't compromise your secret key phrase, you are safe as well as your assets. It is cheaper than hardware wallets as you can build one using low and PC brought from many marketplaces. All you need to do is make sure that the device cannot connect to the internet.
Closed source Hardware wallets are no longer have never been safe since Ledger claim that they can extract your seed if they want with just an update and even if you didnt update your wallet they may do it without your permission in the moment you connect to internet i think Electrum or bitcoincore on airgaped computer or phone will be the best way to go
FTFY.. and yes, Ledger is one company who seems to have been screwing up in a lot of ways in recent times, and even showing that it is likely better to not be trusting closed-sourced wallets.. and I am not going to claim to know the exact solution because I do personally rely on the abilities of others to review open source code and open source systems.
Hardware wallets are no longer safe since Ledger claim that they can extract your seed if they want with just an update and even if you didnt update your wallet they
may do it without your permission in the moment you connect to internet
Hi. Hardware wallets are perfectly fine if used properly. Ledger wallets are not. But thankfully, they are not the only ones available out there.
Hardware wallets are no longer safe since Ledger claim that they can extract your seed if they want with just an update and even if you didnt update your wallet they
may do it without your permission in the moment you connect to internet i think Electrum or bitcoincore on airgaped computer or phone will be the best way to go
Ok, Electrum, Sparrow and Bitcoin Core are top notch. I really don't see any other option anywhere near them. I have opened this topic in the past, in case it helps, to compare Electrum with Sparrow.
I'm looking for something that's safe of course.
Working with Windows.
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Working with Windows.
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Using a cold wallet is good when holding BTC, you can check out Bitget wallet it works perfectly on PC and can also use the extension on browsers.
Electrum wallet seems to still be the best choice for me I've used Electrum for as long as I know and I haven't had any issues with it so far. Experienced multiple transfers from different hardwares as I tend to upgrade frequently and I still have yet to experience any problem so far. It's also quite the feature-packed wallet as it has everything you need as a wallet user. If you're using a hot wallet on the other hand, try using trustwallet cause it's just as secure (at least for me) and you can access it through your phone at the same time so you can get to those fast-paced transactions which you might need every now and again, just be wary of your password and seed phrase as it's still as vulnerable as anything that can be hacked.
With Antiviruses, I wouldn't bother using anything else other than microsoft defender. I don't trust these aftermarket antiviruses enough to allow them to be downloaded on the same PC where my coins are downloaded. Plus nine times out of ten every other thing you need from an antivirus is readily available with microsoft defender, and these aftermarket antiviruses are just nothing but bloatware to your PC which may sometimes even slow it down.
With Antiviruses, I wouldn't bother using anything else other than microsoft defender. I don't trust these aftermarket antiviruses enough to allow them to be downloaded on the same PC where my coins are downloaded. Plus nine times out of ten every other thing you need from an antivirus is readily available with microsoft defender, and these aftermarket antiviruses are just nothing but bloatware to your PC which may sometimes even slow it down.
Well majority of the comments here choose Electrum Desktop wallet well it's a very good wallet, however you have to be very careful when using it for transactions and protect your PC with a very strong Antivirus else it's very risky, let me share one of the experience of using Electrum wallet on my laptop unknowingly I was exposed and vulnerable to some phishing links it took my extra effort to be aware of the attack on laptop I discovered that whenever I wanted to send Bitcoin to another person after coping the receiver BTC Address while pasting on my Electrum wallet I discovered that it's another unknown BTC Address was pasted hadn't it been I was unaware or notice it I would have send the Bitcoin to an hacker so be careful when performing your BTC transactions.
no you don't just use a laptop for 1 purpose run electrum on it.
use laptops are cheap enough.
Electrum wallet is my mainstay desktop wallet for transactions and storage, but remember to be safer, use original Windows, not uncertified ones, and also use a strong password for your wallet file, so it's not easily compromised.
Just going to add on to what many already suggested. Electrum. By far the best to start on. Lightweight and functional, you will really get to grips with using Bitcoin in various ways. Even with defaults you're se up in seconds, with all functionalities ready. It helps you understand basics like coin control, fees, RBF, even signing from your address.
Start there and move on to other wallets when you know what you need. I really can't say enough how good it is fir the beginner, and how quick it is to patch (rare) vulnerabilities.
Start there and move on to other wallets when you know what you need. I really can't say enough how good it is fir the beginner, and how quick it is to patch (rare) vulnerabilities.
Well majority of the comments here choose Electrum Desktop wallet well it's a very good wallet, however you have to be very careful when using it for transactions and protect your PC with a very strong Antivirus else it's very risky, let me share one of the experience of using Electrum wallet on my laptop unknowingly I was exposed and vulnerable to some phishing links it took my extra effort to be aware of the attack on laptop I discovered that whenever I wanted to send Bitcoin to another person after coping the receiver BTC Address while pasting on my Electrum wallet I discovered that it's another unknown BTC Address was pasted hadn't it been I was unaware or notice it I would have send the Bitcoin to an hacker so be careful when performing your BTC transactions.
I'm looking for something that's safe of course.
Working with Windows.
Thanks
Working with Windows.
Thanks
Electrum is the best wallet of all time. It’s the safest windows wallet possible and believe me 90% of the Bitcoin users using this for past many years. It’s just the best and gives complete access to your funds unlike other online wallets. There are some few windows wallets available like exodus which provides more features, but regarding the trust and security, then no one can surpass electrum in this. Try Electrum and and keep your coins safely.
Even as simple as the normal wallets, like trust wallet, I think it is safe because anything going wrong depends on you. Every wallet gives you your private key which they ask you to store as you will lose your funds once you lose it. By losing it, it doesn’t have to be vanished but losing it to someone is enough to lose your funds. There are people who have used simple wallets the whole time and have never faced any security issues, yes they are.
Slightly true. Of course, there are still normal wallets in app stores that are indeed legitimate wallets or applications, but the thing is, we can't be sure if their security is super safe or not. Some wallets are targets by malicious hackers because they know that they can hit a jackpot of a wallet that has weak security, which is a chance that they are looking and targeting, so it's still better to find a trusted, reliable, and strong security, not just any wallet, and match it with a security done by a user, which is guaranteed to be safer storage of assets. So it's reliable to look for reviews and ratings before choosing a wallet, and also search first for their legitimacy and security level to ensure the safety of the assets.
Even as simple as the normal wallets, like trust wallet, I think it is safe because anything going wrong depends on you. Every wallet gives you your private key which they ask you to store as you will lose your funds once you lose it. By losing it, it doesn’t have to be vanished but losing it to someone is enough to lose your funds. There are people who have used simple wallets the whole time and have never faced any security issues, yes they are.
I have been using electrum ever since, and I do not find any problem using it. Aside from Electrum, there are also several wallets that can be used on PCs with windows operation like the one in this list[1]. These wallets are also available in MAC and Linux systems. Btw, I suggest that you visit the link to check for the wallet features like the availability of 2fa, being a full node, lightining network ready and so on.
[1] https://bitcoin.org/en/wallets/desktop/windows/?platform=windows&step=5
[1] https://bitcoin.org/en/wallets/desktop/windows/?platform=windows&step=5
windows should be bought officially . then you can go with any widely known wallet.
Even if this is better than the alternative this is not enough, even if you were to download Windows from the official source and you bought the license to use it, Windows itself is simply too insecure and hackers are always trying to find vulnerabilities on it as it is the most popular desktop OS used by people in general, and if someone wants to keep using Windows then they need to get a hardware wallet, which are relatively inexpensive compared to the price a person may have to pay if they get hacked. 
electrum is one of the reliable wallet for pc, i used it and it was familiar to me so i suggested it. and if asking about security that all of depends on you how much you are careful to use your pc. if you have good amount in bitcoins you can use Trezor Hardware Wallet,
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