Topic: How can i download electrum for Bitcoin storage? (Read 184 times)

Yes, it can be said that it is one of the basic knowledge that almost everyone knows when investing in bitcoin, I remember, I researched everything before buying my first bitcoin. But there will also be many people who don't know, and that's normal, we don't have to be too strict with them. What's more encouraging is that they don't keep quiet when they don't know. They are trying to learn, and that is good news for such newcomers. We should take the time to support them, as when we were newbies, others also helped us.

I just went through the list of fake wallet apps, it's horrible. But one thing I noticed is that most of these fake apps are on Google Play, not a single app works on Apple's Appstore. I don't see any fake apps on the app store. Is it safe to use an iOS device?
By the way, as far as I know, Electrum does not have an iOS version, and that is very sad news for iPhone users. OP, if you only like to use Electrum, it can only be used on PC, if you use iPhone, it can't be used on phones, and that's really an inconvenience.

The right place to download Electrum wallet is from the official website, and even after downloading you should verify your download before using it. Take note too that Electrum is not available on IOS, if you want a good BTC wallet for IOS you should use BlueWallet, it is a recommended BTC wallet. There's also nothing like registration on Electrum wallet, registration is for centralized services, after downloading and verifying your Electrum wallet, you simply choose the type of wallet you want and generate the seed phrase and keys.

I'm not insulting you, but downloading and using the Electrum wallet or any other wallet is a basic knowledge I think anyone investing in bitcoin should know. If you haven't mastered those basics, investing in bitcoin will be extremely risky for you. Because some others have also provided the full link for you, you should add your knowledge to avoid unnecessary cases with your investment.

I just wanted you to say just go through with the official site of electrum .org you can visit it easily but make sure to check for offical site and avoid  phishing site and yes you can also use the electrum mobile wallet dude you can find it on App store or play store
After visiting the site you can download the latest version once these part of form you can proceed with these you can create a account or Rewritting these account for security you can add additional add 2fa feature that's really helpful so now make sure to keep your software upto date now so that you will save from future hacks event now you can start using electrum to manage your wallet securely

It is always advisable to download apps through the official site so that you won't end up downoading a clone app thinking you got the original app, take a look at this thread for example: [Warning] List of fake wallets/apps on Google Play. we still have so many other clone apps that are still in playstore that are yet to be reported.

Note that hackers are actively looking for means to gain access to your system just the slightest mistake you make that could have been avoided by using the official site can cost you alot of damage, mostly when it has to do with anything related to your finances.

Electrum is only available for Android.

You can try with filter from bitcoin.org. Choose your wallet

For example I use this filter with some options: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet?step=5&platform=ios&user=beginner&important=&features=bech32,segwit
You can choose Beginners or Experienced and find wallets you want for different levels of users. After choose the type, you can customize the filter more with options.

[General] Bitcoin Wallets - Which, what, why?

You can download an Electrum wallet through play store depending the phone you are using, if you are using iPhone you can use an app store but if you are using android phone you can go with a play store to download Electrum wallet and perform your registration and write out your seed phrase immediately and document it safely

I'm just gonna add that while reputable wallets like electrum, unstoppable wallet, etc. are surely a big plus when compared to blockchain.com, let's not forget that if you're setting up a hot wallet, then it's not recommended for big amounts.

So unless it's just a hundred bucks or so, I would opt for a hardware wallet instead if you want maximize your security while also keeping it convenient. I would look into this list: Open Source Hardware Wallets

Or avoid running an insecure OS where Malware can change the name resolution of legit sites into phishing sites...

I'm old-school security wise, I don't find it a good idea to handle a wallet on a mobile phone when the amount of value exceeds sums past that one is comfortable to have in your fiat wallet. A mobile phone is easy to loose or get stolen. And even worse, most people do a ton of shit on their mobile phones which are not recommended on a device managing a crypto wallet.

Yes, your keys, your coins. But also your responsibility to keep it safe!

With all the app shit that some (most?) users install and use and many apps want and probably need the permission to use the clipboard, not sure how iOS handles that, but on Android likely any app subscribes to changes of the clipboard (though I'm no Android dev & expert).

Anyway, depending on how much coins are at stake, one should think early enough to use a hardware wallet (no, don't even think about the Ledger crap, but that's another story and none here to tell). Though I don't know how well the wallet suggestions stated here work with decent hardware wallets, especially on a mobile device.

On a PC I use Electrum and Sparrow wallet with a hardware wallet. I run my own Electrum server to maintain privacy for my SPV wallets. That is not a must for a newbie or less computer tech savvy person. But it's not rocket science, either.

Electrum is a good bitcoin wallet because it is non-custodial and open source but Electrum is not available on iOS devices. A good alternative is blue wallet and unstoppable wallet, it’s advisable you download from the official site https://bluewallet.io/ if you want to know more about blue wallet, read here; https://bluewallet.io/features/

Although the possibility of getting phishing sites is low through Wikipedia, it still has the potential to be compromised because as you said it can be written and moderated by anyone.

The simple way I do it is usually to manually write it on paper or a special note and save it.
Or bookmark the original Electrum website.

and pay attention to every letter in the domain really must be the same and nothing is different.
After that look at the file you want to download. The original file will not be detected by the virus.
So in addition to being aware of the domain, you should also provide extra security on the device using Antivirus,

I will echo the majority of the reply here, you should only download a Bitcoin wallet on the official website because there are lots of scams and unreported phishing sites that will appear on Google search.  Worst you might end up in a malware-infected site.

Aside from downloading from the official site, open source applications have instructions to verify the download, always do that to do additional security since there are some cases where even the official sites are infiltrated by hackers by changing the link of or application to download.

If you are using an iPhone then there is nothing to do because there is no Electrum application for Apple user. But you can search it on Google Play store if you are an Android user. Also you can download Electrum for Windows. Can you please tell us which device you are using?
Here is the Official website of Electrum: https://electrum.org/
There are some alternative secured wallets for your Bitcoin, you can use them.

Unstoppable wallet is more recommended wallet for IOS users and also uses SPV, its not only for Bitcoin but for other cryptocurrencies as well. For more information you can check this discussion thread^[1]. You can see/read different experience of other members too.

[1] https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/unstoppable-wallet-user-experiences-5436273

You can see the correct link toelectrum website on Wikipedia, for example. Even driving the app's name into the google search. The probability of getting a phishing website is low here, but still, articles there are also written by people and moderated as well. So, for reliability, it will be better to check GPG signatures (information and instructions on this are available on the download page on Electrum website).

BlueWallet is a recommended BTC wallet to use on IOS, it is an open source wallet and a non custodial wallet, just like Electrum. Follow to download BlueWallet: https://bluewallet.io/.

If your PC later becomes available and you feel you want to switch to Electrum, you can import your BlueWallet seed phrase into Electrum software wallet. Do your own research about BlueWallet, and to do that you can get features of the wallet here: https://bluewallet.io/features/

My PC is not available for use at the Moment so Since I can’t get electrum on IOS. Which app can I get on IOS ?

Not just electron wallet, downloading this wallet from the official source is not the end of the possibility that you will lose your asset, make sure that whatever you want to run on your PC is also from the official source, like browsers and software.

Also, make sure that you keep your recovery seed safe for yourself only, it's not something you can share with anyone, this is the burden that every crypto investors have to go through, keeping the private keys and recovery seeds safe, no other way around.