Topic: I need help keeping my bitcoin (Read 1747 times)

after importing key i remove the address from blockchain
so totallly my address can acces only from paper wallet

buy a hardware wallet or use the Xapo Vault service:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/overview-bitcoin-hardware-wallets-secure-your-coins-899253

i am using online wallet coinbase and xapo, as i am collecting from all faucets and from signature campaign

what all are asking is what is the meaning of your question ?
Do you purchased some bitcoins or your holding some bitcoins or you have gathered some bitcoins from faucets , games and now  u want to securely keep . what you want it actually,

as long as you are doing it offline, and doing it with the correct code which you download from a secure and trusted source or review the code yourself i think it can be safe.

and if you are only sweeping the keys at the time of usage then you are fine using blockchain.info

use paper wallet like i say at this thread
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.12234154

that very secure

it is bitcoin wallet (bitcoin address and private keys) on a piece of paper. it is a safe way to store your bitcoin offline.
more information here:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet

What is paper wallet? Can someone clarify what's this? Thanks

By "here" I assume you mean planet Earth.  As to the bitcoin part of your dilemma, well, I am totally confused as to what you're asking.  I've no idea.  Perhaps you shouldn't venture into cryptocurrency as it can be confusing and requires a bit of brains to comprehend and can easily be lost forever.  Which you'd probably do.  I do take donations for evil purposes, so if you'd like to send a few satoshis my way, please check my signature or profile for the address. 

Good day to you, sir.

Blockchain.info unlike other online wallets allow you to control your private keys by yourself. They will send you a backup file and you can use that backup file to send your Bitcoins to another wallet. Same goes to greenaddress.it but they take a different approach. I still won't recommend anyone to use blockchain.info nevertheless.

I'm prefer blockchain because it was easy to set up and it has simple interface so it means that when you'll got expert in haste once you take a look on it. But blockchain is online wallet and being online it's mean that someday it will be offline too. So try to have some research thorugh this forum or other site about offline wallet

I would say greenaddress.it would be a much secure choice. Considering that blockchain.info identifier is also quite long, you can switch to greenaddress.it and use their memoric. They also create 2of2 multi sig addresses and allows you to set a limit. They will send a nlocktime file for you to redeem your transaction when it expires. It is quite secure too.

You're asking about 'keeping' your Bitcoin. So I'm assuming you have already purchased your Bitcoins.

In this case, how did you acquire them? If you used some exchange like Coinbase / BitStamp etc., you should install a desktop wallet and transfer yuor coins to your computer rather than leaving them on exchange.

Since you are new and still learning, I would suggest you try Multibit or electrum. Both are easy to use wallet. Moreover they're 'lite' clients that do not need the whole block chain downloaded in order to function well.

If this was not the answer to your question, then please elaborate more about what you're asking.

Paper wallet is the way to go. It's costs nothing and as long as you do it offline your coins will be safe forever. Check out bitaddress.org - you can save the page and generate paper wallets safely offline.

personally I wouldnt trust any online exchange or wallet to hold my money, coinbase even less. and why are you thanking op for information you posted? stop using google translate.

Ill hold onto your Bitcoin for you

yes store bitcoin in wallet!!!! and invest to get profit

While Blockchain.info is currently the only online wallet that lets you have control of your own private keys, they have had a few incidents in the past where users either lost coins or came very close to losing coins. Their most recent incident happened just over a week ago which affected a subset of users of their Android app who were running older versions of Android and perhaps more importantly, exposed some pretty sloppy coding practices on their part:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/recent-breach-at-blockchaininfo-android-app-did-a-stupid-1085983

I'd probably still consider them to be better than your typical online wallet based on the fact that you'd still have access to your coins even if they were to suddenly shut down but after seeing what happened recently, I'd be wary of keeping anything more than a couple of BTC in there.

first of all, whats the poll for, it doesnt give any information. secondly i would choose blockchain.info, as you dont have to keep anything on your pc with it and everything is on the internet

Best bet would be Multibit, easy desktop client. Never keep your coins online (only change if u must).
To store larger amounts use paper wallet.

I would recommend using a lightweight wallet like Electrum if you don't want to download the 30 GB blockchain:

http://www.electrum.org/

Alternatively, you could try MultiBit which works in a similar way:

http://www.multibit.org/

If you want to contribute to the network by running your own node and don't mind downloading the 30 GB blockchain file then you could try the Bitcoin Core client:

http://bitcoin.org/en/download

And if you want a mobile wallet on your Android or iOS phone then there is Mycelium:

http://www.mycelium.com/


I wouldn't recommend keeping large amounts of BTC on an exchange.

Mt. Gox was once the largest exchange in the world at one point and those who trusted it and used it as their personal web wallet ended up losing all of their coins when it collapsed in early 2014. Many exchanges have been hacked or had their owners run off with their users' funds in the past. I'm not saying that Bitstamp will end up the same way but no exchange is immune and they have been hacked in the past too (which they seem to have successfully recovered from).

Even if you're into day trading and therefore you have no option but to store your coins at an exchange, I would still recommend withdrawing your coins after you're done trading.

And of course, keeping the majority of your savings in the form of cold storage such as an offline computer, a hardware wallet, or a paper wallet is always a good idea as this is usually considered to be the safest option.