Most Secure bitcoin wallet ? - page 14.

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Quote from: BitcoinXio on September 21, 2015, 06:06:24 PM

Everyone is mentioning their favorite wallets, but not technically the "most secure" wallets. By definition, the "most secure" would be a wallet not connected to the internet, so the bitcoins cannot be stolen - which would be an offline wallet. Not a web wallet, desktop wallet, or mobile wallet. All those wallets are of course great, work well, and most are built with security in mind, but aren't the "most secure" way of safekeeping your bitcoins; the best way is offline cold storage. If you want to see how others rank bitcoin wallets, you can see the top ranked bitcoin wallets here: http://bitcoinx.io/wallets/

It's missing a few wallets at least I think. And also there is hardware wallets. These (normally) rank between cold wallet and hot wallet.

They are not as good as the cold or paper wallet. But far better then most hot wallets, or internet connected wallets.

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Everyone is mentioning their favorite wallets, but not technically the "most secure" wallets. By definition, the "most secure" would be a wallet not connected to the internet, so the bitcoins cannot be stolen - which would be an offline wallet. Not a web wallet, desktop wallet, or mobile wallet. All those wallets are of course great, work well, and most are built with security in mind, but aren't the "most secure" way of safekeeping your bitcoins; the best way is offline cold storage. If you want to see how others rank bitcoin wallets, you can see the top ranked bitcoin wallets here: http://bitcoinx.io/wallets/

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Quote from: asad777 on September 20, 2015, 02:46:10 PM

blockchain.info wallet is secure
but you must choose a very hard password (and only used for your wallet) and you have to change it frequently
also you must use anti keylogger
and of course use 2 factor authentication
and make sure that the connection is sercured with certifecated HTTPS connection

Best,

You're definitely wrong here. Blockchain.info should not in fact be called a safe wallet at all. There were various incidents which resulted in users losing a great sum of money several times due to their negligence.
A hard password would not help at all if they decides to change the code such that it captures your password. This can effectively allow them to steal all the funds from the private keys on their server.
2 factor authentication allows the wallet to be downloaded only when the key is correct. Someone could in theory intercept your wallet when you key in correctly and this wouldn't help at all if there is an inside job or poor RNG.
A common misconception is that HTTPS connections means that it is secure. This is definitely untrue. People were using HTTPS on tor and their wallet still got hacked, it would be more secure if its an onion website. 0-day exploits are also possible with HTTPS, for example, the recent heartbleed which was discovered way long before majority of the sites started patching and people's information might have been stolen long ago.

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A paper wallet generated offline is still the most secure wallet for me. The only thing that you need to worry about is the place on where you will keep your physical paper wallet.

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The majority of my bitcoins will always be in cold storage (electrum in my case)

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i would never trust another company to hold my keys for me (xapo). i store majority of my coins in a paper wallet and a little amount on my mobile wallet (bither).

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I'm not really confident in storing my bitcoins on a paper or on my computer. I use a hot wallet for daily spending.

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blockchain.info wallet is secure
but you must choose a very hard password (and only used for your wallet) and you have to change it frequently
also you must use anti keylogger
and of course use 2 factor authentication
and make sure that the connection is sercured with certifecated HTTPS connection

Best,

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Quote from: bitgolden on September 18, 2015, 06:43:52 AM

Yes opting for online wallet must have some special reasons. Like anywhere access. Because desktop wallets are completely in our control. So, think twice before you choose your wallets.

Desktop means only in PC, but coinbase has implemented that their users wallet can work also on web(online) and also in their mobile app(iOS or Android), but not offline Sad

. Trezor, chase and ledger are the best hardware wallets.

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Yes opting for online wallet must have some special reasons. Like anywhere access. Because desktop wallets are completely in our control. So, think twice before you choose your wallets.

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Quote from: Scream on September 16, 2015, 09:15:05 AM

A long time ago ( maybe 6month ago)
my email get hacked, my blockchain get hacked and i lose all of my coin ( because my blockchain password is very weak)
but my small amount at xapo is secure,
xapo have 2fa and 2fa enable 24/7 also 2fa only can acces at mobile network

I think xapo is good option for me

Becareful to store amount on web wallet, better to use cold wallet or desktop wallet, Electrum have 2FA security too, multisig wallet, have seed word, and you don't need to download data for synch.

Quote from: smith coins on September 16, 2015, 09:47:47 AM

Xapo has also PIN if i am right?, i use xapo too but can't sign message there, but have you tried their bitcoin debit card?

Xapo is web wallet, you can't do sign message, even you can't have your private key.

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Bitcoin core is the official wallet from the bitcoin community. It's thoroughly checked. But it has the feature of full validation. So it requires lot of initial synchronization and download time. I suggest electrum or multibit HD if you prefer light weight wallets.

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Quote from: bitart on September 17, 2015, 02:07:32 PM

Quote from: smith coins on September 16, 2015, 09:47:47 AM

Xapo has also PIN if i am right?, i use xapo too but can't sign message there, but have you tried their bitcoin debit card?

Have just arrived the xapo debit card this week. It's now VISA instead of the previous MasterCard.
I have tried it in two countries in the EU yet and it works OK on POS terminals. If you buy something in different currency (e.g. the card is USD and you pay in EUR) they charge you 3℅ more.

Thanks for notifying us

, maybe visa is more popular and it's used more, and as far as i know mastercard does not support bitcoin, maybe for this

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Quote from: smith coins on September 16, 2015, 09:47:47 AM

Xapo has also PIN if i am right?, i use xapo too but can't sign message there, but have you tried their bitcoin debit card?

Have just arrived the xapo debit card this week. It's now VISA instead of the previous MasterCard.
I have tried it in two countries in the EU yet and it works OK on POS terminals. If you buy something in different currency (e.g. the card is USD and you pay in EUR) they charge you 3℅ more.

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xapo and coinbase are good wallets but the problem is both the site dont accept indians for debit card and buying selling mode is not meant for Indians,

one site i found but that is scam IGOT.com

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Quote from: Scream on September 16, 2015, 09:15:05 AM

A long time ago ( maybe 6month ago)
my email get hacked, my blockchain get hacked and i lose all of my coin ( because my blockchain password is very weak)
but my small amount at xapo is secure,
xapo have 2fa and 2fa enable 24/7 also 2fa only can acces at mobile network

I think xapo is good option for me

Xapo has also PIN if i am right?, i use xapo too but can't sign message there, but have you tried their bitcoin debit card?

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from my side i will vote for the blockchain.info and coinbase but coinbase is putting his nose at others busness

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U will never know the true answer, before you try

A long time ago ( maybe 6month ago)
my email get hacked, my blockchain get hacked and i lose all of my coin ( because my blockchain password is very weak)
but my small amount at xapo is secure,
xapo have 2fa and 2fa enable 24/7 also 2fa only can acces at mobile network

I think xapo is good option for me

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I was using Xapo and Coinbase web wallet when i was a newbie , till now i use them , their is no problem with them, but now i have installed electrum in my desktop wallet and transfered all my bitcoins their for safety use.

so for now newly you can join xapo or coinbase after getting some knowledge about bitcoin wallets you can download electrum and install and use it because it is the safest way , becuase if electrum gets problem i can use any other desktop wallet with the destop saved bitcoin details.

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Quote from: ikydesu on September 15, 2015, 02:17:45 AM

Quote from: MadGamer on September 14, 2015, 11:08:40 AM

Quote from: Mayer Amschel on September 14, 2015, 04:51:48 AM

I just downloaded the new Blocktrail wallet.

Very smooth and fast + you actually own the coins.

I just checked them , but can't seem to find anything to download unless you are speaking about their Android and iOS versions for smartphones .

https://wallet.blocktrail.com you can create your wallet, it's web/online wallet.
I guess you opened the site with your smartphone?

I can't see any option to sign a message in blocktrail, is that possible or just me?

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