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Topic: noob question about bitcoin addy (Read 1016 times)

staff
Activity: 4284
Merit: 8808
September 28, 2013, 07:50:42 PM
#9
The only reasonably reliable practical way to do this right now is with a web hosted wallet.  You may want to consider https://blockchain.info/wallet
There have been a bunch of people showing up in IRC in the last couple months with BC.i wallets with stuck double spent transactions from concurrent use. Be careful.
legendary
Activity: 3472
Merit: 4801
September 27, 2013, 04:27:07 PM
#8
The only reasonably reliable practical way to do this right now is with a web hosted wallet. 
What about Electrum?
Works fine on multiple machines and you don't have to trust a wallet-hoster.

I hadn't realized there was an Electrum for mobile phones.
legendary
Activity: 3676
Merit: 1495
September 27, 2013, 04:06:50 PM
#7
The only reasonably reliable practical way to do this right now is with a web hosted wallet. 
What about Electrum?
Works fine on multiple machines and you don't have to trust a wallet-hoster.
legendary
Activity: 3472
Merit: 4801
September 27, 2013, 03:06:12 PM
#6
I have a wallet on my phone, and wallet on my computer. I'd like to have my bitcoins available from both locations. What is the practical way to do this?

The only reasonably reliable practical way to do this right now is with a web hosted wallet.  You may want to consider https://blockchain.info/wallet
full member
Activity: 206
Merit: 100
September 27, 2013, 01:29:18 PM
#5
I have a wallet on my phone, and wallet on my computer. I'd like to have my bitcoins available from both locations. What is the practical way to do this?
hero member
Activity: 924
Merit: 1000
September 26, 2013, 11:13:26 PM
#4
would i be okay if I never used those addresses?
hero member
Activity: 924
Merit: 1000
September 26, 2013, 10:46:39 PM
#3
So, how do i delete an address (private key and public key) from QT?  I figured it wasn't a good Idea, dont ask me why I even did it...
staff
Activity: 4284
Merit: 8808
September 26, 2013, 10:38:48 PM
#2
Nothing much, until the world ends.

It's really really inadvisable to run multiple wallets with the same keys in them. If you manage to make a transaction on one before it learns of a transaction made by the other one you can end up double spending yourself.  This isn't directly a problem, but in doing so you can end up with stuck coins which are then impossible to spend without going and blowing away the history of your wallet.

In general key importation seems to be dangerous for most users, since if they're at all confused about how Bitcoin works under the hood (e.g. if they think the Bitcoin network has 'balances' it maintains) they can easily end up losing coin forever.
hero member
Activity: 924
Merit: 1000
September 26, 2013, 10:24:54 PM
#1
What will happen if I import a bitcoin address to two different wallets. does the first one that receives wins? just wondering because I just made a vanity address and I put on 2 different computers..
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