What are the benefits of a Xapo Wallet?

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Quote from: Wicidith on January 27, 2016, 10:59:48 PM

I am new to Bitcoin and I keep seeing Xapo Wallets mentioned in various places, fairly often. However, I just can't figure out what their benefits are or why someone would want one as opposed to any other type of wallet. Could you please enlighten me? Thanks!

benefits and adavantage use xapo wallet
every send bitcoin without fee
and you can get debitcard

but minus xapo wallet not open service private key

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Quote from: Herbert2020 on January 30, 2016, 07:00:38 AM

Quote from: Snorek on January 30, 2016, 06:49:18 AM

That is correct. But these features are good only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

I have to agree that the primary use for this Debit card is its ease of use, the card is directly linked to your main wallet, so its advised to get a new wallet thats not public knowledge, so whatever is in that wallet is immediately available for withdrawal (like the skrill / Moneybookers account). I have looked at other bitcoin cards and most require a separate loading to get to the coins. And although in many cases anonymity may be the reason for using these digital currencies, this is a one is the easier ways to easily convert ur bcoins to cash

ntil later

efundz

But if a card directly linked to a wallet it's not as safe as it would be if a card must be loaded manually from wallet balance before using. In case a card is stolen someone could spend all available funds from the wallet instead of only funds loaded to a card. Don't you think so?

That is true but I don't use Xapo wallet as a "storage" wallet. I keep theere an amount that I'm planning to spend on the card for a week or so. And that is usualy not much. Loading card for every purchase could be very annoying and unconvenient because of the confirmation time for instance.
But Xapo is extremly easy for spending Bitcoins in everyday life with no transfers, exchanges or other complications whatsoever and that is what I appreciate the most.

What about their cold sotrage, according to their website it looks like a really safe place to store bitcoin, do you use it in some cases?. I mean if it's really safe as they say, I could for example store all my funds there (use it as a "storage" wallet) and transfer only small amounts to "usual" wallet and spend only them using a card. Or their cold storage is more about marketing rather than about security? Actually it's quite hard to imagine how do they manage all that vaults somewhere in the mountains when you withdraw funds and how easy this procedure could be compromised

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Quote from: vladozlat on October 28, 2016, 10:03:20 AM

Quote from: efundz1 on January 31, 2016, 03:51:51 AM

Quote from: Herbert2020 on January 30, 2016, 07:00:38 AM

Quote from: Snorek on January 30, 2016, 06:49:18 AM

That is correct. But these features are good only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

I have to agree that the primary use for this Debit card is its ease of use, the card is directly linked to your main wallet, so its advised to get a new wallet thats not public knowledge, so whatever is in that wallet is immediately available for withdrawal (like the skrill / Moneybookers account). I have looked at other bitcoin cards and most require a separate loading to get to the coins. And although in many cases anonymity may be the reason for using these digital currencies, this is a one is the easier ways to easily convert ur bcoins to cash

ntil later

efundz

But if a card directly linked to a wallet it's not as safe as it would be if a card must be loaded manually from wallet balance before using. In case a card is stolen someone could spend all available funds from the wallet instead of only funds loaded to a card. Don't you think so?

That is true but I don't use Xapo wallet as a "storage" wallet. I keep theere an amount that I'm planning to spend on the card for a week or so. And that is usualy not much. Loading card for every purchase could be very annoying and unconvenient because of the confirmation time for instance.
But Xapo is extremly easy for spending Bitcoins in everyday life with no transfers, exchanges or other complications whatsoever and that is what I appreciate the most.

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Quote from: Herbert2020 on January 30, 2016, 07:00:38 AM

Quote from: Snorek on January 30, 2016, 06:49:18 AM

That is correct. But these features are good only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

I have to agree that the primary use for this Debit card is its ease of use, the card is directly linked to your main wallet, so its advised to get a new wallet thats not public knowledge, so whatever is in that wallet is immediately available for withdrawal (like the skrill / Moneybookers account). I have looked at other bitcoin cards and most require a separate loading to get to the coins. And although in many cases anonymity may be the reason for using these digital currencies, this is a one is the easier ways to easily convert ur bcoins to cash

ntil later

efundz

But if a card directly linked to a wallet it's not as safe as it would be if a card must be loaded manually from wallet balance before using. In case a card is stolen someone could spend all available funds from the wallet instead of only funds loaded to a card. Don't you think so?

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The benefit of a xapo wallet, of course we can save bitcoins on there and it is include online wallet. Unfortunately we can not control the wallet because of we don't have private key, it will become dangerous for our bitcoins, there are no people who give guarantee xapo wallet will not become scam wallet.

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Quote from: justspare on January 28, 2016, 01:54:44 AM

Quote from: MyBTT on January 28, 2016, 12:14:37 AM

Barely any faucets send payments to Xapo wallet. Just use like blockchain or something like that.

Yeah I really don''t know why people even use a xapo wallet. An online wallet like coinbase is better.

Why do you think it's better?

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Quote from: Rude Boy on February 01, 2016, 10:46:43 AM

I think, by using xapo wallet, you don't need to remember the long string i.e., bitcoin address. All you need to get payment is just type the email address (if you're a faucet user) and i think some online wallets like coinbase can able to send to your xapo account directly when you type the email.

Anything other than this? Grin

Yes but you see, most people here want it the other way around because they want to kill the "middle man". And then they wonder why doesn't Bitcoin can't get more exposure and be adopted by common people, the debate is useless. Xapo and other compaines have done what they could to bring Bitcoin to the masses, it's just seem pointless right now.

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I think, by using xapo wallet, you don't need to remember the long string i.e., bitcoin address. All you need to get payment is just type the email address (if you're a faucet user) and i think some online wallets like coinbase can able to send to your xapo account directly when you type the email.

Anything other than this? Grin

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i didn't like their website. it is not as good as coinbase. anyways the only possible use that i have for my xapo wallet is for faucet dust payments.

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So far I just use coinbase and blockchain accounts. Xapo looks good as I heard that from one Xapo account to another Xapo account it is fees free and instant transactions. But I don't like Xapo's requirement of mandatory mobile verification in case of a digital currency that should best be anonymous.

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Quote from: Herbert2020 on January 30, 2016, 07:00:38 AM

Quote from: Snorek on January 30, 2016, 06:49:18 AM

That is correct. But these features are good only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

I have to agree that the primary use for this Debit card is its ease of use, the card is directly linked to your main wallet, so its advised to get a new wallet thats not public knowledge, so whatever is in that wallet is immediately available for withdrawal (like the skrill / Moneybookers account). I have looked at other bitcoin cards and most require a separate loading to get to the coins. And although in many cases anonymity may be the reason for using these digital currencies, this is a one is the easier ways to easily convert ur bcoins to cash

ntil later

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Quote from: Herbert2020 on January 30, 2016, 07:00:38 AM

Quote from: Snorek on January 30, 2016, 06:49:18 AM

Quote from: Decoded on January 30, 2016, 05:35:12 AM

Only two advantages that I know of,

1. They pay your transaction fees, which are obviously not much of a difference if you are rich, but if you make your money from faucets, a normal TX fee is about a day of work.

2. Faucets pay into your wallet instantly.

That is correct. But these features are goo only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

That's true. However, Bitcoin adoption rate is quite low and there is much more places that accepts debit card than Bitcoin. If you want to indirectly spend Bitcoins, this is probably one of the more viable way. Xapo does have a high fee but it is still acceptable to me, considering that I could use the card on the fly with Bitcoin loading.

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Quote from: Herbert2020 on January 30, 2016, 07:00:38 AM

Quote from: Snorek on January 30, 2016, 06:49:18 AM

Quote from: Decoded on January 30, 2016, 05:35:12 AM

Only two advantages that I know of,

1. They pay your transaction fees, which are obviously not much of a difference if you are rich, but if you make your money from faucets, a normal TX fee is about a day of work.

2. Faucets pay into your wallet instantly.

That is correct. But these features are goo only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

I see it more like an easy exchange and when you in need of money it can help you out.

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Quote from: Snorek on January 30, 2016, 06:49:18 AM

Quote from: Decoded on January 30, 2016, 05:35:12 AM

Only two advantages that I know of,

1. They pay your transaction fees, which are obviously not much of a difference if you are rich, but if you make your money from faucets, a normal TX fee is about a day of work.

2. Faucets pay into your wallet instantly.

That is correct. But these features are goo only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

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Quote from: Decoded on January 30, 2016, 05:35:12 AM

Only two advantages that I know of,

1. They pay your transaction fees, which are obviously not much of a difference if you are rich, but if you make your money from faucets, a normal TX fee is about a day of work.

2. Faucets pay into your wallet instantly.

That is correct. But these features are goo only if you are bitcoin newbie and faucet sucker.
A real feature is Xapo Debit Card - your wallet is linked to a XAPO debit card, allowing for easy use of bitcoin everywhere in day-to-day life.
Personally I would not use it because I find their fees a little too much, but others might find it fine.

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Only two advantages that I know of,

1. They pay your transaction fees, which are obviously not much of a difference if you are rich, but if you make your money from faucets, a normal TX fee is about a day of work.

2. Faucets pay into your wallet instantly.

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The only benefit is that you don't have to pay fees when sending bitcoins, so you can use it as a mini spending wallet. I personally wouldn't keep that much bitcoins in there, as you actually don't own the private keys. The most I'd keep in there would be 0.05, and I'd use that for buying stuff without paying for tx fees.

Oh yeah, Xapo requires you to verify your identification before you can fully access all its functions (like sending to external addresses), which defeats the purpose of anonymity.

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Quote from: isvicre on January 29, 2016, 10:31:29 PM

If they run away with your coins, just like TradeFortress did in inputs.io, you can't see your coins again. I think that's not benefit. Cheesy

The point is you can't trust online wallets, if they lose your coins you can't prove anything when you take a legal action. At least I haven't seen any Bitcoin return from court decisions.

Well I'm not sure because with Xapo they send you an email and there's plenty of evidence if you want to save it and take the time. But like I said, it's more like a real wallet, you have day-to-day money not your whole savings and for that it works perfectly. I don't have as many doubts about many of you about Xapo but at the same time I wouldn't trust any Bitcoin online service with my whole share, just a small part of it.

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If they run away with your coins, just like TradeFortress did in inputs.io, you can't see your coins again. I think that's not benefit. Cheesy

The point is you can't trust online wallets, if they lose your coins you can't prove anything when you take a legal action. At least I haven't seen any Bitcoin return from court decisions.

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