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Bitcoin Wallets

Ben Ullrich

What do they do?Which one is best?

Public key

What is a bitcoin wallet?

Private key

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5K1yVwfA8gtkYu4h6XEuhqKG5oeVVLuR1meJgHadPz5mFa2QgNg

● Stores public and private key’s● Facilitates Sending and receiving Bitcoin● Tracks your account balances● Update and Store the blockchain

What Bitcoin wallets clients do?

● Encrypts your keys● Store the blockchain in the cloud

What Bitcoin wallets do?

Bitcoin-QT

The Vanilla Walletwww.bitcoin.org/

Generate wallets

Send and Receive

12.5 gb

Bitcoin-QT

OS● Windows● Linux● Mac ● Android

Bitcoin-QT

Electrum

Fast and simplewww.electrum.org

Seed recovery

Remote Blockchain

Paper Wallet

Cold storage

Electrum

OS● Windows● Linux● Mac ● Android

Electrum

Blockchain.info

Onlinewww.blockchain.info

● Easy hot storage solution● Private key is stored server side

● Paper wallets

● Txt● Google authenticator

Blockchain.info

2 factor authentication

OS● Windows● Linux● Mac ● Android

Blockchain.info

Armory

Feature fullwww.bitcoinarmory.com

● Download the blockchain● Paper wallets● Fragmented

OS● Windows● Linux● Mac

Armory

Online Exchange Wallets

Online Exchange WalletsNot really a wallet. They have your coins stored and you just have “access” to them.

Also...

Future Wallets

Trezor

Hardware Wallet

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