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Originally Posted by DraX
Need to dig a bit deeper into the bitcoin market, which wallets are you recommending?
I have an old coinbase account, no idea if I should keep working with that one.
I also got a suggestion that armory was good for protection and when sitting on bigger balances.
I'm eager to hear what the gfy BC gurus are suggesting?
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That really depends on what you want to do and how you want to use your coins and Marc does makes a good point about security.
You're probably familiar that there's cold wallets and hot wallets. BitAdress is a great free cold wallet generator but you need to have a Clean computer just for this case. Trezor on the other hand is probably the best 100$ autonomous cold wallet device on the market. And unlike the Bitcoin core wallet, one doesn't have to download and run the full node (which can be tedious).
I wouldn't suggest Armory, as they made a public announcement last February about the company failing to met ends, although they were a great Wallet and are still around, i wouldn't continue with it. For Hot wallets you're going to need a company you can trust and that will stay around, and for this I reason I would strongly suggest BlockChain and Mycelium. Both these wallet continue getting major Funding and have industry leaders as core Developers.
Right up there would be Samourai and DarkWallet, they both have a great philosophy and great developer teams. Samourai is currently probably ahead of DarkWallet in terms of developments. These are the best anonymous hot wallets on the market.
Bitpay and Coinbase would be considered really hot wallets as they are directly attached to your personal account. But they are also considered on and off ramps for Fiat.
So again, the wallet of choice depends on how to intend to use it.