Mobile wallets come in two formats: one type of app stores your coins locally on your phone (and comes with the same advantages and disadvantages
as desktop wallets) while the other format of mobile wallet merely provides you with access to online storage servers (which comes with the same advantages and disadvantages as online wallets).
For long term storage for investment purposes, an offline wallet is probably safer, such
as a desktop wallet, paper wallet or hardware wallet.
On the downside however, the user interface is more complicated than some other wallets, especially for beginners, so it may not be the ideal choice
as a desktop wallet when you're starting out.
Available
as a desktop wallet or on Android, the benefits of Electrum include its speed, its security and its stability.
Jaxx can also be used
as a desktop wallet and supports thirteen different cryptocurrencies (including ETH).
The best thing about this wallet (as well
as a desktop wallet) you can use it on the go via iOS mobile / tablet.
Not exact matches
Alternatively, there are other full node
desktop wallets to choose from,
as well
as light
desktop wallets, which do not require
as much computer space
as they make use blockchains stored online.
If you're an iOS user, you can use
desktop wallet such
as Electron Cash to access your Bitcoin Cash, And here's how you do it:
The following are the four important
desktop wallets, which are accessible on all the three major OS (Operating systems) such
as Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
Online
wallets are web based
wallets that can be accessed from anywhere and are thus more convenient
as they can be accessed from any device, and may also be linked to
desktop or mobile
wallets.
It is available
as a
desktop and mobile (ioS, Android and Windows)
wallet and allows for multiple users to be able to access a single
wallet.
Your funds are only truly safe when you have complete control over them through tools such
as a hardware,
desktop or mobile
wallet.
Because of this restrictive prerequisite,
desktop users must either integrate a
wallet into a browser such
as Chrome or Firefox by installing an add - on or create a new
wallet by installing a new browser.
There are various types of
wallets, which can be used such
as online
wallets, paper
wallets, hardware
wallets,
desktop wallets, mobile
wallets and web
wallets.
MyCelium
wallet does not come with any
desktop equivalent but can be used for signing transactions digitally using hardware
wallets such
as Ledger, Trezor or Keep Key thus enhancing its security dynamics.
Jaxx
wallet is available on
desktop as well
as mobile.
However, a
desktop wallet is never going to be
as secure
as a hardware
wallet, and there's also the fact that some other
wallets have simpler, more attractive user interfaces.
Most regular
desktop or mobile
wallets,
as listed on bitcoin.org, are about
as secure
as your computer or phone is.
As per a recent report by DocDroid, hardware
wallets that are supposed to be more secure than the easily hackable
desktop wallets.
If you're just «playing» with the currency a mobile or
desktop wallet will do
as well.
Gone are the days of being able to download the entire Blockchain to your
desktop,
as is done with a traditional Bitcoin
wallet on windows.
This could be an online
wallet (either part of an exchange platform, or via an independent provider), a
desktop wallet, a mobile
wallet or an offline one (such
as a hardware device or a paper
wallet).
A cryptographic coprocessor with secure hardware - based key storage supporting the ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman) security protocol to provide encryption / decryption Linux operating system using a SAMA5D2D pre-PCI certified processor 3» LED backlit full touchscreen display with 480 × 272 resolution FIDO / U2F support to use COIN
wallet as a security token for two - factor authentication A single USB - C connection with support for authenticating
desktop and mobile devices A dedicated screen and ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) sign - verify authentication to protect consumers even if the host computer is infected with a virus or malware Support for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, ERC20 tokens, and more
It is believed this form of a
wallet is more secure than some other form of
wallets such
as desktop and mobile
wallets because they are immune to viruses and hack attacks though they can fail to protect you from malware swaps and random number generator.
To make it simple, it is by far safer to keep your digital currency on hardware
wallets such
as Trezor, than on any
desktop or mobile
wallet or the worst case scenario on exchanges.
Some
desktop wallets, such
as Armory are tailored for enhanced security, while others focus on anonymity — DarkWallet.
Though there are other popular
desktop wallets like «Exodus,» when it comes to Litecoin in particular, Litecoin Core should be preferred
as it is the official Litecoin
wallet available on the Litecoin web site.
Software bitcoin
wallets are also known
as mobile
wallets and they can be downloaded
as an application to your phone or
desktop.
These «Lapps,»
as Lightning implementations have come to be called, ranged from
desktop and mobile
wallets, to micropayment blogging platforms, to gambling sites, to explorers, and much more — though, in most cases, still designed for Bitcoin's testnet.
Generally, you want to download the
desktop wallet,
as it is more secure than a web
wallet.
Nonetheless,
as Coinffeine integrates the concept of a
wallet and exchange in the same product, it offers the first Bitcoin
desktop wallet that includes the ability to buy or sell Bitcoins automatically.
And some
desktop wallets (such
as Jaxx and Exodus) have multi-coin capability, which means you can hold your bitcoin and litecoin in the same place.
These work similarly to
desktop wallets, but
as titled, are mobile.