An e-wallet is a remote service, usually a web site, which runs an instance of the Bitcoin (or similar) software and manages one or more addresses on behalf of its clients. Such services allow access from mobile devices, public computers or other platforms without the need to install software.
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added security/safety to multiple blockchain.info wallets
If I want to store a substantial number of Bitcoins, would there be any add security or safety to doing this in multiple blockchain.info hybrid ewallets, in stead of all in one?
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How does blockchain.info access my wallet in MyWallet
I made a wallet at blockchain.info and enabled two-step authentication using Google Authenticator.
As I understand it, the operator of blockchain.info cannot access your wallet (unlike e.g. MtGox). ...
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What actions trigger the need to obtain a new backup with Blockchain.info/wallet?
Other clients, including Bitcoin-Qt, use a key pool so that a backup is still valid for a while.
Blockchain.info/wallet doesn't use a key pool.
After a backup of the wallet is obtained and archived, ...
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What are the pros and cons of different methods for transferring Bitcoins between different wallet services?
I am interested in transferring Bitcoins between several different wallets: my Mt.Gox account, my Bitcoin client wallet, and my Blockchain wallet. I am aware of two primary ways to transfer funds ...
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Do I have access to the private key for an Instawallet?
It is just numbers and letters? I have transferred my bitcoin address and want to use the key so I can move my coins from this wallet to another? As you may be aware there site is down but can I set ...
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Are there any online wallets available for Litecoin?
Are there any litecoin wallets available on the internet right now? I have a mac and the mac version software is very confusing.
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How Would This Procedure Be Performed? Transfer to Offline wallet
I've read alot of questions before I posted this... What I want to do is take my wallet from blockchain.info that contains a few bitcoins, and "store" it offline, however I have some specific ...
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What wallets are compatible with Satoshi Dice?
Satoshi Dice requires wallets to be able to receive coins from the same address they are sent.
What are some notable examples that are compatible and incompatible with this?
What are the technical ...
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Optimizing fee payment for speed or zero fees/privacy? (Clients vs. e-wallets)
As far as I understand the more fees you pay, the faster the delivery. What I don't understand is fees are given to kilobytes of data, not amount of money.
Maybe here would come handy a little deeper ...
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If you were an e-wallet operator how could you steal from your clients? Cases of big steals? And Instawallet
Obviously you want to look trustworthy in the beginning to attract more customers, then... (?) ... profit?
I'm interested if there were historic cases of this kind of theft in Bitcoin's short ...
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How can you operate a fractional reserve e-wallet?
There are topics about the possibility of e-wallet providers operating like fractional reserve banking. How it can be done in theory and practice? Did it ever happen on any meaningful way in ...
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Wrong Transaction ref on faster payment [closed]
I have sent a faster payment request from my bank account but I have inadvertently put an old transaction reference on it. Is there any way to trace this or has it been lost?
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Help me understand Instawallet better to trust it more!
I have read the FAQ. I like the idea it's only a link, I don't need it to be more complicated than necessary. For me it doesn't matter to store a generated difficult password for an account or only a ...
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Running a store through Tor - what are the setup options available?
I am required to setup a store that will operate through Tor and accept Bitcoin payments only. I know I can run the standard client on the server and make it connect to peers only through Tor. ...
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Are transaction fees required now? Is there any way to avoid them?
I have been using blockchain.info's my wallet to perform transactions, one of the reason I liked it was because I could choose to not pay a transaction fee. But recently I noticed blockchain.info's ...
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Are there mixing services or online wallets that are explicitly compliant with anti-laundering laws?
I'm interested in mixing services (0% taint) that are compliant with the most conservative anti-money laundering laws.
My goal is to have anonymity between peers in a transaction, but to remain ...
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Creating an eWallet - How can i go about this?
My experience in PHP is not the best, but its good enough to learn and expand. I wish to create a Bitcoin eWallet for my website where it automatically creates a Bitcoin wallet for users. This wallet ...
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Best way to safely host a high volume online transactional wallet?
I am looking at starting a business that will send and receive a large amount Bitcoins in a semi automated manner using API's. I was wondering what is the best way to do do this in a secure way to ...
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How are popular bitcoin wallets implemented? [closed]
How are popular online bitcoin wallets, like blockchaininfo's implemented? Why aren't they open-source?
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How secure is blockchain.info?
How secure is using a wallet on blockchain.info?
How do you evaluate the different sites that provide wallets?
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Which software can I use to setup an e-wallet site?
I am relatively new to Bitcoin and I have a very simple question: what wallet software is behind "online wallet sites" like http://www.blockchain.info? I would like to set up a mini-site to store ...
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Testnet eWallet?
Is there any eWallet available that works on the TestNet? I want to test some payments and so forth and sometimes I want to have an access to an online wallet, so I don't need to hassle with ...
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What's the best Android wallet client for bitcoin?
There are many bitcoin wallet clients on android market. What is the best considering security, interoperability and usability?
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What are the advantages of sharing money in hosted e-wallet services?
I was a little bit shocked to learn that many (if not all) hosted e-Wallet providers combine their customers money in the hosts account, instead of just providing a service for easy access and storing ...
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What is a good resource to help newbies choose their first wallet/s?
While editing the Bitcoin Newb Guide, I realized I can't find a single page that covers all major clients in a Newb-friendly manner.
bitcoin.org doesn't seem to mention web wallets such as My Wallet
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How can I find out if an e-wallet service uses a fractional reserve system?
A comment on this answer pointed out that the total amount of bitcoins in circulation could appear to go above the limit of 21m if wallet services use a fractional reserve system. However, in that ...
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Is there a usable Namecoin e-wallet?
Specifically, I need the easiest possible way to store Namecoins mined through merged mining, so the eWallet will have to deal well with generated transactions. Do any NMC eWallets actually exist? Do ...
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What is the story behind MyBitcoin?
The name of MyBitcoin eWallet comes up quite often here and there. What is the story behind it and the attack on it they claimed occurred?
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What is the state of Witcoin?
There used to be a forum site called Witcoin. It was interesting in that in order to post, you'd have to pay bitcoins, and when someone replied or upvoted, you made bitcoins.
The site went away.
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When I use InstaWallet.org, do I get my own Bitcoin address?
InstaWallet is an online Bitcoin wallet service. When I visit it for the first time, it generates a Bitcoin address that I can use to deposit to.
I'm wondering whether that address is only ever used ...
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Pros and cons of using Mt. Gox as an e-wallet
Mt. Gox obviously allows you to send bitcoins to it, and to receive them to an address of your choice; hence I'm wondering if there is any reason not to use it as an e-wallet.
Unless I'm mistaken, ...
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Alternative currencies eWallets
Are there any online wallet services that offer services for alternative cryptocoins, such as Namecoins, Litecoins, etc?
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What are the most secure-yet-convenient ways of creating a wallet, that require just remembering a password?
A friend just asked me "where are the 11 BTC I bought from you half a year ago? ... I don't remember where I put them." He formatted his computer a few months ago, and the money is probably lost (all ...
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What are the risks of using Strongcoin.com as an online wallet?
Strongcoin claims it is "The Safest way to store your Bitcoins. The only Bitcoin e-wallet service that's not vulnerable to security breaches. Your Bitcoin keys are encrypted in the browser."
As I ...
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What are some good online Bitcoin wallets based on client-side security?
I just found Bitventory, which seems to be an online wallet service that requires a minimal amount of trust (it's the major design goal, at least).
Are there other services with similar goals or ...
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Does any open source software exist for an e-wallet service?
If I want to setup an e-wallet service, would I have to create it from scratch or is there any existing open source software that could be used?
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Do I need a wallet to start mining?
Oh, sorry. The question is really simple:
Do I need a wallet to start mining and "keep" this bitcoins?
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Can I just stay with my bitcoins in my computer?
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What strategies can an e-wallet use in order to reduce transaction fees?
I noticed that most Bitcoin exchanges (MtGox, TradeHill, ExchangeBitcoins, etc.) do not charge any fees for withdrawing bitcoins. What kind of strategies can they use in order to reduce these costs?
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Is there an online wallet service that will allow me to access an rpc server?
Let's say I have an online eCommerce solution running with a plugin that is designed to connect to a bitcoin daemon running on the same server, but I am too cheap to hire a vps or dedicated server, so ...
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How can a single person operation keep a collection of online wallets secure?
While this question is similar to others about securing wallets, I think it merits a question of it's own.
One thing that has dissuaded me in the past from running an online wallet service of some ...
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What wallet / e-wallet is the most convenient for new casual Bitcoin users?
I'd like to make small payments for business purposes through Bitcoin, so would like to know what the easiest method of getting setup to accept a Bitcoin payment is for a regular person, so that I can ...
