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51 questions linked to/from What kinds of wallets are there?
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How safe is a brain wallet?
Edit: The answer is that they are unsafe and have been attacked. Please don't use them!
Brain wallets can be created with a (minimum 15 character) pass phrase at https://www.bitaddress.org
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If the computer that stores the bitcoin is destroyed, how does someone access their bitcoin?
I have seen people say that you just need the private key and "some software" to recover your bitcoin. What does this actually mean in the real world? Can someone give an example?
Also, if ...
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I have my public key and my recovery passphrase. How do I get my private key to that address
Hi I have my public address and my recovery phrase how do I create my private key for the public Bitcoin address.
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Why are there so many recipients when I send money from one exchange to another?
So I sent BTC from my Bybit wallet to Coinbase wallet.
The transaction was successful and I was looking at the blockchain explorer and it had one sender address with an amount different to what I sent ...
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Bitcoin Received But Then Sent
I received Bitcoin to my wallet but it looks like that was the sent out to someone else. How could that be?
The transaction number for the received coin on explorer shows:
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What is the purpose of a Bitcoin wallet. How does It work?
I'm attempting to understand the workflow of sending bitcoin to a paper wallet and retrieving it. How does it works? What is the purposes of this? I don't understand if what's the meaning of this to ...
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What is the difference between a 'hot' and 'cold' wallet
Problem
I don't understand the difference between a 'hot' crypto wallet, and a 'cold' crypto wallet.
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My understanding of blockchains is that they use public/private cryptography in order ...
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I sent bitcoins from one wallet to another. Next day, the receiving wallet shows balance 0
I have sent some bitcoins from bitcoin.com to the crypto app wallet, yesterday. But, the app still shows 0 bitcoin balance. I checked the receiving address on the block explorer and it showed that the ...
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missing transaction not received
I transfered 0.013 mBTC into Bitoincore.org wallet.on the 07/07/2020. As yet I have not received
Hash:-
13290114c5e1fe381c707e5f67b246cd0260f5bd24c9a1fc1aed0eab08dd2521
Address:-
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Bitcoin purchased but not received into my wallet
I paid over 12k for bitcoins and it was sent and I have a copy of the bitcoin transaction. I have not received the amount into my wallet. Is there any way that I can still retrieve my bitcoins? It ...
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Wallet app disappeared from app store, is my money gone?
I've held some cash in an app called Coinbox, by Coinbox Inc. (1m+ users according to Google Play) and wanted to transfer it today. It seemed to have lost its functionality, so I uninstalled and ...
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How do Bitcoin Wallets Maintain Address Balances?
Does a Bitcoin software wallet (not the Bitcoin core wallet) read the entire blockchain to gather balance information? Or does it read the UTXO set? Or some other data source? Does it need to read it ...
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What does a wallet do?
What are the actual requirements for a bitcoin transaction?
Not the simple inputs, outputs, verification or amounts, but in the technical sense; what does your wallet do?
Everything I read says you ...
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Bitcoin recovery possible from some kind of private key?
back in 2012 I've acquired a small amount of bitcoins, which as far as I remember I saved in a wallet on instantwallet. I wasn't following what was happening with the bitcoin until I listened lately ...
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Why do I need to download the entire blockchain for a wallet when I can make one one with open source java like bitaddress.org
Like title said. And when i will have to use the btc I can login the wallet with the private key on a hot wallet.
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How can I recover my Copay app after forgetting my PIN?
I cannot access my Copay app because I forgot my PIN number. My app is locked with the PIN number. How can I recover it?
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How to share your wallet key/seed in case you are hit by a bus
This very useful answer says:
Share overlapping parts of your private-key or seed phrase with several family members with instructions on what to do if you are hit by a bus this afternoon.
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Configure Bitcoin full node in my local LAN
It is said that deploying a Bitcoin full node would protect the privacy of my Bitcoin addresses. If I configure a Bitcoin full node to be outbound only, would that be enough to protect me? Do i still ...
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Is there a Wiki comparing different wallets?
I am new here so please go easy on me if my question is not written to your standards. If you ask me to make changes, I will make them so that my question is more suitable for this SE.
If you look ...
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BTC recovery from registration details without wallet.dat [closed]
I started mining march 2009, i remember registering. is there any way to get my BTC back from the registration process? I know you need the wallet.dat and the password or key to access the BTC, but is ...
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How can I doublecheck the value stored in a paper wallet?
I have a paper wallet with some bitcoins that I bought in 2017. It says Balance 0.03614145 BTC but when I scan the QR-code with the private key, it says Balance €163.18; shouldn't the balance be more ...
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How I can install Bitcoin Core Light Node (not Full Node) on a CentOs server?
How I can install Bitcoin Core Light Node (not Full Node) on a CentOs server? That I can use it with bitcoind and bitcoind-cli and RPC (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/...
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BTC transfer sitting on blockchain.com
If you mistakenly sent a BTC transfer to a deleted wallet with a lost recovery phrase and the transaction is still on blockchain.com. Is there a way to get the transaction placed in a blockchain ...
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Must a lightweight wallet be connected to the same servers that were used years ago to receive money
My question is back in 2016 i purchased bitcoin not knowing nothing about it forgot i even had it they were i believe segwit or bip39 anyways when i got back into trying to locate my wallets no data ...
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What is "blockchain hang/hung"?
I sent Btc to an address. I verified address. Verified with my wallet that it was sent successfully. Receiving party sees the transaction, but say it is still "pending" on their end. Said it ...
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If my wallet address changes, do I still get funds from old wallets?
No funds are lost but I have a question around my bitcoin wallet setup.
I am due some funds soon and I gave my address/wallet id (I guess address is the main thing). However, since then my wallet id ...
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Old Blockchain Wallet App Not Working (android)
I have the Blockchain wallet app most recent version (yet, years old) everytime I try to login it says "error connecting to server" And I have the internet and 4 digit pin, and this app is ...
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Do wallet companies send user's transactions to their own "central" bitcoin nodes?
Do external wallets companies such as muun, bluewallet, or greenwallet send user's TXs to some "centralized" data center where they own some nodes to broadcast the TX to the blockchain?
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Imported Address
I had some btc in a hardware and I transferred to my new blockchain account. But now it shows in a imported address.
Do I have access from my blockchain? Can I sell, exchange … or watch only?
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Tracing Blockchain.com Wallet-ID from Receiver Address. Address Re-use
I am wanted to question related to blockchain.com ?
If i have some one BTC to BTC receiver address can i trace name or wallet id or something?
For example if i generate multiple btc to btc receiver ...
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Wallet's dollar value of transaction is WILDLY off my actual dollar payment
I was using Safepal Wallet and moved my funds to Trust Wallet.
I am currently tracking those original transactions for tax purposes next year.
I was simply using hash/txid provided in the transaction ...
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Can i still use the old address to recieve Bitcoin with Bitcoin.com Wallet
I tried Cloud Minning recently And I use Bitcoin.com Wallet to register bitcoinonlinepool.com, today I accidentally press the change address button, will my account still able to recieve Bitcoin?
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Unable to view coinbase transactions on blockchain.com
I'm trying to view some of the transactions I've made on coinbase on blockchain.com. I copied my btc wallet address from coinbase and searched it on blockchain.com -- nothing showed up.
Why is this ...
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Protecting against bitcoin thieves as a casual user
I hope this is an appropriate question here. I never got a chance to write it out earlier, but with the recent price changes looming it came to my mind again.
Around July 2013 I started to take some ...
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Options for accessing my BTC after host went down [duplicate]
Years ago I had put BTC into a store wallet. The store went bust and I didn't get to transfer my BTC into another wallet before I lost access to it.
I can still see the balance on blockchain.info and ...
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"Hot", "Cold" & "Warm" Storage Wallets? [duplicate]
I've seen a number of sites advertise they support "hot", "warm" and "cold" wallet storage solutions (the only thing I haven't seen so far are "frozen" wallets)....
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Why do so many Bitcoin wallets and accounts exist?
Why so many bitcoin wallets do exist? Why it is not just single like other conventional currency? Multiple wallets means I have to have multipe accounts; is it possible to transact among multipe ...
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I have forgotten my Blockchain account password and 12 word recovery. I have the wallet id and password to the wallet. Can i get my funds back?
I have forgotten my Blockchain bitcoin account password and 12 word recovery(possibly didn't even create one). However I do have my wallet id and the password to the wallet. Is there a way to get the ...
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What happened to my bitcoin? 0 balance
I logged in to my blockchain.com wallet to find my bitcoin are all gone. The log of my bitcoin transactions is also wiped clean. The only thing that is still there is a log of my past ether ...
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Bcoiner wallet - balance is showing as zero?
please help! I sent to my wallet 450 dolars of bitcoin, and transactions are confirmed strongly 62 times, but my wallet says that I have 0 bitcoins to spent and I cant sell it!!! What to do? Whats ...
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Can I recover my money in a Coinbase Wallet?
I just want to ask if there is possibility to recover my money in a Coinbase wallet. I forgot my recovery phrase but I remember my wallet address and TXID.
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Recovery of lost bitcoin
i have my wallet id and bitcoin address in a safe but deleted from all electronic gadgets. So how do i recover my bitcoin by using these said method please advise.
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I have not received my bitcoin after 2 days and 115 confirmations [duplicate]
I have sent my first Transaction and waiting for it to arrive at another address but when i click on the Transaction ID 1 of the addresses is Spent and the other is Unspent? It only required 3 ...
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Is there a way I can reach the owner of the wallet address
I mistakenly sent some bitcoins to a wrong address. The mistake was from the wallet address I was given. An extra letter was added, making the address 35 digits. Is there a way I can reach the owner ...
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Why does an Android app show my address balance is zero on public servers but expected value on Jpm servers?
My bitcoin address (public address ) & value has been checked for valid address / value amount on the "BITCOIN QR CODE READER" app with public servers used within the app on my Samsung ...
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What’s the difference between a Bitpay wallet and a regular bitcoin
Just need to know the difference between the two and what’s the difference between the BitPay wallet and regular bitcoin
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Install Copay on Windows 7 64 bit desktop
I have windows 7 64 bit. I need more information. Step by step, please.
I have reviewed the previous answers but do not understand: (New copay on Windows 7)
1) Exactly what to download from where
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Final Balance -Balance showing different then Coinspot BTC wallet
Bit of a beginner question
I have been using crypto wallets for a few months and have basically learned through trial and error.
The question is my BTC wallet on Coinspot has a $0 and 0.0 BTC balance.
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I have two accounts and can't fin my original one
I'm new to Bitcoin. I opened an account to transfer cash from an online betting site. After doing so, my computer crashed I lost all connections and info except my Bitcoin address. I opened a new ...
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How to create an online Bitcoin account? [duplicate]
I am new to the Bitcoin world. I want to know what are the procedures / steps to do in order to create a Bitcoin online account ? What are the popular Bitcoin online sites for creating an account ? ...
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