no, i was basically saying that from your reply, bitcoin is so sketchy that you are afraid to recommend a wallet app because of its likelihood to be connection to crime.
Bitcoin's first adoption was in the darknet markets, used for buying drugs and other contrabands or procuring illegal services such as hackers or a hitman. In case you did not know this about bitcoin Perhaps you did not hear in the news that the hackers demand bitcoin as payment, you can google Colonial Pipeline If you said you wanted to use bitcoin to purchase goods from Microsoft or tickets and other merchandise from the Mavericks, or you want to hire a software contractor overseas and pay them in bitcoin then I can recommend a wallet for you Do you want to say on record what you want to use the bitcoin for? Is there any reason you do not want to accept the others' wallet recommendations?
on the record, i will not be using this wallet to purchase illegal goods or services. And its not that i dont want to accept the other posters wallet recommendations...I would like as much input as possible. its more directed towards you posting nothing within the scope of this thread. I am surprised because you are one of the most active members of the crypto forum, that you have posted nothing of substance relating to the OP.
That's the first time you mentioned you were not going to use it for illicit purposes I use Electrum wallet app and recommend it If the balance is higher than 1 btc, I would not recommend it, and Coinbase with 2fa is probably better for security
let me throw in my 2 cents. A Crypto wallet can hold all types of cryptos in it, among them, bitcoin. A wallet is used for many purposes, among them, purchase stuff. But I would say it is the least useful function of the wallet, now, among others. So, most people choose a wallet based on criteria not related to its purchase functions, at least not the purchase of physical goods. A good comparison I can think of now, is to compare a brokerage account to a wallet. If you use IBKR as your brokerage account, you want it to be able to trade stocks (cryptos), the last function you think of IBKR is the debit card it provides that can tap onto your account balance to purchase a sandwich. For this reason, you can think of crypto wallets are now in the stage of online brokerage accounts year 1990-1999----not many to choose from, and some will die, maybe, confusing to choose, but for your protection, better to scatter around and use several you can find out and learn about online. And yes, that does call for a lot of work, but I assume that anything requires a lot of initial investment in time and learning will be duely rewarded in the future. I use MetaMask, coinbase, mainly. The first for its multi-chain support and Defi popularity, and second, its the easiest for US dollars on ramp to the crypto world. If this last sentence sounds a lot of jargon to you, this is where you start your reading and learning online.
I think the Coinbase wallet app is a custodial wallet, but I've never used it so I cannot be sure. I only use the Coinbase website when I use Coinbase I think the OP is interested in true decentralized crypto wallets and I get the impression that the OP wants P2P transactions and although he did not mention it, I think he wants non-KYC coins, which can be a challenge if he does not know how to navigate interblockchain and dexes and bridges, and or utilize privacy coins A multi-coin wallet I've used is Trust wallet, which has some relation to the Binance ecosystem and may not be as decentralized With any SPV wallets, there are compromises, but running a full node and a full copy of the blockchain is difficult for most. I cannot even run a full Ethereum node due to the the resources it requires, so I'm satisfied with Metamask and having it connect to the publicly available servers Same thing with Electrum which is a bitcoin SPV wallet and connects to publicly available servers I tried running a full node of Doge and it got stuck after a few hours. I tried running a full node of the Binance Smart Chain but got nowhere, maybe it's a permissioned chain If you want true decentralized,p2p crypto, then the process is (imho) below: native coin wallet (private keys) --> your own copy of a full node you control (blockchain) --> coin network (other nodes) Each coin has a dedicated data path per above. If you cannot see the first 2 parts under your control, you're relying on someone else's (usually the 2nd one). Part 1 and 2 can be on the same machine (i.e. bitcoin)
"Electrum Atom" is probably one to avoid. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/man-robbed-of-16-bitcoin-sues-young-thieves-parents
Changed my bitcoin node to an Umbrel node a few weeks ago to be able to support the lightning network Been playing around with lightning payments wherever it's supported Instant payment confirmations and cheap fees, although the latter doesn't matter much since bitcoin on-chain fees have been very cheap lately at 2-3 satoshis/byte for high-priority Anyway, I really like Umbrel, and everything runs on the tor network for privacy It does have a built-in wallet for bitcoin and lightning network but the LN requires technical knowledge and setup of channels https://getumbrel.com/