So im new to this and just wondering if there is any drawbacks of only having the phone wallet? would it be better to have a wallet on the computer instead or is it basically the same?
Posted Jan 16, 2019, 5:40 AM UTC
I would say computer is safer :)
I think there are some wallets that you can get on your pc and pair it with your phone like Jaxx :)
That's cool. But considering that the OP question is about security, I shall note that having the same wallet on 2 devices is like 2 times less secure: all crypto can be lost if any of the devices is compromised.
Absolutelly!
Walllets are numbers. That's all they are, and they're all identical. So it makes no difference if you hold them in some bloated software or scribbled on the back of an envelope. Like I keep saying:
All you need is a text file to put your wallets in, like this example from https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Dogecoin
^1,"D7WBUpdgLRtG6WyPsqjhaKiJR65X8ZGnkZ","6KieLMW1poAzNVnmLuQZqA262gxEQ51eLGdDK8e2GL2B4LHCKKb"
^2,"DM8LT16d49zHr8ByXbUwZb9UBXDGMaZRdc","6Ktgxdv6vN9v2bDHwcJBBb3oMRAgXJumESzBnxaXUSGFZoq6pWQ"
^3,"D5UCa51AfxjtVHQ46oYXe2YfkctTeLXPhx","6L2WSPWadRYCwt2L1CxH6zC7PoTYY3KyjxdiUoCqi5eyq6hQKvj"
Use https://coinb.in/#settings to move coins. ELI5. Download both sites and run them offline.
Use https://bitinfocharts.com/dogecoin/ to check balances and transactions.
See this guide or this video for coinb.in tutorials.
And read the ELI5s (and my history) for more info.
Now, that said, clients may simplify the sending of coins, but at the cost of loss of control. And the loss of your coins if you fail to maintain a text copy of the keys. Read the many, many horror stories here where people have lost fortunes large and small.
You really are better off learning to do transfers manually with coinb.in. The only downside I've found on recent iOS versions is a tendency of Safari to reset pages when you swap apps to copy/paste addresses and keys. Its annoying, but not insurmountable.