Quote from: BitcoinNewsMagazine on August 08, 2015, 05:16:14 PM

Quote from: Cypherpunk38 on August 08, 2015, 05:11:49 PM

There's no doubt about it, people want to use Bitcoin on their mobile devices and, in such a connected world, there's no particular reason that mobile woudn't be the next frontier for Bitcoin. But mobile security is a pretty scary place. So my question is pretty simple:

In your opinion, what is the safest way to run a Bitcoin wallet on a mobile device? I don't mean a watch-only wallet, I mean a fully functional wallet. Let's assume for this discussion that "don't" and "convince the OS makers to make security better" aren't valid answers since those don't address the need right now.

Most folks are not concerned about security until they have a problem. The safest but still convenient way to use bitcoin on Android are Mycelium wallet using Trezor to hold your private keys. Yes, you have to sign each payment with the Trezor but it is not that much trouble.

I totally agree but this doesn't seem possible for the cheaper devices since some of them don't support USB2GO. For example, a friend of mine has a rooted Galaxy Tab 3 and, while the firmware supports USB2GO, the hardware apparantly doesn't. It's absolutely the most secure but is it really feasible to ask people to either buy fairly more expensive tablets plus a Trezor just to store some Bitcoin? I suppose the answer to that depends on how many Bitcoin we're talking about, but it just seems like a bit much.