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Re: Is developing your own Wallet safer?
by
calkob
on 09/03/2017, 17:20:53 UTC
Would developing your own Bitcoin Wallet be safer than using known ones like Electrum? It would obviously be much simpler, with no GUI, worse overall security but no one could get their hands on its source code. I have enough programming experience myself to make it but I'm wondering if it even makes sense to do so.
 Thank for your help!

I doubt very much that developing your own wallet would be a god idea, unless you are a serious developer with great skills.  However i reckon that if you were a great developer you would be doing it already and wouldnt be on bitcoin talk asking if it was a good idea.

The established wallets have been around for years and have been thoroughly tested and reviewed which means they are secure.  i know i would rather trust them over my own abilities to create a wallet.