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Why i need bitcoin bank while i have bitcoin to use whole system was about being able to be own bank to oursellves that is why Bitcoin bank is failed system

Why do people need online wallets when they can also use a desktop wallet? It's nothing more than an optional service that you can use if you so wish. No one really forces you to do anything. Is it better in terms of security to store everything within your own control range? Sure. But that doesn't mean people shouldn't use online wallets at all. People in most cases choose the convenience of online wallets over the security that desktop wallets offer

In general, no, it is not better in terms of security

The fact that you control the keys doesn't in the least mean that they are safe. The vast majority of users cannot set up their desktop computer in a secure enough way. Since most users today are still using Windows, you can't possibly consider your coins secure at all, even if you install antivirus, firewall, and whatnot. Coins from personal wallets get stolen everyday, we just don't hear about all these cases for either the minute amount being stolen or unwillingness of those from whom coins got stolen to expand on this. It is like car crashes versus plane crashes. You hear about plane crashes in the news but the number of people killed in the former by far exceeds the number of victims in the latter. So what is actually more safe?

Should every bitcoin user abandon Windows and start using Linux? I installed Ubuntu, never had a problem except for the graphics card part. Sure it's normal when browsing and whatnot, but when you start watching a video, it gets laggy after a couple of minutes. I've looked around solutions and there's no "Do this and you'll be fine" solution. You would have to do your own research and then try and try and try until finally it's all fine

Yes, every user should do that

Regarding your video issues, I can tell you my own story. A few years ago I had been using a dual boot machine and switching between Linux and Windows as needed. It was a boat anchor like some 10 years old crap but it worked so I was quite happy with it. Once I downloaded an HD movie and I decided to watch it on Windows since I somehow expected that Windows would be better at doing such things. But the movie lagged heavily up to a point where it was impossible to watch. I didn't actually expect that I would be able to launch it on Linux at all, but mplayer, to my great surprise, played it like a charm, smooth and with no lagging altogether. You may want to try this player yourself

It would be a lifesaver if that works. I'm just using everything on default in Linux. I'm also on dual boot right now (Windows 10 + Ubuntu). Firefox appears to be slower than expected so I installed Chromium, it solved the problem. Hope mplayer solves this one. (Although all of this of course wouldn't be a problem if I research more. Grin

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I feel like the video player of Ubuntu crashes on parts of the video that encountered some lags in the Internet connection when you were downloading it. Since I have a slow Internet connection, that can be the case. But people are also experiencing the same problem according to my little research.

Anyway, thank you for the info. I will shoot you a pm tomorrow if this works (Hopefully I remember to do so).

To everyone that's reading this, I can't emphasize enough how safe your bitcoins will be if you're going to use Linux. You don't even need antivirus on Linux. Use electrum on Linux, choose the wallet with 2FA, encrypt the wallet with a password, make a copy of your wallet to a freshly formatted flash drive, move all your funds to the addresses of the wallet, and you're good to go.