Quote from: iluvpie60 on November 22, 2017, 07:42:57 PM

Quote from: DanielMac on November 22, 2017, 03:58:48 AM

i want to check if it is safe..

MyEtherWallet is safe to use yes.

When you make a wallet on there you get your own address and get your own private key.

The private key is used to access your funds. Watch out for other websites that try to look like MyEtherWallet. Some websites have a very similar name like MyEtlerWallet or MyEtherWalet or whatever. They will steal your funds if you accidentally go to their site and put in your private key.

Additionally, you can have a backup made and import your MyEtherWallet into any other ETH wallet if you want to. Though you need to be careful as not all wallets support ERC20 tokens. My Ether Wallet supports all ERC20 tokens.

Make sure you keep backups of your private key. Keep a written or printed copy in a safe.

If you don't want to hassle with your private key, you can use MyEtherWallet directly with Ledger Nano S hardware wallet. You can store your private key safely on the device, no need to enter it anywhere on the site. Your private key won't get transferred to your computer from the device, every process that needs the private key runs on the hardware wallet (signing transactions, etc.) and this is really safe. You can use it even on a compromised PC if you double check the destination address on the screen of the hardware wallet (in order to prevent clipboard viruses to change your destination address to their own address). If you plan to get yourself involved in the cryptocurrency world, hardware wallet is not a big expense compared to the safety it can provide.