Quote from: BarkinTree on November 14, 2013, 07:20:03 PM

Quote from: Crusher on November 14, 2013, 06:56:57 PM

Well I'm a newbie and I asked 2 of my friends which wallet should I get.
One of them recommended me Coinbase and the other said BTC-E. Not sure which one should I go for. This thread kind of puts me off BTC-e.

which wallet? get a real wallet. those are 3rd party services, meaning you dont control your coins. i'd take btc-e over coinbase any day of the week, though, as far as exchanges go. but do yourself a favor -- look into bitcoin qt, electrum or multibit wallets, make sure your comp is clean and encrypt them. if you will use an online wallet, at least use blockchain.info and be safe about it.

Sorry I'm just a newbie and didn't know that. Thanks for the info. So if I'm getting it right, our coins are only completely safe when we have them offline? So I shouldn't use BTC-e and Coinbase for storage?
Multibit looks like an easier option among the 3 you listed. I'll get right into it.