Quote from: OmegaStarScream on December 09, 2019, 05:01:45 PM

Quote from: philboosty on December 09, 2019, 04:56:33 PM

is coinbase that secure for controlling the wallet? where can i manage it myself to be more sure and protected??
Thanks

It's not. If you want to use Coinbase, use it only to trade and not as a personal wallet. The best solution would be a hardware wallet and if you can't afford that, use Electrum.

There is a possibility to use Electrum wallet as a cold storage. You have to install one Electrum wallet on PC without Internet connection and second one on PC online. You create wallet on cold wallet then open it as watch only program on online PC. There you create transaction, transfer file with unsigned transaction on first (cold) wallet and sign it. Signed transaction you take on USB-flash and send to the Bitcoin network from unsecure wallet. It offers very good level of security almost like hardware wallet. I don't recomend you to use exchang wallets to store assets. For instance, there is an example with Poloniex exchange that stealed 1800 BTC from lending accounts in June 2019 to cover losses caused by their bad software.