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Re: Bitaddress.org still safe in 2025?
by
Leahhhh
on 10/02/2025, 13:59:46 UTC
I was about to use Bitaddress.org again tonight but read where somebody said 2 of the addresses it had generated for them had the same private key so obviously there was a major problem to put it mildly! I am not good with technology
You don't need to be technical experts or good with technology to use a Bitcoin wallet software.

If you are able to use Internet, desktop computer, laptop, smart phone, I am sure you can install and use a good Bitcoin wallet software.
Now what is a good Bitcoin wallet software?
Two things:
- Non custodial: so you own mnemonic seed or private key.
- Open source: the software is reproducible from its source code.

You can use Electrum wallet on computer or mobile device, it's light as it is a SPV wallet and does not require too big disk space.
[GUIDE] How to Safely Download and Verify Electrum.
The paranoid user's security guide for using Electrum safely.

Other recommended wallets
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/wallets/

I will get round to answering everybody but for now, as regards Electrum, IF I opted for it, to guarantee safety wouldn't t be best (just like with bitaddress) to do it on a computer which never has been used for the internet before and which never will be connected to it again in the future?