Bitcoin QT how long to sync
Bitcoin wallet
Your Bitcoin wallet is what allows you to transact with the world. It gives you ownership of Bitcoin addresses that you can use to receive coins from other users, and then lets you send those coins onwards. Just like email, you can receive Bitcoins when you are offline and all wallets are compatible with each other. They use a system of ECDSA digital signatures to make and verify transactions.
Online wallet services :
- Blockchain wallet
- Strongcoin
- Coinbase
Software wallets :
- Original Bitcoin client
- Description : The original client is more resource intensive and will take a complete day to synchronize. After that your computer will contribute to the network by checking and relaying transactions.
- Description : Electrum is an easy to use Bitcoin client. It protects you from losing coins in a backup mistake or computer failure, because your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase that you can write on paper or learn by heart. There is no waiting time when you start the client, because it does not download the Bitcoin blockchain.
- Description : MultiBit is a secure, lightweight, international Bitcoin wallet for Windows, MacOS and Linux. There is no waiting time when you start the client, because it does not download the Bitcoin blockchain.
