Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Genesis Mining

  This year has seen the arrival of a number of “cloud” mining services - companies that will sell you mining contracts and pay you out with the proceeds. Generally this means you’re renting mining hardware directly, and you get paid out with whatever that hardware produces. Genesis Mining is a bit different, in that you don’t rent the hardware directly. Instead, you get a contract for a set amount...

HashOcean.com Review

HASHOCEAN has Six data-centres. High earning power. Return on investment within 5 months.HashOcean is a cloud mining website created more than 2 years and a half years ago to the United States and it has 6 data centers in the world (2 in San Francisco, 1 in New York, 1 in Nuremberg and 2 in Singapore). Serious and transparent, it one of the biggest cloud mining sites of the world.It’s necessary to create an account using your email address. Then...

CoinBase.com Review

Coinbase Review: A+In my mind, nothing comes close to Coinbase in terms of ease of use and security. You link a bank account to the San Francisco-based start-up, and then send them money to buy Bitcoin at the currently offered price. They wait up to a few days to ensure your transaction clears (Bitcoin is a murky financial area, and they don’t want to risk identity theft or other problems until they have banks on their side), and then give you...

Blockchian.info review

Blockchain.info is a bitcoin wallet and block explorer service. Launched in August 2011, the service provides data on recent transactions, mined blocks in the bitcoin block chain, charts on the bitcoin economy, and statistics and resources for developers. Information from and links to the website are common in media coverage and in bitcoin forums. The Blockchain.info mobile app for Android allows users to securely send and receive bitcoins and...

Review: Bitcoin 'Vault' Trezor Lives Up to its Name

Although most bitcoin users rely on freely-available web and mobile wallets, recent security scares clearly illustrate the need for safer alternatives. Here, we take a closer look at one device designed to address the problem.The Trezor hardware wallet is targeted at bitcoiners who wish to maintain a substantial stash of coins, but do not want to rely on third-party bitcoin storage services or impractical forms of cold storage.Developed by Czech...

Mycelium Review: The Best Bitcoin Wallet

Mycelium Review: Is it the best Bitcoin wallet?Mycelium beats the competitors in many categories, but is it the best?    Mycelium for Android is the best Bitcoin wallet available. Aside from the enterprise-level security features, it has many other features making it more than a wallet, it becomes a trading platform, a vault, a wire-transfer, and more!What is the Mycelium company? Who are they?Mycelium is a semi-open-source developer/manufacturer...

Bitcoin Core Wallet Review

 Important info    Wallet Type:  Desktop    Verification:  full Node    Multisig:  No    Open source:  Yes    Privacy :  Good    Crypto supported:  bitcoin    Vulnerability to malware:  Vulnerable    Private key stored:  client sidePros :   Bitcoin's OG, seven years...

MultiBit – Desktop Wallet

 Accessibility / Usability: 90%Trustworthiness: 85%Value: 95%Quality: 95%Legitimacy: 95%Customer Service: 95% Details   Ease of UseGetting the software set-up was as easy as visiting the MultiBit site, download, run the installer. Simple. They have good Getting Started instructions as well.MultiBit is a lightweight client, therefore it does not download the entire blockchain, but does need to synchronize from remote hosts (via BitcoinJ).One...

Electrum Bitcoin Wallet

 Important info    Wallet Type:  Desktop    Verification:  SPV    Multisig:  No    Open source:  Yes    Privacy :  Good    Crypto supported:  bitcoin    Vulnerability to malware:  Vulnerable    Private key stored:  client sidePros    Cold wallet solution like armory,...

Bitcoin Armory Wallet Review

Important info    Wallet Type:  Desktop    Verification:  full Node    Multisig:  Yes    Open source:  Yes    Privacy :  Good    Vulnerability to malware:  Vulnerable    Private key stored:  client sidePros    Completely offline and free cold storage solution    Full node offers...

Reviewed: Xapo's Bitcoin Debit Card

   Important info    Wallet Type:  Web    Verification:  Trusted Server    Multisig:  No    Open source:  No    Privacy :  Poor    Crypto supported:  bitcoin    Vulnerability to malware:  Vulnerable    Private key stored:  server sidePros     Insured wallets   ...