Bitcoin is a digital currency, generated and kept electronically. No person manages it. Bitcoins are not printed, like dollars or euros – they are created by people, and increasingly corporations, running machines all around the world, using software that solves mathematical problems.
It allows anonymous payments without expensive transaction fees and exchange rate charges, avoids the risks linked with credit card payments, and allows users to transfer even very small amounts of money with minimal extra costs.
If you have made the decision to get some bitcoins, you may now be questioning yourself how to save the digital currency. The private keys that are needed for reaching a Bitcoin address are saved on a “bitcoin wallet”. Actually, wallets give you the access to your public Bitcoin address and enable you to sign off on transactions, but they vary based on how you choose to access them.
A Bitcoin wallet is clearly a program that helps users to send and receive Bitcoin in a user-friendly way. Just like you use Windows Outlook or Gmail to handle your emails, you will use a Bitcoin wallet to control your Bitcoins.
Desktop wallets enable you to generate an address for sending and receiving bitcoins and give you a place to save the private key for doing so.
Custodial wallets that enable users to save Bitcoin keys on the internet through a third-party site, also enable users to reach their bitcoins from almost everywhere. There is a possible danger linked with trusting someone else with that data.
Mobile wallets, users can access it through applications, enable users to transact on the go.