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Dogecoin Wallet – Simple, easy to use and lightweight wallets for DOGE

coinguides — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:03:54 +0000

Instead of using the exchange it is better if you use a Dogecoin wallet for storing, sending and receiving DOGE. This way you’ll have full control over your coins and it will remain secure. Jump to this section here where we explained how to quickly setup a Dogecoin (DOGE) wallet. If you are new to …

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Paper wallet risks – Why you should avoid storing Bitcoin in a paper wallet?

coinguides — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 08:02:00 +0000

Out of many Bitcoin storage methods; paper wallets are perhaps the least understood of all. Often paper wallets are considered to be the most secure way of storing Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Well, it’s true. However paper wallets also come with some serious drawbacks and most users are not aware of the paper wallet risks. This …

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Using keepass to store Bitcoin private keys & seed words – is it safe?

coinguides — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 07:12:41 +0000

Where do you store your private keys? If it is on memory stick then how do you keep that safe? Do you store it on cloud? No, that’s really a bad idea. Under the bed? Do you print it on paper and put it in a safe locker? Everybody has their own way of storing …

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What is Bitcoin change address? “Change” output and address explained

coinguides — Sat, 25 May 2019 10:44:48 +0000

Have you just made a Bitcoin payment and discovered that part of your Bitcoins are transferred to an unknown address? Do not worry. Your wallet it not compromised or is neither a bug. They are just send to a change address that you own and is one of the key privacy feature of Bitcoin. This …

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What is Bitcoin address, why is it important & how to get a BTC address?

coinguides — Fri, 17 May 2019 14:45:21 +0000

Note: Bitcoin address and BTC address both refer to the same thing. BTC is just a ticker symbol of Bitcoin. There is also another symbol called XBT which also refers to Bitcoin. Here you can learn about ticker symbol and the difference between XBT and BTC. It’s been more than a decade since Bitcoin was …

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What is Turtlecoin? TRTL features, specifications and wallet setup

coinguides — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:47:26 +0000

A year ago; while looking for new cryptocurrencies to mine, we came across this coin called Turtle coin. Even though Turtlecoin was one of the profitable coins to mine at that time we didn’t mine it as it was priced below 1 satoshi and the 24 hour volume was not that appealing. So we moved …

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What does -rescan, -reindex command do & How to rescan / reindex wallet?

coinguides — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:12:05 +0000

Core wallet is quite sensitive and two commands which is used to fix a large number of wallet related issues are - rescan and -reindex. Are you getting any error when starting your core wallet? Or is your local blockchain database broken / corrupt? This can occur when copying blockchain from one computer to another, …

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How to update Monero wallet? Upgrading Monero (XMR) GUI and CLI wallet

coinguides — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 13:00:11 +0000

Just like Windows, Mac and other software upgrades; cryptocurrencies also undergo a series of updates. Bitcoin updates its protocol, Ethereum regularly forks, Litecoin, Dash and every other blockchain projects update their network frequently. All these hard forks and updates are very much essential as it improves overall security, network efficiency and additionally brings in some …

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Watch-Only Bitcoin address – What it is & how to create watch only wallet

coinguides — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:07:27 +0000

Beginners who are new to this space are often advised to be cautious when it comes to investing in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies. There are several advantages of this technology but the market is volatile and is highly risky so do not invest more that you can’t afford to lose. But apart from investing newcomers tend …

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Importing and sweeping private keys of core and paper wallet into Electrum

coinguides — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:07:20 +0000

If you’d like to hold Bitcoins or any other Cryptocurrencies for a long time then many will recommend you to generate a paper wallet. It is a cold storage wallet that is safe, secure and easy to maintain. Sending in coins into paper wallet is easy but the thing is to spend those coins you …

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