Good for: buying, selling, storing, trading, and using moderate amounts of bitcoin cash.
A software wallet is an app you download to your phone or desktop. You can use it to, for example, easily spend bitcoin cash in store or online.
Tip: You can find businesses that accept bitcoin cash at sites like Acceptbitcoin.cash. Another tool is this interactive map of merchants accepting Bitcoin Cash.
The best software wallets are self-custodial (like the Bitcoin.com Wallet), meaning the wallet provider never has access to your funds. This protects you from the risk of fraud or bankruptcy by the wallet provider. With a self-custodial wallet, you - and only you - will always retain 100% control over your funds.
Read more: What's a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet?
Software wallets are exposed to the Internet. Technically, this makes them less secure than 'hardware wallets' (see below). That being said, software wallet hacking incidents are extremely rare. By far the greater risk for most people is that you'll lose access to your wallet by forgetting your 'private key.'
Read more: Why backing up your crypto wallet is critical.
Good for: long-term storage of larger amounts of bitcoin cash.
Important: Just like with software wallets, you need to back up your private keys and adhere to password management best practices.
Good for: buying, selling, and trading bitcoin cash and other cryptocurrencies.
Tip: Use centralized cryptocurrency exchanges to buy, sell, and trade only. Don't store your bitcoin cash or other cryptos for long-term on an exchange. Instead, move your assets to a software or hardware wallet that you control.
Good for: low-cost, long-term storage and gifting bitcoin cash in a unique way.
Create your very own Bitcoin Cash paper wallets at Paperwallet.bitcoin.com.
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