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Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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Post by dreit1 »

Kiro wrote: post #5

OT but I'm in a situation where I have hundreds of different altcoins on a handful of exchanges. I'm looking to move these into my own wallets but it seems that I will need to get so many different wallets that it's not worth the hassle. Why isn't there a wallet which can handle all kind of cryptocurrencies? The most I've seen in one is like 10.

As someone working on cryptocurrency wallets its a much more difficult task than you think. First you'd have to be compatible with multiple chains, then you have to support multiple contracts on those multiple chains.

Then theres tokens that start out as ERC-20 and eventually want to move to their own chains, which means your wallet is gonna have to be responsible for the swap.

On iOS specifically theres distribution issues where some cryptotokens are allowed and some aren't.

Also one way that wallets make money is by listing fees, so if you don't pay up forget about your coin getting listed. I heard from Vertcoin community that Exodus specifically was asking for 200,000 USD for a listing

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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Post by asciimo »

Kiro wrote: post #5

OT but I'm in a situation where I have hundreds of different altcoins on a handful of exchanges. I'm looking to move these into my own wallets but it seems that I will need to get so many different wallets that it's not worth the hassle. Why isn't there a wallet which can handle all kind of cryptocurrencies? The most I've seen in one is like 10.

Coinomi supports a surprising number of coins, and I have used it as an intermediary. I'm not sure that I would use it for long-term storage without knowing more about the company.

The Ledger Nano S supports "apps" that can provide compatibility with many coins, and could theoretically support many more. (https://www.ledgerwallet.com/cryptocurrencies)

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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Post by mhluongo »

45h34jh53k4j wrote: post #8

Yeah, nah. Dont store your coins in sites or dapps or anything that you do not control 100% yourself. The best option for folks today is exodus.io, which is a multicurrency platform-ind js wallet. You control 100% of the key material and control the funds. There is also jaxx and coinomi.com that can act as multi-currency wallets.

Jaxx is a very low security wallet, and this has nothing to do with storage- it's watch-only like Blockfolio.

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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Post by Empact »

asciimo wrote: post #13
Kiro wrote: post #5

OT but I'm in a situation where I have hundreds of different altcoins on a handful of exchanges. I'm looking to move these into my own wallets but it seems that I will need to get so many different wallets that it's not worth the hassle. Why isn't there a wallet which can handle all kind of cryptocurrencies? The most I've seen in one is like 10.

Coinomi supports a surprising number of coins, and I have used it as an intermediary. I'm not sure that I would use it for long-term storage without knowing more about the company. The Ledger Nano S supports "apps" that can provide compatibility with many coins, and could theoretically support many more. ( https://www.ledgerwallet.com/cryptocurrencies )

See also: Exodus, Trezor

You can find more examples on google.

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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Post by aulneau_ »

r1nkgrl wrote: post #16

This is the first Mac application that I have come across that does not support my version of Mac OSX (10.11). Too bad it doesn't work in the browser version of Blockstack.

Coins, or Blockstack? It's just a webapp, so it should work in any mac os version :)
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