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Download the wallet to your computer, most often than not these web wallets are open-source and available on Github. The problem with a web wallet is that sinc
by leppr 7y ago
Download the wallet to your computer, most often than not these web wallets are open-source and available on Github.
The problem with a web wallet is that since clients potentially re-download the app everytime they use it, the server can be compromised and malicious updates pushed silently, selectively, and make many victims in a short window of time.
This has happened several times in the past:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/myetherwallet-warns-that-a-couple-of-its-dns-servers-have-been-hacked https://cointelegraph.com/news/myetherwallet-warns-that-a-co...
https://mashable.com/2017/12/21/etherdelta-hacked https://mashable.com/2017/12/21/etherdelta-hacked