Blockchain.info would be considered a software wallet i thought, it's not an online wallet because your private keys are stored on your own devise, if blockchain went down couldn't you just import your private key into another client?When you can eventually get the funds from your blockchain.info wallet, you may want to consider getting a software wallet such as electrum. This way you will not be dependent on a third party to send and receive funds.
if it went down: no.Blockchain.info would be considered a software wallet i thought, it's not an online wallet because your private keys are stored on your own devise, if blockchain went down couldn't you just import your private key into another client?When you can eventually get the funds from your blockchain.info wallet, you may want to consider getting a software wallet such as electrum. This way you will not be dependent on a third party to send and receive funds.
( source: blockchain.info )All wallets are encrypted client side using javascript providing protection from server side hacking.
Er, not exactly. Blockchain.info is built mostly on client side JavaScript, meaning most operations are performed on your browser. Blockchain.info just stores your encrypted private keys. Every time you visit the login page you basically download the wallet.dat and decrypt it using your password.Blockchain.info would be considered a software wallet i thought, it's not an online wallet because your private keys are stored on your own devise, if blockchain went down couldn't you just import your private key into another client?When you can eventually get the funds from your blockchain.info wallet, you may want to consider getting a software wallet such as electrum. This way you will not be dependent on a third party to send and receive funds.
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