You mean Omni assets.
There was a different thread with detailed discussion on hardware wallets. The best solution seemed to be to make a separate passphrase to hold your MAID, as the private key will need to be imported into an Omni wallet at some point.
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Thanks - edited to correct the error.
I think thatās the next best option to using Armory offline, because with Armory you can send and receive Omni assets via Omniwallet without ever exposing your private key (create transaction on Omniwallet, sign transaction on offline Armory wallet, broadcast transaction from Omniwallet). A bit complex, but itās great for ultimate security.
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Except that Armory requires advanced user knowledge and is not known for being user friendly.
āArmory Wallet founder is moving on. Although the Wallet works well as a stand alone - using the wallet going forward without continued maintenance would be unadvisedā
The easiest and simplest solution for a secure Maidsafe wallet is to use Omniwallet.
I personally think that its the responsibility of the coin/token developers, prior to coin trading, to provide the first safe and easy to use wallet which would encourage much more support and recognition from investors/community in the technology being developed. I have no idea why most new ICOās do not bother as they are missing a huge marketing advantage by creating the wallet first. But i guess they cant think of everything, only human after all.
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Absolutely agree - itās a nightmare to try to install on Linux (I gave up after spending hours trying on Raspberry pi & a couple of PC distributions), but is dead easy for windows 10 64bit.
Still, user friendly or not, armory is the only current option for offline storage of Omni assets that can be sent without exposing the private key, which is important for those who want maximum security along with the ability to send assets.
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I would think twice before mentioning hardware wallets in the context of storing MaidSafe.
Hardware wallets are made to never expose the private keys they contain. Thatās their very purpose.
I do not know of a hardware wallet that can handle MaidSafe coins. If you sent your coins to one, they will surely arrive, but you wonāt be able to see them or make transactions. To do that, will require extracting the private keys which is obviously problematic, to say the least, and importing it to another wallet supporting the OMNI protocol.
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I agree that hardware wallets are not user friendly for Maidsafe type coins/tokens, but they are the safest, especially when the developers of a token have not taken the time to consider the creation of a safe user friendly wallet for their own product before trading or soon thereafter. There is a reason why millions of dollars worth of Maidsafe tokens/coins are lying dormant within unsafe exchanges, and its because most investors are not tech savvy and thus require a simple safe solution.
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The reason for choosing Mastercoin / Omni as a basis for the token was partly because thereās little overhead from MaidSafeās perspective (e.g. not having to develop a wallet), but itās unfortunate that the development of the Omni ecosystem hasnāt made it easy to maximise security.
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Its for this reason that I feel the time/money investment from the developer is worth while in creating a secure wallet that its supporters can depend on when investing hard earned cash into their idea/technology. Iām not sure about other people, but every time I invest/send my money into a new technology ICO my heart starts to race as I try to convince myself that its safe and my money wont be lost/stolen. A good secure user friendly wallet should be one of the first releases from each developer upon a new token being traded if no suitable supporting āUser Friendly and Secureā wallet pre-exists. At least thatās my own personal opinion.
Exodus Eden is born.
I havenāt looked at it properly yet, but Exodus got sick of all the requests for new additions and the security and functionality implications, so they created a separate wallet for more advanced users covered with disclaimers and warnings. It allows users to play around a lot more and add a bunch of different assets. They still want to target noobs with simple, safe options, so the main Exodus wallet remains unchanged and they direct all new users to the main version.
I know Exodus has had omni compatibility on their back-end for quite some time, so Iām guessing the āEdenā version will support MAID and possibly the other omni assets too.
I prefer offline keys myself, but I know a lot of people love Exodus so thought this news might be interesting for some.
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I assume most people are holding onto their MAID for the long haul. If thatās the case, I see no reason to use anything but a paper wallet. There are no truly good options right now, so why not just play it safe, put your coins in a paper wallet, and reevaluate the wallet situation when it comes time to dump your MAID for SafeCoin?
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