http://www.coinfox.ru/images/news/leather-key-case-wallet-1496381_960_720.jpg
In 2015, the number of Bitcoin wallets in the world has doubled, exceeding 12 million. CoinFox was reviewed five most popular and advanced services Bitcoin wallets in the world, working both online and through mobile applications.

  

Mycelium - «0% commissions, 100% independence, no censorship"
The number of purse: 250000
Mobile Wallet: yes
Cold storage: yes
User Deanonimizatsiya: no
Countries: Worldwide
Mycelium Austrian company began its work in 2008 - before being presented to the world Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin. First, it offered the equipment for decentralized messaging and moved to the service Bitcoin shortly after he appeared on the market. According to community manager Dmitry Muraschika company, "Bitcoin - also a decentralized way to send messages."
In April 2016 Mycelium announced the mobile wallet with an updated set of products and features for shopping and business, designed to further facilitate the user blokcheyn-asset management. It should be noted that the interface is very simple: all the main buttons are concentrated on a single screen from which the user will not have to leave.

As previously reported on the results of testing CoinFox, Mycelium Wallet quickly downloadable, easy to use and has several degrees of protection, which are easy to configure. The owner of the purse does not impose additional services.

Mycelium The main emphasis is on safety - the owners of this wallet can back it up, put Bitcoins to "cold storage" or locate a dealer near Bitcoins with a good reputation. Mycelium prompts the user to protect the Bitcoins using the backup account. To protect this backup user is prompted to record a set of 12 words, which works as a password. In case of loss or theft of an account with this set you can recover your Bitcoins.

Among the other products we should mention Mycelium Bitcoin card, the USB-device Enthropy to generate a "paper" Bitcoin-keys, as well as billing Swish system with fully automated ordering.
In May 2016 Mycelium completed kraudseyl selling five percent stake in the company and collecting Bitcoin 2145, which amounted to about $ 1.9 million at that time. Chapter Mycelium Alexander Kuzmin said that the funds will be used for further improvement of the new application, which is to "hit" users.

A significant drawback is that the purse is only available on Android, and is not available from your PC.

Coinbase - convenience without anonymity
Number of users - 4 million
Mobile wallet - there
Cold storage - have
Deanonimizatsiya user: there
Choose from 29 European countries, Canada, USA, Singapore
The company, founded by Brian Armstrong in 2012 in San Francisco, is one of the most popular services Bitcoin wallets in the world despite the presence of transaction fee.

Coinbase Wallet can be integrated with accounts in US banks, and allows you to buy Bitcoins with a debit card. He does not offer a backup to ensure data security, but binds to the Google Wallet ID. Export Coinbase have no keys. Security is provided by two-factor authentication procedure, Multisig technology (to send Bitcoin-transfer two or three digital key must be used, which are stored in different forms and different 
With regard to the anonymity of transactions, here Coinbase unlikely to please us: for example, to withdraw money in the bank card is required not only a screenshot of identity, but also to provide bank account data, followed by verification and disclosure of other personal data. Also, control of the user's private key is the company that also provokes resentment among many owners cryptocurrency.

Last year Coinbase launched Instant Exchange, the service automatically convert Bitcoins to traditional currency. This tool allows you to make transactions with cryptocurrency, without depending on the current exchange rate fluctuations Bitcoins. Among other services, the company offers its customers pay for Bitcoin purchases in online stores using Fold Mobile application.

A nice bonus: the creators Coinbase permit without leaving the purse, quickly change Bitcoins to dollars or euros - this company gives each client a free e-wallet euros.

Blockchain: store can not buy
Number of users - 7 million
Mobile wallet - there
Cold storage - no
User Deanonimizatsiya: no
Countries: Worldwide
Blockchain company was founded in London on August 30, 2011 and is very popular. Its online wallets she calls the most advanced in the world.
Most new Blockchain people mainly come from countries such as Argentina and the "periphery of the eurozone," where people have lost confidence in the local financial system. Blockchain success in developing countries can be explained by the relative affordability compared with services such platforms as Coinbase, Circle and Xapo. In contrast Blockchain does not give customers the possibility to buy Bitcoins for the traditional currency, instead encouraging them to buy Bitcoins in some other way and then transfer them to your wallet. Not making the official exchange transactions, the company does not fall under those government regulations that complicate the lives of its competitors.

Since Blockchain wallet is created very quickly, users can start a purse for one-time transactions, to increase the security of transfers. Access to the private key of its users Blockchain not.

Two-factor authentication, which uses a purse, involves generating and sending a one-time code that must be entered to access authorization or payment. Security also provides the ability to create a backup of the purse with automatic sending an e-mail.

Finally, many users might like what Blockchain service Russified.
Circle - mass for Bitcoin
Mobile wallet - there
Cold storage - no
Deanonimizatsiya user: there
Country: USA, UK, China
The American company, became the first holder of BitLicense, gives users the ability to carry out instant and free cross-border payments in the national currency, which can then be cashed by the recipient. During Bitcoin transaction currency is used as an intermediary for the transfer. . According to company forecasts, this year the volume of transactions conducted through the Circle services will exceed $ 1 billion six months ago Circle has established a separate subsidiary in China - Circle China.

To contribute to the wider acceptance of digital currency and bridge the gap between the initial introduction and access to mainstream users, in July 2014 listed the Circle Bitcoin 0,022 (about $ 10) to anyone who signed up for the beta site. Even at that time, the company stated that its strategy is focused on the traditional money and compared Bitcoin-technology with TCP / IP protocol that allows people to use the Internet, without having the slightest idea of ​​their work.
In January 2015, he launched a new Circle Bitcoin wallet based on the Android platform that allows for NFC contactless payments. As Coinbase, Circle authenticates its users. There is another disadvantage: weekly turnover for beginners limited to $ 300 per week. After a week's time limit can be increased to $ 3,000. User Complaints relate to multiple checks and delays in the conduct of operations.

Security is provided by a multicomponent purse signature. Also, the owners of Bitcoin accounts are fully insured against hacker attacks and other cases of theft. In the future, Circle expects to extend coverage to other currencies.

Since 2015 Circle Pay application and supports transfers from debit and credit bank cards. When using a debit card fee is not charged, so the company recommends that this type of cards as the most economical and fast. Transfers from bank accounts are also available, but treatment can take several days.

*Haro - digital treasure cave
*Mobile wallet - there
*Cold storage - have
*Deanonimizatsiya user: there
*Countries: Worldwide
Xapo - one more European in our top five. This Swiss company that offers Bitcoin wallets together with cold storage and issue debit cards in cryptocurrency.

Director General Xapo Venses Casares expressed interest in Bitcoin due to financial instability in his native Argentina. Casares said that digital currencies like Bitcoin, «could have something to do with the chaotic nature of our global economy."

In 2011 Casares bought his first Bitcoin, but could not find a way to store them, so to build an underground storage facility for its own use. Friends, and later financial institutions, asked about the service at Casares cryptocurrency storage. Now Haro Vault repository consists of several stand-alone servers located in underground bunkers with armed guards and biometric access system. Their whereabouts have not been disclosed. Access to stored on the server means the company does not, he is the only owner. Among the other advantages of the service users report speed operation and low commissions in translation.

The disadvantages are considered companies access to private keys of users, the lack of instant balance updates, slow SMS-verification and a low level of technical support. In addition, users complain about the unreasonable blocking of their purses.
Purse works through the mobile application and online; You can translate from there money in Xapo Vault and back. By Bitcoin wallet-linked payment card, which is proposed to formalize the registration; for the latter you need to specify the actual phone number. The company's website is available in Russian.
Lenar.