Is Coinbase wallet offline?

When you create a wallet on Coinbase, it gives you the option to “vault” the wallet. If you do so, the funds are not as instantly accessible to you on the site to sell or transfer, but they are safer—Coinbase is keeping your keys somewhere offline using its own chosen method .

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Are all Bitcoin wallets safe?

Crypto-exchanges and -wallets generally do not provide enough insurance and security to be used to store money in the same way as a bank . Not surprisingly, as the value of a bitcoin has increased, so too has the number of viruses designed to steal bitcoin from wallets, as well as cyber attacks against exchanges.

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