Now that I've seen and read through the forum thread on this, I think I'll step back and let others get on with it. As Amir notes, we could be "Bike Shedding" this for years.
On Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:34:35 PM Gary Rowe wrote:
> Bitcoin-Qt
> * Developed in C
This is far less relevant than license...
Or bitcoind?
> Armory
> * Requires the entire blockchain
> * Dependent client of Bitcoin-Qt
> Electrum
> * Dependent client of Bitcoin-Qt (on server)Dependent on centralized server, not any particular client
> Bitcoin Wallet (Android client)
There are multiple Android clients. There is (or was) an OS selection to the
left of the client choices...
Pretty sure it means "not running continuously".
On Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:43:23 PM Alan Reiner wrote:
> I'm not sure what "designed for occasional use" means. Many users of
> other clients use them exclusively without touching other clients. Armory
> is designed to be your only wallet (if bitcoind[d/-qt] is running in bkgd).
> I'm sure the other clients are the same.
Would be awesome if it took after Spesmilo and managed bitcoind itself in the
> Btw, Armory now has full installers for both Windows and Linux
> (Ubuntu/Debian), with uninstallers and automatic URI registration
background...