<p>At the moment the Electrum client is more secure as the wallets are password protected. </p>

<p>I am the lead developer on MultiBit and am working on wallet encryption but it will take me a few weeks yet. There are a number of changes to make. </p>

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jim618
<p>I think multibit shines in its ability to handle multiple wallets, which is very important to maintain anonymity and information leakage through "change" transactions.</p>

<p>However, Electrum is currently a much more feature rich client that allows you to create wallets <em>and spend</em> bitcoins from an air-gapped computer with no internet connectivity. This is the ultimate security for Bitcoins.</p>

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Tuxavant
<p>I'm having a hard time finding objective reviews / comparisons of these two 'lite' clients. Can someone who tried them both give some comments?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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Multibit vs Electrum - which is more mature and secure?
John Blatz
# Multibit vs Electrum - which is more mature and secure?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-14)

I'm having a hard time finding objective reviews / comparisons of these two 'lite' clients. Can someone who tried them both give some comments?

Thanks

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-05-14. Score: 8

At the moment the Electrum client is more secure as the wallets are password protected.

I am the lead developer on MultiBit and am working on wallet encryption but it will take me a few weeks yet. There are a number of changes to make.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-05-14. Score: 5

I think multibit shines in its ability to handle multiple wallets, which is very important to maintain anonymity and information leakage through "change" transactions.

However, Electrum is currently a much more feature rich client that allows you to create wallets *and spend* bitcoins from an air-gapped computer with no internet connectivity. This is the ultimate security for Bitcoins.


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