Bitcoin Core vs. Matrixport

Bitcoin Core is the canonical way to run Bitcoin. If you want to send or receive Bitcoin or understand how it works, installing and running Bitcoin Core is a must. If you are not a technical user, you may use Umbrel as a wrapper to Bitcoin Core, which will install it and manage it for you.

Incentivized

• Simple, secure access to the Bitcoin blockchain
• Open source, auditable and solid performance
• Send and receive Bitcoin immediately

Incentivized

• UX may seem clumsy the first time but it's getting better
• It may take days to download the blockchain depending on your disk and bandwidth speed, but that's by design
• Support for commercial hardware wallets is still missing, and I think they will keep it that way

Incentivized

Electrum needs a Bitcoin Node to run. You can run your own Bitcoin Core service and connect it to Electrum for a full stack, self-custodial Bitcoin wallet. You may run a public Bitcoin Core node, so other people with Electrum use it to verify their transactions, helping the network work faster.

Incentivized

• It's free software so ROI is basically exponential
• Our financial team now understands and has access to Bitcoin
• Running Bitcoin Core helps add traction to the network and helps it to get adopted more

Incentivized