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		driverdan on Jan 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coinbase Raises $75M from DFJ Growth, USAA, NYSE, ... Wallet isn't something Coinbase came up with, it's a Bitcoin term. A wallet, or more specifically a wallet address, is an account number that's used to send and receive Bitcoins.

haakon on Jan 20, 2015 | [–]

A wallet, in bitcoin terminology, is a keychain. It's a collection of private keys, each corresponding to a bitcoin address.

presty on Jan 20, 2015 | [–]

no one claimed that Coinbase came up with btc wallets.

but usd wallets are definitely something novel (bitstamp also allows you to hold usd, but not for the use cases that coinbase is enabling)

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