Desktop wallets are Bitcoin wallets that are installable on different desktops, and as per the user�s needs, are compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Below are various Bitcoin desktop wallets compatible with all operating systems.

• Exodus
• Jaxx
• Electrum
• Armory
• Copay
• Bitcoin Core

Web Bitcoin Wallets (aka Hot/Online/Hosted Wallets)

Wallets which are basically web services and are accessible through web/internet-based browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and IE are called web-based Bitcoin wallets.

The private keys are held online in these kinds of wallets. They are accessible via an internet address such as https://xyz.com.

They are also called �hosted wallets� because you store your bitcoins on the servers of the agency which you have chosen as your online wallet.