# What are the reasons to use my own software BTC wallet instead of the Bisq's one? (more of a technical question)

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**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-are-the-reasons-to-use-my-own-software-btc-wallet-instead-of-the-bisqs-one-more-of-a-technical-question/5845 "2018-07-25T21:51:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZuLeweiner](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/zuleweiner/32/1705_2.png) [@ZuLeweiner](https://bisq.community/u/ZuLeweiner)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-are-the-reasons-to-use-my-own-software-btc-wallet-instead-of-the-bisqs-one-more-of-a-technical-question/5845/1 "2018-07-25T21:51:40Z")

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I was just wondering, what advantages in the privacy field (potentially) can bring me use my software wallet. I noticed that Bisq already generates new deposit addresses accordingly, so that each is used only once. This is a very neat feature, I think.

So my question is: In what conditions is using my software wallet more private than using my Bisq wallet?

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**Author:** ![ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/manfredkarrer/32/26_2.png) [@ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/u/ManfredKarrer)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-are-the-reasons-to-use-my-own-software-btc-wallet-instead-of-the-bisqs-one-more-of-a-technical-question/5845/2 "2018-07-25T22:48:52Z")

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With Bitcoin core you can select the inputs you want to use in a tx. That is only partially possible in Bisq (you can select the address but there might be multiple inputs). Beside that Bitcoin core is a full node with all the benefits reagaring privacy and security. Bisq use SPV (BitcoinJ) which has some privacy issues (a bit complicate to explain all the details). So I would say if you want the best go for Bitcoin Core. Using mobile wallets or some other wallets with poor privacy / security is probably worse than using Bisq as wallet.

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**Author:** ![ZuLeweiner](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/zuleweiner/32/1705_2.png) [@ZuLeweiner](https://bisq.community/u/ZuLeweiner)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-are-the-reasons-to-use-my-own-software-btc-wallet-instead-of-the-bisqs-one-more-of-a-technical-question/5845/3 "2018-07-27T14:31:51Z")

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So if I understand this correctly, if I have Bitcoin Core running on my PC, than using Bisq wallet is more secure (although in that case the Bisq wallet is a bit redundant).

Is Bisq able to connect to mainnet through other software wallets like Dark Wallet, or Bitcoin Core only?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-are-the-reasons-to-use-my-own-software-btc-wallet-instead-of-the-bisqs-one-more-of-a-technical-question/5845/4 "2018-07-27T15:48:43Z")

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Correct.

Bisq is able to connect to any Bitcoin full node client. It connects to a port 8333 on localhost if it is available. I am not familiar with the Dark Wallet, but if it does not download a full blockchain it is not a full node client.

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**Author:** ![ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/manfredkarrer/32/26_2.png) [@ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/u/ManfredKarrer)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-are-the-reasons-to-use-my-own-software-btc-wallet-instead-of-the-bisqs-one-more-of-a-technical-question/5845/5 "2018-07-29T19:41:29Z")

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Bitcoin Core only