user78: Once MyBitcoin was thought to be a "solid bitcoin bank". Then it was hacked and a lot of people lost a lot of money there.
Is there another, secure alternative for storing Bitcoins except storing them on your own computer?
(Obviously correctly storing Bitcoin on your computer, with proper encryption and backup, will always be more secure because you don't have to trust anyone. Still, for a lot of people, an online Bitcoin bank is a must.)

user5: There are a lot of online services where you can keep your bitcoins. You just need to choose what is more convenient for you, depending on what features do you need.
All Bitcoin Exchanges can hold bitcoins and some of them allow you to instantaneously transfer bitcoins between users, which can be a big plus if you want to accept payments.
Other popular ewallets include instawallet, walletbit and flexcoin. Flexcoin acts more like a real bank because it pays "discounts" (interest) to users. Tradehill is also preparing an ewallet at bitcoin.com.  blockchain.info offers an ewallet with the unusual feature that they don't have access to your private keys.
As for security, it is hard to know what is going on from the outside. Some exchanges keep part of their coins offline, which is good. Flexcoin is also planning to introduce a cold storage feature.
New services appear every day, so it is hard to point out a single big "bitcoin bank" right now. Check a few and choose one that suits your needs.     

user81: Currently, the most secure place to store bitcoins online appears to be the exchanges. There is some evidence that Mt. Gox is also hoping to become the default bitcoin bank as they are developing mobile payment applications for instant payment.
http://mtgoxlive.com/mobile/
They have also reimbursed the losses of another bitcoin exchange.
https://www.mtgox.com/press_release_20110811.html
It is worth pointing out that while Mt Gox was hacked, no one lost any bitcoins that were not reimbursed.

78: <p>Once MyBitcoin was thought to be a "solid bitcoin bank". Then it was hacked and a lot of people lost a lot of money there.</p>

<p>Is there another, secure alternative for storing Bitcoins except storing them on your own computer?</p>

<p>(Obviously correctly storing Bitcoin on your computer, with proper encryption and backup, will always be more secure because you don't have to trust anyone. Still, for a lot of people, an online Bitcoin bank is a must.)</p>
 5: <p>There are a lot of online services where you can keep your bitcoins. You just need to choose what is more convenient for you, depending on what features do you need.</p>

<p>All <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade#Currency_exchanges" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin Exchanges</a> can hold bitcoins and some of them allow you to instantaneously transfer bitcoins between users, which can be a big plus if you want to accept payments.</p>

<p>Other popular ewallets include <a href="https://www.instawallet.org" rel="nofollow">instawallet</a>, <a href="https://walletbit.com/" rel="nofollow">walletbit</a> and <a href="http://www.flexcoin.com/" rel="nofollow">flexcoin</a>. Flexcoin acts more like a real bank because it pays "discounts" (interest) to users. <a href="http://www.tradehill.com" rel="nofollow">Tradehill</a> is also preparing an ewallet at <a href="http://www.bitcoin.com" rel="nofollow">bitcoin.com</a>.  <a href="http://blockchain.info/wallet" rel="nofollow">blockchain.info</a> offers an ewallet with the unusual feature that they don't have access to your private keys.</p>

<p>As for security, it is hard to know what is going on from the outside. <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34011.0" rel="nofollow">Some exchanges</a> keep part of their coins offline, which is good. Flexcoin is also planning to introduce a <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=38175.0" rel="nofollow">cold storage feature</a>.</p>

<p>New services appear every day, so it is hard to point out a single big "bitcoin bank" right now. Check a few and choose one that suits your needs.     </p>
 81: <p>Currently, the most secure place to store bitcoins online appears to be the exchanges. There is some evidence that Mt. Gox is also hoping to become the default bitcoin bank as they are developing mobile payment applications for instant payment.</p>

<p><a href="http://mtgoxlive.com/mobile/">http://mtgoxlive.com/mobile/</a></p>

<p>They have also reimbursed the losses of another bitcoin exchange.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.mtgox.com/press_release_20110811.html">https://www.mtgox.com/press_release_20110811.html</a></p>

<p>It is worth pointing out that while Mt Gox was hacked, no one lost any bitcoins that were not reimbursed.</p>
