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Recommended Hardware and Software Wallets for Cryptocurrency
We introduce recommended hardware and software wallets for cryptocurrency.
Hardware wallets are wallets that manage cryptocurrency using a dedicated hardware device.
Managing cryptocurrency with a hardware wallet is like managing data with a USB flash drive.
Hardware wallets are cold wallets (basically offline), which has following features.
- Pros: difficult for private keys to be stolen due to cracking
- Cons: difficult to trade cryptocurrency
These are videos explaining hardware wallets.
On the other hand, software wallets (digital wallets) are wallets that manage cryptocurrency with software.
Software wallets are available as browser extensions or apps for Firefox, Chrome, and other browsers.
Software wallets are hot wallets (basically online), which has the following features.
- Pros: Easy to transact cryptocurrency
- Cons: vulnerable to theft of private keys due to cracking
These are videos comparing hardware and software wallets.
Recommended Hardware Wallets
First of all, we introduce recommended hardware wallets.
Ledger
Ledger is a French company that offers the most widely used hardware wallets.
The hardware wallets offered by Ledger support many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple.
We recommend the Ledger Nano S Plus, shown in the following video.
The Ledger Nano S Plus is a hardware wallet that combines the best of the Ledger Nano S and Ledger Nano X series.
To purchase Ledger Nano S Plus, please click the following.
Trezor
Trezor is a Czech company that offers hardware wallets.
Trezor also supports Bitcoin and Ethereum, but not Ripple.
However, Trezor does support NEM and Monacoin.
If you would like to Monacoin, click the following.
These are videos to learn how to use the Trezor Model One Black, the most popular product in the Trezor series.
To purchase Trezor Model One Black, please click the following.
Recommended Software Wallets
Next, we introduce recommended software wallets.
MetaMask
MetaMask is a leading software wallet that supports the Ethereum blockchain.
The main blockchains supported by MetaMask are as follows.
- Ethereum
- Polygon
- Binance
If you would like to know how to install the browser extension (PC) and app versions of MetaMask, watch the following videos!
MetaMask operates MetaMask Learn, a Web 3.0 learning platform.
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Trust Wallet
Trust Wallet is a software wallet compatible with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance, and Solana.
Trust Wallet has the following features.
- Over 25 million users
- Compatible with Bitcoin and Solana blockchains, which MetaMask does not support.
The following videos show how to use Trust Wallet on Windows PC and app.
You can also trade Trust Wallet Token, the cryptocurrency of Trust Wallet.
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Summary
We introduced recommended hardware and software wallets for cryptocurrency.
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