How to Get a Wallet
You can install a crypto wallets both on a desktop computer and on a smartphone. When choosing a wallet, please make sure that you:
✅ Download and install the wallet app only from an official wallet developer website. Always use the latest version.
✅ Back up the recovery phrases and store them in a safe place.
❌ NEVER share the recovery phrases, under any circumstances.
❌ NEVER input your recovery phrases anywhere except your wallet app.
Smartphone or Desktop wallet?
Smartphone wallets are usually more user-friendly and more accessible while desktop wallets are more secure and theft resistant. So please choose based on your personal priorities.
Smartphone wallets
With a smartphone wallet you can access your crypto almost anywhere, both Android and iOS devices support them.
Popular mobile wallets
MetaMask
MetaMask is a one of the most popular wallets, which has both mobile and desktop version.
Major Pros:
Open source
Widely considered to be very secure and reliable
Many how-to guides and resources online
Supports a very large number of languages
Major Cons:
Longer setup time than other options
Additional steps needed to use with Binance Smart Chain, Polygon and Fantom
Download MetaMask MetaMask Setup Guide - Please see how to add Binance Smart Chain to your MetaMask wallet
Trust Wallet
It supports DApps, NFT collectibles (with Opensea.io support), and in-wallet staking.
Major Pros:
Open source
It's backed by Binance
Easy to switch between crypto networks
Includes in-wallet staking options
Major Cons:
Limited dApps
Transaction notifications can be delayed
SafePal
SafePal is available as both a software and hardware wallet. It supports Binance Smart Chain out of the box.
Major Pros:
Offers 25% fee discount paying with BNB (requires login)
Has the option for Google Authenticator built in
Supports a large number of languages
It's available as both a software and hardware wallet (work together)
Supports NFTs on both the BSC and ETH networks
Cons:
Isn't fully open source
Does not give user notifications
Does not enforce strong security during initial setup and wallet creation
Download SafePal SafePal Setup Guide
Desktop/Web Browser wallets
Desktop wallets are available on your home computer or laptop computer. Wallets on your computer can run as standalone applications, or as web browser plugins for popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
MetaMask
MetaMask is a very popular desktop wallet, which can be installed as a browser extension. It supports Ethereum network out of the box and Binance Smart Chain network can be added quite easily.
Pros:
Open source
Widely considered to be very secure and reliable
Many how-to guides and resources online
Supports a very large number of languages
Available on mobile devices
Cons:
Longer setup time than other options
Additional steps needed to add support of Binance Smart Chain, Polygon and Fantom
In this guide we mentioned just a few very popular wallets. There are many more options available, so please free to do some research and find the wallet which suits you best.
IMPORTANT NOTICE. NEVER give anyone your private key or recovery phrase ("seed phrase"). Recovery phrase gives complete access to your crypto!
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