Features:

  • Check and confirm transactions on the display and confirm with using the physical buttons (anti-malware second factor)
  • Your confidential data is never exposed: it is secured inside a strongly isolated environment locked by a PIN code
  • Use companion apps such as cryptocurrencies wallets, and also FIDO U2F, GPG, SSH or build your own applications
  • Ledger Nano S supports the FIDO Universal Second Factor authentication standard on Google, Dropbox, GitHub or Dashlane
  • Your accounts are backed up on a recovery sheet. Easy restoration on any Ledger device or compatible wallets (BIP39/BIP44)
didn't look like finger smudges

mine had smudges also, didn't look like finger smudges. i have worked for major hardware OEMs in the past and nothing inside the (purposefully unsealed) package look like marks from un-gloved handling. what looks like smudges appear to be artifacts of the manufacturing process (they appear where the logo is etched into the sleeve) cannot stress this enough: the design of the device precludes physical tampering. if the wallet is tampered with then it won't work because the hashes won't match. arrives on time, functions perfectly, validates as secure with ledgerwallet, installs the crypto wallets i want, hardware keys validate and function...can't ask for more. if you are worried about receiving something in an unsealed package with smudges on it then please do yourself the favor of some basic research.

Verify if Genuine, Overall Great Investment!

Works as described and I also double checked to make sure this device was not tampered with by opening it up and checking to see if the MCU chip contained "042K6" according to ledger's website. Check out the high-res photos of the PCB board. So the setup process was pretty straight forward but takes a while. The chrome app works perfectly and shows all the wallets that are pre installed and the firmware came updated. I also installed a few other wallets as well and it works great. I feel a lot safer now keeping my coins in a hardware wallet rather than some exchange or wallet on my laptop. Google this below because amazon does not allow external links How to verify the security integrity of my Nano S

Please do these things!!

Device wasn't comprised. I had little marks on the device like other people but here's what I did anyways! -open up the device and check the microchip next to the original picture on the website -reset the device two times!! *Sidenote: you should have to create a new pin and a new word system upon plugging in. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION PRE FILLED OUT!!! these are YOUR private keys to your personal BANK!!! IF THEY ARE PRE WRITTEN AND YOU USE THEM SAY BYE BYE TO YOUR MONEY. After two resets there is no way in hell someone has those addresses, and codes. Enjoy.

Safety First

First, I am fairly new to cryptocurrency, but one of the first things I learned right away was how to safely store one's coins. With hacking being so prevalent these days, it's essential to understand what options one has available to them. I am still learning how to use this device, but what I can say thus far is that it's not the easiest to learn to use, but with patience and lots of research, it seems to be a really good product. One of the things I ran into was the numbers of people complaining about some of these on here having been tampered with, yet I didn't have that issue with this seller. In fact, if you were to go to the LedgerWallet website, this seller is listed as a supplier for the US. As such, I received the device sealed in plastic and opened it to find it in pristine condition without any signs of wear or prior use. There is a way to verify whether the device is legit or not on LedgerWallet's website, but since LedgerWallet had linked this seller on their site, I trust they're reputable. The one thing I find to be frustrating about this device is how hard it is to get clear and concise directions on how to use or troubleshoot it. Most products come with instructions, yet this device did not. Still, for what is paid for it and what it has to offer in way of protection, it's a no brainer. I'll continue to play with it some more and get a good feel for the apps used within it before transferring over my cryptocurrencies. Another thing I'll mention because it took me a LOOOOONG time to figure out is that when you're running an app and have a wallet open, the ledger wallet will not allow you to open an additional wallet while running a different one. It seems you can have but one wallet open at a time. I kept trying to open bitcoin and also ethereum and neither would work. I was beginning to think the device was faulty, but I eventually figured out that I had the ripple wallet opened in the background. Once i closed it, bitcoin opened without issues. After that, I was able to get Ethereum to work as well, but neither would while the ripple app was open. Hopefully that info will save some out there some time, as I looked everywhere trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and couldn't get a straight answer. Lastly, and this is a little frustrating as well, there seems to only be room on it for about 4 apps, so if you hold coins in multiple supported apps, just keep in mind that you won't be able to have all of them on the one device. You can still use all the different apps, but my understanding is you'd have to delete some and load others on, and then delete those and re-add the others later to move back and forth. I don't know if doing so would cause you to lose your coins or not, as I know some people have more than one of these devices. I'm not there yet, but I might order another one later if I start diversifying my crypto coins. For now, 4 apps is plenty for me. Hope this review proves helpful to some of you, who like me, are fairly new to all of this.

Amazing Hardware Wallet

Awesome product, it offers great security for your crypto currencies. It has an excellent design, too. Some things to be aware of: Only 5 to 6 currency apps can be installed at once. Not a big deal, but it is a pain to constantly uninstall and reinstall every currency. You will not lose your money when you uninstall the app. It will still be attached to the address. It supports about a dozen or so currencies with apps. But it also supports ERC20 tokens. You can use the wallet with myetherwallet in order to send them to your ledgers address. This adds dozens of other currencies you can use with your ledger. These are in high demand and the price trend seems to go up as of the review. It is one of the best options out there. Trezor is the other popular option. Make sure you right your backup phrase down in at least two places. It is the only way to retrieve your money if anything happens to your wallet. Be careful in the settings not to factory reset your wallet unless you want to. You will have to start all over with the passphrases. Google chrome is currently the browser that you have to use with it.

The only place to keep your crypto is on a hardware wallet like Ledger Nano S

I didn't know much about crypto currency in the beginning but I was sure of one thing - I was not going to use a software wallet or let an online brokerage hold my tokens! The Ledger Nano S is a great little device that is quick and simple to use. After getting it configured for the first time (which is very simple), I installed the Google Chrome apps from Ledger that run from the Chrome browser and interface to the Nano S. The apps reliably connect to my Nano S and display the relevant information like the address where I can receive coins or how many I have and in some cases the current dollar value. I HAVE NOT tried this from my phone using their Android app but I have read mixed reviews on that, but you'll need to look somewhere else for guidance there. I like having my crypto on a hardware device and knowing they can't be stolen. Even if your laptop is compromised with malware it still cannot steal your tokens with your Nano S connected because you need to physically push the buttons on it to make a transfer happen. Although you pay a small transfer fee in most cases, the second I buy any crypto currency at a brokerage I immediately transfer it to my Ledger. And if your Nano S get lost, stolen, destroyed or eaten by a T-Rex that's okay - just buy another one and use the option to re-create your old one using the 24 magic keywords you initially wrote down and put in a safe place and BINGO - your fortune has been recovered!

I like my Nano

I like my Nano. The set up experience was cool and interacting with the device is easy enough. You really just need to unlock it and activate the desired app before finishing on the pc, anyway. It's VERY well made and the fit and finish is perfection. The manager app lets you easily install apps on the Nano from a list. I was a bit disappointed at how atomic all the chrome wallets are, meaning they're all installed individually and they are not all exactly the same. Close, but inconsistencies. I really wish there were a portal where you could choose the wallet to work with ... or that they would at least add launch links from the manager that would open the individual apps. I love having my cryptos off the exchanges and this suite is a pleasant and secure solution that gives me peace of mind. A buddy bought one right after me.

Great wallet with constant updates.

This is a really nice crypto wallet that is very easy to use. The ledger team are constantly supporting new currencies and there are a lot of good resources for crypto beginners on this wallet. There is a limit to the variety of currencies you can have on the wallet though. I believe it’s 3. So this may not be for you if you are planning on storing a wide variety of coins/tokens. For those of you who don’t know how it works. It stores your private keys on the device. You will receive a sequence of words when you set it up for the first time(write these down and store them somewhere safe) and you will set up a pin. To access the device you use the pin by physically inputting into the ledger. If you lose the ledger or forget your pin code you use the sequence of words that you were given when you set the device up. You can recover your wallet on the same ledger or a new ledger using those words.

Easy to set up and use, very broad cryptocurrency support

Given other reviews concerned about tampering with the integrity of a hardware wallet, I ordered this from the Ledger Official Store on Amazon.com. But Ledger wallets now include a cryptographic "attestation" mechanism that would detect nearly any sort of tampering by an intermediary, as explained on their website. For me, everything about the Ledger Nano S has worked exactly as described in the online documentation, which has been very helpful. In perhaps two hours after unpacking the device, I was able to purchase a small amount of Ethereum from Coinbase and send it to the Ledger wallet. I would recommend carefully following the instructions step-by-step, especially when updating the firmware, and of course writing down and saving the recovery phrase. I was only counting on support for the most popular cryptocurrencies, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the "Ledger Manager" Chrome app now supports many more currencies/apps including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Private, Digibyte, HCash, Qtum, PIVX, Stealthcoin, Vertcoin, Viacoin, Ubiq, Expanse, Dash, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Fido U2F, Litecoin, Stratis, Ripple, ZCash, ZenCash, Komodo, Peercoin, PoSW, Ark, Neo, Stellar, Woleet and Hello (list as of May 28, 2018).

Software wallets are horrible and complicated!

I kept my coins on an exchange for too long all to avoid the user hostile software wallet marketplace that was/continues to be borderline user hostile in it's UI/UX The best and top rated software wallets on a good day are nearly guaranteed to be high learning curve cumbersome annoyances. If I didn't find Ledger and their hardware wallets I'd probably still be a future coinbase victim as no exchange can be trusted. Best in class developers are what keeps these (Ledger Wallets) ahead of the competition in my opinion. Ledger is constantly patching and updating the software to accommodate the wildly chaotic crypto world adding newer and more coins and keeping up with all the recent hard forks and chain splits. There are some fine products in this tier but I believe Ledger's developers set them apart.

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