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DOC-354 Update the "Deciding between the wallets" page (#1281)
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You need a Concordium :term:`wallet` to interact with the Concordium blockchain and manage your CCD tokens. Here are the currently available wallets:
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- Desktop Wallet: Offers the highest security but requires a LEDGER device and a connected node.
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- |bw|: Accessible from any device with a web browser, ideal for standard transactions. Great for developers and dApp users.
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- Desktop Wallet: Offers the highest security but requires a LEDGER device.
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- |bw|: Accessible from any device with a web browser supporting Chrome extensions. Ideal for standard transactions, great for developers and dApp users.
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- |cryptox|: The latest mobile wallet, user-friendly with both seed phrase and file-based recovery and dApp connectivity.
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The wallets are developed by Concordium Software and can only be used to hold :term:`CCD`, the native token of the Concordium blockchain.
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The wallets are developed by Concordium Software and can only be used to hold :term:`CCD`,
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the native token of the Concordium blockchain, and :ref:`CIS-2 tokens<tokens>`.
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You can't use these wallets for any other crypto currencies.
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What are the requirements for each wallet?
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- Desktop Wallet: A computer running Windows, macOS, or Linux, and a LEDGER NANO S or LEDGER NANO S PLUS. You also have to connect to a node. You can use the default Virtual Hive node (concordiumwalletnode.com), get a third-party to run a node for you, or run a node yourself. If you run a node yourself, your computer must meet the hardware requirements for this.
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- Desktop Wallet: A computer running Windows, macOS, or Linux, and a LEDGER NANO S or LEDGER NANO S PLUS.
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- |bw|: A device running one of the supported Chromium internet browsers (Chrome, Opera, Brave, Edge) with the |bw| extension installed.
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- |cryptox|: An iPhone running iOS 15 or later or an Android phone running Android 8 or later.
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Comparison
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The following table lists the major features of each wallet.
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The following table lists the differences between wallets.
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- Runs on iOS 15 or later, Android 8 or later
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* - Secured by password and a LEDGER device
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- Secured by password and seed phrase
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- Secured by password and biometrics
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* - Encrypted
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- Encrypted
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- Encrypted
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* - Backup file includes account names and addresses, identities, and the address book. LEDGER device is needed for a full recovery.
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- Backup is not necessary but seed phrase is needed.
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- Backup is not necessary but seed phrase is needed.
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* - Private keys are stored on the LEDGER device that is secured by a PIN code and backed up by recovery phrase.
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- Private keys are stored in the wallet and secured by the passcode used to encrypt the wallet and backed up with the seed phrase.
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- Private keys are stored in the wallet and backed up by a seed phrase.
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- Secured by passcode or password as well as biometrics
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* - Backup file includes account names and addresses, identities, and the address book. LEDGER device is needed for recovery
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- Seed phrase recovers accounts and identities
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- Seed phrase recovers accounts and identities. Legacy backup file also includes address book, account and identity names
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* - Private keys are stored on the LEDGER device that is secured by a PIN code and backed up by recovery phrase
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- Private keys are stored in the wallet and secured by the passcode used to encrypt the wallet and backed up with the seed phrase
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- Private keys are stored in the wallet and secured by password or passcode used to encrypt the wallet and backed up with the seed phrase
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* - Creation and management of single signature and multi-signature accounts
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- Creation and management of single signature accounts only
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- Creation and management of single signature accounts only
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* - Creation of identities
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- Creation of identities
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- Creation of identities
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* - Creation and management of validator accounts
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- Creation and management of validator accounts. Rewards are visible in the wallet.
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- Creation and management of validator accounts. Rewards are visible in the wallet.
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* - A node is required
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- A node is not needed unless validator
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- A node is not needed unless validator
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* - Password is required to unlock the wallet. LEDGER device is required to create new accounts, identities and send transactions
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- Password is required to unlock the wallet
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- Password or passcode or biometrics is required to unlock the wallet, and later to create new accounts, identities and send transactions
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* - Cannot connect to dApps
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- Can connect to dApps
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- Can connect to dApps
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* - Cannot recover in other wallet types
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- Can recover in |bw|
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- Can recover in |bw| and |cryptox|.
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* - Can only hold CCD
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- Can hold CCD and CIS-2 tokens
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- Can hold CCD and CIS-2 tokens
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* - Backup is not compatible with other wallets
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- Seed phrase backup can be used in |bw| and |cryptox|
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- Seed phrase backup can be ised in |bw| and |cryptox|. Legacy backup file can only be used in |cryptox|
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* - Doesn't have transaction notifications
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- Doesn't have transaction notifications
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- Has push notifications for transactions
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