What browser-based cryptocurrency wallets should I install?
Here are some examples of popular browser-based cryptocurrency wallets:
- MetaMask. The most popular, safest, and easiest of all browser-based wallets. Supports networks: Ethereum, BSC, Fantom, Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, and others.
- ะก98. Multi-currency wallet, is also a good solution for almost all popular blockchains. In addition to supported MetaMask wallet networks, it also supports Solana and Near.
- Polkadot.js. Designed for the Polkadot ecosystem and all related networks. For example, Polkadot and Kusama.
- Trust.wallet. Reliable wallet from Binance, supports a limited number of the most popular blockchains: Ethereum, BSC. However, it is very useful as a mobile wallet.
- Fantom. A good, simple and reliable wallet for Solana, Fantom and other blockchains.
As you might have noticed, many of these wallets support the same blockchain, so you don’t need to set up and create a new wallet for each individual network. However, it doesn’t always work that way and not with all blockchains.
The easiest, safest, most advanced and most well-known browser-based cryptocurrency wallet is Metamask. I recommend installing it, and then you can cover most of your cryptocurrency storage needs on different networks. I’ll talk about Metamask in detail in a series of upcoming articles.
Metamask really is an ideal wallet option, especially for beginners. However, it also has its disadvantages. For example, it does not support the extremely popular and in-demand Solana blockchain. So that you can work with this network as well, I recommend to download Fantom.
Metamask also doesn’t support Polkadot and Near. If you suddenly need to interact with these blockchains, you can install Polkadot.js for Polkadot and C98 for Near.
In the end, you can download and try all browser-based cryptocurrency wallets for the sake of interest. But in practice, literally 2-3 are enough to fully work with all cryptocurrencies.