Ledger Live Desktop Wallet Manager Reviewed
Additionally read: Review: Ledger Nano S Put to the Test
To complete the review I choose to make an ethereum wallet and then send a few crypto around to it. Try as I could, I cannot find a wallet to make along with the ethereum app to start. After trying everything I can think of without any joy, I revert into the Chrome app instead to install an ethereum wallet like that. My pursuit proves to be equally fruitless.
Visually, Ledger Live is a significant advancement over its Chrome predecessor, with a layout that’s intuitive and clean. That which is where you’d expect it to be and everything works as expected. Well sort of. Almost. Ok, not really. When I used my Nano S, for the very first and last timeI succeeded in creating a bitcoin money pocket and sending a few dollars’ worth of crypto over to it.
All Your Ledger Accounts in One Place
Upon firing up the application for the very first time, you’re given the option of placing up a password for accessing the desktop client. It’therefore not mandatory, since your hardware pocket will probably be protected, however it provides an extra layer of security, preventing your addresses and transactions from being viewed.
No amount of coaxing will repair the mistake, but it’s possible my notebook is to blame. Thankfully, my 2017 Macbook Pro makes it beyond first base and I’m soon scrutinizing the Ledger dash.
About Monday, wallet manufacturer Ledger released its eagerly anticipated new desktop software. Ledger Live is intended to be a more reliable and user-friendly variant of this Chrome app, that has come in for criticism, not the least in this particular reviewer. To determine if Ledger Live is still the improvement on its predecessor, I put the French firm’s flagship new applications to the test.
Ledger was teasing the launch of its proprietary desktop application for weeks. Its hardware devices will be definitely the most popular cryptocurrency wallets of the kind, but not everybody has been convinced by the applications that they ship with. I’m among these. Following reviewing the Ledger Nano S a few weeks back and jerking difficult at its capricious Chrome app, I concluded: “When I’m to be honest, I plan to lob the Nano S in a drawer and never use it again. It wasn&rsquo. ”
Pictures courtesy of Shutterstock, also Ledger.