Crypto wallet privacy ratings
Wallets for holding cryptocurrency.
23 crypto wallets are rated against 4 public criteria, and 23 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 16 with a known jurisdiction, 7 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 10 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source crypto wallets only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference implementation of Bitcoin: a full node that downloads and validates the entire blockchain, with a built-in wallet, a graphical interface and an RPC interface. |
Grade A | 90 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
Open-source, self-custodial mobile and desktop wallet for Monero, Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, with built-in exchange and purchase integrations. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Lightweight Bitcoin wallet for desktop and Android that verifies transactions through SPV servers, with support for hardware wallets, multisig, watch-only wallets and Lightning. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Germany Fourteen Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open-source desktop Monero wallet for Linux, Tails, Windows and macOS, with Tor support, hardware wallet support and coin control. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning wallet for Android and iOS from ACINQ, which manages channels and liquidity automatically through the ACINQ node. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | France Nine Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Desktop Bitcoin wallet with detailed transaction and UTXO control, hardware wallet and multisig support, and the option to connect to a personal Bitcoin Core or Electrum server over Tor. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Desktop app and web interface for managing Bitcoin multisig and single-key wallets with hardware signers, using a personal Bitcoin Core node or an Electrum server. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Switzerland Outside Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open source desktop Bitcoin wallet that routes traffic through Tor and supports WabiSabi coinjoins. The original zkSNACKs coordinator has shut down, so coinjoin requires configuring a third-party or self-hosted coordinator. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for Android and iOS that runs an embedded Lightning node or connects to a personal LND, Core Lightning or other remote node. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Swiss hardware wallet for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with open source firmware and companion app, a secure chip, multisig support and microSD card backups. |
Grade C | 60 | 100% | Switzerland Outside Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
Open-source Bitcoin and Liquid hardware wallet from Blockstream, with a camera for air-gapped QR signing and a virtual secure element that splits PIN protection between the device and a remote oracle server. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Self-custodial Bitcoin wallet for Android, iOS and macOS with watch-only wallets, multisig vaults, coin control, hardware wallet support and the option to connect to a personal Electrum server. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Bitcoin-only hardware wallet from Coinkite designed for air-gapped signing using a microSD card or NFC, with secure elements, PIN protection and multisig support. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | Canada Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Bitcoin wallet from Block made of a phone app, a hardware key and a Block-run server key in a 2-of-3 multisig setup, with recovery without a seed phrase. |
Grade D | 40 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Partial | No |
Companion mobile app for the Foundation Passport hardware wallet, used to set up the device, manage accounts and send transactions over QR codes, with encrypted cloud backups. |
Grade D | 40 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Partial | No |
Bitcoin and Liquid wallet from Blockstream, formerly Blockstream Green, with single-signature and two-factor multisig accounts, hardware wallet support and the option to connect to a personal Electrum server. |
Grade F | 35 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Partial | No | Yes | No |
Air-gapped hardware wallet that signs transactions by QR code and works with third-party software wallets. The Keystone 3 Pro firmware and hardware schematics are published. |
Grade F | 35 | 100% | Hong Kong Outside Eyes | Partial | No | Partial | Partial |
Self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for Android and iOS that uses a 2-of-2 multisig setup with Muun's server and submarine swaps for Lightning payments. |
Grade F | 35 | 100% | Cayman Islands Outside Eyes | Partial | No | Yes | No |
Hardware wallet with open source firmware, used with the Trezor Suite desktop and mobile app to keep keys offline and sign transactions for Bitcoin and many other coins. |
Grade F | 30 | 100% | Czechia Outside Eyes | Yes | No | No | No |
Hardware wallets that keep private keys in a secure element chip, managed through the Ledger Wallet app. The optional paid Ledger Recover service can back up an encrypted, split copy of the recovery phrase with third-party companies. |
Grade F | 25 | 100% | France Nine Eyes | Partial | No | No | Partial |
Bitcoin wallet built around multisig, with collaborative shared wallets, support for many hardware signers, and paid plans that add assisted key recovery and inheritance. |
Grade F | 25 | 100% | – | Partial | No | Partial | No |
Self-custodial crypto wallet app from Coinbase for holding and trading tokens and using onchain apps, with optional smart contract accounts and messaging. Formerly branded as Base App. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | Bermuda Outside Eyes | No | No | No | No |
Stainless steel backup for a wallet recovery phrase, assembled from individual letter tiles in a sealed case to withstand fire, water and impact. Works offline with no electronics. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | United Kingdom Five Eyes | Not applicable | No | No | Not applicable |
Questions
What is the most private option among crypto wallets?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are crypto wallets rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.