European crypto wallets?
Are there any good European crypto wallets? Hardware or otherwise. On Android or desktop or alternatives to Trezor or Ledger? I don't have a lot (€590 btc and €400 eth).
Looking to build on them and for secure storage. Thanks.
EDIT. Sorry, I also meant to add that I'm looking for a wallet with multichain support, so that for example I could convert my bitcoin to USDT or another stablecoin without having to go back an exchange.
I haven't tried it and the ceo has been criticised for aligning with Trump but you could look into https://proton.me/wallet for your bitcoin (no other cryptos yet I believe). I have been happy with protons service, so can recommend them in general (except for the ceo, but I don't care as much as some other people do).
Thanks, didn't realise that they had a wallet. I know about the CEO, last I read (a while ago) he was trying to explain that it was a misunderstanding or taken out of context etc. Will have a look at it.
Is there a problem with Ledger or is it just too expensive? They're French and I can't think of another European wallet company off the top of my head
No problem with them, I didn't realise that they were French, although they do seem fairly expensive.
All crypto currencies are a scam.
Have a look at Kampela, if you are looking to build. I made it, it's opensource, and it's quite easy to implement for Eth or BTC (I did Eth part halfway). DM me if you have any questions, I gave away that company to some "business dudes" to commercialize, but it doesn't look like they are having a good time lately. But it's opensource, feel free to do whatever as long as it stays toxic GPL3.
Crypto currencies as they exist now are indeed mostly scam, it was a fun task to complete though. They are good for large-distance international payments though (Australia, I mean you! I have to buy GammaSpectacular gear for BTC wtf are we civilized world or what? Damn lazy bankers!)
Thanks, will have a look at that.
You should also have a look at Polkadot Vault, internals of which were also done by me and my wife. The concept is very elegant, you can easily adopt this technology and use an old end of life smartphone as absolutely the best crypto storage device.
None of these are technically wallets though, but now that I'm not developing these I'm free to not be pedantic, yeee-haw.
You can use Revolut for crypto, if you do not care about anonymity. It is not a crypto wallet sensu stricto, but you can move coins between wallets and Revolut.
Revolut is British.
Thanks, yes I know revolut, but not sure they are easy to get your crypto out of. I have read lots of stories of people having a tough time getting their cash out. Many comparing them to robinhood app in the US.
I've heard good stuff about getting cash out, BUT: a) I have heard good stuff about getting out relatively small amounts of money. Getting large amounts of cash out might be more problematic, idk. Though now it works just as a bank, so it should be as problematic as any bank transfer is... b) For crypto, they explicitly say that there is a limit on how much you can transfer in a day/month. If you operate large amounts of money, this might be a pain (not my case).