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Today I had trouble when I need to transfer ETH from Ledger Nano S to Binance or Bittrex.  It kept fails. Then I found article about using MEW (my ether wallet) as a solution. My question: IS IT SAFE TO USE MEW? will they be able to steal my ETH?  I know it requires hardware to send it from Ledger, but im just curious  because we open our Ledger Ethereum in their website, they could change the destination address to any address they want. anyone can answer this?  

I have the same issue with you, I want to send my coin to other exchange (mercatox) but still field and I lose my gas. i don't know how to get solution about that, maybe other member can give our solution.

That's odd. I've never had problems with MEW or Trezor/MEW. Try to bump up GWEI gas. MetaMask is also another great Ethereum wallet. I only trust those two. Good luck!

my ether wallet is completely safe to use... because it is considerd as the bank of switzerland for many people and also its the best erc20 capable wallet.... but if your private key is compramised... we cannot do anything...

Yes MEW is one of the best wallet to have as it also support your ERC 20 token . As today mostly if you participate in any bounty or airdrop you need to provide them the ERC 2O compatible address and MEW s the best option. Private key for that matter if it is compromised for any wallet you may land up in trouble since you are compromising with security of your wallet.

Yes.  My ether wallet is safe.  Make sure you are using the correct site though.  Apparently there are some phishing sites out there trying to steal.

Using myetherwallet.com, i never had any address change issues. Myetherwallet is one of the widely used wallets by millions with confidence.
If you are unable to transfer ether from ledger nano, just use myetherwallet's online version without feeling scared and your transfer will be processed.
Make sure not to disclose sensitive data of your wallet so that you will be kept safe from hackers

Based in my experience I have alocated in MEW most of my tokens with no problems so far.

Ive been using myether wallet since last year and i dont have any bad experience using it so its safe my account never been hacked. just remember to book mark the real mytherwallet and check if its real website  there are many site copying myether wallet to steal other peoples money .

Absolutely, but if you open from your desktop saved files instead open from website, it is much safety. hope im not wrong.
And i also seldom open it mew, in case i m busy, i just check directly from etherscan.io or ethplorer.io instead every time i custom add token, it disappeared for next open or next next login. token tracker can make you more easier inside etherscan. Cheers

myethereumwallet is a great place to save coins or tokens that really safe like a safety deposit box. In addition to the safe of course also very protected from disturbance of hackers.

First of all your private keys are stored at the Ledger Nano S. Any transaction is signed by the ledger and nobody see your private keys. Moreover MEW is very legit and the most usable ethereum wallet.

The use of MEW in everyday work is quite convenient and safe, the main thing is to add the original site to bookmarks, so as not to get to the fishing site and not lose your tokens.
If you have a lot of money - it's better to use some additional security measures, such as Metamask or a hardware wallet.

Yes it is safe to use, I always use my ether wallet when I'm rewarded with tokens. And as for me, it is the safest wallet.

Security depends on your system equally. So make sure your system is clean of viruses and Trojans. MEW is perfectly safe to use and I personally never had any problem with using it.

My etherwallet is safe to use for storing the token that i receive payments for bounty campaigns and airdrop.Easy to use.

My Ether Wallet is good and is safe to use, make sure it is the right site and don't be handing your private keys to anyone except My Ether wallet.  MEW is one of the main go to wallets for all ETH tokens,  you should be okay using it.

Yes mew is safe many users that capable use mew than others because mew is morethan secure to any kind of wallets for eth and erc20 wallets but if someone know your private key no one can solve it because private key is very important than anything else is you lose and anyone can know about your private key they steal you money from it.

keep your private key safe don't give to anyone it will be safed

MyEtherWallet is very safe. The question is, is your computer too? When you have a failed transaction, the most time is the problem that you put few Gas amount. So you have just to give enough gas to transfer you token.

It is very safe to use MEW on almost if not all platforms and I have never had any experience or ever heard from anyone a situation whereby ones MEW destination address is changed by anyone. The only time you may be vulnerable to scammers or hackers is when you expose your private key to the public.  That is one good thing about Ether accounts, you are given both public and private key, the private is personal and the public is indeed public use. If you experience difficulty transferring from one platform to the other, it may be a network issues on either one of the sites or even data transmission failure from your ISP. Ensure you check all necessary connections and look out for pop-up messages and blocks from your browser.

MYetherwallet is safe . you can use it.
You should keep keystore/JSON file or privet key
if you lost it
then you lost your money
so should keep it safe..
Be  Happy with Crypto Life

yes ! it is safe, i am also new user of MEW but i find it safe because it has a long private key which can not be copy easily unless someone uses your laptop or system that you are using or copy your private key.
and i also  dont think they will steal because it is a authenticated wallet, so many users are using it like in millions user,
 stealing will decrease their reputation,

It is safe, I use it to store my ICO tokens and ETH.

Just ensure that you are on the correct website and that you follow their guide on how to maintain your address.

JSON key + a strong password is a good option for passwords. Still, if you want security and safety, use a hardware wallet.
Either from Ledger or Trezor.

Myetherwallet is very safe and easy to use at the same time. The ease of transaction on MEW is quite applaudable, I have never had issues as to using it. But, you need to be very cautious in your usage of MEW, make sure to keep your private keys safe and never release it to any 3rd party or falling victim of phishing.

Yes, it is safe to use MEW as long as you wont your private key to anyone and always secure it. Dont forget nor lose your private key, or else you wont be able to access it anymore.

Not that really the computer but the question is if the user knows how to make his computer safe from all attackers such as virus and malware attacks.

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Security of MEW is safe and there's no question on it, they are even aware that they are being copied by phishers to fool those users that aren't aware about it. Being a responsible user should go to our part and whether it's MEW, jaxx, exodus or other wallets.

Myetherwallet or mew is very safe to use as long as your not clicking any fishing sites where the hackers has a chance to go inside to your personal account. Just bear that in your mind that never give your private key, just simple as that. :)

Yes of course it is safe bro . As long as you have your private keys stored safely . But lately there has been many phishing email being sent . Apparently , some airdrop form uses google docs as their means of storing and getting email information . So just be careful in filling up some forms in the internet . MEW is very safe , you hold your private key , therefore it is your responsibility to take care and secure it so that you wont lose your precious coins and Ether .

myethereumwallet is a secure place to store your coins to coin holders anywhere. myethereumwallet can be likened to a safe yan completely safe but are in the online world.

"My Ether Wallet" is safe to use, it is the most widely used wallet for ether, I personally use metamask, but just make sure you handle your private keys securely.   

Sorry for Bumping in a very old topic. But just want to know if it's safe to HOLD ETH for long time in MEW?

I think it is safe if your computer is not infected by the virus
be careful

Thank you for your reply and help! I appreciate it. If someone else can provide some light to my question, i would be grateful :)

Yes it's safe to used right now, The company sent an alert out to users soon after the attack and now says the website is working properly. So do not worry MEW. THANK YOU.

Well i have been using it for about 2 years, and well i haven't really had any issues with it as of yet.
That being said at the end of the day it is just an interface to access the ether network, and is susceptible to the general issues of online wallets( Phishing attacks, lost passwords, hacks and so on)
But all of this can generally be avoided by following best practices when using this or any other wallet for that matter. Or you could just use a hardware wallet.

If we talk about losses or problems because of the user's inattention, then it is possible to blame any problem for the purse for crypto currency. Even a hardware purse can lose or lose pin-codes for access. In my opinion, MEW is also a very good and functional etherium purse, And most importantly, be careful not to get into phishing sites.

MEW is a good wallet to start with everyone even a new Bounty hunter is new to crypto its easy and safe to use, just keep on mind that when us open your wallet you should have the '[US] ` thing on the site to avoid your account being phish...

PERSONAL MEW is very safe. But you have to remember that it is not allowed to let anyone know your private key. Because they can easily access your wallet and steal ETH

My Ether Wallet (MEW) Is safe but if you lost your private key then you lost all your funds this is the cons of mew but metamask is another best ethereum wallet after mew and in my opinion it's better then mew so I suggest give metamask a try you will love it.

No, the MEW wallet is insecure. You may find that there are many fake MEW wallet websites on google. I did not use my MEW wallet a few months ago, and I switched to Metamask

MEW is safe to use. And so the MEW itself is safe, all your ether is only your ether. Address substitution can only be in the browser. Check the address to which you send the cryptocurrency

mew is the most reliable cure for ethereum. but I would recommend you to explore the favorites. because you can also enter cheat sites if you are looking for mew. so all your information is stolen and you lose all your money.

My ether wallet is very safe, i just feel you have issues with gas(gwei) may be you had a limited gas or may be you had no gas for carry out the transaction. its simple. the only challenge i know one can have with My ether wallet (MEW) is the challenge of misplacing your private key or giving it out to an unworthy source. 

Using MEW to store crypto is an unsafe option at present because the MEW wallet has been attacked recently, and many hackers are getting their full number of crypto. So if you do not often trade then store crypto at hardware wallet as Ledge Nano S is supposed to do. Use hardware wallet always safer than e-wallet.

I feel bad too because I got hacked many times in myetherwallet. I feel that its not safe anymore in that wallet. There are group of hackers who steal all my holdings. I wish there are wallets that I can use to replace myetherwallet.

I heard to my friend that there are wallet that I can use and that is Ledge nano, this wallet is expensive you will be sure that it is secured.

Yes I'd say it's quite safe to you. But that doesn't mean you get careless and complacent about wallet usage. Always stay vigilant and plan on investing in a hardware wallet to have a secure hot wallet at all time. A good option for long-term holding would be to use a cold wallet.

Myether wallet is very safe to use, it would accept all ERC20 tokens,  anywallet we should be careful our carelessness will not responsible the wallet. You have to keep your private key very safe. It is wallet mostly used for ethereum. If you lost your private key then you lost all your money, so keep your keys very safe.

yes of course myetherwallet (MEW) is very safe to use that makes unsafe is your browser your browser sometimes lead to the web phishing so that make you cheated and stolen, you better be careful if do login myetherwallet.

I used mew until now is safe, just remember dont share private key and be carreful with
Login with phising site , i always bookmark original mew site in my browser
Your asset in mew will be safely

In my opinion, Mew is very safe, I have transferred quite a lot of my ETH from Mew and the trading floors. But recently Mew seems to have a problem because of the slow transfer time, even though Fee has been very high

Just use it via offline version. It's very safe...

Your safety depends on your attentiveness! It is important to carefully monitor which links you click on! Scammers do not sleep and are constantly improving in their skills. Keep the original link to your wallet in the notebook and use only it and then your money will be safe! Most often we come across a phishing scam!

keep your private key safe don't give to anyone it will be safed

i think the network blockage of ether may causes these problems . myethereumwallet is the wallet i use the most . so far , no problems have occurred . of course you can also buy a hardware wallet .

A tool is as safe as the one that wields it, I have seen many people losing their coins by holding their coins in that wallet but it is not the fault of MEW, MEW is just a facilitator and nothing more they do not hold your private keys or anything so if you lose that information it is impossible to recover it, if you have a computer free of viruses you can use MEW without problems but if that is not the case then use another wallet.

Metamask is actually pipeline to access your Myetherwallet mate. I see the investors and people have the metamask to mask their coins from hacking. It is another wallet to check their amount price and marketplace value of tokens what you have in your wallet.

To be safer you need to keep your private key much safer mate. That will be work better than anything to have your fund much safer bro.

This problem sometimes occurs when the token command blocks its movement. If you look at the reason for not conducting a transaction, it can be indicated there that they can not find the corresponding log of movements. However, this will not be accurate, because such a reason will be listed as one of several possible ones. To make sure finally, you need to go to erherscan. io, click on the name of the campaign that issued the token and then see which transactions were in this token and whether they were posted. If the line starts with a red circle in the row of the transaction, and such red circles will be on each line, this will mean that everyone is trying, like you, to move their tokens, however, transactions are not conducted. Then it does not depend on you and on your wallet. Just moving the tokens for a while is blocked by the team. If you can, you can contact the team and find out the reason and for how long the token is blocked. In any case, have to wait.

basically the token is blocked so that the coin holders do not throw it into the market And that its price does not fall to the bottom. This is how the team saves the life of the project in a difficult time.

I think that it's safe because the project is open sourced and in it's essence it's not even a wallet but some kind of interface that works with the ETH network directly.

Metamash is now encouraged to use it to protect the investor's MEW wallet, which is very effective with very high security. Take care of your property before you succeed in this market.

of course safe, I have long used MEW, you just need to add Metamask to access your wallet to be protected from the thieves ;D

I think it's safe to follow certain rules - do not go to phishing sites and do not spread the private key anywhere. But it's still safer to use hardware wallets.

I thought this Myetherwallet is safe and secured to some black hackers. They have so many ways on how to access myetherwallet but I feel bad because I got hacked and some of my holdings are gone.

I think myetherwallet is very safe for my use up to now still use myetherwallet to store ethereum and some tokens that have cooperation with ethereum and suport ERC20 I think myetherwallet is the most secure and convenient.

Yes, MEW is very safe to use it is also reliable I had never lost any of  my coin in new and I never heard that from any. To I believe MEW is very safe to transact I am using mew up-to-date

Myetherwallet is safe and easy to use. If you comply with the security of the site, your token and eth will not be hacked or error problems occur. I have been using Myetherwallet for 2 years and have not had any problems

Mew is a decentralized ethereum wallet, no one can have access to your tokens or change your transaction destination, as long as your private key is safe

I have been using MEW for more than one year and I never had issues with it. I believe the main risk is to enter your informations in a phishing website, better to keep the address bookmarked or in your favorites!

If you want to use the MyEtherWallet, you should better download the old version of the browser and always clean the cookies after using MEW. Right now it's the most safe way to use MEW.

You do not know that you are in a phishing site, it is not like hackers are going to advertise that information, in fact hackers are really smart and it is very difficult to detect that you are in a phishing site which is why it is recommended that you do not access MEW by clicking in a link, it is way better that you type the URL or that you use a bookmark to get access to MEW.

I have repeatedly met such advice and therefore also use the link in the bookmarks to access my wallet. But How can a person get on a phishing site? This apparently occurs when access to its MEW user is trying to achieve with the help of a search engine.

mostly, i prefer metamask rather than myetherwallet for safety. but myetherwallet is easier to use. and i'm using it for a years without any problem

MEW is one of the best wallet to have as it also support your ERC 20 token.
It's quite safe. However there are quite a lot of scams to attack your wallet. For example, trick users into signing into a fake MEW address, which is roughly the same as the real MEW address or asking you to provide a private key,... Pay attention to the above.
Some wallets have similar functionality to MEW and are quite safe: MyCrypto, Metamask, Trust Wallet

OptiToken gonna open around $6 or $7 on C2CX

yes you are very wrong about the portfolios ethereum vc uses the worst of all as it can be stolen or you simply damage the good even have the safe key in the code qr and ready save a favorite link in your browser and put myetherwallet ready numca but terar problem but the metamask ambem is very good so stay Tip

Until recently, I would say that this wallet is safe to use. But more recently, the news came out that MEW was compromised. Under threat were users using the expansion of the hola vpn

If you observe IT security measures, do not go with public WiFi, do not download suspicious files to your computer, do not drop your private-key anywhere, then you do not need to worry. Thousands of people use MEW and store large amounts of money there. Steal money from those who do not comply with security measures

MEW can be hacked by hola vpn people should be careful

Mew is safe, but you have to respect security rules. If you use expansion in your browser, no matter myetherwallet or bank account with 2fa, won't save your money.

I never had any problem with MEW.You can trying to bump up GWEI gas

MYETHERWALLET is safe to use, im using itt for almost a year and i didnt encountered any problems like losing funds in my wallet, i will say that its the safest wallet so far.

Why not? Of course team now develop new project called mycrpyto but anyway MEW still one of the best wallets on market. If you're using rare coins of ERC-20 standard that's best choice. 

MEW e-wallet at present is still very popular use. Although MEW is currently under attack, it is still safe to use MEW if you are careful. My experience is that you should bookmark the website MEW always to visit the website without fear of fraudulent websites. MEW will always be safe if used properly.

Most of the time hackers use social engineering, for example it is very common that in telegram, slack or any other form of communication the developers are using that you receive a message telling you that something went wrong with the emission of the coins and that they are going to do it again and then they send you a link to MEW but it is not the real one, and if you click on it and you login your data now belongs to them.

and many phishing sites to control our MEW by spreading the news directly to email, and informing us that mew is no longer safe for our wallets or notifying MEW at this time, updating the security system and they suggest that we immediately click the recommended links to keep us safe

yes .but me must carefull too from phising web or email phising, i have been lost my token because i entered phising web. and my friend tell to me ,to use  Cryptonite and Netcraft addons on my firefox and googlechrome . this addons will block every phising website.

You should use a hard wallet. good and safest

I also encountered this problem, but then decided to just store it on MEW.

It seems I have never encountered a problem yourself, You can check the gas charge if it is too low or not. As recently, gas charges are rising quite high

I have used Myetherwallet many times and i had no problem with it , You just need to make sure the address is exactly https://myetherwallet.com , because there are a lot of phishing websites want to steal your money , and make sure you put enough gas , usually its default is good but some transactions requires more gas because of their heavy traffics , Also you need to keep your private key somewhere safe coz if you lose it you won't be able to recover it again from MEW.

Guys it's better to get imtoken wallet and make use of it,  to me it's more secure than mew wallets,  you can easily bank on it or you get a Nano S ledger wallets,  mew might be hacked at anytime, 

I have been using myetherwallet for quite some time now and I think it is very good and safe as I have never had any problems with them. If you can keep your private keys very safe you will not have any problems.

I think mew now is safe to use but you still need to be careful when you login. make sure you save your private keys otherwise you could get hacked in any second. make sure you open the right site and don't login and continue if you feel something is not right and log out as soon as you can after you finish to sending your tokens into the exchanges. don't keep the tokens in your mew account because you can lose your account if you are not careful.

Mew is safe, but you have to watch out for your own safety, they can take over your private key with a worm or a trojen.

Yes, myetherwallet is very safe for use because it has very good and promising potentials and it is also very safe, secure and reliable. You need to keep your private key very safe when using the wallet and ensure you do not use a third party website to access your account.

Yes, MEW is always safe as long as if you don't share your private key to others. In the beginning, it's my fault that I have shared my private key to the unknown he has stolen all my coins. It is really very big loos so, it is always good not to share your private keys with others.

any wallet is unsafe. If you use it openly, you should understand that all passwords are kept only by you, and if your funds are stolen, you should only blame yourself

Myetherwallet is safe if you ask for a backend process. however,, thier is a huge risk involve in front-end side,, always look for the - https with green colour- in the url . this gives a confirmation that the link is encypted and chance of hacking is low..

In any campaigns, It is recommended to use an ERC20 wallet, so MEW wallet is very secure to use

ERC-20 is the service I use most often for my tokens and to keep Ethereum themselves. Of course it would be a mistake to say that I kept a very high amount of money, but I can easily say that I use it extensively and that I am satisfied with this service. I do not yet have a security problem on my own but I do not want to go through without telling some friends around me that I have minor problems. Although I have friends who are not satisfied with this service around the time, I think it is quite handy and reliable for transactions up to a certain amount.

It depend how users fully secured their wallet, the site itself still safe the problem is how we deal with securities, if we follow those instructions from the site and we make extra precautions then our investment are still secured but if we just simply use it and not do anything extra then hackers will be able to attack and take away our money.

I use MEW for all bounty activities, especially for tokens erc20. This is very safe as long as you do not open a wallet with a private key without checking the url address first, fear that it is a phishing web that will make us lose all tokens

Yes, this wallet is still reliable. But you must now be very careful before you enter your private key. Be sure to check whether the correct site you opened, look at the address, it should be: https://www.myetherwallet.com. And only after you make sure that you have opened a real wallet - then you can enter your personal information.

For me yes, MEW is the safest wallet because at a time we can store multiple coins of ethereum blockchain will be stored in the MEW wallet. If you don't share your private then you will be in safe hands by protecting the wallets.

Yes of course myetherwallet is very safe to use store ethereum and some token that ERC20 which have cooperation or created from smart contract ethereum, Iuse myetherwallet have been very long, i have 2 years using myetherwallet and up to now my wallet is still safe.

I personally think MyEtherwallet is safe to use because I have used it for almost 2 years now and did not have any problems with the site. You just have to keep your private keys safe with you and never give it out to any one else most especially to those you don’t know.

I have been using mew for over a year and have not encountered any difficulties or obstacles. However, after the information about the hacker mew not so long ago. It still brings anxiety to many people. Compared to Metamask, I still believe in MEW because it has become familiar.

Using MEW is safer than any hardware you can find. As long as you keep your private key-----private.

If it was not safe then we would have heard screams from all sides. In fact, this is the safest purse, although it has lags.

As of now i may say MEW is still safe and are ok to use. Just be careful on handling and using your private keys.

Its impossible to steal your ETH if the scammer/hacker don't have your private keys.
MyEtherwallet is a decentralized online wallet so there's no one can change the destination address of such transaction
The only way for it to become possible is that when someone got your private key.

I think it's not safe anymore. Parity better than MEW.

lol how can you say that? do you ever tried mew before ? if not  then youd better try it first and see for self before you judge them based  only on the bad reviews that you see online . imo mew is actually safe as long as you are visiting the correct website and make sure you always bookmark their site because any exchange or trading sites have always a phising sites that hackers have created so that they can steal the users private key and empty their balance quickly .

I think my Eth wallet safe . because my Eth wallet 1years use and did not my Eth wallet no problem.

with the level of security that is in ETH to transact using Ledger I think it's safe because every exchange maintains trust for its customers

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All wallets like MEW, Metamask are great, but I think it's safer to use Metamask. Last year there were a lot of frauds and attacks on the MEW wallet, doing a lot of damage, you should find out before using it. Basically all wallets have certain weaknesses, so the best way to do it is to find out carefully before using any type.

Previously I used the first MEW but after learning more, I found metamask integrated in the browser is very convenient and secure, recently I use Trezor wallet is very secure and secure.

if you are using security measures I think it will not be a problem, but if your money is 10k dollars and above, you should definitely use the Ledger Nano S or another hardware wallet.

Regardless of your ethernet wallet, you will always need your privacy and security, and when using a wallet, you need to understand how it works to best protect your purse.

in my opinion it is safe and the erc20 wallet is always used for alternative tokens, if it is safer to store eth, just use the nano s ledger or metamask
so the most important thing is to save the KEY private and the jzon file utc