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Why does MEW usually have trouble? Because of so many users, aren't there?

Specifically, what kind of trouble are you speaking of?  if you are talking about network congestion troubles then it is partially because of the number of users but this is also more because of the number of network transactions being attempted at any given time.  A good example is from when that crypto kitty game was going on and everyone was playing this game to get collectible crypto kitties which at the same time generated a lot more transactions which overloaded the network and slowed everything way down.  But that wouldn't just hurt MEW, it would hurt anyone transacting any kind of ethereum connected currency such as various ICO tokens.

It's not the wallet problems, just users have problems with viruses on computers. The only problem that was the substitution of DNS routing.

What kind of problems are you talking about? I have been using this online wallet for two years and never had any problems with him. Problems arise only inattentive, as if visiting a phishing site. Avoid making these mistakes and everything will be all right.

This is because the rate at which users access it is of high volume. thousands of users from different part of the world trying to access a platform at the same time, there will surely be traffic on that platform. This cause form agutation to do more upgrade on the platform for easy access, because ethereum is seriously expanding in uses.

to be honest the problem is not in MEW, but it is in the users themselves, because they are often careless with their private keys and they are often the victims of phishing.

I think that it is because so many people using myetherwallet and that is why site is so overloaded. And also it is an internet wallet so it is easy to hack it.

its not a trouble of MEW .users do not use secure methods to access mew and hackers take advantage of that and hack it. if you are using mew with metamask or ledger then you will be 100% safe

While some low-skilled investors are abandoning the business, the big names are just starting to break new ground that has a huge potential. With that said, it's quite likely that cybercriminals will target this industry more heavily. Need to improve security with MEV wallet

Because this is an unreliable purse. I do not trust him and do not advise anyone, since it is easy to crack. There are other wallets that are much better.

This is still a good sign, if the wallet is lagging, then it is used by a large number of people. Something tells me that there will be more and more the users in the future, despite the fact that the price continues to fall on the ETH. But still I have not seen any problems with MEW, maybe it's something you have with an Internet provider.

MEW have in trouble because all hackers are hacking more accounts of people and also it is easy for hackers to hack rather than credit card and bank accounts.

It doesn't matter how many users are using MEW as an online wallet. MEW depends on the ethereum network and its server. sometimes that makes sense to see MEW has a problem with its server as long as it's not about the MEW gets hacked. Remember there was a competitor of mew called Mycrypto too and it was providing a dekstop wallet and i think that much better than MEW from various reasons.

try to explain in advance what you mean by the problem at MEW. please explain in detail what happened.  ??? It is normal for MEW to have many users, but it seems that is not the cause of the dominant problem.
thanks

I think that during stress testing the problem of big amount of users performing in MEW in the same time was liquidated. Check your PC or internet connection.

as long as I use MEW, I don't have any problems, or maybe your intention is a problem when sending a token to a traffic jam, I think that's because of the many users at that time and try checking the gas at https://ethgasstation.info before transfer so that the token is transferred does not experience long delays

You can write more about the problems that you have. I never had problems with this purse.

I often using MEW to sent of receive coins many times, and up until now there isn't any problem occur on me.
Perhaps just like what everyone said previously that maybe it's because there is a virus in user's computer when they access MEW.

It has many problems because people who use it have many problem. It is not a centralized wallet just allow you to access your own wallet.

i have been using myetherwallet for so long time. i have never had any trouble with it. i connect to myetherwallet with my trezor hardware wallet. it is very simple and userfriend plus more safe.

Are you talking about trouble sending ETH? If I understand correctly, it is probably gas fee that changes. This is not due to MEW but rather to the ETH network.

Please do not blame MEW if users are the one responsible for their own problem, like using crappy devices, infected device, and crappy internet.

I don't know what troubles are you talking about . I have no problems with MEW wallet and you need to keep in mind that it is just a software shell for Ethereum blockchain , so if you are facing with delays in transactions it's not MEW , it's eth blockchain .

For now MEW is considered to have been delayed and not a mistake. Maybe this problem is not serious but this problem can interfere with someone's transaction. But I'm sure this can all be overcome and will return to normal.

Maybe if you take your time to read some of the security popup when you enter the MEW site, you will understand why a lot of people always have a problem.

You need to understand that security is something anyone should take serious in this space and if that is lacking and you also lack the understanding of ways to stay secured, it would be a problem using MEW.
I have used MEW for several transactions without a problem. You should know though, that entering your private key most of the time to access MEW can quickly make your wallet vulnerable. Better to log in with a hardware wallet or at least make use of Metamask.

Sure. It's the common wallet. All new people who start to learn about the crypto world will know and use it. Therefore it has many people use it at the same time. Sometimes i need 3 days to send my token to my friend's wallet.

By installing unwanted and dangerous apps and extension can harm and can be hacked your computer. To make yourself wallet safe need to Please uninstall unverified Extension and apps. Always try to use verify website and always verification system.

what kind of trouble? i never have trouble using mew. there are many hacks happening but that is because the users are not careful.

I agree. Op is being specific about the problem that he/she is facing. I have faced problems on several occasions with the Ethereum network, but the MEW wallet was perfectly fine always. I feel confident about leaving my tokens in my MEW wallet due to the high level security which is why I don't usually worry about leaving my tokens in an online wallet like MEW though I prefer hardware wallets like Trezor. Don't blame the wallet for the network issues op since everyone knows that these issues arise now and then which is something that the developers need to reduce over time.

if you forget your private key and password to get private key, dont give your private key to anyone so that your MEW cant be hack, and sometimes MEW is lagging, although thats normal.

Mew is just like a decentralized, smart contract based wallet, so i do not think it has any problems, yes there is one thing it can sometimes load slowly or the tokens can load slowly depending on the congestion of the network.

What have you got trouble with myetherwallet? Can you clarify the problem? I used it a long time ago but never had a problem with it

Because the ERC 20 wallet is quite popular and contains a lot of tokens, so hackers are always looking for ways to hack into this purse and maybe they will find a lot of tokens. If they attack the BTC or NEO, it's pretty hard. towels and almost few people use these two types of wallets

MyEtherWallet has been always a target of hackers since lots of members using this wallet for their ERC tokens..I believe that the virus thats been using by these hackers are the main reason why MEW is always under maintenance

Am still yet to understand what type of troubles you are talking about. Am a user of MEW and I have not had any issues with myetherwallet. Be careful when using MEW as their are many phishing sites that wants to steal your funds.

Yes, so a few weeks ago I could not transfer the coins, at that time I was suspicious of the internet, but when I asked my friend he was the same. I suspect it could be because of many people using it at the same time. I got this error two or three weeks ago, and the previous time has never been.

If your reffering to network congestion, it's normal millions of transaction are happening in MEW withdrawals, deposit, sending to exchanges, token swapping. If you want a faster transaction you must raise your gas a higher settings for miners will prioritiize your transaction.

It think it is because there are so many people using it and hackers are always trying to exploit it and get funds stored in the wallets

It is the most popular e-wallet. Use him a huge number of people because of its high safety. But as is well-known big projects have difficulties too. It is necessary to understand it. MEW is very convenient and safe purse for which it isn't necessary to pay!

MEW problems usually do not arise. Problems arise for users who switch to phishing sites, and enter their private keys there.
Actually, the problems arise from the simplicity and convenience of the MEW.

Therefore for beginners it is better to use Metamask.

It is nit as if MEW has issues, but that there are so many phishing sites of MEW. I use MEW and i have never had any issue with it whatsoever.

I think from their management because there will be no issues or problem,  or if any just a small thing only; if they have a excellent management and controll in their environment.

It is nit as whether MEW has nuts, on the contrary that thither are so indefinite phishing points of MEW. I utilize MEW and i birth never had any issue with it whatsoever.

I sometimes have access problems, but they rarely happen. If you have a lot of access problems, you may have a problem with your computer or internet connection.

I find Mew very easy to use it, it only has the disadvantage of poor security. Therefore, new users have the opportunity to easily steal their accounts

I think through their internal management, since it is the core of the business all things came from that.
They should perform better to avoid the troubles happen inside or outside of the business.

MEW is just an interface of sending/receiving ethereum based tokens. MEW don't have any problem as such, it's the network congestion of ETH that causes the delay in transaction confirmation. ETH devs are working on improving the 14tx per second to couple of thousands of tx per sec. They're implementing a solution called casper and plasma, which is supposed to increase it by 100x fold of current tx's. Let's see when they'll be able to do so.

Myetherwallet does not have any trouble, the only time that I have had any sort of problems getting onto the site was when there was the DNS hack, despite that they seemed to have handled that quite quickly. You need to understand that myetherwallet is just a site where you send and receive coins, they are not the network itself so the number of users of mew does not matter.

I never had any problem with myetherwallet. As for me, MEW - one of most convenient wallet for ethereum. Of course, there are many scammers and they always try to scam you. So you should be careful.

I don't understand what you are saying, can you say what your problem is with MEW? even though I have only been here but I have never had a problem with MEW and everything looks fine

Be specific on what kind of trouble you do mean?
MEW do have tied up issues but not literally on the wallet itself but on the scam that do involves mew indirectly which had been used up by some people to sort out privatekeys by its users to take advantage and stole out the money inside of its wallet which is basically keeping up your private keys is your total obligation and MEw has nothing to do with it.When it comes to technical there might be some minor issues but it do being fixed fast.

Myetherwallet now has troubles? What exactly do you mean when you talk about troubles? what are the troubles you are experiencing? This is the wallet that I mostly use, and I'm glad to say that I have never for a single moment had to worry about it. I think that it does lack troubles, and it is easy and convenient to use. It is a great site.

Yeah, recently MEW is the common site that was always a target for hacking incident. This was because of so many token that was deposited to their wallet. Hackers knows that most of all crypto people are using MEW in keeping their money into the system.millions of dollars was keep to that site that's why they are the most targeted wallet in the blockchain.

I think through their poor system, wherein the people in their management are not well efficient to sustain the needs and the demands of the public in their services in the market.

What is MEW? Is the Ethereum wallet? I have never used this wallet, and I don't know what kind of problems will arise. If you think it always goes wrong, why don't you choose to use a wallet?

until now I am a MEW user and have never experienced a problem and it is very safe to use ... and you think MEW is problematic, you can explain what the problem is. I think if the problem is hacking it is not a MEW problem but it is your problem in securing your key or because you are on a phishing site

I think the reason why MEW usually have trouble because of too much users , it can be affect a traffic in requesting transactions in Ethereum blockchain, that's why we notice some of our transactions in MEW are pending and some are getting error. But for now, the MEW is so convenient to use by because the management team already fixed the troubles on it.

With so many users using MEW, the developer should continue to develop MEW gradually, and the problems that often occur in MEW may be because the developer continues to develop MEW, both in terms of security and usage. Hopefully MEW is getting better especially in terms of security, because we know that MEW is the wallet that has the most phishing and hacking

What kind of trouble you are talking about? so far i have no problem with mew, and the most cases about mew are because of the users fault because they are not careful and enter their private key into phising site, even mew already has a lot of warning about being careful when using your private key etc. I also don't think the website ever down despite having a lot of users.

I agree! MEW trouble is only a small part. It is important that the security of the account and the security of the user's own transactions. We need to pay attention to all the factors that can cause us trouble.

Competition in crypto wallets or ERC20 tokens are getting stronger day by day. There are a lot of possibilities and reasons why MEW have problems and that "usually" of yours is very common for that wallet. Why? Because they are the biggest and strongest competitor of ERC20 wallets and MEW issues are being highlighted because they are one of the oldest wallet.

He is a good and reliable wallet just all the problems because of phishing ! Be careful and life will be happy )

The market is young. Infrastructure is also very young. MEW is generally a site. And attacking a site is always easier than attacking an application.

Myetherwallet doesn't suffer from issues that often, but it definitely is one of the most popular ERC20 wallets out there. Usually the actual wallet doesn't get hacked, but instead the DNS or server associatd with it. I don't think I've ever seen somebody actually exploit the code of an extremely popular wallet to steal crypto.

MEW is the most popular wallet that accepts all erc-20 tokens, so many scammers try to hack it, by our carelessness and inattention. If we do not go to suspicious sites and links, and we will keep our private key safe - there will be no problems.

What is the trouble? I have never had trouble getting too many users because MEW can provide very good service. If you can not send ETH or Token, then that is the problem from the ETH network.
In addition, MEW has never been hacked into the system, and sometimes I only see a few DNS attacks but these attacks can be prevented by the metamask.

Trouble is everywhere, even on some wallet they have trouble too. But for me , i think not all trouble is cause by MEW itself. Theres a lot of factor to be considered, first network, if theres alot using it , then it called traffic, this not cause by Mew..2nd Gas, some dont know the exact amount of gas to pay, then tranaction failed. Better be ready on this change.

MEW is generally a website which created to communicate with Ethereum blockchain, its troubles is problems of web developments, it not the problem of Ethereum Blockchain.

What trouble are you talking about? I am using MEW for a year now and
so far so good, well, I encountered a problem but only once.

We are aware that MEW is prone to phishing and most of the time people are scammed having been careless with their private keys however my advice for tokens hodlers is to always use etheplorer to check the status of their tokens rather logging to their MEW frequently to avoid hacking of their accounts using keyloggers by hackers.

I have never faced problems on this wallet. Always fast to load and all transactions are also fast. I don't know, but maybe there's something wrong with the number of users. But you always check the website address.

If you are worried so much about phishing, just try downloading the MEW. I have seen this tutorial here in the forum but seem not followed by these newbies which is why they end up a victim of phishing.

visit https://www.myetherwallet.com/
down the page there is a link to Github: Latest Release
download the latest release etherwallet-v3.21.22.zip, extract it and then just drag/open the index.html to your browser inside the folder of the etherwallet

this means using the etherwallet offline.

I fully agree that the use of Myetherwallet in stand-alone mode and authorization with the help of Metamask is a 100% security guarantee. I have been using Myetherwallet for a year and have never had any trouble with the translation of tokens. And those users who have problems using Myetherwallet, I advise you to check your computer well, for sure you will find there the source of your problems.

Hello, in my opinion issues with MEW are largely due to human error. I do not think MEW is really set up for use by a fresh crypto novice, yet there is plenty of training available on their website. And external factors like viruses and dns attack’s are hard to control. So folks need to be careful, just like all things crypto. My best advice is to be smart with how private keys are entered into MEW. A hardware wallet is the best way to use MEW. For me, I tend to use a mobile wallet app for very small amounts and value of tokens and ETH. Otherwise I’d suggest a hardware wallet. Cheers.

the traffic and congestion of network i its normal, because thats the sign of a healthy platform system of ethereum. i think you're pointing on the "unable to locate transactions" displaying when sending. i think that problem is your gas limit settings. because gas price is high and low. 

Because this is a very popular project that is constantly used, I think that this is normal, because in this way, through constant use, people begin to understand where it is possible to do something better.

The most common trouble occurring on MEW is the visibility of token on the balances panel. This is sometimes because the tokens that are being registered/added to MEW have wrong token address or error on the main token itself.  If you're referring to the total time (delay) before your transaction is picked and processed, this is because of the gas fees and many traders are transferring to and from MEW.  ;D

I use MEW for over a year and there were no problems with it, probably people have problems with viruses on computers as a result of which they lose money.

I think all newbie has trouble because some of the crypto currency bounty are scam and newbie can't recognize or difrentiate between good one and scam one

Uhmmm... I have been using myetherwallet for quite some time, and I have never had issues with it. I don't know why you are having issues with yours, but it has never been like that for me. Maybe clear your browser, and free up some space on your phone, before opening the page again, and see how it goes. Hopefully, it doesn't give you all that trouble again.

MEW has no problem, if you think about hacking, this is not from MEW!
It is from the part of the owner of the wallet for not taking care of the private keys.
If you are asking about the transfer speed it is not on the part of the MEW it is on the blockchain.

Though I do not really know the kind of trouble you are talking about or the problem you have with the wallet because since I have been using the wallet, I have not really had problem with but in terms of congestion, it is because of the high number of users and when you are using the wallet, be very careful to keep your private key and avoid clicking on just any phishing link you come across.

What do you mean with "trouble" ? some people got hacked or cant acces the wallet ? If its about being hacket i think the main reason is the people who not very careful and if its about cant acces i think because overloaded.

I do not know what you are talking about. I have no problem with MEW wallets and you have to keep in mind that it's just a shell software for Ethereum blockchain, so if you are faced with delays in transactions it's not MEW, it's eth blockchain .

ask your question more specifically. wallets build on blockchain not on databases unless you enter your private key into a pishing website

It is because MEW is very easy to use, so many peoples use it. But for security, MEW is not the best wallet.
MEW is the simplest wallet, the security is simple too. It is not the MEW bad, but additional security may needed for the wallet.
If you want more secure wallet, you may use other wallet although it is not simple to use like MEW.

If you are talking about the attempts to hack the users’ wallets. I feel that it is not the problem of MEW, it is due to the popularity of MEW. The hackers would have gain access to plenty of people wallets and this make MEW a target of hacking.

I have no problems with MEW wallet. I think, the problem is not in MEW, but it is in the users themselves. We (user's) need to pay attention to all the factors that can cause us trouble.

What trouble are you referring too?. I've been using Mew for more than eight months now and all of my valuable tokens are stored. I haven't encountered any problem using mew or accessing my wallet. It's one of the best and easy to use erc20 wallet.

myetherwallet have no troubles. offe it is people have troubles with myetherwallet because their hands growig from their butts.

Team MyEtherWallet loses the main developers on a daily basis, and as a consequence, the product level falls. Most often, problems arise not from the MEW, and ETH or users.

I think MEW usually have troubles because most people make use of the web to login and transacts on it I make identity of my mew now on imtoken ever since the issue of friends losing their funds become a daily thing. And ever since have been using imtoken have been good

It's one of the most used ethereum's wallet, so it is easy having problem with it for network congestion (also for some attacks like DDos), and some of the problems don't depend from the site but from Ethereum itself

The fact is that this ethereum wallet is very specific. If the user does not take precautions, then his coins will not be safe. Thus, the safety of your funds depends only on yourself.

I have never had trouble with MEW and I have run millions through it.  I think unfortunately most of the bad stories you hear are from user error.  User getting phished or leaving their passwords vulnerable.  It has nothing to do with MEW  or the quality of their product.  It's solid as a rock. 

Not the trouble of MEW. The user does not use a secure method to access mew, and the hacker exploits it and cracks it. If you use mew with a metamask or ledger, then you will be 100% safe

Mew ( Myetherwallet) does not have any trouble
It is the best and the safest Etherum wallet for erc20 tokens hitherto

But users have serval trouble from disobedience and vulnerability that leads to accounts been hacked and other troubles

Let’s be wise not to compromise our private keys

I do not know maybe they need to go and drink some potion from the evil eye? ;D

MEW recently works very well. Stable. Do not hack, do not buggy. Only mycrypto is better. From the same developers, so you can be sure that the product is excellent.

This is because many transactions are carried out simultaneously and cause overload on transactions and usually if MEW has been smooth the transaction will be able to arrive at the address or the transaction may be canceled.

I've never had an issue with it, if you have a lot of coins though then it's better to just store them in a hardware wallet though, much safer.

I have been using MEW for a long time and there is no problem, even for network problems it is still standard like that before and the fastest to send my token is about 8 minutes until Exchange.
Maybe you also have to be careful with pishing sites.

If you understand how these things works from behind the scene, you will notice that most times issues arise within the app, as days goes by app's are been upgraded to add more features or to upgrade user experience or fixing some vulnerabilities on the app, most time when these update are been applied it cause some issues which is normally rectified almost immediately, But i think recently I have not had any issues using MEW

As long as i'm using MEW, there is no problem with it. I still be able to access all my fund stored in my MEW.
And also all the fund that i had are safe and secured, perhaps what you face is that your private key got stolen through a phishing sites or something like that.

There have been many cases of ETH or Token loss when stored on MyEtherWallet wallet due to disclosure of Private Key information due to carelessness or virus attack on your machine.

Now, MEW system still run well, except the DNS attack at middle of this year and sometimes there are some delays and the gas price is suddenly high. In addition to common mistakes, I totally believe when save my money at here

All exchanges and online wallet sites have this kind of trouble so this can be consider a normal in the cyber space but the problem is what kind of MEW trouble this guy are referring to that to think MEW is the most trusted wallet due to ERC20 standardization. So i think they should mention here what kind of trouble that they are trying to say.

myetherwallet so far is good enough for use even does not have any constraints. If there are any problems that occur with a wallet that probably not your problem globally. that might be a big problem of phishing scams but of course, this can be anticipated and not also an error from myetherwallet.

yes, one of them, traffic jams often occur for users.
besides that it is the most frequently targeted hackers. so to improve the security of the wallet, mew must be more thorough, especially on the phishing website

Myetherwallet does not have any so called problems whatsoever
The main problem it has is the users who make themselves vulnerable to hacks and loss of private key as well

As a Myetherwallet user, you should never expose your private keys easily
Not for any reason

Your private key has to be safeguarded always
Every time
Every moment

I dont understand actually i didint see any problem about myetherwallet.
I am using mew since 1 year and alwaysa i am happy to use myetherwallet. If you need more fast pending process. You can use
signed transactions with etherscan. But again i want to say i am using mew very long time with my privkey and with my ledger. I didint live any problem about mew.
You can use freely.

I am using myetherwallet science my first steps in the crypto space and I had never troubles with it. It is always working good and is pretty safe. If you are not sharing your private key with anyone and avoiding the double spending, they should not by any problems.

For most of the time, I haven't faced any problems with MEW.
The only difficulty I faced in the past was finding the optimum gas for transaction, which MEW now automatically displays the safest low limit.
Adding a custom token is also a piece of cake here.

What kind of trouble are you speaking about? As for me peronally I never had a probles with MEW, probably I got problems with your PC ot hardware, I can recommend you to upgrade your device or chek it for viruses or similar. By the way you can use other ERC20 wallet, even some mobile app.

And even earlier, there were even entire websites to search for the optimal gas price, which analyzed the workload of the Ethereum network and gave you recommendations. Now it has become more convenient, because MEW itself gives you such a recommendation and you do not have to use third-party services.

MEW has no problem with wallets I've never heard of a wallet being hacked. Users are responsible for their own private keys. If the user shows the private key to a third party by mistake, it will naturally be hacked.

Everyone has problems and I do not think that MyEtherWallet's main problem is hacking the system. There are so many ways to get into your wallet, I do not advise to use a private key to enter but to write it in a notebook on the paper is necessary.

There was a time when the MEW was attacked by hackers. It changed DNS and caused us to visit a fake website, and our information would be stolen if we logged in. That was the first time I saw MEW attacked, besides there was no problem with it. Always safe and I have never encountered any errors

I never encountered any problem with my MEW.
Remember to keep your private keys at safe place and never go public.
Make sure your computer is clean and never use it in port sites.
I do have 2 computer, this one is exclusive for cryptocurrency.

Know some persons who have had troubles with mew and having their tokens stolen due to hack, I am not sure if I have accessed my eth account through mew up to 5 times since creation, there are easy and more reliable and secure apps to use in accessing and transacting Erc20 tokens, particularly Imtoken works perfectly for me

Some troubles with the network using MEW I remember, when there was a real boom with that kitten game, the network was extremelly overloaded with thousands of transactions, and every altcoin or coin that was on the MEW was hard to sent, sell or buy. But nowadays I do not find so many problems with using it. If you mean the risks to be hacked so every wallet and network has such risk to be attacked. So in my personal opinion the MEW I good wallet.

I never had any problems with MEW. But i had problems when i lost my private key, i could have problems with overloaded ETH network etc. But MEW always works for me.

What trouble have you had with MEW, you need to be specific. I use MEW and i have never had any challenge whatsoever with it. Always ensure you are using the appropriate url, which is https://www.myetherwallet.com and not a phishing site.
Please, be guided.

And that for problems have this purse? Personally, I've never had a problem with it and it always works consistently. The only thing that hackers break into these wallets partially but for this there are hardware devices

MEW is the wallet I've been using for over a year. And during this time I have never received any discomfort from its use. I am now completely satisfied with him and everything he is capable of

can you explain what problems you have experienced in your MEW?
the solution is this, depending on the problem you are experiencing!
1. If your MEW is experiencing congestion you cannot access, then correct it carefully if there is something wrong with the code.
2. If your MEW is hacked, then fix it immediately by downloading the new Mew. that's some of the solutions that I offer, hopefully useful.

I don't understand what the problem is with this wallet. It seems to me that it is good enough and it makes sense to use it. Now I do not see any obstacles for this. I fully trust MEW

I am with you, and strongly agree with your statement
there is no reason to move the token from there. as long as the private key and Jason files are safe, there is nothing to worry about.
be careful fishing, and malware.

Many Myetherwallet user has a trouble to use their wallet because they are not knows how myetherwallet work and how to use it to secure they money, so if people knows how to keep safe their own wallet there is no trouble using their MEW.