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Google Playstore is now filled with thousands of fake apps. After reporting and closing an app, another fake app is being uploaded after a while. Many of us have lost money, private key or seed phrase by downloading fake apps from Google Playstore. Here is the official websites and download links of some popular crypto wallet.

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Appreciated OP to compile the list of wallets and links on websites and in Google Play.

But don't trust OP and all the links are given here. I don't say OP is a bad person and is trying to phish you with phishing links. Make sure you visit the official websites, get links to download wallets for computers (different OS) or for Android. Don't trust OP or anyone else. Trust the official websites and verify wallets.

Officially visit websites & download apps, not fake ones. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5259689.msg54725580#msg54725580)

Google Playstore is not 100% safe so why not go to the official page of these websites and get your wallet Must everything be download and install from the google play store? I only download games from the store, there are many clones apps and wallets there, OP you did a nice job but it could have been better if those links were the official ones from the websites. The amount of Phishing and Malware attacks is on the rise and one needs to be careful with what they install on their PC or phone.

I think it would be cool if we put emphasis on wallets were on has full control of their Private keys. Coinbase has such a wallet too but not so many people know about it. They instead mostly know about the custodial one that requires you to sign up, upload your KYC documents and does not even let you back up your addresses.

The other wallet can let you back up your addresses and does not require you to upload KYC

• Link - https://wallet.coinbase.com
• App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.toshi

Playstore is not a very advocated platform to download apps so, this is a much needed directive and safety posts. Though, I would like people or users whom are sure of these sites to approve perhaps in there comments because, this would go a long way in helping to keep users off the path of downloading clone apps and visiting on official sites to seek official apps.
Playstore isn't so safe, if you aren't sure, don't install or download.

I went through all the wallets official websites there's no direct download link on the site they all redirected me to app store. I wonder why this wallets rely so much on google playstore that is being compromised everyday with clone and phishing apps. All Anti virus operates a direct apk download link from a website

As a matter of fact you can download the APK for Coinomi Android directly from our official website at: https://www.coinomi.com/downloads/. You can even use a VPN, Tor or IPFS to download it as our CEO recently mentioned on twitter: https://twitter.com/kimionis/status/1341919689941921792.

OP thank you so much for this honorable mention :)

To be honest there's some unpopular and not trusted wallet (e.g. Cobo, Enjin, Vision, and Nova Wallet) I don't know if those is custodial or non-custodial wallet and open source or closed source because this is the first time I heard those wallet.

Well the list only provided for Android user while other user are using desktop, Apple, and Linux. Here's the complete list of all wallets https://www.cryptowisser.com/wallets

Don't choose random wallet, do own research first!

Remove Enjin wallet from the list because I've used that wallet to store coins with no problem, users are given access to recovery seed too, it's no more a new crypto wallet and many users are out there too, might be new to you but it's not

Do you put a big amount coin/token on Enjin wallet? If you just use it for low amount coins and no have a problem with that, it's fine since no one want to took little amount money.

I just checked the ANN it's around 3 years old wallet, but closed source (still not recommended)

Thanks for your information. I already add it to the OP.

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Two more wallet added.
1. Coinbase wallet
2. Huobi wallet.

thanks but google apps won't offer to download fake app right?

There are still fake applications that have passed on Google Playstor and even many have lost their money because of the wrong download of the original application, so here we have to be able to distinguish and verify which is genuine and fake.

You can see the complete list of fake wallet applications that have been compiled in this thread, you can find out more.

List of fake wallets on Google Play, 5 active at the moment! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5308265.0)

Seems you need to explore more topics in scam accusation (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0) board, some of the google services such as play store and google ads are sucks. They are not fully preventing their users from scams or phishing, need lots of reports by people before that kind of apps taken down.

Wallets and accounts on exchanges, marketplaces are different.
Wallet application and exchange application are different.

A good wallet application gives you a non-custodial wallet that don't require any account registration.

Caldaver should consider to classify the list into different groups: wallet application and exchange application. In this thread, he does not consider custodial or non-custodial characteristic of a wallet, so let's skip this information.

how did mew wallet got into this list

Do you have any reason to believe that it shouldn't be on the list?

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Hey OP, there is also safepal wallet app

Website - https://safepal.io
Download Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.safepal.wallet

maybe he isnt aware that mew had an app already and he is still using the old style of login via web .

i think his main goal is to provide direct links to avoid the fake apps in the store and not to differentiate the kinds of wallet . he will list it as long as there is a wallet in its name and being a costudial or not , does not tell that the wallet is good but it will also based on different criteria  . sorry but i still find this information of him verry useful

Yap google playstore is filled with fake apps this is a good idea to make a list of links to the official apps. This will help users of the apps to download the official apps, I hope google playstore can make  a solution on this fake apps to add an extra layer of security for its user