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I use this wallet with small amounts (less than 150 dollars), but today and before broadcast TX, a red notification appeared that I needed to update the wallet, so I went to Gooleplay and made sure that I updated the correct wallet and I was able to send without problems, but that update notification is still there (even it was lastest version)

I checked the Twitter account and did not find any tweet about the need to update the application. In the past, I was able to make transactions without having to download the latest version, so did I miss something?

I downloaded and installed the wallet app about six months ago as a trial. I have used it successfully a few times, but I never use it as a main wallet.
Now, after reading your topic, I opened the application and a window appeared from Google Play advising me to download the update (17 Mega), but it is not obligatory, as I can still use the application without downloading the update.
I didn't get any red notifications. Can you mention the source of that notification, whether it was from the Wallet application or from the Google Play Store? I find it strange that downloading the update is mandatory and no announcement is made.

@hugeblack, I have had that wallet for some time and I only used it a couple of times for some microtransactions, but now when I tried to open it, it automatically showed me that there was an update, which was not the case before. I can confirm that Google Play also shows me that there is an update for the wallet, so I conclude that the previous version of the Trust wallet may have received some kind of upgrade that informs users that there is an update.

Unfortunately, I don't have the funds to try to make a transaction, but after I exited the wallet and logged in again (several times), I didn't get the notification anymore. By the way, it shows me 7.3 as the last version.

I have a trust wallet but never use it I would like you to try is that go to settings then the application find the trust wallet and try to clear the cache.

If it didn't work and you have a full backup of your wallet you can uninstall the app and reinstall it again then restore your wallet. It should be work after if not then try to contact support submit a ticket here
https://support.trustwallet.com/en/support/home

It's 7.3 after I updated and checked Google Play and they show it's the latest update but the app still shows the update notification.


The app works fine after the update but the notification is still there.
Also, the restriction that the transaction cannot be performed until after an update makes me suspect that something happened to that wallet.

Some time ago a notification appeared that there were several android applications requesting updates, one of which was the Trust Wallet application.

And it was true that when I opened the android play store app, the Trust Wallet app did ask for another update, but I didn't do it because I hadn't used it for a long time to make transactions even though the Trust wallet app was still on android.

https://i.imgur.com/ZlCdH4y.jpg

Hopefully nothing happens to the Trust Wallet wallet because it is very unfortunate for those who store assets in the wallet. If such suspicions arise, it would be nice if anyone reading this thread could immediately send assets to another wallet.

I have the latest update before this last one, when I saw this post I checked my Trustwallet and no notification to update, I went to google playstore and I saw an update. I use to update all my apps immediately google notifies me, I did not update two days ago. I manually updated the app now but it was good before. Maybe it has been long that you updated the app.

I am also part of the Trust Wallet user and still make small transactions with it, but in the past few weeks haven't made any transactions, from several discussions that have taken place here I tried to open and find out the latest version, but until now 7.3 is the latest version that I found.

My question is, is there a problem or failed to make a transaction after downloading the latest version?

No, it worked fine, the notification is still there but this time only in USDT  ;D
I will deleting it and using an alternative wallet as soon as I find a better alternative.

If it is still functioning well, then for short -term trading it can still be used and no need to worry anymore right? Let's just say the notification is a reminder for the next update ;D
 
If you want to get another better alternative, using bluewallet (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bluewallet-bitcoin-wallet/id1376878040) and Electrum for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.electrum.electrum&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1) or Desktop (https://electrum.org/#home) is the right choice, as what has been recommended by some people in forum. At least for the security of asset that we have are guaranteed and do not need to worry if something happens.

Bluewallet and Electrum are just Bitcoin wallets, they are not usable to store altcoins and NFT as Trustwallet, so I don't think it will satisfy OP needs. I know many people don't like Trustwallet very much here because it's not fully open source but unfortunately I don't know another wallet accepting such amount of different cryptocurrencies and being so widely used and reputed. So if you don't want to leave your cryptos on custodial platforms, there is not many alternatives unfortunately.
To reply to Hugeblack , I have currently not any message on my wallet, but I've updated it quite recently.

If it was a TRC20 transaction, it's due to an upgrade of the Tron network.

That's right. Blue Wallet and Electrum are only wallets that can store Bitcoin and cannot store altcoins including NFTs.

There is one wallet that is similar to Trust Wallet, Stack Wallet (https://stackwallet.com/).
Not only can you store Bitcoin, Stack Wallet can also store other coins or tokens such as Dogecoin, Litecoin, Monero and others.

So far I have never used Stack Wallet, since the topic Stack wallet for mobile? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5436299.0) created by dkbit98, then I tried to learn it.

https://i.imgur.com/tYvqE7A.png

What you are talking about is true, but I am not talking about altcoins or NFTs for using Bluewallet and Electrum because everyone already knows very well that their use is only for bitcoins. For Altcoin and NFT storage solutions, it looks like Trezor and Ledger can be tried. But I personally have never tried it and there is no ability to explain the advantages and disadvantages of any wallet due to the lack of knowledge regarding.

Or am I missing something with Trezor and Ledger hardware ?

They are hardware wallets while OP is looking for an alternative to a (free) mobile wallet, so I don't think it would be an usable choice for him unfortunately, because it's not the same thing. In addition Trezor doesn't seem to be able to manage NFTs on its own. You need to use Metamask with it for that purpose https://blog.trezor.io/how-to-use-nfts-with-a-hardware-wallet-9b4308397ea7
On top of that some people don't like very much hardware wallets because you need to give your physical address when you purchase them online, while Ledger's customers database had already been hacked and leaked online 2 years ago. They are also not very solid and you need to buy another device when they break down.  

I made this  Unstoppable wallet {User experiences} (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5436273.0) free, open-source, focus on privacy multi-coins wallet. They have an Android version, some user experiences weren't as positive, but it's open source, so it might be safer than Trust Wallet.

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There were some updates in Tron due to high fees so the issue may be related to that blockchain and not the wallet.

I have difficulty trusting any wallet with a multiblockchain wallet after my experience with blockchain.info. They are unlikely to give full custody to people's wallets and if you aren't a regular visitor, you may lose access to it due to regular updates. I can't trust the Google Play Store to provide a safe wallet for my funds every time because of their inability to find out about every application listed on it.

It looks like you are updated on what is happening in the trust wallet because you also keep the assets you have here in these apps.

I'm the only one who hasn't updated using trust wallet now because I haven't used these apps for over 2 years. But anyway, it looks like I need to update my account here on these wallet apps anyway. Because it already has a trust wallet extension in chrome and it looks okay then.

Since you installed the correct genuine trust wallet at the first place, if the app prompt for an update, it will be genuine too. That's my understanding as a genuine app can't send a notification to update and overwrite with a scam app.


Whenever there is an update to an app, we should update it on first priority because sometimes there are some vulnerabilities bug fixes which are included in the newer version of the app. Using the trust wallet without update for 2 years is not a good thing in my point of view.

I somewhat agree with what you said, of course, 2 years is also a long time for a house if we don't clean it for 2 years, what will it look like in
 2 years? for sure it doesn't look like a house anymore, because of the amount of dirt that has been accumulated here, that's what you mean.

       In addition to that, I also think that we need to always monitor any possible changes that will be made in such things as new updates to trust wallet.

Does this 'problem' still exist? I've been opening my Trust Wallet in the past few weeks but never got any notification. That being said, I've always updated it whenever a new version is available. Probably gonna uninstall it soon since I no longer find it useful.

That's usually the case, but there is no harm in checking their social media or support if we never get any notification of a new behavior beforehand. Not to mention Android is generally not that safe with fake apps. God knows what new exploits are being used to inject an in-app notif with malicious code even if you download it from Play Store. Especially crypto apps that have been targeted many times by scammers.

AFAIK your phone will automatically download the latest update unless you turn it off or make an exception. So, if you never open your app for years, maybe you should uninstall it. You no longer use it anyway.

You could try to submit a ticket to their support team and ask them why you are seeing the update notification in your wallet despite using the newest release.
Someone mentioned it could be because they increased the maximum TRX transaction fees associated with the sending of Tron-based tokens. Maybe it's that. Another issue they had which was resolved at the end of February according to their Twitter feed is the failure to sign Litecoin transactions.

Some users experienced the same thing while others didn't. Maybe it depends on the assets you have in your wallet? If Trust Wallet fixes an issue for a coin and notices you have it in your portfolio, maybe you will get the notification.

Is Litecoin and/or Tron (or any of its tokens) in your portfolio?
For those who didn't get a notification, do you have LTC or TRX (and/or its tokens) in your wallet?

I no longer use Trust Wallet as a wallet after the update request and have switched to Stack Wallet. I last used Trust Wallet on March 10th. On that date I made a transaction by sending some Bitcoin to the wallet, but the process took an unusual amount of time even though I did not change the fee as set.
Of the several transaction processes I did, the transaction on that day was relatively long.

I don't think it's an error from Trust wallet because I also had a situation like yours when I used Electrum to transfer bitcoins, even taking more than 2 days to complete. I also didn't change the fee as set, but the unexpected problem still happened. I think it was because of the spike in transactions on the network, and that pushed our transactions behind.

Even though I no longer use Trust Wallet on my android smartphone it still hasn't uninstalled the app. In the display menu what's new of the Trust Wallet displayed on the application allows a long transaction situation when sending a small fraction of Bitcoin to another address lies in a spike in transactions on the network.

https://i.imgur.com/rV4cHYl.jpg

The what's new display that is listed on the Google Play display is because the application has not been updated as the last announcement of Trust Wallet being updated occurred on March 19.
I also don't know if Trust Wallet users who have updated will display a display like the image above.

I am not sure what you mean when you say you didn't change the fees. That could mean you used a previously configured setting or went along with whatever your client suggested. When you send bitcoin, you have the freedom to decide what fees you will use. You simply didn't pay enough for a quick confirmation.

Trust Wallet is not an exchange that waits and batches transactions. When you broadcast a BTC transaction, it gets shared between the mempools and will get its first on-chain confirmation if there is enough incentive for miners to mine it. If you don't pay enough, you will wait regardless if you used Trust Wallet, Electrum, or Bitcoin Core.

Transaction times vary a lot depending on the network load. If you do not change the fees you will get a different result with the same fees every time. What you can do is take the TX ID and check on mempool.space

At the time of the transaction, the fees may be at a low rate, making the transaction slower than usual but not spending days waiting for the process to complete.
You are right that wherever the transaction is done without paying sufficient fees, we will wait longer and it is not a big deal because it is basically a passing experience.

I noticed that when the cryptocurrency price is increasing, transaction would delay compared to when the price is a bit stable. Sometimes, in such situations, trust wallet would suggest automatically a fee that can make the transaction faster like $2 fee depending on the amount you wish to send. Hence trying to set the fee can waste lots of time and you' may end up regretting why the fee was set to a better amount to fasten the transaction. I remember waiting for 24 hrs to receive a payment, I don't know the wallet the client sent with, but I saw on explorer the fee was below $1.

As far as I can see, there is nothing wrong with what you did because you checked their official page to see if they have the latest updates on their apps.

Why? Did you try to make a transaction and it ended up failing to release? Because I read something in the review feedback of truswallet in their playstore that someone tried to use its stakes or one of the pool in dapps and someone suddenly sent an alert message on the smart contract page that the transaction failed.

Maybe you should try to contact the support of trustwallet apps so that you can know more clearly why that is.

Well, this may be your personal decision but i do not think that there is anything to worry about regarding the trust wallet. If there was an issue after the update or if this was a potential scam update not triggered by the trust wallet, many people would have lost the money and this would have been on social media.

If your transaction of yours took more time, it could have been any other issue as sometimes the network is congested but i really don't think that trust wallet update has anything to do with this issue.

After reading your post i also decided to install the stack wallet and see what it looks like. However, when I went to the Play Store, I found this message that the app is still in the beta version (development phase) . You can see it says "Early Access "  ???

https://i.imgur.com/Un17uTJ.jpg

My question is it safe to move our funds to an app that is not fully developed and still in beta mode?

I'm not sure if it's safe to answer if it's still in the development phase. But there are update notifications coming in for the Stack Wallet app.

https://i.imgur.com/reqYbPT.jpg

The Stack Wallet app and other mobile wallet apps are only for small transactions I think there is not much need to store funds just in case.

There is no right or wrong answer here. They are still working on it to create a final product, so it's expected there are certain bugs that users can notice and report. Whether there is a serious vulnerability or even malicious code created by the development team is hard to tell. A beta product doesn't mean there is something wrong with the app where you will lose your money. Something like that can happen whether you are using an early access or final product.

Sure, the wallet is open-source, and you can check that if you know how to. But the average Joe doesn't. And since it's a relatively new product, it surely hasn't been audited and scrutinized as much as Electrum or Bitcoin Core, for example.

My suggestion: Don't hold many coins in any mobile wallet, Stack wallet or any other.
dkbit98 created Stack wallet for mobile? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5436299.0) in January. You can read a little about it there.   

By the right the update notification sign not supposed show again since you have updated the latest version of the app. By the right Transferring the funds from the old version of the wallet has nothing to with the new version. Though there are some apps that would not permit you until you update the app. We thank God that you removed the funds that were in the wallet successfully. People have been saying here in the forum that Trust wallet is not yet reliable, instead they recommend Electrum. I don't normally use that wallet because of their high rate fees in transaction.

Are you referring to Electrum or Trust wallet when you say the high rate fees? From my experience with Trust Wallet at least, most of the time they set the fees to the average proposed fee for the next block, so if there is a spike you'd definitely pay more if you don't change it. Both of them can be changed though, so just make sure to double-check before you send your transactions.

I don't see the update you're referring to, is it the 'pending transactions auto-appear'? Personally, I get similar issues when I used Trust Wallet in the past, it is just a UI bug though, it won't auto-broadcast transactions iirc. I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the slow update of the auto fee when there is a spike on the network. CMIIW.

I understand that you are having problems with your Bitcoin transactions while using Trust Wallet. Actually there are several factors that can affect the length of the transaction time. It should be understood that the Bitcoin transaction time depends not only on the wallet used, but also on the state of the Bitcoin network itself. If the network is busy, the transaction time may be longer than usual.

So far I've been safe using the Trust wallet, but your suggestion would also try using the Stack wallet, I'd also like to see a comparison between the two.

Does anyone know how to avoid dusting attacks with Trust wallet? Because I just withdrew some USDTs through the Tron network from a casino, and I immediately got 2 dust transactions in TRX at my address used for the withdrawal. I don't like very much this kind of things since the allegations of an Operation Choke 2.0 against the crypto ecosystem from the US/Biden administration.

I don't think those attacks are targeted at any specific wallet though, so you'll get more or less the same thing if you use another wallet. I believe this is not related/addressed by the latest update either so you should make a new topic IMO. What we can do is probably disable those tokens from Trust Wallet so that you don't send them by mistake. You also need to isolate them if they target your BTC address or the like of it, so you need a wallet with good coin control to do that.

As far as I'm aware, any address is targeted by these kinds of attacks. They probably monitor platforms like casinos that you used to see which address is active or not, so there is no way to protect yourself unless you stop interacting with any contracts. CMIIW.

The fastest and safest way is to avoid it or hide the dusting tokens. I even got a lot of tokens dusting into one of my wallets.
This is probably due to some of the address's participation in Airdrops etc, so it's a target for token dusting.

And the scammer sending the dusting tokens also looks at how many assets the address has.
If there are some valuable tokens they start sending token dusting.
Especially in the recent Arbitrum Airdrop (ARB) distribution, more and more dusting tokens are sent to random wallets.

https://i.postimg.cc/8zMH1Rwv/dusting-token.png

Yeah, that's why I mention disabling those tokens unless you refer to something else. I don't think you can hide them from Trust Wallet even on the latest update other than doing that. For ERC tokens and its derivative, it might not be a pain in the ass to handle, but you'll definitely find some trouble if they attack your Bitcoin address or something similar. It is better to use other wallets to manage your addresses if you got attacked by them.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I know, tron, ethereum.. use accounts model unlike bitcoin which uses the UTXOs model. This means it's not possible to freeze or select which coins to spend. When someone sends you some coins it gets credited to your account and your balance gets updated accordingly and when you send coins it gets deducted from your balance.
The dust attack (if exists) on accounts based blockchains is performed for spamming more than deanonymayion.

Trust Wallet does not show some of the dusting tokens that I screenshot above and only some official tokens from airdrops that I have participated in, but the tokens have been abandoned. It's just a matter of deactivating them.
https://i.postimg.cc/BbpHq7cv/trustwallet.jpg

But about attacking Bitcoin addresses, is there token dusting for Bitcoin addresses or networks?
I have never heard of it or know about it, because token dusting is more attacking on networks such as ERC20, BSC, Polygon, etc.

If there are too many attacks, it is not good to use it as storage for a lot of assets, I separate the main wallet with a wallet that is specifically for airdrops and some other interactions.

OP, if your issue isn't resolved yet, when I have a similar case, I backup all my phrases, wipe the entire wallet cache and storage, making the wallet look as if it's just newly installed, then import back all your wallet and the error notification message will be gone. 



That's true, It's only tokens that are somehow listed as "partners" with TrustWallet or "popular" that are automatically shown on the updated version of TrustWallet; all these airdrops and random scam tokens won't just show up unless you manually import them yourself. It's just a wallet like SafePal mobile wallet and one other one that I have used that usually shows all the tokens in their balance database, both scam and spend ones, etc. You will have to be the one to manually disable them in order to see the tokens or coins you only desire to keep track of. 

Maybe it can be a solution. It will also appear for Wallet updates automatically.

Yes trust Wallet or similar wallets like safepal only show official Tokens that work with them.
If some scam tokens come in it will not be listed automatically, it has to be activated manually.
That is quite helpful to avoid scam tokens. But there will still be some notifications that there are new tokens coming in.

Using the Filter feature provided by Mobile Wallet will be very useful to avoid token dusting.
Or for features that may be needed regarding addresses affected by dusting, you can use Bitkeep Wallet, there are several security tools that can be used.

https://i.postimg.cc/g0RWpRyw/bitkeep.jpg

Yes. I think both of us refer to the same method of filtering tokens that can work on Trust Wallet, so that's that. Still, you can't do the same thing if they attack Bitcoin and similar networks, since you need coin control to manage the UTXO if you care about deanonymization issues. CMIIW.

Yes, it happens quite often, far before airdrops and stuff like that become popular. I think you can search more about it on this forum, I've seen several threads discuss it in the past. It is understandable that they attack ERC and its derivatives nowadays since they can actually exploit and benefits from careless users due to the weakness in smart contracts.

Have you tried to completely delete the wallet (of course, making sure that you have a secret phrase saved) and install it again? This is the best way out in my opinion. Your problem looks like it's some kind of bug with an update notification, and probably a complete reinstall should help.

 
I recently switched to Electrum, but the Trust Wallet app remains. It shows version 7.16.2 and does not require an update. Neither in the app not in Google Play.

In general, I do not recommend this wallet, it has a closed source code and it is unclear who carried out the certification. I recently found out detailed information about it, after which I stopped using it.