Bitcointalk username: BeparanfI started my Mixin Safe journey by visiting the website
https://safe.mixin.zone/ and follow the instruction given including all the tools required to sign up to acquire safe. The image below shown when I try to create an account. This helps new user to download correct apps to avoid downloading fake apps.
Scanning the QR will transfer me to a playstore link which I download my mixin messenger app.
Mixin Messenger
After I download the apps. I open it immediately and the image below prompt. I just notice that the Agree and Continue text is the actual button proceed as way to agree on the ToS. I suggest to just add a tick box for agreeing the ToS instead of making a instruction to click the button to agree and continue.
I register using my phone number and I'm surprised on quick the sms verification code arrived on my message. It only took few seconds before I can receive my code to finish my sign up. I just notice too some error on the welcome message of the Mixin bot because it send duplicate notification as shown on the image below.
the messenger feature is like a telegram app since it supports multiple chats and bots to implement on your messenger. I focus more on the wallet feature since this is what I will be using most of the time. I like the settings of the wallet since you can set different safety feature to protect your asset such as sending notification when send more than your set up trigger amount. This will help you be notified when hacker access your account unknowingly. Same with duplicate and stranger transfer notification features that helps you minimize your risk of losing your funds.
The wallet support multiple currency and chains. This is perfect because it's a non custodial wallet yet it has a feature like a custodial wallet since it's very easy to use and has a versatile feature. I just notice some feature that might make mistake to users. This involve the BNB coin since there's 2 type chain supported on your wallet while the network name seems similar BEP-20 and BEP-2. I suggest to make it single and just introduce an option to change network instead of adding them as 2 different currency to avoid confusion.
Moving forward on using the messenger to the safe, Everything works smoothly due to the QR function which literally just a quick scan and everything is approved in a flash. Mixin messenger the mixin safe sync properly that makes the whole process easy.
Mornin Key
I pay a dollar just download this on playstore but my payment is worth it because this app is very good to store private keys. I was skeptical on what's its real use but I understand how cool it is when I use this on the mixin safe.
Mornin key is like a cold storage of my private keys. I can create multiple keys and store them using the app with seed phrase before I can access it. It's like a vault for private keys and I feel really safe on using it due to extra layer of security for protection using biometric.
I just want to suggest to include an option to remove the auto lock feature if the was minimize. Because It's very annoying to keep unlocking my mornin key apps whenever I'm trying to check different apps or my mixin safe to verify if my details is correct.
Same with mixin messenger. I don't have problem encountered when I use mornin key app to approve transaction to my mixin safe since the qr works well too.
Mixin Safe
This is the main highlight of my experience, I open mixin safe right after I finish setting mixin messenger since this is the only way to create an account here. The display is very simple which I understand to make all users easy to understand how the safe work. It display chart for your transactions in the safe so that you can track your progress and expenses on your safe.
I go to the
safes and create my first by clicking
new safe button. I really the like the preview part whenever you are finish on each step so that you can double check your info if correct while progressing on creating your safe. Some services doesn't have this feature that makes user repeat the process or notice the error right after the safe is created.
I pay 2 USD for the premium plan before I can activate 1 safe. I use electrum to pay for the premium fee and everything went well even though my payment from electrum stuck for a couple of hours before it receive confirmation. It's really nice that the payment window has high waiting time to process the payment. This is useful for Bitcoin transaction that typically encounter slow confirmation due to slow network.
I deposit immediately on my safe right after it was activated! My balance is reflected immediately on my account summary and the graph works well to track my balance.
I withdraw the funds to my electrum wallet by the use of Mixin Messenger and Mornin Key to approve my transaction. The whole process of withdrawal just took few seconds since both approval only requires qr scanning to eliminate copy paste error.
The premium plan includes 1 free withdrawal fee transaction. What really amazed me is they are using transaction fee worth 1$ while the suggested fee on mempool for a high priority transaction is just 0.33$ at the time of my transaction. This makes my withdrawal easy to be confirmed and received to my wallet!
Conclusion: Overall experience is smooth because it doesn't need any manual typing or copy paste of code just to interact with this multiple apps. QR code scanning feature makes the process easy to finish without the risk of exposure to clipboard malware.