Is MEW Safe to use now?

[GFE]

Recently there was a split between the team behind MEW and a new paper wallet site opened up.  Is MEW still safe to use with a Ledger?

MEW was always safe wallet if you obey all security precautions. Mostly security of your wallet is in your hands only  

[Holla123]

Recently there was a split between the team behind MEW and a new paper wallet site opened up.  Is MEW still safe to use with a Ledger?

the ledger should always put you on the safe side. There was study about as so called man in the middle attack but for me the leger definitely safer than just using private key

https://www.ledger.fr/2018/02/05/man-middle-attack-risk/

[slaman29]

MEW has always been safe to use, whatever split that may or may not happen should never affect this. If it did, it would ruin both reputations of either side of the split. Just as with any crypto project, if differences happen, as they often do, the users should not be the ones to suffer. Same as with what happened with the splits in ETH, the splits in Bitcoin. People go different ways, that's all. Nothing to endanger MEW itself, so don't worry.

[cheezcarls]

I honestly don't think that MEW can be hacked unless you were tricked by a phishing site or a newbie who was "required" by a website to enter private key for some "automation" process. You need to know how important it is to safeguard our private keys no matter what.

I treat my private key like its millions of dollars, so I make sure I'll never show it to others (even my family, best friend, etc.).

[silent17]

I really don't know why people are scared about MEW, MEW is one of the best site to use when it comes to ERC 20 and Etherium, If your scared try to use Coinbase.

[Dmcuibap]

Yes.My Ether wallet is safe and cant be hacked because they not hold your private key but you must protect your private key away from trojen,caplock,screen stealer, free (public) wifi. When another person have your private key mean you lost all your Ether and token. Keep it safe

[riyellevo]

i never think MEW that's the reason to make it not safe, it's always safe but the team make a new thing to public doesn't mean will leave the old one right

[mrproblem]

MEW is safe but more than MEW you need to think about the device you use for connecting MEW

[AlexBV]

When you use MEW with Metamask, MEW does not have any chances to steal your private keys.

[Kryten12]

MyEtherWallet was always safe to use as long as you take sensible precautions with a strong password, make sure you are on the website with the Green Security MYETHERWALLET LLC (US) and never click on other people's links to open it.

[wahyu wida]

MEW is safe but more than MEW you need to think about the device you use for connecting MEW

i think so, if we true website link, and no enter fake link, MEW always safe to used.  if we on focus link, not in hurry so we can spared from hacker.
sometime hacker sending fake link from email inbox, so we must alway be carefull at there

[CherRic]

Recently there was a split between the team behind MEW and a new paper wallet site opened up.  Is MEW still safe to use with a Ledger?

My ether wallet is still safe to use. There is no issue in myetherwallet as long as you keep your account secured. Check the real website of myetherwallet and be sure you are opening your account with cautions.

[Blakscorpion]

Don't forget that MyEtherWallet is an interface and not a website with storage.
There is no database and no server to store anything so, technicaly speaking, myetherwallet can't be the root cause of an issue.

You can be hacked by phishing or any human issue anywaw

[AgentZero23]

Mew is always been safe. It's the users fault if there wallet is comprised because there online activities are not secured. Always bookmarks mew in your browser and always keep your private key secured and don't lost it.

[blozo]

Yes, it is safe to use. Basically, part of the team left and founded https://mycrypto.com/

Both sites are for the moment identical and safe to use

[BushuevNic]

Don't forget that MyEtherWallet is an interface and not a website with storage.
There is no database and no server to store anything so, technicaly speaking, myetherwallet can't be the root cause of an issue.

You can be hacked by phishing or any human issue anywaw

Thanks for technical explanation. It's very useful for me because I really didn't know that fact.
I also think that even if MEW had storage and databases wallets could be hacked mostly because of users carelessness.

[KTPU777]

Is MEW still safe to use with a Ledger? I consider that it is safe. The main thing nowhere to light up your private key from the purse MEW. Then all your assets will be safe.

[StickySteeez]

Yes, it is definitely safe.

[AlchemySquirrel]

This is one of the safest ways to protect data. I do not resort to this, because the private key, file and the code word is also sufficient to protect resources.

[coingrow]

MEW is pretty much safe. Just make sure that you get a hardware wallet and then use it with conjunction with MEW. Hardware wallet keeps the pvt keys within itself and hence they cannot be stolen even in case of phishing attempts of in case your computer gets hacked.