Web bitcoin wallets
Wallets you can use in a browser, as a website or an extension. Handy for spending and web apps, a poor place for savings.
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Blockchain.com Wallet
Blockchain.com
free
One of the oldest bitcoin web wallets, now mostly an exchange account with an optional self-custodial wallet in the app.
- Custodial
- Multi-coin
- Partly open
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Lightning -
Multisig
Beginner Web / browserGuarda
Guarda
free
Multi-coin wallet for 70+ blockchains that runs in the browser, as a Chrome extension, on desktop and on phones.
- Your keys
- Multi-coin
- Closed source
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Lightning -
Multisig
Beginner Web / browserLeather
Trust Machines
free
Open-source browser extension and mobile wallet (formerly Hiro Wallet) for bitcoin, Ordinals and Stacks apps.
- Your keys
- Multi-coin
- Open source
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Lightning -
Multisig
Intermediate Web / browserXverse
Secret Key Labs
free
Bitcoin browser extension and mobile wallet for Bitcoin web apps, Ordinals, Runes and Lightning, with Ledger and Keystone support.
- Your keys
- Multi-coin
- Open source
- Lightning
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Multisig
Intermediate Web / browser
Three kinds of “web wallet”
People mean different things by a web bitcoin wallet, and the difference decides who controls your coins.
- An exchange account in the browser. You log in with an e-mail and password, and the company holds the bitcoin. That is a custodial account, not a wallet in the self-custody sense. If the company freezes withdrawals, your balance is just a number on their screen.
- A browser extension or web app with your own keys. Xverse, Leather or the Guarda web app create keys in your browser. You hold them, but they live on an internet-connected computer next to every other website you open.
- A hardware wallet with a web interface. The browser only shows balances and builds transactions. The keys stay on a separate device and every payment is confirmed on its screen. Trezor Suite, for example, runs in a desktop browser.
Why the browser is the weak spot
- Fake copies. Search ads and extension stores regularly carry clones of popular wallets that send your recovery words to a thief.
- Malicious extensions. Any extension with access to all pages can read what a web wallet shows.
- Phishing. A look-alike domain asks you to “verify your wallet” by typing the recovery words. No real wallet ever asks for that.
How to use bitcoin in a browser safely
- Keep only spending money in a browser wallet, the way you keep cash in a physical wallet.
- Put savings on a hardware wallet and use its app or web interface to view them.
- Install extensions only from the link on the maker’s own website, and bookmark the real site.
- Never type your recovery words into a website, an extension or a chat.