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Let's talk about $NANO light wallets:
In the early Nano days, the only wallet option available involved running and maintaining a full node. It was difficult for many users, cumbersome to access, and required users to download the entire ledger before use. 1/7
In the early Nano days, the only wallet option available involved running and maintaining a full node. It was difficult for many users, cumbersome to access, and required users to download the entire ledger before use. 1/7
Work began in 2017 to provide users with a selection of wallets to ease the process of using the Nano network as intended, for the easy sending and receiving of transactions. Many users discovered http://nanowallet.io as their first experience of a light wallet. 2/7
Light wallets can be web-based or mobile( @NatriumIO) and rely on using a third-party node to interact with the network. In these wallets, block creation and signing typically happen locally and natively, such that the wallet provider server never sees the user's private keys. 3/7
REMEMBER: In many light wallets, the sensitive data is stored only locally in the user's computer, phone, or browser cache. Users must follow instructions within the wallet to backup their Nano seed safely - your Nano, your responsibility! 4/7
Due to being a distributed ledger, it's possible to interact with the network from different wallets, using the same seed. So if your favorite wallet is down for maintenance, you can use another one. 5/7
There is now a multitude of robust and fully-featured wallets available to choose from, for your phone, desktop, or browser, and some of them cross-platform - http://nanowallets.guide summarizes everything you need to know when choosing your wallet! 6/7
Learn more about light wallets, seeds and much more on the Nano Education Medium Blog: https://medium.com/@education.nano 7/7
