⚛ Atomic Wallet review: security, features and score
Nothing. There are better options in every category.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- Atomic
- LAUNCHED
- 2017
- TYPE
- Desktop and mobile
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Self custody, seed phrase
- KEY MODEL
- 12 word seed phrase
- CHAINS
- Bitcoin, Ethereum and 300 plus assets
- PLATFORMS
- macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- OPEN SOURCE
- Closed
- AUDITS
- No meaningful public audit history
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- None
- SWAP COST
- Built in exchange with a wide spread.
What it can do
How the score breaks down
Each dimension is explained on the methodology page.
Where it is strong and where it is not
- Wide asset support
- Simple interface
- Roughly 100 million dollars drained from users in 2023
- Closed source with no meaningful audit history
- Root cause never satisfactorily explained
- Most affected users were not reimbursed
- No hardware wallet support
Incident history
Around 100 million dollars was drained from roughly 5,500 user wallets in June 2023. The root cause was never fully explained publicly, communication was widely criticised, and most affected users were not made whole.
Reputation and reviews
A reputation score out of 100, kept separate from the feature score above. It reflects what users actually report over time rather than a star rating scraped on one day.
Reputation did not recover from the 2023 breach and the handling of it. Listed here because it is still widely downloaded and people searching for it deserve to find the incident rather than an affiliate review.
Check current reviews yourself
Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.