💙 BlueWallet review: security, features and score
72/100SCORE · BTrustedSelf custody, seed phrase
Grade B, very good
Bitcoin on a phone, including Lightning, without needing to be an expert.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- BlueWallet
- LAUNCHED
- 2018
- TYPE
- Mobile and desktop
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Self custody, seed phrase
- KEY MODEL
- 12 word seed phrase, plus watch-only and multisig vaults
- CHAINS
- Bitcoin and Lightning
- PLATFORMS
- iOS, Android, macOS
- OPEN SOURCE
- Full
- AUDITS
- Open source
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Coldcard and PSBT compatible devices
- SWAP COST
- None built in.
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
✓ Strengths
- Makes Lightning genuinely usable on mobile
- Fully open source
- Multisig vaults and watch-only wallets
- Connect to your own Electrum server
✗ Weaknesses
- Bitcoin only
- Lightning still needs channel management awareness
- No dapp support
Incident history
No security breach or significant incident on record.
Lightning balances live in channels and are not the same as on-chain Bitcoin. Understand the difference before putting a meaningful sum in.
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
81/100
Very well regarded as the friendliest serious Bitcoin wallet, and one of the few that makes Lightning approachable on a phone.
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Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.
If something goes wrong
COMMON FIXES
Transaction stuck pendingYour transaction has sat as Pending for minutes or hours and nothing is moving.Transaction failed but the gas was still takenThe transaction reverted, you got nothing, and the fee left your wallet anyway.Token is not showing in my walletThe block explorer shows the tokens arrived, but the wallet shows nothing.I sent tokens to the wrong networkYou withdrew to your address but picked the wrong chain, and the balance is not where you expected.
RISK WARNING
Crypto assets are highly volatile and largely unregulated. You can lose everything you put in.
Nothing on this page is financial, investment or tax advice, and nothing here is a recommendation
to buy or sell any asset. Do your own research and never commit money you cannot afford to lose.