🔐 Coinbase Smart Wallet review: security, features and score
73/100SCORE · BTrustedSmart account
Grade B, very good
Getting a complete newcomer onchain in under a minute.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- Coinbase
- LAUNCHED
- 2024
- TYPE
- Smart account, passkey
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Smart account
- KEY MODEL
- Passkey. The key lives in your device biometrics rather than a seed phrase.
- CHAINS
- Base, Ethereum and major EVM chains
- PLATFORMS
- Any browser, no extension needed
- OPEN SOURCE
- Partial
- AUDITS
- Audited
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- None
- SWAP COST
- Varies by app.
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
- No extension and no seed phrase
- Works from any browser using device biometrics
- Gas can be sponsored by the app
- Backed by a listed company
✗ Weaknesses
- Passkey recovery ties you to Apple or Google
- Newer than every alternative
- Fewer chains
Incident history
No security breach or significant incident on record.
A passkey lives in your device keychain. Understand how your phone or laptop backs that up before you rely on it for anything meaningful.
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
71/100
The lowest friction way to get someone onchain: no extension, no seed phrase, just a passkey. Newer, and passkey recovery depends on your device ecosystem.
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Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.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.