📜 MyEtherWallet review: security, features and score
Advanced Ethereum operations and access with a hardware wallet.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- MyEtherWallet
- LAUNCHED
- 2015
- TYPE
- Web and mobile
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Self custody, seed phrase
- KEY MODEL
- Seed phrase, keystore file, or hardware. Historically a keystore file, which caused many losses.
- CHAINS
- Ethereum and EVM chains
- PLATFORMS
- Web, iOS, Android
- OPEN SOURCE
- Full
- AUDITS
- Open source since 2015
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Ledger, Trezor, Keystone
- SWAP COST
- Routing fee.
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
- Open source since 2015
- Excellent hardware wallet support
- Advanced tools most wallets lack
- No installation required
- Browser based, which is a larger attack surface
- Endless phishing clones over the years
- A keystore file is easier to lose than a seed phrase
Incident history
A DNS hijack redirected MyEtherWallet users to a malicious clone for around two hours, and roughly 150,000 dollars was stolen. The attack was on infrastructure outside MyEtherWallet, but users lost money either way.
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.
One of the oldest names in Ethereum and a genuinely important one historically. Its reputation carries the scars of years of phishing clones, which cost users a great deal, and a browser based wallet remains a larger attack surface than an extension.
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Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.