🥋 Nunchuk review: security, features and score
70/100SCORE · BTrustedMultisig, several signers
Grade B, very good
Individuals who want multisig Bitcoin custody and an inheritance plan.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- Nunchuk
- LAUNCHED
- 2020
- TYPE
- Bitcoin multisig
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Multisig, several signers
- KEY MODEL
- Multisig with collaborative custody, plus inheritance planning
- CHAINS
- Bitcoin only
- PLATFORMS
- iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux
- OPEN SOURCE
- Full
- AUDITS
- Open source
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Coldcard, Ledger, Trezor, Jade, Keystone
- SWAP COST
- None.
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
- Multisig that a determined individual can actually set up
- Genuine inheritance planning features
- Works with every major hardware wallet
- Fully open source
✗ Weaknesses
- Bitcoin only
- Multisig is inherently more work
- Small team
Incident history
No security breach or significant incident on record.
Multisig protects against one key being lost or stolen. It also means more to back up. Document the setup for whoever inherits it.
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
84/100
Highly regarded for making Bitcoin multisig achievable for individuals rather than only institutions, and for taking inheritance seriously, which almost nothing else does.
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Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.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.