👻 Phantom review: security, features and score
83/100SCORE · BTrustedSelf custody, seed phrase
Grade B, very good
Anyone on Solana, full stop.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- Phantom
- LAUNCHED
- 2021
- TYPE
- Browser and mobile
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Self custody, seed phrase
- KEY MODEL
- 12 word seed phrase, optional encrypted cloud backup
- CHAINS
- Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, Base, Bitcoin
- PLATFORMS
- Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Edge, iOS, Android
- OPEN SOURCE
- Partial
- AUDITS
- Audited, with active drainer detection
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Ledger
- SWAP COST
- Small in-app swap fee. It routes through Jupiter.
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
- Best in class on Solana
- Actively warns before known drainer transactions
- Genuinely excellent design
- Now handles Bitcoin and Ethereum too
✗ Weaknesses
- Fewer EVM dapps recognise it than MetaMask
- Not fully open source
- Only five chains
Incident history
No security breach or significant incident on record.
Solana approvals work differently to Ethereum. Revoke unused token delegations in Settings, and be extremely careful with any transaction asking to change your account owner.
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
85/100
The best regarded wallet on Solana by a wide margin. Repeatedly praised for warning users before a known drainer transaction, which has demonstrably saved people money.
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Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.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.