Manage, exchange, and grow your crypto assets with uncompromised safety, powered by your Ledger hardware wallet.
Ledger Live Desktop is the essential companion to your Ledger hardware wallet, offering a single, secure gateway to the crypto universe. Unlike hot wallets, your private keys remain securely stored offline in your Ledger device, while the desktop application provides the necessary interface to interact with your assets, view your portfolio, and sign transactions safely.
The core philosophy of Ledger Live is **security through isolation**. Every critical action—like sending funds or staking—requires physical verification on your hardware wallet, ensuring that even if your computer is compromised, your assets remain protected.
Monitor the performance of your entire portfolio across all supported coins and tokens with dynamic charts and accurate real-time data. See your total valuation change instantly as market conditions shift.
Every transaction you initiate is cryptographically signed and verified by your Ledger device. This "What You See Is What You Sign" (WYSIWYS) principle eliminates the risk of malicious software tampering with your outgoing transfers.
Effortlessly swap between different cryptocurrencies directly within the Ledger Live interface. Integrated service providers offer competitive rates, all while maintaining the security of your private keys.
Participate in network consensus and earn passive income by staking coins like Polkadot, Tezos, or Ethereum (ETH) directly from your secure wallet. Grow your assets safely without moving them to an exchange.
Manage over 5000 different coins and tokens, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, NFTs, and numerous altcoins. Install and manage multiple applications on your Ledger device directly through the desktop app.
View, send, and receive your Ethereum-based NFTs (ERC-721 and ERC-1155) within a dedicated, high-resolution gallery. Your digital collectibles are secured by the same high-level hardware protection.
A Ledger hardware wallet is required to use all security features.
The foundation of Ledger Live's security lies in the **Secure Element (SE)** chip embedded within the hardware wallet. This chip is a tamper-proof microcontroller, the same technology used for passports and payment cards, designed to withstand sophisticated physical and software attacks. When you connect your Ledger, the Live application merely acts as a secure window to your assets, never exposing the seed phrase (recovery phrase) to your operating system. This critical separation is what makes Ledger Live a fundamentally safer solution than software-only wallets. The constant evolution of phishing attacks and malware targeting digital assets reinforces the necessity of this hardware-backed security model for every serious crypto holder.
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