Self-custody crypto wallet

Hold your own keys with Lace Wallet

One wallet for sending, receiving, staking and collecting NFTs on Cardano, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Your keys are created on your device and stay there, so no company can freeze your funds or lock you out.

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    Keys generated and stored on your device

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    Free to download for browser and mobile

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    You approve every transaction yourself

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What Lace does

Everything you need to hold and use your crypto

Staking, NFTs and app connections work the way you expect. The difference is that every transaction is signed on your device, by you.

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Custody that stays with you

Your keys are created on your device and never leave it, so nobody else can move your crypto.

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Cardano, Bitcoin and Ethereum

Hold addresses on more than one network in a single wallet, with no extra software to install.

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Staking built in

Delegate your stake and follow your rewards without sending funds to another service.

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NFTs and dApps

See your collection, manage it, and connect to decentralised apps straight from the wallet.

How it works

Set up Lace Wallet in three steps

There is no account to create and nothing to verify. You make the wallet, write the recovery phrase down, and from then on you are holding your own keys.

1

Download and create your wallet

Install the browser extension or the mobile app and create a new wallet. Lace generates your keys on the device you are using.

2

Write down your recovery phrase

Lace shows your phrase once. Write it on paper and keep it offline: it is the only thing that can restore your wallet if you lose the device.

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Fund it and start using it

Send crypto to your new address or connect a hardware wallet, then stake, collect NFTs and connect to dApps.

Self-custody

Your keys never leave your device

Lace is non-custodial: your private keys are created on your own device and stored there. Lace never holds your crypto, and nobody at Lace can move it for you.

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    Keys are generated on your device and stored there, encrypted

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    You review and approve every transaction before it is signed

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    Connect a hardware wallet to keep keys offline and still use Lace

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Self-custody or exchange-held? What actually changes

Both can hold the same assets on the same networks. The difference shows up in who controls them, and what you can do with them in the meantime.

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Lace Wallet

Self-custody: you hold the keys

Exchange-held wallet

Custodial: the platform holds the keys

Who holds your keys
You do. Keys stay on your device.
The platform. You hold an account balance.
Access if the platform has problems
Unaffected: your wallet lives on your device.
Depends on the platform staying open.
Staking and rewards
Stake from the wallet and track rewards.
Only where the platform supports it.
dApps and NFTs
Connect to dApps and hold your own NFTs.
Limited to the assets the platform lists.
Recovering access
Your recovery phrase restores it on any device.
Through the platform's own recovery process.

Ready to hold your own keys?

FAQ

Lace Wallet questions, answered

The things people want to know before they move their crypto into a wallet they control.

A wallet where your private keys are created and stored on your own device instead of with a company. You hold the keys, so you hold the crypto: nothing in the wallet can be frozen or moved by anyone else. Lace never takes custody of your assets.

Downloading Lace and holding your own assets costs nothing, on browser or mobile. The only cost is the network fee any blockchain charges when you send a transaction, and that goes to the network, not to Lace.

Lace works with Cardano, Bitcoin and Ethereum, with more networks added over time. You can hold addresses on more than one network in the same wallet and switch between them without installing anything else.

Write your recovery phrase on paper and keep it offline, never in a photo, an email or a password manager. Lock your device, check what you are signing before you approve it, and connect a hardware wallet if you hold larger amounts.

Yes. You can connect a hardware wallet so your keys stay offline while you still use Lace to view balances, manage NFTs and sign transactions.

You restore the wallet on a new device with your recovery phrase. That is why the phrase matters more than the device: if you lose both, no one, including Lace, can recover the crypto.

Download Lace Wallet and hold your own keys

Free for browser and mobile, with no account to create. If you already hold crypto somewhere else, your recovery phrase brings your wallet across.