A Complete Guide to Web3 Wallets, Part II: Top 5 NEAR Wallets
Storing your digital assets (i.e., tokens, stablecoins, and NFTs) using a wallet is the only way for Web3 users to truly ‘own’ their assets. This means that a seamless user experience (UX) is essential when interacting with wallets and one of the key deciding factors when it comes to onboarding the next billion users.
In the following three-part guide, we outline the different types of wallets that exist in the Web3 space, curate a hand-picked selection of some of the top wallets in the NEAR and Aurora ecosystem, and ultimately help you find the right wallet that suits your needs and preferences.
The mission of the NEAR Foundation has always been to foster a decentralised ecosystem that can cultivate and grow the components to a rich and vibrant Web3 experience. Up till now the Foundation built and maintained a wallet on wallet.near.org to onboard users efficiently and easily to the NEAR ecosystem. However, as NEAR continues to decentralise, the foundation recently announced that it is moving to the next step on its roadmap by transitioning wallet.near.org homepage to become a landing page for all NEAR compatible wallets operating in the ecosystem. This move is designed to give users more choice as they move around the Web3 space. And as part of the transition, conventional NEAR Wallet holders will be encouraged to migrate their wallet to a new provider. However, users shouldn’t let this worry them: the Foundation aims to publish a wide range of easy-to-follow tutorials and guides on how to do this over the coming weeks.
Moreover, users interested in exploring the alternative wallets available in the ecosystem will find that there are plenty of options available. In fact, there are currently more than 30 wallet providers compatible with NEAR. And you can easily go to AwesomeNEAR for an extensive list of wallets within the NEAR ecosystem. However, we will facilitate a large part of the process for you with this article, as we have narrowed down a selection of the top 5 NEAR Wallets in this second instalment to our Complete Guide to Web3 Wallets — all so that you don’t have to.
Top Wallet Options Available for NEAR
MyNearWallet
First up, comes MyNearWallet. MyNearWallet is the official successor of the legacy NEAR Wallet described above, and acts as a web wallet that allows users to securely store and stake NEAR tokens and compatible assets. As with the legacy NEAR Wallet, it also has wNEAR and USN swaps available, a feature users will find indispensable when interacting with NEAR Protocol.
In the near future, MyNearWallet is looking to add more dApps and NFT support, alongside features like increased security and a more user-friendly user interface (UI). MyNearWallet is also developing iOS & Android versions, in addition to the desktop version.
Supports: NEAR
Trust Wallet
Secondly, allow us to introduce you to Trust Wallet. Trust Wallet is an easy to use multi-asset mobile cryptocurrency wallet that supports both NEAR and Aurora, and which can connect with and trade over decentralised exchanges (DEX Wallet support). Trust Wallet also supports on-wallet staking, allowing users to earn rewards on their NEAR tokens. Moreover, Trust Wallet has a full-fledged Web3 browser that allows users to interact with decentralised applications (DApps) directly from the crypto wallet app.
Supports: NEAR & Aurora
Sender Wallet
Earlier this month, we released a full-fledged guide to Sender Wallet: Your Gateway Into The NEARverse. Sender is a non-custodial browser extension wallet custom built for NEAR. It provides a one-stop wallet solution for users to send, receive, and store NEAR-based assets easily and securely, with the goal of providing a secure and easy-to-use wallet for DeFi and NFT users.
Supports: NEAR
Guarda
Guarda Wallet is a non-custodial multi currency crypto wallet that supports around 50 blockchains and more than 10,000 different tokens! The wallet is available on Web, Desktop, Chrome Extension and Mobile platforms. Thanks to built-in services users can swap and buy crypto inside the wallet. To top it off, currency specific features like staking and delegation are also supported.
Supports: NEAR
Nightly (Coming Soon)
Lastly, Nightly Wallet is an upcoming cutting-edge Web3 wallet that will launch working on both NEAR and Solana. Nightly has already been integrated into NEAR Wallet Selector, and allows users to send and swap tokens and display NFTs; and, all of it in a single place.
Supports: NEAR
Written by Johan (@achildhoohero)
About NEAR
NEAR is a sharded, proof-of-stake, layer one blockchain that is built for usability and scalability. NEAR combines the power of both PoS and sharding in a technology called Nightshade, making the chain infinitely scalable without compromising security and decentralisation.
About Aurora
Aurora is an EVM, (Ethereum Virtual Machine) created by the team at the NEAR Protocol, delivering a turn-key solution for developers to operate their apps on an Ethereum-compatible, high-throughput, scalable and future-safe platform, with low transaction costs for their users.
