THELOGICALINDIAN - It feels like a continued time back CES in January back Ledger apparent its latest accouterments wallet the Nano X I was advantageous abundant to accept a analysis accessory and accept been accurately putting it through its paces back afresh With the aboriginal units aircraft abutting anniversary its aerial time to get aflame all over afresh with a abounding review
Getting Started
Let’s get this out of the way aboriginal — the Ledger Nano X is a admirable allotment of kit. It comes accurately packaged with Apple-level absorption to detail.
In the box, you get the accessory itself, a keychain attachment, and tough-looking braided USB cable — additional apprenticeship sheet, accretion cards, and Ledger stickers — if you’re into that affectionate of thing.
The accessory looks actual agnate to the Nano S, although the buttons accept confused to be either ancillary of the beyond and even screen. The two buttons annal through card options while acute both accompanying selects the accent option.
The accoutrement is a simple affair, although I would acclaim accomplishing it in one session. In my excitement, I started up the accessory whilst still in Vegas, again accomplished I should be demography notes… and of course, Vegas doesn’t acquiesce notes. It took a bit of bribery to get aback to the accoutrement action already I was aback home, but it wouldn’t accept been a botheration if I’d aloof waited.
Bizarrely, I managed to change the accessory name on my device, but Ledger Live still sees it as the absence name. Now, I can’t assume to adapt it at all — but it’s not a huge deal.
Ledger Live
Most of your alternation with the Nano X will action via the Ledger Live app, for Android and iOS. I mean, you could use it through the desktop version, but there’s no acumen why you would – and, in fact, one acceptable acumen why you wouldn’t… but added on that later.
The accessory connects to the adaptable app via Bluetooth, which has sparked aegis apropos from some quarters. However, clandestine keys abide cautiously stored in the defended dent on the device, which has been adapted and has a college appraisement than that of the Nano S.
The Nano X supports all 1100 cryptocurrencies of the beforehand model, but you can install 100 altered badge accounts on a distinct Nano X — compared to 18 on the S. Installing accounts is a breeze, although there is no way to change the absence annual name until afterwards you accept created it. Again, not a massive problem, but I don’t see why this shouldn’t be possible.
More of an affair is the actuality that, if you do at any point adjudge to use the desktop adaptation of the software, you accept to manually add all the accounts again… and the accounts afresh booty the absence name. Why it doesn’t accompany accounts (or at atomic annual names) with the device/mobile app is a mystery. To be honest, though, the desktop app has no added functionality, so you ability as able-bodied aloof stick to the adaptable app.
This works aloof like any software wallet, acceptance you to accelerate and accept tokens, adviser your portfolio, and alike buy tokens through called accomplice exchanges. Every transaction is accepted through Nano X, and this is its strength.
The Bottom Line
The aggregate of hardware-wallet aegis with the advancement and ease-of-use of a software wallet makes this a appealing acute purchase. Niggles aside, what’s not to like about that?
The Ledger Nano X costs $119, with chargeless shipping, and orders placed today should be alien in aboriginal April.
What do you anticipate of the Ledger Nano X? Will you advancement from the Ledger Nano S? Let us apperceive your thoughts in the comments below!
