{
  "version": "v1",
  "slug": "pick-a-monero-wallet",
  "title": "Pick a Monero wallet",
  "description": "Mobile, desktop, or hardware? Hot vs cold, view-key vs full custody. The decision tree + xmr.club picks for each path.",
  "intro": "Every wallet trades off something. Mobile = convenient but always-online. Desktop = full-node-capable but tied to one machine. Hardware = cold storage but slow to spend. The right answer depends on whether you're buying $50 of XMR for a single use or sitting on a stake. Here's the decision tree.",
  "body_plain": "Quick decision tree Single-use, small amount? → Cake or Monerujo on mobile. Bootstraps in under a minute. Daily driver, multi-account? → Feather on desktop. Has Tor built-in, PGP-signed releases. Cold storage of larger stake? → Hardware wallet (Ledger Nano S+/X, Trezor Safe 5) + Monero GUI as the host. Sign offline. Want a remote node so your wallet doesn't sync the whole chain? → Any of the above can point at a public remote node. See /nodes for vetted options. What to actually look for Open source. Source available + reproducible builds. The official Monero GUI/CLI is the gold standard. Tor option built-in. Cake, Monerujo, and Feather all route to a remote node over Tor without you having to set up a SOCKS proxy. Subaddress support. Modern wallets create a fresh subaddress per incoming transaction by default — keeps the public-facing receive address unlinkable across trades. Multisig if you're holding for someone else. 2-of-3 between you / a trusted party / a recovery key keeps a single phone loss from being a single point of failure. What to avoid Custodial wallets. If a \"wallet\" is run by a third party (browser-only, web-app, no seed download), you don't own the keys. Forks of Monero GUI without a real maintainer. If the last commit is 18 months ago, assume it's abandoned and won't get fork-protection updates. Anything that asks for email or phone on first launch. XMR wallets need none of that. A-grade picks",
  "body_html": "\n      <section>\n        <h2 class=\"section-h\">Quick decision tree</h2>\n        <ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n          <li><strong>Single-use, small amount?</strong> → Cake or Monerujo on mobile. Bootstraps in under a minute.</li>\n          <li><strong>Daily driver, multi-account?</strong> → Feather on desktop. Has Tor built-in, PGP-signed releases.</li>\n          <li><strong>Cold storage of larger stake?</strong> → Hardware wallet (Ledger Nano S+/X, Trezor Safe 5) + Monero GUI as the host. Sign offline.</li>\n          <li><strong>Want a remote node so your wallet doesn't sync the whole chain?</strong> → Any of the above can point at a public remote node. See <a href=\"/nodes\">/nodes</a> for vetted options.</li>\n        </ul>\n      </section>\n\n      <section>\n        <h2 class=\"section-h\">What to actually look for</h2>\n        <ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n          <li><strong>Open source.</strong> Source available + reproducible builds. The official Monero GUI/CLI is the gold standard.</li>\n          <li><strong>Tor option built-in.</strong> Cake, Monerujo, and Feather all route to a remote node over Tor without you having to set up a SOCKS proxy.</li>\n          <li><strong>Subaddress support.</strong> Modern wallets create a fresh subaddress per incoming transaction by default — keeps the public-facing receive address unlinkable across trades.</li>\n          <li><strong>Multisig if you're holding for someone else.</strong> 2-of-3 between you / a trusted party / a recovery key keeps a single phone loss from being a single point of failure.</li>\n        </ul>\n      </section>\n\n      <section>\n        <h2 class=\"section-h\">What to avoid</h2>\n        <ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n          <li><strong>Custodial wallets.</strong> If a \"wallet\" is run by a third party (browser-only, web-app, no seed download), you don't own the keys.</li>\n          <li><strong>Forks of Monero GUI without a real maintainer.</strong> If the last commit is 18 months ago, assume it's abandoned and won't get fork-protection updates.</li>\n          <li><strong>Anything that asks for email or phone on first launch.</strong> XMR wallets need none of that.</li>\n        </ul>\n      </section>\n\n      <section>\n        <h2 class=\"section-h\">A-grade picks</h2>\n      </section>\n    ",
  "picks": [
    {
      "category": "wallets",
      "id": "cake-wallet",
      "name": "Cake Wallet",
      "url": "https://www.xmr.club/wallets/cake-wallet",
      "markdown_twin": "https://www.xmr.club/llm/wallets/cake-wallet.txt",
      "why": "Mobile-first, fastest setup. Built-in Tor, supports BTC/LTC/XMR in one shell."
    },
    {
      "category": "wallets",
      "id": "monerujo",
      "name": "Monerujo",
      "url": "https://www.xmr.club/wallets/monerujo",
      "markdown_twin": "https://www.xmr.club/llm/wallets/monerujo.txt",
      "why": "Android-only XMR wallet with PayJoin-style features."
    },
    {
      "category": "wallets",
      "id": "feather",
      "name": "Feather",
      "url": "https://www.xmr.club/wallets/feather",
      "markdown_twin": "https://www.xmr.club/llm/wallets/feather.txt",
      "why": "Desktop power-user wallet. Tor by default, PGP-signed releases."
    },
    {
      "category": "wallets",
      "id": "monero-gui",
      "name": "Monero GUI",
      "url": "https://www.xmr.club/wallets/monero-gui",
      "markdown_twin": "https://www.xmr.club/llm/wallets/monero-gui.txt",
      "why": "Official client — slowest to sync but the canonical reference."
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.xmr.club/guides/pick-a-monero-wallet",
  "markdown_twin": "https://www.xmr.club/llm/guides/pick-a-monero-wallet.txt"
}