Ultimate Guide to Ledger
Ultimate Guide to Ledger
The ultimate guide to setting up and using your Ledger Hardware Wallet
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Dear Bankless Nation,
A lot of us own Ledger hardware wallets—I use mine daily.
But hardware wallet technology is sometimes tricky. We need a guide.
That’s why we partnered up with Ledger and BanklessDAO to create this Ultimate Ledger Guide. In it, we’ll go over everything you need to know to set up your device and the various ways you can use Ledger with the dApp ecosystem.
This is the guide I wished I had when I got my first Ledger.
Special thanks to the BanklessDAO Writers Guild for their quality guides: Theophile, EricCMack, Ap0ll0517, Samanthaj, Tomahawk, Jake and Stake, and especially Frank America.
- RSA
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Welcome to The Ultimate Ledger Guide (ULG), brought to you by BanklessHQ, in collaboration with BanklessDAO. This is your one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about using a Ledger hardware wallet. For those of you who haven’t heard, Ledger is a cold storage wallet that securely protects your cryptocurrency private keys.
Ledger integrates with the Ledger Live application, which provides access ramps to the many avenues of Web3: DeFi, Swaps, NFTs, and more! In this ULG, you can learn the basics of:
We hope you find everything you need here, feel free to use the titles below to jump to a section most relevant to you. Bankless has taken on the mission of onboarding a billion people to decentralized finance, and knowledge of state-of-the-art Ledger hardware wallets, and using them to protect one’s private keys, is a key skillset for the journey ahead. Let’s dive in!
How to set up your Ledger
In this guide, we are going to walk you through how to set up your Ledger wallet to efficiently and securely store, send, and use crypto assets in decentralized finance. Together, we’ll learn:
What is a crypto wallet?
What is Ledger?
Ledger security checklist
Pre Setup: Unboxing, Ledger Live, and installation
Device Setup: Initializing your Ledger, PIN codes, and recover phrases
Post Setup: Installing applications
How to back up and store your Ledger
In this guide, we are going to maximize wallet security by creating a backup of your Ledger device and some basic security best practices. Together, we’ll learn:
How to back up your Ledger device using a mirror device
Restoring your Ledger wallet using the recovery phrase
Reinstalling downloaded applications
Best practices for storing your recovery phrase
Best practices for storing your PIN code
Testing and confirming storage best practices
How to add and swap assets with your Ledger
In this guide, we are going to review transferring, purchasing, and swapping assets with your Ledger device. Together, we’ll learn:
Adding assets to Ledger Live
Transferring assets from a crypto bank or exchange to your Ledger device
Purchasing assets with fiat using Coinify directly from Ledger Live
Swapping crypto assets using Changelly across multiple chains
Swapping Ethereum crypto assets using Paraswap
How to stake ETH with your Ledger
In this guide, we are going to walk you through how to use your Ledger wallet to efficiently stake tokens in the Ledger Live application to earn yield. Together we’ll learn:
Staking ETH using Lido within Ledger Live
Verifying transactions on Etherscan
Connecting Metamask with your Ledger device
Staking ETH using Lido within Metamask
How to use DeFi & NFTs with your Ledger
In this guide, we are going to use dApps (decentralized applications) to access the world of DeFi with your Ledger device. Together we’ll learn:
Connecting to Zerion within Ledger Live
Using Zerion with your Ledger device
Exploring the existing array for DeFi apps directly in Leder Live
Connecting to the broader DeFi ecosystem by connecting Ledger to Metamask
Managing your NFT collection with OpenSea
Displaying your NFT collection on Rainbow.me
Troubleshooting & FAQ
In this guide, we are going to answer some basic FAQs (frequently asked questions) and walk through common troubleshooting problems. Together, we’ll learn:
Is my ERC-20 token supported on Ledger?
My Ledger is lost or broken. What should I do?
Does Ledger support Binance Smart Chain?
My Ledger is not charging and overheating. What should I do?
Is my Ledger waterproof?
And more!
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Now that you have navigated this journey through The Ultimate Ledger Guide (ULG), we hope you feel properly equipped to handle all your pertinent needs in this cryptocurrency journey. Ledger, in collaboration with BanklessHQ, and BanklessDAO, has charged us with the duty of education, something we specialize in here at Bankless.
Aspects of these articles may be subject to changes and improvements, as the ecosystem is constantly evolving. Feel free to check back in on any individual article, or peruse the Troubleshooting article if a new issue should arise with your Ledger device. If you have a problem or desire a utility to be better explained that has not been covered in our ULG, please let us know. We’d like to fill in any missing gaps for you. As has been said, we are headed west, and though the journey may not be for everyone, we’re glad you’re on it with us!
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