Cosmos Hub wallet

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Secure your Cosmos Hub assets with the most trusted wallet. Cold storage wallets are encrypted devices that store your Cosmos Hub coins offline, providing a layer of security against the evolving threats emerging from being connected to the internet.
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How to use Cosmos Hub with Ledger

What is Cosmos Hub?

The Cosmos network consists of many independent, parallel blockchains, called zones, each powered by classical Byzantine fault-tolerant (BFT) consensus protocols like Tendermint. Some zones act as hubs with respect to other zones, allowing many zones to interoperate through a shared hub. The architecture is a more general application of the Bitcoin sidechains concept, using classic BFT and Proof-of-Stake algorithms, instead of Proof-of-Work. Cosmos can interoperate with multiple other applications and cryptocurrencies. By creating a new zone, you can plug any blockchain system into the Cosmos hub and pass tokens back and forth between those zones, without the need for an intermediary.

While the Cosmos Hub is a multi-asset distributed ledger, there is a special native token called the atom. Atoms have three use cases:
- As a spam prevention mechanism, Atoms are used to pay fees. The fee may be proportional to the amount of computation required by the transaction, similar to Ethereum’s concept of “gas”.
- As staking tokens, Atoms can be “bonded” in order to earn block rewards. The economic security of the Cosmos Hub is a function of the amount of Atoms staked. Thus, the more Atoms there are bonded, the greater the economic security of the network.
- Atom holders may govern the Cosmos Hub by voting on proposals with their staked Atoms.

What is a Cosmos Hub wallet?

To store and manage Cosmos Hub, you need a compatible cryptocurrency wallet. Whether you’re looking to keep your tokens safe and HODL or manage them on a daily basis, Ledger has the right product for you.

Ledger hardware wallet

Ledger hardware wallet stores your private keys and signs transactions offline, making them resistant to malicious attacks and threats.

Ledger Live App

Ledger Live App is a gateway to managing your assets, staking and earning passive income, checking your real-time balance, tracking transaction histories, and more.

How to get a Cosmos Hub wallet?

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Get a Ledger Nano

Select and purchase a Ledger hardware wallet of your choice. Beginner in the crypto world? Get started with Nano S Plus. Prefer a Bluetooth connection? Try with Nano X.

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Download and install what could be the best crypto wallet app: Ledger Live

Download and install Ledger Live in a couple of clicks. Ledger Live is a app to buy crypto for desktop & mobile that enables you to set up a Ledger device and manage your tokens.

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Add Cosmos Hub to your portfolio

Install Cosmos Hub on your Ledger Nano:

  1. Open Ledger Live and navigate to Manager.
  2. Connect and unlock your Ledger device.
  3. Search for Cosmos Hub in the app catalog and click Install.

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Create a Cosmos Hub account in Ledger Live:

  1. Open Ledger Live and head to Accounts.
  2. Click Add account.
  3. From the drop-down menu select Cosmos Hub.

You’re all set!

Buy, Manage, and Stake Cosmos Hub at your fingertips

Ledger Live is your one-stop platform for smooth and complete asset management. With just a few clicks, you can buy, send/receive and stake Cosmos Hub to generate passive income.

*Buy, send/receive, swap, stake, and other crypto transaction services are provided by third-parties partners.

Buy Cosmos Hub

You can purchase Cosmos Hub through our partners with a credit card or bank transfer. Cosmos Hub will be automatically sent to your Ledger device.

  • Head over to Buy/Sell.
  • In the dropdown menu, select Cosmos Hub and click Continue.
  • Choose one of the three payment providers—Coinify, MoonPay or Ramp—and follow the instructions.

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Stake Cosmos Hub

Stake Cosmos Hub directly through Ledger Live while keeping the tokens safe in your Ledger Nano.

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The best way to keep your Cosmos Hub coins secure

Secure multiple assets, including Cosmos Hub using a Ledger hardware wallet. Your private keys, giving access to your assets, remain safe in a certified secure chip.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When you first buy crypto, you’re issued with two keys: public and private.

  • A public key serves as an address that can be shared with other parties to perform transactions.
  • A private key represents a randomly generated number that signs transactions and protects your assets from malicious attacks. If it gets compromised or lost, you won’t be able to access your hardware wallet to spend, withdraw, or transfer your tokens.

To safeguard and keep track of your keys, you can use online or offline wallets. Online wallets, also known as hot wallets, store private keys on systems or devices that are connected to the internet. Hot wallets are easy and convenient to use, however, they come with several drawbacks. Besides being susceptible to attacks and a honeypot for hackers, with hot wallets, the custody of private keys is often entrusted to a third party such as a crypto exchange, which means you never have full control over your funds. The safer choice are specialized hardware wallets that store private keys offline. Stealing private keys from a hardware wallet would require physical access to the wallet and corresponding PIN or the recovery phrase. What’s more, with hardware wallet, you don’t need to rely on third party custodians.

Ledger Nano is the industry-leading hardware wallet. With more than five million customers, Ledger Nano wallets have several layers of security that protect private keys, and hence your assets:

  • Your private keys are stored on secure element chips.
  • A PIN code and a 24-word recovery phrase are required to access the wallet.
  • Ledger Nano wallets have been built using highly durable materials for protection against physical damage.

With full isolation between private keys and your computer/mobile, Ledger Nano cryptocurrency wallets keep your keys secure and give you complete control over your cryptos.

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