Ledger Nano X Review After One Year (IS IT STILL WORTH IT?)

ladies and gentlemen people of the

internet if you're wondering if the

ledger nano x hardware wallet is worth

buying well

this is the video for you i got one of

the very first ledger nano x devices off

the press

and i've used it for almost a year now

so i can tell you what's good

what needs work and whether i think it's

worth the money but before we get

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when the ledger nano x launched about a

year ago i did a detailed review on

youtube that covered all the bases on my

experience with the device

i'll link that up in the description

below along with a link to the ledger

nano x

itself if you want to check that out

however at the time of that review i'd

only gotten to use it for a short period

of time when i made that particular

video

so i think now one year later having

used it a ton

it makes sense for me to give you my

thoughts after using it daily for all

this time

so let's get started with the good stuff

first of all the ledger nano x has been

night and day better than the nano s in

terms of stability and user experience

especially when updating the firmware

which was a huge issue on the nano s for

a lot of people

both on ledger live the mobile app and

the desktop version

managing your nano x device feels like a

refined clearly laid out process

and sending transactions is equally as

easy the nano x

has been a breeze to use update manage

apps on and the built-in battery makes

it easy for me to take the wallet on the

go if needed

and i don't have to sit at my desk

anymore and plug into my desktop

computer to access my wallets

which is an underrated feature in my

opinion in the crypto space

user experience is not often tended to

very well

and that's where this wallet really

stands out from the perspective of

everyday use in my humble opinion it

isn't perfect

it's not the best thing since sliced

spread and i'll talk about some of the

issues in a minute but it's leaps and

bounds ahead of its predecessor

by the way i'll address the most

controversial topic related to the nano

x towards the end of this video

so make sure you stick around for that

the second thing i really like about

this wallet is that you can store up to

100 unique apps on the device at a time

which really maximizes the ability for

you to manage your entire portfolio of

cryptocurrencies all in one place

personally i have around 15 apps 20 apps

on here at any given time

because this isn't my only wallet but i

have a ton of space left over to work

with as i get new cryptocurrencies or i

want to

test out do new different wallets again

this shows that the ledger

team themselves paid attention to its

users and the feedback from the nano s

the storage space itself was terrible on

that device and when it was full it got

really

laggy and buggy the nano x has been

buttery smooth for me no matter how much

space i've used up and no matter how

many apps i have running on it

for those two reasons alone i think the

nano x is a huge upgrade over the nano s

and it's well worth the extra money

but there's more on a semi-related note

i think

the wide-ranging coin support on the

nano x is also a huge benefit

there are close to 1300 maybe even more

cryptocurrencies supported these days

and more keep on coming for someone that

wants something that's easy to use

easy to carry and supports a lot of

coins the nano x is a compelling option

and finally this is a subtle thing but i

really do like it

the screen the screen is clearer and

larger on this device and it makes

everything

easier like i have bad vision like

really bad

vision you can probably tell by like

these crazy magnified glasses that i

have

and the pixely tiny screen on the nano s

was pretty tough for me to see clearly

and it made reviewing addresses while

sending transactions just

really really annoying i couldn't see it

very well the scrolling was too

fast the pixelliness just i didn't like

it

the larger screen on the nanox has a

higher resolution and more space to

review transactions and manage

apps and i love that subtle thing but

you get a stack of two different apps on

top of each other on the screen versus

one

it's great of course there are some

things that i don't like

and chief among them is the size of the

device and its effect

on navigation through the menus by no

means am i a giant

but i have pretty big hands and the

small form factor of the nano x makes

prolonged use of the two button

navigation system

really annoying especially for

recovering your seed phrase or testing

your seed phrase during setup

don't get me wrong the two front facing

buttons the round ones are a vast

improvement over the nano s's top side

switches but it's still just not my cup

of tea

not everyone's gonna care about this and

some people really like it but it's just

my opinion

another thing i don't love on this

device is that the heavier albeit

nicer quality metal frame or hinge piece

that protects the screen i'll show that

to you here

when folded it just it isn't attached

firmly enough on my particular device

i don't know if it was something that

was like a first run build quality issue

that got sorted out afterwards

but it still bothers me it's not seated

on there very well so when i'm using the

nano x and i take my hand off the metal

hinge it just flops down and gets in the

way when i try and go back to use it

minor thing again but a build quality

thing that i wish was not there in the

first place

now the biggest complaint i have about

the nanox itself is the setup process is

just a royal pain in the ass

there's no ifs and or buts about it

whether you're a beginner or a new

like a new person or you're a veteran in

the crypto space it's still just a pain

to set up the device the first time of

course you set up your pin

you get your seed phrase generated you

write that bad boy down safely

and all that's great takes about 20

seconds but then you have to manually

validate the entire 24 word phrase with

the clunky buttons on the device

this is a one-time thing and i

understand that it's done like this for

security purposes so you don't

ham hand your seed phrase and wind up

losing your crypto

i get it but it's extremely arduous and

it was extremely painful for me to do

in my mind there has to be a more

creative way to double check that the

user's correctly recorded his or her

seed

that's a little bit more optimized for

the tiny controls on the device

connectivity wise though i didn't have

any issues connecting bluetooth during

the setup process but i have heard folks

needing to retry it a couple of times

during setup

so take that for what it is i had no

issues but others might have

that being said let's address the

elephant in the room

and that is bluetooth when the nanox was

announced and it was

launched the factions started to form as

usual i think this is not unique to the

crypto space

you had one side of the arena who

lambasted ledger

for including bluetooth which they

viewed as a glaring security hole

and then the other side of the arena who

didn't mind it or really preferred that

feature

let's get down to the brass tacks here

first of all we have yet to see

a notable provable bluetooth related

hack on the nano x in one year of

existence

that's good news in my book all the

people who said we'd see all sorts of

hacking occur as a result of bluetooth

it just didn't materialize that way and

secondly

the bluetooth feature itself does not

expose the private keys or

other secrets on your hot or internet

connected mobile device

it's simply there to receive the raw

transaction to your nano

return the signed transaction back to

your device and then

see confirmations from your device for

different actions

at no point in time is your key exposed

over bluetooth

think about it this way your raw

transaction and your signed transaction

are already hitting the open web this is

nothing new you're broadcasting those

things

this harkens back to the user experience

point that's the core idea behind this

device

i'm not anchored to my desktop computer

upstairs when i want to use my

cryptocurrency

so that's positive the final point i'll

make here on the security model with

bluetooth is that every action like

signing

sending a transaction etc requires

physical confirmations from the user

on the nano s itself where the keys

reside and the keys reside alone

before continuing this way a man in the

middle attack

is mitigated in a lot of ways by

physical user intervention

i understand the fundamental concerns

here about bluetooth but in practice i

haven't seen

anything that indicates that this has

been or will be exploited in any

provable way

except for physical hardware while it

attacks

which many wallets aren't secure from

anyway

maintain physical access to your wallet

at all times and many of these attack

vectors you see on ledger trezor etc and

all these hardware wallets are moot

now that we have that question out of

the way this is the golden one that

everyone wants answered

is this worth the money and should you

pick one up the short answer is yes but

let me elaborate

if you don't have a hardware wallet yet

you need one to get your coins off

exchanges and hot wallets so i think

this is a great option for

a daily use wallet that hits all the key

bullet points

on the other hand if you have a nano s

already i still think it's worth the

upgrade

you're going to get more stability

especially in updating the software and

firmware

more app support and a much better user

experience overall

then you can use your old nano s as a

backup device by recovering your new

nano x's

seed phrase to it and store it somewhere

safe

all in all it's worthy of that 120 price

tag in my humble opinion

now if you do want to pick one up for

yourself please do so using the link

in the description below or the pinned

comment below

that said there are some instances where

you might not want to buy this device

like if you already have something like

a trezor model t or a cold card

or you are only have a handful of

different cryptocurrencies you don't

need the app support

you probably can get away with not

buying this as always though i will link

up some other fun crypto related content

and hardware wallet reviews for you to

check out in case you have some time to

stick around

it'll be right here on the screen thanks

so much for watching guys and until next

time

cheers

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