The year 2021 has proven to be a watershed moment in the history of crypto. Following Bitcoin’s new all-time high, technologies such as NFTs and the Metaverse have gained widespread attention, and blockchain adoption and use-cases have increased. All of this in just 365 days. The crypto industry is a…
We are pleased to announce that AirGap now provides an easy way to store and access all your crypto collectables on the Tezos blockchain with maximum possible security.
After receiving tons of requests from our users asking how they can manage their NFTs in AirGap, we added it as part of our roadmap and then released temporary solutions such as connecting AirGap to Objkt and HEN while we work on a permanent fix. Implementation and testing took time…
We’re very excited about this one. As part of our roadmap and as the Tezos ecosystem keeps developing, new projects are appearing every day. To accommodate every project on Tezos, we are pleased to announce that AirGap Wallet 3.13.0 and AirGap Vault 3.12.0 now supports the ability to add generic Tezos base tokens (FA2/FA1.2). You can now perform every possible action on Tezos with AirGap and Beacon, while seeing your custom tokens in the wallet. From basic transactions to providing liquidity and much more.
How to add custom tokens in AirGap
- Update the Wallet to 3.13.0 and the Vault to 3.12.0.
- Set up a Tezos (XTZ) account on AirGap. Please refer to this blog and scroll down to the section under “Add Account” for instructions on how to add accounts.
- After setting up your Tezos account, open the wallet and click…
One of the features we have been working on is the support of the Tezos ecosystem non-fungible Tokens (NFTs). The circle of development and testing takes time. In the meantime, while we are developing this feature, we show you the possibility of managing your NFTs with AirGap in conjunction with DApps.
In a previously released blog, we explained how you can manage your NFTs using HicEtNunc. which is one of the most well-known non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces on the Tezos network.
There is a popular DApp called Objkt, which allows you to buy NFTs and transfer them as well to a…
While celebrating our fourth anniversary, we released a non-exhaustive list of our plan features. Among those were integration for SegWit, entropy collection via dice rolls and coin flips, and a new secure mnemonic import feature (inbuilt keyboard). Our most recent updates (3.10.0 and 3.11.0) bring support for the three listed features.
SegWit — AirGap now supports sending and receiving to SegWit Bitcoin addresses 🚀
SegWit (short for Segregated Witness) is an update to the Bitcoin protocol that modified the way data was stored in the blockchain. This update brings several benefits, including increased scalability, faster transaction times, and, most important, lower transaction fees.
To use SegWit, existing users of BTC (with AirGap) need to…
Back in August 2021 we integrated Moonriver into AirGap. Now, we are pleased to announce that the sister project of Moonriver, also known as Moonbeam has been integrated into AirGap. Moonbeam is a para-chain in the Polkadot ecosystem. It is an L1 blockchain solution that extends the base Ethereum feature set with additional features such as on-chain governance, staking, and cross-chain integrations.
Cold wallet
Cold wallets are one of the most reliable and secure methods of storing cryptocurrency currently available on the market. They are cryptocurrency wallets that do not connect to the internet, thereby making them safe from any cyber-attacks or hacking attempts. On the other hand, hot wallets are wallets that connect…
Peter Parker’s uncle, Benjamin Parker, is credited with popularizing this well-known phrase in the Spider-Man comics. The notion underlying this term is one of having an awareness of one’s position of power and ensuring that one manages the exercise of that authority wisely. Blockchain has taken away power from middlemen such as banks and has handed the responsibility of keeping your funds safe to you.
Now you are saddled with the responsibility of keeping your funds safe. How do you achieve this with AirGap?
How to secure your AirGap Wallet
Cryptocurrencies are becoming increasingly popular, but scammers and their schemes are becoming more prevalent as well. Even though blockchain networks are almost impossible to hack, scammers are constantly coming up with…
Although many of our community members are already familiar with our wallet’s mobile app version, we are pleased to announce the availability of the web-based version of AirGap Wallet, which will offer our users even more flexibility.
That means you can now download merely the AirGap Vault app from the Google Play or Apple App Store and use it in conjunction with the web version of the wallet.
You will find the web version of the wallet on https://wallet.airgap.it/. …
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Delegation explained
We, the users, are so-called “Delegators”, which have Voting Power. Remember every single person holding ATOMs has this sort of Power. You may yourself wonder how this benefits the Cosmos ecosystem and this can be answered with a simple word. Decentralisation. This is key…
