Connecting your MetaMask wallet with a compatible hardware wallet of your choice surely adds to the security of your wallet. Hardware wallets are considered more secure and safe when compared with online crypto wallets. The major reason behind it is that they have the feature to work offline thus securing the wallet data from online scams and threats.
With the upcoming sections of the read, we will look into the steps of connecting the wallet and the major benefits that a crypto investor can enjoy with it.Let’s dive into it and learn how to do it.
What all you can do by connecting a hardware wallet with the MetaMask?
Before learning the process of connecting the hardware wallet with the MetaMask Wallet let’s first have a look at the benefits or the positive aspects that you can avail of. MetaMask allows investors to connect with hardware wallets such as Trezor, Ledger, Keystone, Lattice 1, etc.
The benefits are as laid down:
- Help you to keep an eye on your account balance (ETH or other compatible tokens)
- Supports signing transactions i.e. sending ETH and ERC-20 tokens and collectibles, deploying contracts, and so on
- Help to sign messages
Steps to connect the wallet with the hardware wallet
The steps for connecting an online crypto wallet with a hardware wallet are as listed down. Have a look at them to learn the process of connecting the wallets:
- Unlock your MetaMask wallet by entering the correct login details
- Move to the top-right corner of the page to choose the option
- Tap on “Connect Hardware Wallet”
- Now select the hardware wallet you wish to connect with i.e. Ledger, Trezor, etc
- Bang on “Connect”
- Opt for the account you want to connect with
Once you succeed in connecting the wallets, the only difference that users experience is they need to get their wallets plugged in to sign the transactions and messages. Keeping this thing by side, rest you’ll feel like working with a similar MetaMask account.
NOTE: It should be noted that MetaMask can have a single account connected and accessible at a specified point of time.
Completed the transactions with the wallet and want to disconnect both?
Thinking of how to do it now?
If you are looking to remove the connected account, then simply tap on “X”, placed next to it in the account menu list.
Conclusion
By following the steps listed above you can easily connect your MetaMask wallet with a hardware wallet. Connecting a hardware wallet adds a layer of security with both your private keys and at the time of interacting with the smart contracts. It also benefits the developers as it cuts down the workload on their side and offers more options to the users.
