Wallet dossier
Ledger
Self-custody hardware signer ecosystem with multiple Nano and touchscreen device generations plus the Ledger Wallet companion application.
- Developer / company
- Ledger SAS
- Origin
- France
- Launch
- 2014
- Custody
- self_custody
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-08-14
Product family
Products
Retired from production in 2022, while Ledger stated support and maintenance would continue.
Bluetooth-enabled Nano generation.
Successor to Nano S with larger screen and increased application capacity.
Secure touchscreen signer; shipping began for pre-order customers on 2024-05-28.
Secure touchscreen signer introduced in 2024.
Touchscreen Nano generation launched at Ledger Op3n 2025.
Current companion application, formerly known as Ledger Live.
Chronology
Lifecycle timeline
Ledger Nano S launched
Product: Ledger Nano S
Ledger launched the Nano S hardware signer in 2016.
E-commerce and marketing database breach discovered
Ledger discovered unauthorized access to its e-commerce and marketing database through a third-party API key; later publication of the stolen database exposed a much larger set of customer records.
Ledger Nano S Plus became generally available
Product: Ledger Nano S Plus
Ledger made the Nano S Plus generally available.
Ledger announced Nano S retirement from production
Product: Ledger Nano S
Ledger announced retirement of Nano S production and replacement by Nano S Plus while stating existing Nano S support and maintenance would continue.
Malicious Ledger Connect Kit versions published through compromised NPM account
A former employee phishing compromise enabled malicious Ledger Connect Kit packages to be published to NPM and dynamically loaded by some dApps, causing a small number of users to sign draining transactions.
Ledger Stax shipping began
Product: Ledger Stax
Ledger began shipping Ledger Stax to pre-order customers.
Ledger Live renamed Ledger Wallet
Product: Ledger Wallet
Ledger transitioned the companion application branding from Ledger Live to Ledger Wallet.
Ledger Nano Gen5 launched
Product: Ledger Nano Gen5
Ledger launched Nano Gen5 at Ledger Op3n 2025.
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