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The Lace wallet extension, explained in plain English.
Everything a first-time user actually needs: what a browser wallet does, how to install it safely, and the habits that keep your funds where they belong.
- Self-custody by design
- One click in the toolbar
- No downloads off this page
- Runs inside your browser
- Chromium browsers such as Chrome, Brave and Edge, plus Firefox
- You hold the keys
- Your recovery phrase is generated and stored on your machine
- You approve every move
- Nothing leaves the wallet without your confirmation
Overview
What the Lace extension is for
Lace is a crypto wallet that lives in your browser, made for people who want everyday control without everyday friction. One extension gives you a home for your digital assets, a clear view of what you hold, and a simple way to approve what happens next. Connect to decentralised apps, sign transactions and manage multiple accounts from a single, tidy interface. It is built for newcomers and long-time users alike: quick to set up, easy to read, and designed to keep the important decisions in your hands. Nothing moves without your say-so, and your recovery phrase never leaves your device.
- Read every request before you approve it — amount, address, and network.
- Keep a small balance in the extension for daily use; move the rest to hardware storage.
- Treat your recovery phrase like the spare key to your house: offline, private, backed up.
Installation
Three steps, done the safe way
The extension is a real piece of software that can read the pages you visit. Install it the same way you would install a banking app — deliberately, from the source itself.
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Start at the official website
Type the address yourself or use a bookmark. Search results and adverts are the most common place people are sent to a look-alike listing.
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Install from the store listing
Follow the link from that site to the browser's own add-on store, and check the publisher name and review count before you press Add.
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Create a wallet and back it up
Write the recovery phrase on paper, store it offline, and never type it into a website, a chat window, or a form someone sent you.
Staying safe
The four rules that matter most
No legitimate wallet, exchange or support agent will ever ask for your recovery phrase. Anyone who does is trying to take your funds.
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Never share the phrase
Not with support, not in a screenshot, not in a browser pop-up asking you to "validate".
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Check the address bar
One wrong letter is the whole trick. Bookmark the real site and use the bookmark.
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Review approvals, then revoke
Disconnect from dApps you no longer use instead of leaving access open indefinitely.
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Slow down at the last click
Urgency — a countdown, a "verify now" warning — is a tactic, not a real deadline.
FAQ
Questions people ask first
Answers written for someone who has never installed a crypto wallet before.
No. This is an independent, unofficial guide written for newcomers, and it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the team behind the wallet. We do not host any download, we never ask for a recovery phrase, and we link only to the official website so you can install from the source itself.
A small program added to your browser that keeps your keys on your own computer and acts as the middle layer between you and the websites that want to use them. When a site asks to connect, the extension shows you the request and waits. You stay in control because the approving happens on your side, not theirs.
Reach the browser store through the official website rather than a search result or an advert, then check the publisher name and the number of users and reviews on that listing. Real extensions have a long history of versions and feedback. Refuse anything delivered as a file — a .crx, a zip, or a paid "setup service" — no matter who sent it.
It is the list of words that regenerates your wallet on any device. Whoever has it owns the funds, which is why nobody else should ever see it: not support staff, not a community moderator, not a website that offers to "restore" or "sync" your wallet. Write it down offline, store it somewhere private, and never enter it into a page you reached by clicking a link.
No. The assets live on the blockchain. Your wallet stores the keys that prove they are yours, which is what people mean by self-custody — nobody can freeze, recover or reverse a transaction for you, and nobody can help you if the phrase is lost. That trade is the whole point, and it deserves a backup you have actually tested.
Extensions are a desktop-browser feature, so on a phone you would use the official mobile app or a web wallet instead — never a mobile browser pretending to install an extension. Keep the same rules: install from the official source, and never type your recovery phrase into a page.
Move anything still in the wallet to a fresh wallet with a new recovery phrase, and stop using the old one. Do not accept "recovery services" that contact you first — follow-up scams are aimed at exactly this moment. Then report the fake listing or site to the browser store or the platform hosting it.
Use the support channels listed on the official website, and reach them by navigating there yourself — never through a link in a direct message. Genuine support will ask you to describe the problem, and will never ask for your recovery phrase or for remote access to your computer.