SOFTWARE WALLET SELF-CUSTODY OPEN SOURCE
Argent review
Smart-contract wallet with social recovery
The verdict
8.0 / 10 · BUY
Argent (London, founded 2018) pioneered Ethereum smart-contract wallets — no seed phrase, social-recovery via guardians, gasless transactions. Supports L2s (StarkNet, zkSync, Arbitrum). Best for users who lose seed phrases; weakest for users who prefer pure self-custody simplicity.
◆ BUY IT IF
- Eliminates seed-phrase loss (the #1 failure mode of self-custody)
- Native L2 support — cheap transactions
- Built-in DeFi access without leaving the app
- Strong UX for newcomers
◇ SKIP IT IF
- Smart-contract wallets are L2/EVM-only — no BTC, no Solana
- More gas-expensive on L1 (smart-contract overhead)
- Recovery requires guardians active during attack
- Smaller user base than MetaMask
§ 01 SCORE BREAKDOWN
Six axes, weighted.
DIMENSION WEIGHT RATING SCORE
Security
Open-source · community-reviewed
Coin support
5 chains · 1000+ coins
User experience
Features
In-wallet swap supported
Cost
Free to download
Support
§ 02 SPECIFICATIONS
Everything, in one table.
Type & custody
- Category
- Software Wallet
- Custodial
- No (self-custody)
- Hardware
- No
- Open source
- Yes
Coin support
- Chains
- 5
- Coins
- 1000
- NFT support
- Yes
- DeFi access
- Yes
- In-wallet swap
- Yes
- Staking
- No
Platforms
- Mobile
- Yes
- Browser ext.
- Yes
- Desktop app
- No
Pricing
- Price
- Free
- Annual fee
- —
§ 03 FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Argent safe? +
Argent Non-custodial software wallet — no licensing required. Audited by ChainSecurity + Trail of Bits.. The code is open source and has been independently reviewed.
How many coins does Argent support? +
Argent supports 5 chains and approximately 1000 coins/tokens.
Is Argent free? +
Argent is free to download and use. Free software wallet; network fees apply.
Does Argent support DeFi? +
Yes, Argent has built-in DeFi access. Token swaps are available directly in the wallet.
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