Math Wallet-Blockchain Wallet
Latest release: 3.1.0 ( 10th July 2019 ) đ Last analysed 21st October 2022 . No source for current release found Not functioning anymoreHelp spread awareness for build reproducibility
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Try out searching for "lost bitcoins", "stole my money" or "scammers" together with the wallet's name, even if you think the wallet is generally trustworthy. For all the bigger wallets you will find accusations. Make sure you understand why they were made and if you are comfortable with the provider's reaction.
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The Analysis ¶
Update 2022-10-21: This app is not available anymore.
(Analysis from Android review)
Update 2022-01-05: It is available again.
Last update: 2022-01-04
Version: 4.3.3
Update: This app is not available on Google Play anymore.
This wallet claims:
- Secure your assets with Private Keys, Mnemonic Phrases, 2-Factor Authentication, and more
which kind of sort of sounds like a non-custodial wallet but also doesnât make much sense. The private keys are what you want to protect. They are not a tool to protect something.
Their website as per the dedicated data field on Google Play appears to not link back to the wallet but in the description they mention a different website: mathwallet.org.
There we find no further claims about who holds the keys or public source code.
As they also promote a Math Cloud Wallet which is
Convenient, safe and easy to use custodial wallet
we assume the wallet here is meant to be non-custodial but as itâs closed source, it is not verifiable.
Verdict Explained
Without public source of the reviewed release available, this product cannot be verified!
As part of our Methodology, we ask:
Is the source code publicly available?
If the answer is "no", we mark it as "No source for current release found".A wallet that claims to not give the provider the means to steal the usersâ funds might actually be lying. In the spirit of âDonât trust - verify!â you donât want to take the provider at his word, but trust that people hunting for fame and bug bounties could actually find flaws and back-doors in the wallet so the provider doesnât dare to put these in.
Back-doors and flaws are frequently found in closed source products but some remain hidden for years. And even in open source security software there might be catastrophic flaws undiscovered for years.
An evil wallet provider would certainly prefer not to publish the code, as hiding it makes audits orders of magnitude harder.
For your security, you thus want the code to be available for review.
If the wallet provider doesnât share up to date code, our analysis stops there as the wallet could steal your funds at any time, and there is no protection except the providerâs word.
âUp to dateâ strictly means that any instance of the product being updated without the source code being updated counts as closed source. This puts the burden on the provider to always first release the source code before releasing the productâs update. This paragraph is a clarification to our rules following a little poll.
We are not concerned about the license as long as it allows us to perform our analysis. For a security audit, it is not necessary that the provider allows others to use their code for a competing wallet. You should still prefer actual open source licenses as a competing wallet wonât use the code without giving it careful scrutiny.
But we also ask:
Is the product still supported by the still existing provider?
If the answer is "no", we mark it as "Not functioning anymore".Discontinued products or worse, products of providers that are not active anymore, are problematic, especially if they were not formerly reproducible and well audited to be self-custodial following open standards. If the provider hasnât answered inquiries for a year but their server is still running or similar circumstances might get this verdict, too.
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