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Velas Mobile Wallet

Latest release: 2.3.3 ( 21st April 2022 ) 🔍 Last analysed 17th November 2021 . Failed to build from source provided!
2.2 ★★★★★
10 ratings
12th December 2020

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The Analysis 

(Analysis from Android review)

Update 2022-03-11: Emanuel managed to build the latest version 2.2.7 but not to reproduce the version from Play Store.

Update 2021-11-17: This app is missing build instructions. We have hope to see this be reproducible in the foreseeable future as the provider has ambitions to be listed in FDroid. Watch this issue for progress.

App Description

Velas Wallet is a secure, easy-to-use and completely free application to manage your cryptocurrency. With Velas Wallet you can not only store digital currencies, but also actively use them; pay bills, make purchases, and pay for other services by using a QR code.

With this release, the Velas Wallet now has staking functionalities and token holders can earn rewards for securing and maintaining the Velas Network.

Decentralization and Anonymity Velas Wallet is a fully decentralized application. We don’t store any of your data, nor do we require any verification for basic services. The Velas team has no access to your funds, as your Wallet’s mnemonic phrase is only stored by the user themselves.

Convenience & Easy to use:

  • Multi-language support.
  • Multi-currencies: VLX, BTC, ETH, SYX, USDT & LTC
  • Available for all countries - no geo restrictions.
  • Activity log: view your transaction history.
  • Fingerprint authentication.

The Site

Wallets are available for:

  • Google Play
  • Mac OS
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Web Wallet

The App

We downloaded the app and assigned a password. The seed phrase is composed of 24 words.

Verdict

This app is self-custodial. We are trying to find out if it is reproducible here.

(dg, em, lw)

Verdict Explained

We encountered a build error while compiling from source code!

As part of our Methodology, we ask:

Build Error!

Can the product be built from the source provided?

If the answer is "no", we mark it as "Failed to build from source provided!".

Published code doesn’t help much if the app fails to compile.

We try to compile the published source code using the published build instructions into a binary. If that fails, we might try to work around issues but if we consistently fail to build the app, we give it this verdict and open an issue in the issue tracker of the provider to hopefully verify their app later.

The product cannot be independently verified. If the provider puts your funds at risk on purpose or by accident, you will probably not know about the issue before people start losing money. If the provider is more criminally inclined he might have collected all the backups of all the wallets, ready to be emptied at the press of a button. The product might have a formidable track record but out of distress or change in management turns out to be evil from some point on, with nobody outside ever knowing before it is too late.