Daedalus wallet and Yoroi wallet overview
Overview
Daedalus Wallet
Daedalus wallet is a desktop, full-node hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallet for ada cryptocurrency, bundled with a full Cardano node. It stores the entire history of the Cardano blockchain and validates all blocks and transactions for fully trustless and autonomous operation. Daedalus runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. Daedalus takes some time to download, and the blockchain takes some time to synchronize (create a local copy of the blockchain). It occupies about 80GB of space on your machine as of 2022.
Yoroi
Yoroi is a lite hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallet for ada cryptocurrency, running as a browser extension or mobile application. It connects to a full Cardano node hosted by a third party (Emurgo). Yoroi allows for instant initial setup, quick and easy operation with minimum usage of system resources. Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, as well as iOS and Android.
Key Features
Daedalus
- Easy installation with one-click setup of bundled Cardano node
- Locally stored wallets and encrypted private keys, not shared with third-party servers
- Trustless operation with a locally running full Cardano node which independently validates full transaction history of the blockchain
- Supports Cardano network by participating in Cardano protocol
- Wallet backup and restoration using mnemonics phrases
- Support for delegation
- Complete autonomy without reliance on third-party servers and services
- Hardware wallet support
Yoroi
- Instant initial setup
- Locally stored wallets and encrypted private keys, not shared with third-party servers
- No blockchain synchronization needed for quick and easy operation
- Wallet backup and restoration using mnemonics phrases
- Low system resource consumption, minimal usage of storage space and bandwidth
- Support for delegation
- Paper wallet generator for offline storage of funds
- Hardware wallet support
Side by Side Feature Comparison
Feature |
Daedalus |
Yoroi |
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Supported platforms |
Windows, macOS, and Linux [no mobile] |
Windows, macOS, Linux iOS, Android |
| Initial setup | 1 to 2 hours | Instant |
| Full node downloads the entire blockchain and validates full transaction history. | Connects to a full node hosted by Emurgo. | |
| Locally stored wallet and private keys | Yes | Yes |
| Private keys stored encrypted on a user's machine, not shared with third-party servers. | ||
| Resource consumption | Significant usage of storage space and bandwidth. | Minimal usage of storage space and bandwidth. |
| Trustless operation | Yes | No |
| Fully trustless operation with locally running full-node. | Trusts full-node hosted by EMURGO. | |
| Staking and delegation | Staking and delegation features. | Staking and delegation features. |
| Managing multiple wallets | Yes | Yes |
| Up to 20 wallets supported. | ||
| Backup and restoration |
Backup and restoration using recovery phrase:
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Backup and restoration using recovery phrase:
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| Sending and receiving ada | Sending and receiving ada with full transaction history. | |
| ada redemption | N/A | N/A |
| Privacy | Advanced privacy | Basic privacy |
| Supported languages | English, Japanese | English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Indonesian, French, German and Italian |
| Submission of support request | Built into product | |
| Smart contracts support | Yes | Yes |
| Full node | Yes | No |
| Space Required | 70GB or higher | 6.5MB |
| Cardano Native Tokens | Yes | Yes |
| Integration with Ledger Nano S & X | Yes | Yes |
| Integration with Trezor T | Yes | Yes |
| Paper wallets supported* | Restoration only | Yes |
| Migration | Yoroi wallet >Daedalus wallet = No | Daedalus wallet > Yoroi wallet = Yes |
| Yoroi paper wallet >Daedalus wallet = No | Daedalus paper wallet > Yoroi wallet = No | |
For assistance, please submit a ticket to the IOHK support team from the Help menu in Daedalus, or by using the submit a request form.