

Whenever I am trying to introduce new users and bring them into Bitcoin, I am always faced with the challenge of making Bitcoin easy to understand and use for a new user. While the learning curve can be steep when you’re first getting started, there is one single wallet that has made it easier than every other wallet available today. I am talking about BRD wallet and it’s available on both iOS and Android.

BRD Wallet Features

Selecting a Bitcoin wallet for your mobile device can be a very important decision since mobile wallets are how most users will opt to send and receive bitcoin for daily transactions. The features that are available on BRD wallet make it an easy choice for new and experienced users alike. Let’s look at some of these features in more detail.

Bitcoin Made Simple

One of the absolute best features of BRD is its simplicity. There is no other wallet available that has made using Bitcoin as simple as BRD. When you first download BRD, you will notice the ease and simplicity of getting it all set up. Sending & receiving payments is easy to do with both fiat and crypto denominations.

Sending Bitcoin

What makes using BRD so easy when it comes to sending bitcoin is the ability to send amounts in either a fiat valuation or in Bitcoin (BTC). This seems to be a feature that too many wallets seem to miss and limit payments to one or the other.

You can also add a memo to any payments that you send which can make it easy to account for things at tax time or simply remember what you spent your bitcoin on.

Receiving Bitcoin

Receiving BTC is also the cleanest that we’ve encountered in any wallet.

When you tap the “Receive” button, a window with a QR code and address pop up. If you tap the QR code or address, it is instantly copied to clipboard to allow for easy sharing.

There’s also a “Share” button that when tapped, open up all of your messaging and social media apps so you can easily share your payment address with friends, family, customers and followers.

You can also request a specific amount so that when someone scans your QR code, it will request that they send a specific amount. This may not seem all that important but it can eliminate payments for the wrong amounts due to being “fat finger’d”.

No Accounts. No Usernames. No Logins.

Privacy is one of the most important elements of using Bitcoin so it’s important to use a wallet that does all it can to preserve privacy of both the sender and receiver of transactions. Not having accounts or logins not only makes the process of creating a new wallet easier but it also prevents BRD from collecting sensitive information about the end user.

If BRD doesn’t collect your personal information, it can’t be leaked in the event that they are ever hacked or compromised.

BRD Security

Keeping your Bitcoin and other assets is one of the most important parts of being your own bank. BRD offers a simple 6 digit pin code to keep your precious crypto safe from bad actors. If you don’t want to enter your pin each time you unlock your wallet, you can also opt-in to Apple’s touch ID which can make things quite a bit more convenient.

Paper Wallet Import

Since we love to use paper wallets, we REALLY like the ability to import the private key. BRD was one of the only wallets that had this feature when they first began as Bread wallet and they are probably still one of the only wallets that still has this feature.

If you have any bitcoin on a paper wallet, you can use BRD to sweep the private key into your wallet and send it anywhere that you need to from there.

BIP 32 & 39 Support

An important privacy feature of any wallet these days is support for both BIP 32 and BIP 39. Don’t worry about having an in-depth understanding of these BIPs unless you really want to. They just mean that a new address is generated after each payment you receive (BIP 32) and they use a 12 word seed phrase in the event that you need to recover your wallet (BIP 39).

Buy Bitcoin With BRD Wallet

Buying Bitcoin can be one of the biggest roadblocks to getting your first Bitcoin. BRD removes this barrier by enabling in-app bitcoin purchases with either a credit card or a bank account.

Bank account purchases allow you to buy $500 per day and credit card purchases of up to $20,000 per day with a limit of $50,000 per year.

Multi-Asset Support

If you would like to store more than just Bitcoin on your wallet, BRD has you covered there as well. While many bitcoin wallets only have support for bitcoin, BRD has support for dozens of different cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Binance Coin, Basic Attention Token and others.

It gets better. Not only does BRD allow you to store multiple digital assets and cryptocurrencies, they also have a feature for in-wallet trading.

Trade Bitcoin & Other Cryptocurrencies Within BRD Wallet

Not everyone is only interested in the benefits of Bitcoin. Some users are more interested in other cryptocurrencies too. BRD offers the ability to trade Bitcoin for other cryptocurrencies without the need for an external exchange such as Binance or Coinbase.

BRD Token Rewards

BRD created its own token appropriately named “BRD” in 2017 and (according to Track ICO) had a successful ICO which raised $20,000,000 to help them to greatly expand their operations.

If you hold more than 2,000 BRD, you can receive 50% off all of your in-app trading fees. This probably isn’t all that important to newer users but once you make it so far down the rabbit hole, you may want to trade bitcoin for other assets. BRD is a great way to move your money forward with the ability reduce your trading fees.

BRD Wallet Support Is Here To Help

There are too many wallets in the bitcoin space that don’t offer adequate support. Not to worry because BRD has a support team ready and willing to help new users if they have any issues with their wallet or exchanges.

Most issues can be resolved by following detailed instructions here on their support page but if you have further questions, you can contact their support team via email.

Advanced BRD Wallet Features

BRD is one of the most simple and easy to use interfaces in the entire Bitcoin industry but that doesn’t mean that BRD can’t also have some features for more advanced users as well.

Manual Bitcoin Node

If you want more control over what node your wallet connects to to get its information from the blockchain, BRD has you covered.

No word on whether or not BRD will ever be able to connect to a Lightning Network node but we are eager awaiting future developments from our favorite mobile wallet on iOS.

SegWit Support

BRD uses the legacy address format as their default but users have the option to enable SegWit. BRD was actually one of the very first mobile wallets to signal support for SegWit years ago (It’s actually one of the reasons why we like BRD so much).

SegWit is currently still a beta feature that users need to opt-in to but BRD has made it clear that SegWit will be a default for all users in the future.

BRD Wallet Is Open Source

While all of the above features above are nice, we like BRD as much as we do because they are open source and their ethos comes through in this statement on their website.

“We believe in trust through transparency. Our core wallet technology is, and will always be, open-source and free. We invite anyone to use our code according to the terms of the MIT open-source license.”

All of their source code can be found on their GitHub page. It doesn’t get much more open than that.

Shortcomings of BRD Wallet

There’s no doubt that BRD is an excellent mobile wallet but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t come without a few shortcomings.

No 2 Factor Authentication

Not all users need or want 2FA but if super robust security is important to you on a mobile wallet, you may be a bit disappointed by the lack of 2 factor authentication.

We would also like to stress that although we feel that BRD is incredibly secure, we don’t think that it is ever wise to hold large amounts of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies on a mobile wallet. If you plan on hodling large amounts of crypto, we strongly suggest using a cold storage hardware wallet for more robust security and use BRD for sending and receiving bitcoin in day to day life.

Final Thoughts

If you are looking for the absolute easiest wallet interface in the entire crypto space that offers a handful of features that will help you to move your money forward, look no further than BRD wallet. It’s simple, secure, private, offers the ability to buy bitcoin and even trade for other digital assets directly within the app. If you ever have any questions, comments, or concerns, their support team is only a few clicks away.

Even if you already have a mobile wallet that you like, give BRD a try. It’s just simple, clean, secure, private and free. That’s hard to beat.