Review on MetaMask by Fanuel PORPORTY

Name: MetaMask
Item: MetaMask
Rating: 5

January 02, 2020

Metamask, a reliable and secure Ethereum wallet

MetaMask is an Ethereum wallet that allows you to manage Ethereum as well as all ERC-20 tokens running on the Ethereum blockchain like the Basic Attention Token (BAT), and many others.  It’s not just a wallet, it’s also an Ethereum browser that gives you the ability to interact with decentralized Ethereum apps right from your web browser.  It lets websites recover data from the blockchain and allows its users to manage their various portfolios in securely
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 Using MetaMask can greatly reduce the risk of phishing or theft by corrupt websites as your private key remains in MetaMask.  MetaMask also has an anti-phishing tool with a regularly updated list of corrupt websites. Currently, this extension is available on 4 browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Brave.
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Pros

MetaMask is an extension. Its main purpose is to activate decentralized applications directly from the browser.
MetaMask better protects your Ethereum wallet. private keys are stored on MetaMask and allow faster access to their wallet. For even more security, MetaMask will warn you if you are on a phishing site because the software has a regularly updated database.
Metamask is an open source application so the program is very unlikely to contain malicious code. the program is free, you can freely make your own modifications and redistribute it yourself.

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