Ledger Wallet now supports Ripple (XRP)

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Ledger Wallet is now the first hardware wallet solution to support Ripple (XRP).

With the addition of XRP, Ledger’s hardware wallets are now supporting 10 cryptocurrencies:

• Bitcoin
• Ripple
• Ethereum
• Ethereum Classic
• Dogecoin
• Litecoin
• Zcash
• Dash
• Stratis
• Komodo.

In a statement by Ledger:

Celebrating the latest major price rally on XRP, and due to high demand, we are excited to announce immediate availability of XRP support of all Nano S and Blue units.

Features of using Ripple with a Ledger hardware wallet:

• Ledger Wallet Ripple app is available for free for Windows, Mac OS, Linux. It runs flawlessly with your Ledger device (Nano S & Blue).
• All Ledger Apps are fully open source, so anyone can access the full source code to authenticate code paths and contribute to the development.
  
• Ledger Wallet Ripple makes it easy to manage your account, send and receive funds, check the balance and get a glimpse of your transactions.
  
• Ripple sensitive operations (signatures) are done inside the device’s Secure Element, never online or on your computer. Your assets are never exposed.

Here's a step by step guide for managing Ripple (XRP) on a Ledger hardware wallet.