Topic: JAXX WALLET (Read 3863 times)

There is this dude, Teeka Tiwari at Palm Beach Confidential, an investment advisor, who has gotten all excited about cryptos. He has really tried to push people to just invest in this new thing, which is great.

But, he gets lots of feedback about his recommendations, mainly the Jaxx Wallet. I will post here his response to peoples concern about this way to store coins -

"Probably the biggest question we’ve been getting is that there have been some reports in the press that Jaxx Wallet got hacked and users were robbed of $400,000 worth of digital currency. So we’ve received many, many emails and phone calls about this.
So I have a personal relationship with the CEO of Decentral, which is the company that created the Jaxx Wallet, and that man’s name is Anthony Di Iorio. He is one of the founders of Ethereum. He was actually the guy that provided the funding to bootstrap Ethereum.
So I called Anthony up in Toronto, and he and I chatted, and we talked about what’s actually going on. So the issue here is not a vulnerability within the Jaxx code; the issue here is really a vulnerability in the way that people are managing their devices.
So Jaxx is being accused of having security vulnerabilities, but it would be the equivalent of someone hacking your computer, going into your area where you have your passwords, finding the password to your bank account, and then pulling money out of your bank account. Is that the fault of the bank or is that the fault of the person who didn’t secure their computer properly, right?
So the key here is that you must secure your devices. If you have Jaxx on a desktop, you got to make sure that you’re secure. Make sure that you use a really reputable antivirus program. Make sure you use a really reputable sweeper to sweep for malware to make sure you don’t have any key loggers or anything like that. So it doesn’t matter whether you have Jaxx on your computer or you have Wells Fargo on your computer. If somebody gets access to your computer, they can get access to your emails, they can get access to your passwords, they can get access to your money.
The same is true with your phone. You know if you are using the Jaxx Wallet on your phone, okay, you’ve got to make sure that your phone is password-protected. You should encrypt your phone. You should—if you have the ability to have a thumbprint—you should make sure that you have that thumbprint turned on. In the Jaxx Wallet itself, they have an area where you can punch in a code before anybody can access the wallet or before any money can be sent from the wallet. Make sure that you take care of that.
The bottom line is if you have a Jaxx Wallet on your phone and you don’t have a code on it and you lose it, it’s the same as if you’re walking down the street with thousands of dollars in your wallet and your wallet falls out of your pocket. It’s the same exact thing."

Of course, he is right in theory. BUT, the problem that people have with this wallet is that the 4-digit PIN is very hackable and Jaxx will not do anything about this, instead blaming it on the weakest link in this chain, the noobie user. So, here's a guy who is undoubtedly aligned somehow with the developer who is choosing to ignore the problem. So, like everything else in life, BE CAREFUL!

If anyone is still reading this thread and cares about my little Golem, I was able to move GNT back to Polo out of Jaxx. I should now be able to move it to Exodus.

There is a long thread on Reddit about this problem, along with widespread unhappiness with customer support at Jaxx. It's generally not ok to keep sending out all those canned irrelevant responses if you want to keep your users happy.

I know things are crazy these days in the crypto world; but, without users...

I am currently having issues with an incorrect send from Jaxx to Exodus. I have posted the tx details on another thread and I will repost them here.

TxHash:
0x3799045f8905418139cdf26f9cac0a3bf44bf0ea03b7d43dba0b296057b538b0
Block Height:
3856888 (308 block confirmations)
TimeStamp:
1 hr 17 mins ago (Jun-11-2017 06:03:26 PM +UTC)
From:
0x29d20718317f98aa3f3ec972a34092cb9160fac0
To:
Contract 0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d (Golem) 
 0.000000000000000002 Golem TOKEN TRANSFER From 0x29d20718317f98aa3f3ec972a34092cb9160fac0 to 0x07b16196f8519dc99e1f8555495f5d7c6e4e07dd

I am attempting to transfer 2100GNT from Jaxx to Exodus and it lands in Exodus as .000000000000000002.

Any idea why this is happening? It means I can't move my GNT out of Jaxx. I think I am going to try to move them back to the exchange and then send to Exodus. Will post if that works.

Any ideas appreciated...

Is it possible to have the Windows desktop version of Jaxx running completely portable?
In another words that save any data/metadata alongside the executable (or in a specified location)..
I notice that Jaxx create a new folder in the Appdata of the pc....so i think that it is not completely portable...
I'am searching for a wallet multicurrency that works also in a pendrive
There is a release of Electrum that does that...but only for bitcoins...
Thanks to all..

Nope its working fine for me. I still have yet to have any issues yet actually. Hopefully you can get your issue solved cause thats too long to wait for transfers.

It's all fun and games until shapeshift designs their own wallet. Don't you agree ?

My friend had the same problem with jaxx multiple wallet when receiving dash coins. We couldn't find a real solution. Once I checked this topic, I've seen more people facing the same problem. We don't know what to do.

Anyone out there that can help?

Just started using Jaxx browser extension.  It works fine on my desktop on Windows 7 in Yandex browser.
But it's a no go on my Netbook ruining Linux 32bit lubuntu with the Chromium browser.  The app opens but the bottom of the Jaxx window is off the screen so i cant click "accept" to get the thing going and pair up with my desktop.

I got it going in firefox on the Netbook ruining Linux 32bit lubuntu but I don't like firefox. It's too clunky and slow. I need a lite browser and Chromium is the biz. I dont want to have to run firefox as well Chromium.


I understand Jaxx was made for Chrome but Google only make a 64bit Chrome for linux, no 32bit.
 
Both Yandex, Chrome, Brave to name but a few, are clones of the open source project "Chromium" so they should all run Jaxx ok.   But they don't.


Any ideas anyone (that does not involve using Google or Windows products)
Also i don't want to use Brave nore support ICOs like BATs

Thanks

Well never getting the problem likes​ this before about their service, i think you must contacts the support.
Usually they gives the answers about the bugs soon,
also i have made thread talking about the jaxx.io on service section on bitcointalk.org we can talking about it
on there include new info, please check it https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.19239389

we wouldn't discreetly know but seems like they don't have the access to our private keys other than ourselves as  they have declared not to help anyone that loses their jaxx backup phrase.
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Is this a wallet you could recommend to someone I have noticed a lot of bad press about them...either missing funds or delayed deposits or undisclosed fees, are these guys legit?

Please advise why doge keep initializing and don't lode both on windows and android and yes it's up to date and not on vpn   Notified jaxx with no help all coins open in 3 sec doge don't open says initializing for over 45 min  on all platforms so it can't be me or internet or computers

Try coinomi, I have no problems for now at all.

I keep any DASH on the full node and usually don't keep it long.  

JAXX works better on Android than Apple.  I was surprised at all of the additional features on Android.


You can adjust them within the application, but only to "low","medium" and "high". I'm pretty sure their business model is recommended fee, plus a small percentage of satoshi for themselves.  Also, I'm sure you mean 0.0021 BTC.  That's still too much for regular use.  If you shapeshift within the app to LTC and then transfer, to another Shapeshift, you can get low fees by using the Litecoin network.

High fees are why we need larger blocks because they can fit more transactions per block.  

Dash on the blink again for me

I think best it store coin, exchange may be used other exchange

I have problems with eth ! They sent but not land!

jaxx has been pretty good for me

Zcash is in the Apple App Store Jaxx Blockchain Wallet, this app is an interface of the site with the same name jaxx.io which basically is a portfolio of multi-crypto coins. With this now anyone with an Apple smartphone can send, receive and store a cryptomoeda with privacy on their device. This is a significant move by Apple, which has always maintained a reluctant position to have its devices associated with the privacy of centralized cryptocoins, such as Dash.

Do they have access to the keys or are they specific to Jaxx? I don't really understand how that all works.  I mostly run Core programs, except w/ BTC.

I would never use 3rd party wallet.