Argent Wallet
Ethereum smart-contract wallet with mobile and web surfaces
We reviewed Argent Wallet using 4 official and public sources. The notes below focus on custody, recovery, and security trade-offs.
Argent’s smart-contract and guardian model offers recovery and policy controls unavailable to a standard EOA, but the account depends on contract rules, guardians, gas, and surface-specific recovery semantics.
- Ethereum users who want smart-account rules and social recovery
- users willing to maintain guardians and understand on-chain recovery delays and fees
Key specifications
- Brand
- Argent
- Role
- Smart Account Wallet
- Custody
- Self Custody
- Platforms
- iOSAndroidWeb
- Networks
- ethereumstarknet
- Pricing
- Free
Free to download and use
Argent Web and Argent X have different recovery semantics: web is seedless with email/password recovery, while Argent X uses a seed phrase. Those claims must not be merged into the mobile account model.
- Key setup
- Smart ContractSocial RecoveryGenerated KeysBiometricHardware Backed
- Backup options
- encrypted recovery kiton-chain guardian recoverydefault Argent guardian using email/phone verification
Smart-contract self-custody reduces dependence on a single device seed but introduces contract, guardian, recovery-delay, phishing, gas, DApp, and provider risks.
- Encrypts keys locally
- Yes
- Privacy note
- Mobile, web, and Argent X privacy behavior must be reviewed separately; smart-account recovery is not anonymous merely because it is self-custodial.
Third-party providers can affect uptime, privacy, and recovery. They are documented here for context, not as ranking points.
- Argent guardian and recovery services (Other; KYC: Not Required)
- Ethereum and Starknet network/RPC services (Rpc; KYC: Not Required)
- Affiliate
- No affiliate relationship recorded
Sources we checked
4 sources reviewed, with 5 documented claims tied to specific fields.
- What is a smart contract wallet?
Argent describes itself as a smart-contract wallet available on Ethereum and Starknet, with guardians, recovery, locking, and programmable rules.
- How to recover my wallet with guardians
Argent documents guardian recovery without a seed phrase, majority approval, a 48-hour security period, and Ethereum network fees.
- Why do I not need a seed phrase in the mobile wallet?
Argent states that the mobile key is generated locally, protected by device passcode and available secure storage, and replaced after guardian-approved recovery.
- About wallet recovery
Argent distinguishes mobile off-chain/on-chain recovery from Argent X seed-phrase recovery and web-wallet recovery; these surfaces must remain separate in the dataset.
- Argent wallet smart contracts
Argent publishes its wallet smart contracts in a public repository under GPL-3.0; this does not establish that every client component is open source.
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