Zengo Wallet
Consumer MPC/TSS mobile wallet
We reviewed Zengo Wallet using 5 official and public sources. The notes below focus on custody, recovery, and security trade-offs.
The MPC/TSS design and recovery workflow are materially different from seed wallets; resilience depends on preserving recovery factors and accepting a provider-service dependency.
- users who prefer no conventional seed phrase
- users able to maintain redundant recovery factors
Key specifications
- Brand
- Zengo
- Role
- Consumer Wallet
- Custody
- Self Custody
- Platforms
- iOSAndroid
- Networks
- bitcoinethereumevm-compatible
- Pricing
- Free
Free to download and use
Zengo help content distinguishes the mandatory email plus Recovery File path from 3D FaceLock as an additional security factor; the marketing page presents a 3-factor explanation. Preserve this wording discrepancy for Pass 2 review.
- Key setup
- Mpc TssBiometricGenerated KeysHardware Backed
- Backup options
- Recovery File in supported cloud storageemail authenticationoptional 3D FaceLock
MPC removes a single seed phrase but introduces remote-share, account-recovery, biometric, cloud-file, email, device, and service-availability dependencies.
- Encrypts keys locally
- Yes
- Privacy note
- The privacy policy was last updated January 2026 according to the page.
Third-party providers can affect uptime, privacy, and recovery. They are documented here for context, not as ranking points.
- Zengo Remote Share service (Custody; KYC: Unknown)
- iCloud, Google Drive, or Dropbox (Other; KYC: Not Required)
- Third-party purchase, payment, and asset services (Onramp; KYC: Provider Dependent)
- Affiliate
- No affiliate relationship recorded
Sources we checked
5 sources reviewed, with 7 documented claims tied to specific fields.
- Zengo security
Zengo describes a self-custodial MPC wallet with a Personal Share on the device and a Remote Share on Zengo servers.
- Zengo security
The reviewed security page describes two secret shares that jointly compute a signed transaction and no conventional seed phrase vulnerability.
- What is Zengo's Recovery Kit
The Recovery Kit uses email authentication and a cloud-stored Recovery File; 3D FaceLock is described as recommended but not mandatory in this help article.
- Zengo Privacy Policy
The policy describes collection of email, transaction/public-key, device, analytics, and optional facial-image information, and identifies the Remote Share arrangement.
- Zengo User Agreement
The user agreement defines Zengo as a mobile application and web platform and discusses iOS and Android marketplace distribution.
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