Product record · Leather
Leather Desktop (legacy)
Original desktop-wallet lineage launched in 2019 and later deprecated after Leather shifted users toward the browser extension.
- Launch
- 2019
- Sales
- not_applicable
- Support
- ended
- Variants
- —
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-08-15
Material concerns
Custody and recovery assumptions
Active support, evidence verification, or product type is not a safety endorsement. Missing custody or recovery metadata is shown as unknown rather than inferred as self-custody.
- Custody model
- self_custody
- Key-management model
- desktop_local_software_keys
- Independent recovery
- Unknown / requires evidence review
Lifecycle
Product timeline
Leather Wallet LLC acquired Hiro Wallet assets
Leather Wallet LLC, a Trust Machines subsidiary, announced that it had acquired the wallet assets from Hiro Systems PBC while preserving the wallet lineage.
Hiro Wallet rebranded to Leather
The existing Hiro Wallet desktop and browser-extension lineage was rebranded to Leather as the wallet became an independent brand under Leather Wallet LLC.
Leather Desktop deprecated
Product: Leather Desktop (legacy)
Leather deprecated its desktop wallet and stated that it would no longer receive updates or security fixes, directing users toward the browser extension.
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