Product record · MyCrypto

MyCrypto Desktop

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Electron-based MyCrypto desktop application introduced to handle private keys, mnemonics, and keystore files outside the browser environment.

Launch: 2018-07-13
Sales: not_applicable
Support: ended
Variants: —
Confidence: high
Last verified: 2026-08-17

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_key_and_keystore_access
Independent recovery: Unknown / requires evidence review

Lifecycle

Product timeline

2018-07-13

product_released

MyCrypto Desktop officially launched

Product: MyCrypto Desktop

MyCrypto released its stable desktop applications and moved raw private-key, mnemonic, and keystore-file access out of the web interface into the desktop application.

Evidence: 1

2022-02-01

acquired

Consensys acquired MyCrypto

Consensys announced the acquisition of MyCrypto to combine its work with MetaMask while MyCrypto stated that its existing products would continue operating in the short term.

Evidence: 2

Sources