Wallet succession
From Litewallet to Nexus
A protocol becomes approachable through the small decisions on a phone screen.
The Foundation announced Nexus for Android and iOS on June 6, 2025. The same notice scheduled Litewallet’s sunset for December 31, 2025 and pointed users toward the newer wallet. That makes “Litewallet” an important chapter in the ecosystem’s history, but not a name this edition should casually present as the Foundation’s newest supported application.
Nexus’s launch announcement brings several jobs into one interface: ordinary Litecoin use, optional MWEB and merchant-payment features. The announcement is evidence of what its maker offered, not our own completed usability or regional-availability test. Our design lens is the handoff between confidence and understanding. A good wallet should explain which network a user is on, what a confirmation means and how recovery works without burying the essential choices under promotional language. This edition never asks readers to share a recovery phrase, and it does not infer custody or backup quality from an attractive app screen.
- Launch announcement: June 6, 2025.
- Legacy-app sunset was scheduled for December 31, 2025.