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Blockchain.com is one of world most popular free to use digital currency wallet for storing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin etc. It is a beginner friendly crypto wallet which is available for both web and mobile, making it easy to store, send, receive and trade cryptocurrency anywhere in the world.
Blockchain.com is owned by a Luxembourg, S.A based software development company - Blockchain, which focus on building a crypto wallet that is truely accessible to everyone. Blockchain.com was founded back in 2011 and has really grown to be one of the most trusted global cryptocurrency company backed leading investors in Silicon Valley, Wall Street and London with over $70 million raised from investment.
Currently over 30 million wallets have been created using Blockchain platform with total transaction amounting to over 200 billion.
Blockchain Wallet Support:
1. Bitcoin (BTC)
2. Ethereum (ETH)
3. Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
4. Stellar (XLM) [NEW]
Blockchain also provides it own hardware wallet called Blockchain Lockbox. It was designed specially by Ledger (the makers of popular Ledger Nano S) as a secure offline wallet that work seamlessly with your Blockchain wallet without any need to download extra software. Generally, Hardware wallet is the most adviseable means of storing large crypto asset cause they are less vunrable to hacks.
Update:
Blockchain is currently airdropping a massive $125,000,000 worth of XLM as a celebration of it listing on it platform. Each participant get at least $25 worth of XLM after completing KYC. All you have to do is signup for the whitelist, later you will receive a mail with instructions on how to claim your XLM. This is the largest amount of airdrop that has ever happened in the cryptocurrency community.
Pros:
1. Available Globally: Blockchain wallet is available to everyone as long as cryptocurrency is legal in your country.
2. Reputation: Blockchain is one of the oldest and most popular cryptocurrency wallet out there. It is backed by popular investors like Virgin, Lake Star, Digital Currency Group and more with over 30 million wallets created on the platform and a userbase spread across 140 different countries.
3. Beginner Friendly: Blockchain is very easy to use digital wallet, accessible via the web or it mobile app (available for Android and iOS). It interface is very clean, responsive and easy to navigate.
3. Security: Blockchain is a really secure platform for storing, transacting and trading cryptocurrency. All transaction connections are handled via secure protocol, also two factor authentication (2FA) is also available for adding extra layer of security to users wallet.
Blockchain also has it own Hardware wallet which is seamlessly integrated with the platform.
4. Responsive Support: According to report from research, Blockchain support are quite responsive, they are also quite active on their social media accounts responding to user issues.
Cons:
1. Limited Number Of Supported Cryptocurrency: Currently Blockchain only support 4 cryptocurrency, BTC, ETH, BCH and XLM. This is pretty discouraging but might be due to the simplicity they are trying to achieve.
Based on my research, Blockchain is a really secure crypto wallet, it is mostly used and recommend to people who mostly transact using major coins like BTC and ETH.