Using the Zerion dApp with Your KeepKey
Open-source hardware wallet. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, TON, TRON, Cosmos, and all EVM chains. Your keys never leave the device.
Open-source hardware wallet. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, TON, TRON, Cosmos, and all EVM chains. Your keys never leave the device.
dApps are the most powerful part of KeepKey’s ecosystem
dApps are the most powerful part of KeepKey’s ecosystem
ShapeShift is just a dApp, and a dApp is simply a fancy way to say website. The goal of Vault Desktop is to present users with a safer way to manage their crypto than just using a Chrome web browser, where scams, phishing, and malware exist. However, at the end of the day, Electron is Chrome, and dApps in Vault Desktop are just websites. KeepKey curates a list of dApps. Some users never get past the “default” landing dApp, which is ShapeShift.
However, users often come out of their shell and learn more when:
Let's talk about my favorite EVM alternative for ShapeShift that I've found to be highly reliable and supports many EVMs: Zerion.

Step 1: Go to the dApp store and search for Zerion.


Step 2: Now we need to connect to WalletConnect.

Step 3: Select KeepKey.

Notice we inject into the website the “preference” to use KeepKey to make this a one-click pairing.

Step 4: After clicking the KeepKey button in the corner, the KeepKey launch intent is loaded, and you approve the session.

Zerion is very fast to load!
In this tutorial, we have:
By following this tutorial, you should now have a better understanding of how to navigate and utilize different dApps within Vault Desktop, ensuring a more secure and efficient crypto management experience.