Here Is How You Can Transfer Ethereum To A Ledger Nano S

Ethereum is predicted to touch $15000 this year! But why am I telling you this?

Well, I am telling you this because if it does actually reach $15000, it will be the second biggest bull run in the history of cryptocurrencies after Bitcoin.

But this prediction of $15000 was later corrected by the Reddit’s co-founder and corrected to $1500 by this year.

Still oddly enough, if Bitcoin reaches $100,000 then Ethereum will surely be worth more than $1500, which is a significant amount.

That’s why it becomes of paramount importance to store your Ether in safe wallets like Ledger Nano S hardware wallet.

Therefore, in this tutorial, I will share with you exactly how you can transfer Ethereum to a Ledger Nano S ETH address.

Transferring Ethereum To A Ledger Nano S

Note: Keep your mobile wallet or exchange wallet ready from which you want to transfer your ETH out to Ledger Nano S.

Step #1. Launch your Ledger Wallet Ethereum app on your system/device. It will appear like this once you have opened it.

Transfering Ethereum To A Ledger Nano S

Step #2. Now plug-in your Ledger Nano S device in PC/mobile and enter your PIN once it is activated. Always remember to keep your PIN secret otherwise anyone with the access to your device and log in and take your funds.

Ledger Nano S

Step #3. Now, in your Ledger device, open your Ethereum app and you will be able to see this screen.

ETH on Ledger device

Step #4. The app on your PC/mobile will prompt you to select between ‘ETH’ and ‘ETC’. Select ‘ETH’ here.

Note: If the app isn’t working fine, please check if your browser support on Ethereum application of your Nano S is disabled. You should select ‘No’ there.

Ledger Wallet Ethereum

Step # 5. After clicking ‘ETH’ you need to wait for few seconds for the app to synchronize with the blockchain. The sync process will look like this:

Ledger Wallet Ethereum

Step # 6.  After the synchronization is complete, you will be able to see this home screen of your wallet. Here, you will see your ETH balance and the last transaction details. You will also see ‘send’ & ‘receive’ options here.

ETH balance and the last transaction

Step #7. In this case, as we are transferring ETH to Ledger Nano S we will be required to click on the ‘Receive’ option. After clicking on ‘Receive’, you will see this screen.

Receive Ether

Step # 8. Now that you have got the ETH address on which you will be transferring your Ethereum, you should decide to copy the address carefully or be ready to scan the QR code of the address. It is always advised to scan the QR code to avoid any human errors.

Step #9. You can scan the QR code in step #7 from your mobile wallet or copy the address shown in the ledger app to paste it in the wallet from where you are sending your ETH.

Generally, people withdraw ETH from exchanges or mobile wallets to securely store it on Ledger Nano S for a long term. And this has to be done very carefully as you can’t afford to put a wrong address during ETH withdrawal from exchanges.

Step # 10. Now once you have scanned the QR code or put the copied address and just hit send from your exchange or mobile wallet. And now wait for the transaction to reflect on Ethereum blockchain explorer.

Sending Ethereum From A Ledger Nano S

strong>Step 1: Launch the Ledger Wallet Ethereum application on your device.

Sending Ethereum From A Ledger Nano S

Step 2: Plug in the Ledger Nano S to your device (PC/mobile) and unlock it using your PIN code. Remember: Don’t share this PIN with anyone because using this PIN, anyone can get into your Ledger Nano S if they have access to the hardware device.

Ledger Nano S

Step 3: After you have entered your correct PIN, the Ledger wallet’s Ethereum app will be activated and will prompt you to select between ‘ETH’ and ‘ETC’. Select ‘ETH’ here. Note: If the app isn’t working fine, please check if your browser support on Ethereum application of your Nano S is disabled. You should select ‘No’ there.

Ledger Wallet Ethereum

Step 4: After clicking ‘ETH’, you will be taken to your Ethereum wallet after a few seconds of synchronization.

Ethereum wallet

Step 5: After the synchronization is complete, you will be able to see this home screen of your wallet. Here, you will see your ETH balance and the last transaction details. You will also see ‘send’ & ‘receive’ options here.

Ledger Wallet last operations

Step 6: Click on the ‘Send’ option as shown in the image below.

Step 7: Enter the relevant details like receipt address, gas limit, and gas price here. Always enter receipt address very carefully because if this goes wrong, you will lose your ETH. You can also use the QR code scan facility to avoid manual errors.

Receipt address, gas limit, and gas price

Note: Sometimes the transactions fail due “out of gas” error. In such a scenario, you need to enable advanced settings as shown below and put a valid gas limit and gas price.

Step 8: After you receive a message like this on the Ethereum block explorer “out of gas”, click on ‘Advanced Mode’  as shown in the image above to enable gas fields to add custom gas data points. I will tell you further in the article how you can select the right gas. In the advanced mode, the same screen will look something like this:

Out of gas

Step 9: Now that you have filled all the fields appropriately as shown in the image below, you are good to hit ‘send’ and your transaction will be broadcasted to the Ethereum mempool to be mined.

Ethereum mempool

Some More Important Points…

Now that your transaction is broadcasted, you should check it out at Ethereum explorer and wait for 12 confirmations to get the transaction successful as suggested by Vitalik Buterin. Most of the times, it hardly takes a few minutes to complete those transactions. Here is how you can check your transaction on Etherscan.io.

Also, learn how to select appropriate gas limit and gas prices while transacting Ethereum from the below video tutorial and read: Ethereum: Ether, Ether Gas, Gas Limit, Gas Price & Fees.

Lastly, I would recommend everyone in the crypto space to own at least one Ledger Nano S because there is so much more you can do with this single hardware wallet including storing more than 22 cryptocurrencies, all in one place.

Some more important points to remember…

While transacting in Ethereum, especially while receiving Ether, it is always good practice to wait for 12 confirmations before considering a transaction successful and this has been reiterated by the Ethereum founder, Vitalik Buterin also.

Another thing, as shown in step #7, don’t use IBAN addresses and stick to HEX formate only and lastly, buy Ledger Nano S from the official website because a lot of people are trying scam newbies because they don’t buy from the official website.

Also, thoroughly learn how to setup and use Ledger Nano S through our exclusive video tutorial series on the same.

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2 thoughts on “Here Is How You Can Transfer Ethereum To A Ledger Nano S”

  1. Francis Semey

    I need to buy Ledger Nano S. Please where and how can get some. My name is Francis from Ghana West Africa

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