{"id":90291,"date":"2025-10-26T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=90291"},"modified":"2025-10-26T11:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:30:15","slug":"ledger-faces-backlash-over-transaction-monetisation-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ledger-faces-backlash-over-transaction-monetisation-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Ledger Faces Backlash Over Transaction Monetisation Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-multisignature-what-is-a-ring-signature\">multisignature<\/a> feature in Ledger wallets has sparked a negative reaction from users due to the established base fees.<\/p>\n<p>The Ledger Multisig business solution was <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ledger-and-trezor-unveil-next-generation-hardware-wallets\">introduced<\/a> alongside the launch of the new Nano Gen5 hardware device. The company also rebranded the Ledger Live app to Ledger Wallet.<\/p>\n<p>The multisig technology is Ledger&#8217;s first native coordination system, allowing transactions to be clustered using the backend. Previously, third-party tools like Specter or Sparrow were used.<\/p>\n<p>However, the initial excitement over the technology&#8217;s convenience turned to discontent once the fees were revealed. According to the project&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/multisig.ledger.com\/\">website<\/a>, in addition to covering blockchain gas, users will have to pay for &#8220;service maintenance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fee structure includes two variables:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a fixed fee of $10 for all transactions (excluding token transfers);<\/li>\n<li>a dynamic fee \u2014 0.05% of the transaction amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Confusion was further compounded by a post from Ledger&#8217;s CTO, Charles Guillemet. He wrote that the &#8220;best thing&#8221; about the update was the &#8220;free&#8221; Ledger Multisig. He later pointed out a &#8220;typo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#8217;s a typo in the tweet above: Multisig is a paid service, as indicated in the doc and announced during Ledger Op3n.<\/p>\n<p>The EVM version of Multisig is built on Safe, but we went much further, adding Clear Signing, Transaction Check, and Trusted Name to make create the security\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Guillemet (@P3b7_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/P3b7_\/status\/1981751524339413413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Guillemet added that the fees reflect the cost of maintaining the infrastructure and audits necessary to support the service&#8217;s additional security layers.<\/p>\n<p>A blockchain researcher and developer known as pcaversaccio <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pcaversaccio\/status\/1981623813180637673\">described<\/a> the company&#8217;s tactic as a &#8220;cash cow.&#8221; He suggested that such an approach could turn multisig users into a source of corporate revenue.<\/p>\n<p>An Avalanche ecosystem developer under the pseudonym Sarnavo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/0xSarnavo\/status\/1981635171334983952\" title=\"\">added<\/a> that &#8220;trust functionality is now becoming paid access.&#8221; He also pointed to the closed code of the Ledger application itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Security should not monetise every transaction,&#8221; he emphasised.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in July, Ledger <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ledger-explains-discontinuation-of-nano-s-wallet-support\">announced<\/a> it would cease software updates for the Nano S hardware wallet due to limited memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new multisignature feature in Ledger wallets has sparked a negative reaction from users due to the established base fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Ledger's new multisignature feature faces backlash over transaction fees.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1640,57],"class_list":["post-90291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ledger","tag-wallets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"142","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Ledger's new multisignature feature faces backlash over transaction fees.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90293,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90291\/revisions\/90293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}