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title: Adding your blockchain to Ledger Wallet
category: explanation
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> **Key takeaway:** ☞   The renaming of "Ledger Live" to "Ledger Wallet" and\
> "wallet" (in the hardware sense) to "signer" is still in progress.\
> This page may contain legacy references that will be updated.

# Adding your blockchain to Ledger Wallet

## Introduction

This guide walks you through the process of adding your blockchain to , giving millions of users the ability to manage your digital assets securely using Ledger's trusted signers.

 is Ledger's flagship application providing a unified interface for managing cryptocurrencies and digital assets across desktop (Windows, macOS) and mobile (iOS, Android). By integrating your blockchain, you give your community access to secure asset management, standardized UI components, and multi-platform support across all major operating systems.

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## Languages

The integration touches several layers of the Ledger Wallet stack. The table below shows the required skills for each development step.

| Development step                          | Required skills                                  |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Creation of new coin module               | TypeScript, RxJS                                 |
| Modification of live-common, LLD, and LLM | TypeScript, React Native                         |
| RPC node access                           | DevOps and server hosting/cloud                  |
| Data indexers                             | Backend data processing                          |
| Block explorer (if needed)                | Web framework (for example, Rails or a JS stack) |

## Setup

### Requirements

- [Node.js 18.x](https://nodejs.org/)
- [pnpm 8.x](https://pnpm.io/)
- Python 2.7 or 3.5+
- A C/C++ toolchain (see [node-gyp documentation](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation))

### Development tools

- [eslint](https://github.com/eslint/eslint) — install the [VS Code plugin](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dbaeumer.vscode-eslint) for in-editor feedback
- [prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) — applied via an ESLint plugin
- [typescript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) — verify it is working in your IDE before starting

### Hardware prerequisites

- A physical Ledger signer
- The MyCoin app installed on the signer

### Installation

1. Fork and clone the Ledger Wallet repository: [https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live](https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live)
2. `cd ledger-live`
3. Install dependencies: `pnpm i`

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