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As I explained in my previous article, I tested three wallets on my Android phone: Centaurus, Stargazer and Lobstr. I chose Centaurus as the one I can rely on for my future transactions.
Now, I would like to talk briefly about two web wallets I decided to test: StellarTerm and Ecliptic. On the StellarTerm webpage I had to log in with my secret key to manage the account. I had two options, as you also will: I could go to the Stellar Account Viewer and generate a secret key for a new account, or get my secret key generated automatically on my Centaurus wallet (there is a direct option to reveal it on the mobile application as I open the wallet).
I decided to get my secret key from Centaurus and use also in StellarTerm. When I opened the account, it showed me the balance on that account, the exact amount of XLM I have on Centaurus wallet, and gave me already some trust options. If you want to add a different anchor than the known options the wallet gives you, it’s possible to add via federation or manually, in that case adding the asset code and the Issuer Account ID.
I created a trust line for [tempo – EURT]( https://tempo.eu.com/en) as I wanted to sell some XLM in exchange of Euros. The exchange operation worked completely fine, and I received my euros for the price I sold the Lumens in a few seconds. The only problem is that I had some trouble in selling my Lumens for a reasonable price because the Buy offers were much lower than the [actual exchange price on Stellar network] (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/stellar/).
Lastly, I want to give some impressions about Ecliptic. I had to insert my e-mail address and create a username and password in order to initiate. What I really liked about this wallet is the design of the webpage and the fact that the user can hold as many wallets as he/she pleases on the same account, being each wallet a different Stellar account, but the Ecliptic also gives the user an automatically created Default wallet.
On the other hand, I couldn’t use many Ecliptic’s functions because I needed to receive a minimum amount of Lumens to have my account funded. My options to receive some XLM were either to give my Account ID or my Stellar address to the sender. I didn't have this problem on StellarTerm simply because I could import my previous wallet (Centaurus).
Considering those two wallets, I chose StellarTerm. It’s easy to use, I don’t have to give much information about myself except the secret key, which I can also generate on the Stellar Account Viewer, and it already gave me a list of anchor options to choose so I didn’t have to search for others. It’s important to mention that StellarTerm doesn’t save my secret key, so when I exit the page have to include the secret key again next time I open it. It may be considered an effective safety measure, so the user has to save the secret key in a safe place.
Even though I didn't exchange XLM or other currencies in other web wallets, I was pretty satisfied with my experience at StellarTerm, reason why I chose it.
I hope those other impressions can help many users!
Cheers!
Luísa Nogueira.
