# Ryder > Your crypto, forever yours Ryder is a hardware wallet company offering non-custodial crypto storage without seed phrases. It uses NFC-based TapSafe Recovery, letting users restore access through physical tags and trusted contacts. Ryder is a hardware wallet company that builds self-custody solutions for digital assets. Its flagship product, Ryder One, is an offline hardware wallet paired with a companion mobile app, designed to remove the friction and risk associated with traditional paper seed phrase backups. It is aimed at individual holders as well as institutions seeking a straightforward way to secure private keys without sacrificing control. The core of Ryder's approach is TapSafe Recovery, a social recovery system that splits a wallet's recovery data into multiple encrypted shares using secret-sharing methods. These shares can be distributed across physical NFC Recovery Tags, the mobile app, and trusted Recovery Contacts, so that a threshold number of shares is required to reconstruct access if a device is lost or damaged. Private keys remain on the device at all times, and no single share is sufficient to reconstruct them, which is intended to reduce the risks tied to single-point seed phrase storage. Beyond the hardware wallet and its recovery system, Ryder provides a mobile app for setup, asset management, and recovery coordination across a range of supported digital assets. The company also maintains developer and support documentation to help users configure recovery tags and contacts. Ryder is used by individual crypto holders and institutional users who prioritize offline key storage combined with a non-technical recovery process. - Type: Company - Sector: Custody and Wallets - Status: Active - Founded: 2020-08-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/ryder ## Products - [Ryder One](https://thegrid.id/profiles/ryder): Ryder One is a hardware wallet that stores private keys offline and signs transactions through an air-gapped, NFC-only connection to a paired mobile app. It uses a certified secure element chip together with a touchscreen display so users confirm every transaction physically on the device rather than trusting a connected computer. Its TapSafe Recovery system splits an encrypted backup across physical Recovery Tags and optional trusted contacts, removing the need for a written seed phrase, and the device supports asset management across multiple blockchains. (Hardware Wallet, Live, Main Product) - [Ryder App](https://thegrid.id/profiles/ryder): Ryder App is a mobile companion application that pairs with the Ryder One hardware wallet over NFC to manage digital assets across multiple blockchains. It handles wallet setup, transaction initiation, portfolio tracking, and recovery share storage, relying on local device storage rather than a centralized server for user data. The app is required to operate the paired hardware wallet and serves as its primary user interface on iOS and Android devices. 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