Intear Wallet: Proactive Security for NEAR in 2025

TLDR: Storing keys safely is not enough anymore. Scams, trackers, and simple mistakes drain more funds than classic “hacks.” Intear Wallet treats security as an active process: it detects threats, blocks bad behavior, and guides you before you click confirm.

Why a defensive wallet matters now

In 2025, attacks target your clicks, your network, and your habits, not just your keys. Intear focuses on three pillars:

• Prevention: Block spam NFTs, trackers, and malicious sends.

• Detection: Warn on dangerous actions and surface real-time compromise signals.

• Recovery: Rotate a leaked seed in clicks, not days. Audit everything with a local Security Log.

What makes Intear stand out

First-class Ledger on desktop and mobile (USB and Bluetooth)

Hardware wallets remain the gold standard for key storage. Intear’s Ledger flow is engineered to be smooth and reliable based on routine user testing, so secure habits feel natural, not fragile.

Benefit: Hardware-level isolation with fewer retries during signing.

Shared spam-NFT defense with fast moderation

Scam NFTs are a primary phishing vector. Intear maintains a centralized, human-curated spam registry. Report an NFT or hide it privately. A reviewer (slimedragon.near) typically checks within about 10 minutes and can hide the NFT or the whole collection for everyone.

Benefit: Most Intear users rarely see scam NFTs at all. As far as we know, this is unique among NEAR wallets.

Privacy by design that avoids IP leaks

Attackers can embed trackers in token or NFT icons. Many wallets fetch those URLs directly and expose your IP and timestamps. Intear blocks untrusted connections and proxies required assets through Intear servers. It also caches them so later loads do not ping the tracker.

Benefit: Trackers see Intear’s IP, not yours, and only the first access time.

Changeable seed phrase for real-time incident response

Leak a seed phrase? Do not scramble across DeFi moving assets. Rotate the seed in two clicks. If a thief rotates first, Intear displays a compromise alert in under 5 seconds so you do not keep sending funds to a poisoned account.

Benefit: Fast mitigation with clear visibility if you were beaten to the rotation.

Local Security Log that is encrypted and exhaustive

Every sensitive action is recorded on your device and encrypted with your password: wallet opens, “Show seed phrase,” app connections, message or transaction signs, seed changes, wallet create or import or remove, and more. It even helps if you sign out by mistake.

Benefit: If something goes wrong, you can reconstruct exactly what happened.

Strong-by-default password encryption using Argon2id

Intear uses Argon2id with adaptive hardness. If your device is powerful, the wallet increases parameters automatically. Even a 6-character password forces hours of runtime for offline decryption attempts, yet unlocks remain fast on typical phones. Session unlocks persist for about 1 hour so you can choose long and strong passwords without friction.

Benefit: Practical security you will actually use.

Guardrails against common self-inflicted losses

Many users paste a contract address where a recipient address should go. Intear intercepts these patterns and a few other common foot-guns so you cannot send tokens into a black hole.

Benefit: Quietly saves you from costly copy-paste mistakes.

Open source and self-hostable with user-controlled updates

Intear is fully open source. Run it locally, audit the code, or self-host to match your threat model. The desktop app does not auto-update without consent, so a new release cannot change behavior unexpectedly.

Benefit: Transparency and control that match real security needs.

Big, explicit warnings for high-risk actions

Adding a full-access key, deploying a contract to your main account, or similar high-risk moves trigger full-screen warnings that require you to type confirm. It is a circuit breaker at the last mile.

Benefit: Extra safety when it matters most.

FAQ

Is seed rotation instant?
It is designed to be fast and simple. If an attacker rotates before you, Intear surfaces an alert in seconds so you stop interacting with a compromised account.

Does the spam registry censor real NFTs?
The process is human-moderated and reversible. You can also hide locally only if you prefer.

What if I lose my password?
Your keys on disk are encrypted with it. Keep a secure backup of your seed phrase and use Ledger for primary funds.

Can I self-host?
Yes. The code is open source and the desktop app updates only when you approve them.

Final thoughts

Security is not a single feature. It is the whole product. Intear protects your privacy, attention, and time by proactively defending against scams, leaks, and mistakes, while keeping you in control.

Try Intear, rotate a seed in two clicks, read your Security Log, and see what a defensive wallet feels like.

Updated: October 21, 2025