@tronweb3/tronwallet-adapter-ledger-evm

This package provides an adapter for the Ledger Hardware Wallet on EVM-compatible chains.

Demo

import { LedgerEvmAdapter } from '@tronweb3/tronwallet-adapter-ledger-evm';
import { ethers } from 'ethers';

const adapter = new LedgerEvmAdapter({
    // Initial total accounts to get once connection is created
    accountNumber: 5,
    // Custom derivation path for address
    getDerivationPath(index) {
        return `44'/60'/${index}'/0/0`;
    },
});
// connect (shows account selection modal)
await adapter.connect();

// then you can get the address
console.log(adapter.address);

// create a transaction with your provider
const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider('https://eth.llamarpc.com');
const unSignedTransaction = {
    to: '0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc9e7595f0bEb',
    value: ethers.parseEther('0.001').toString(),
    nonce: await provider.getTransactionCount(adapter.address!, 'pending'),
    gasLimit: '21000',
    gasPrice: (await provider.getFeeData()).gasPrice!.toString(),
    chainId: 1,
};
// using adapter to sign the transaction
const signedTransaction = await adapter.signTransaction(unSignedTransaction);
// broadcast the transaction with your provider
await provider.broadcastTransaction(signedTransaction);

Documentation

API

• Constructor(config: LedgerAdapterConfig)

  interface LedgerAdapterConfig {
      /**
       * Set if open Wallet's website when wallet is not installed.
       * Default is true.
       */
      openUrlWhenWalletNotFound?: boolean;
      /**
       * Initial total accounts to get once connection is created, default is 1
       */
      accountNumber?: number;
  
      /**
       * Hook function to call before connecting to ledger and getting accounts.
       * By default, a modal will popup to remind the user to prepare the ledger and enter the Ethereum app.
       * You can specify a function to disable this modal.
       */
      beforeConnect?: () => Promise<unknown> | unknown;
  
      /**
       * Hook function to call after connecting to ledger and getting initial accounts.
       * The function should return the selected account including the index of the account.
       * Following operations such as `signMessage` will use the selected account.
       */
      selectAccount?: (params: { accounts: Account[]; ledgerUtils: LedgerUtils }) => Promise<Account>;
  
      /**
       * Function to get the derivation BIP44 path by index.
       * Default is `44'/60'/${index}'/0/0`
       */
      getDerivationPath?: (index: number) => string;
  }
  interface Account {
      /**
       * The index to get the BIP44 path.
       */
      index: number;
      /**
       * The BIP44 path to derive the address.
       */
      path: string;
      /**
       * The derived address.
       */
      address: string;
  }
  interface LedgerUtils {
      /**
       * Get accounts from ledger by index. `from` is included and `to` is excluded.
       * User can use the function to load more accounts.
       */
      getAccounts: (from: number, to: number) => Promise<Account[]>;
      /**
       * Request to get an address with specified index using getDerivationPath(index) to get the BIP44 path.
       * If `display` is true, will request the user to approve on the ledger.
       * The promise will resolve if the user approves and reject if the user cancels the operation.
       */
      getAddress: (index: number, display: boolean) => Promise<{ publicKey: string; address: string }>;
  }

• Property: ledgerUtils ledgerUtils on LedgerEvmAdapter is used to get useful functions to interact with the Ledger directly. ledgerUtils is defined in the section above.

  • getAccounts(from: number, to: number) is a wrapped function to get multiple accounts by index range from the ledger. For example:

    const adapter = new LedgerEvmAdapter();
    // get 5 accounts from ledger
    const accounts = await adapter.ledgerUtils.getAccounts(0, 5);
    // [{ address: string, index: 0, path: "44'/60'/0'/0/0" }, ...]

  • getAddress(index: number, display: boolean) is a raw function to request an address from the ledger. If display is true, will request the user to approve on the ledger. For example, the following code will request the user to approve on the Ledger to confirm connecting their ledger.

    const adapter = new LedgerEvmAdapter();
    const result = await adapter.ledgerUtils.getAddress(0, true);
    // { address: 'some address', publicKey: 'publicKey for address' }

Methods

• signTransaction(transaction)

  Sign a transaction via the Ledger wallet and return the signed raw transaction (0x... format).

  async signTransaction(transaction: {
      to: string;
      value?: string;
      data?: string;
      nonce: number;                    // Required
      gasLimit: string;                 // Required
      gasPrice?: string;                // For legacy transactions
      maxFeePerGas?: string;            // For EIP-1559
      maxPriorityFeePerGas?: string;    // For EIP-1559
      chainId: number;                  // Required
  }): Promise<string>

  Both legacy and EIP-1559 transactions are supported. Provide gasPrice for legacy transactions, or maxFeePerGas / maxPriorityFeePerGas for EIP-1559.

• signMessage(params)

  Sign a personal message.

  async signMessage(params: { message: string; address?: string }): Promise<string>

• signTypedData(params)

  Sign EIP-712 typed data.

  async signTypedData(params: { typedData: TypedData; address?: string }): Promise<string>

Transaction Broadcasting

The Ledger adapter only signs transactions. It does NOT broadcast them, following the same design as the TRON Ledger adapter:

• Adapter handles: hardware communication + signing
• Your dApp handles: network access + broadcasting

Use your dApp's existing provider to broadcast the signed raw transaction:

// ethers.js
await provider.broadcastTransaction(signedTx);

// web3.js
await web3.eth.sendSignedTransaction(signedTx);

// viem
await client.sendRawTransaction({ serializedTransaction: signedTx });

Caveats

• multiSign() is not supported.
• WebHID is required for direct Ledger connection. It is supported on Chrome / Edge / Brave (desktop) but not on Firefox or mobile browsers. For mobile users, recommend using Ledger Live + WalletConnect.

For more information about tronwallet adapters, please refer to @tronweb3/tronwallet-adapters