Glow Wallet
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 72 → 80. Problems weighed by who is responsible: problems around the subject, caused by others −2.9; legitimacy credit long-running +8. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -2.9 |
| Long-running | +8 |
| Sum | 70 |
Score: 80/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
Glow Wallet is a non-custodial Solana wallet developed by Luma Labs, Inc., a San Francisco-based company co-founded by Danqing (Dan) Liu and Victor Pontis. Available as a browser extension and mobile app since early 2022, it is marketed as a design-forward wallet with transaction simulation, in-app staking, zero-fee swaps, and a decentralized identity system called Glow ID. No major security breaches specific to Glow have been publicly reported, and no regulatory actions have been identified against the project or its developer.
Connected Entities
6 entities · 60 linked investigations- Slope Wallet→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Phantom Wallet→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Glow Wallet→mentioned with→Phantom Wallet(70%)
- Glow Wallet→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Glow Wallet→mentioned with→Backpack(60%)
- Glow Wallet→mentioned with→Slope Wallet(80%)
- Glow Wallet→mentioned with→Trust Wallet(80%)
- Phantom Wallet→mentioned with→Slope Wallet(80%)
- Solana→mentioned with→Slope Wallet(60%)
- Backpack→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
Connected Through
5 shared actors · 388 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Solanaorganization
- □Phantom Walletorganization
- □Trust Walletorganization
- □Backpackorganization
Timeline(9 events)
2020
Luma Labs, Inc. founded in San Francisco by Danqing (Dan) Liu and Victor Pontis as an online event hosting platform.
Dan Liu personal websiteDecember 2021
Glow Wallet project initiated; Solana Compass lists December 2021 as founding date for the Glow project.
Solana Compass – Glow project page2022
Glow Wallet launched on iOS, making it available on the Apple App Store for the first time.
Glow Wallet App Store listing27 June 2022
GitHub issue #450 opened against the @solana/wallet-adapter-glow npm package, noting code copied from Phantom adapter containing unnecessary workarounds. A code hygiene issue, not a user-funds vulnerability.
GitHub – solana-labs/wallet-adapter issue #4502 August 2022
Broad Solana ecosystem attack attributed to Slope Wallet drains approximately $4.1 million from ~9,231 wallets. Glow Wallet is not identified as a contributing factor or affected vector.
Solana – 8/2/2022 Application Wallet Incident UpdateOctober 2022
Glow Wallet announces Glow ID, a decentralized social identity system stored on the Solana blockchain, positioning the wallet as more than a transaction tool.
Glow – X/Twitter account (glowwallet)10 August 2024
Glow Wallet iOS version 1.6.3 released, adding iOS 18 compatibility.
Glow Solana Wallet – App Store listing25 November 2024
Glow Wallet Chrome extension updated to version 0.61.0; most recent extension update as of the investigation date.
Glow Wallet Chrome Web Store listing16 November 2024
glow-xyz/glow-js GitHub repository last updated; most recent code commit visible for the organization.
glow-xyz GitHub organizationDecision Log
- slot 455371062 · hash 4mgbD4RFJcRcTDCqFew6szGqBhvFrXtiT5ZsW8eK814S
- slot 423648346 · hash 4SjAV4BKjK1fJFx7D3kHrE4A51R7mRDHJYfUoCaqGbkW
- slot 423648342 · hash AxDwxC8QQ3ab6oqNQHXR7BtVV6CC3EnARm56otSc9fU5
- slot 423517868 · hash FDpu8FvNhVAWfA5tb8ht2W6fKNCwCeYc8awYRScgc1BK
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 decisions). 14 of 17 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/1/2026, 4:17:53 AM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:50:50 PM
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