News about Hardware Wallets

by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago

Wallets: an in-depth guide to understanding what wallets actually do, why hardware wallets are safer than software wallets, how public keys, private keys, & transaction signing work, and what terms like “cold”, “hot”, & “air-gapped” actually mean

Introduction I've noticed quite a few misconceptions on this subreddit about what wallets actually are and what the essential difference is between software wallets and hardware wallets. So, I've decided to write a thorough guide aimed and be...

by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago

How many people here * actually * use hardware wallets?

Just had an insanely interesting reddit discussion with many folks here on where they are trading / stacking crypto. While I had expected most folks to just use centralised exchanges, it seems that most people are actually withdrawing their crypto to...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

What are the best hardware wallets for multisig

I want to be able to verify receive addresses on all of my devices and have them air-gapped. I was listening to the Stephan Livera podcast 215 where his guest recommends using a coldcard (I currently have one) and a keystone in a multi-sig setup. He...

by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago

Don't order any hardware wallets. At least for now.

I see comments saying "bye ledger, ordered myself a new hw". Don't you get it? These hardware wallets are not what we thought they were. It has nothing to do with their new feature. By announcing that they can offer a service to recove...

by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago

hardware wallets - here are the facts

First some basics: Secure Element: The secure element is not an unbreachable storage chip, it is in fact a little computer. This computer is secured in a way that it enabled confidential computing. This means that no physical outside attack can read...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

Ledger and hardware wallets - here are the facts

First some basics for Ledger: Secure Element: The secure element is not an unbreachable storage chip, it is in fact a little computer. This computer is secured in a way that it enabled confidential computing. This means that no physical outside attac...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

Understanding hardware wallets

Edit: Thanks to everyone for the incredibly thorough replies with insight and information. I'll be reading all your replies multiple times to digest it all. I am old school. I store BTC on paper wallets generated offline from bitaddress.org, fro...