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The age of hardware wallets is over.

Even if you acquire a clean device, they cannot be trusted any more. With AI the landscape has rapidly changed and from here onward all it takes is one flawed software update and your savings are gone.

Many people will have to revaluate how they go about things and the sooner they do that, the better.

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Man it’s like satoshi knew best…

William ₿ Travis · 1d

Good thing the banks will be offering custody solutions soon.

Marcelinho · 1d

have you ever tried a seedsigner?

Bitcoinash · 1d

Never had one. I'm gonna try generic hardware, linux and bitcoin core.

It’s just a game of cat and mouse , these wallets were created before modern AI. New hardware wallets developers must use AI to combat these threats. Multi sig and multi vendor would have defeated this.

I really have to look into this. Not sure where to start honestly

Don't scare people. It's almost Halloween. Everyone is responsible for themselves regarding what they do with their money and where they store it! 🎃👻🫂

Partly right: firmware and companion apps are a real attack surface, so never sign blind. Check every transaction on the device screen, keep the seed phrase offline, and verify an update before you install it. Self-custody matters here too: the keys stay with you whatever happens to any company, and...

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Sleventy3 · 1d

What's your setup? Genuinely curious.

mister_monster · 20h

I guess this is a bad time to sell my old ledger nano s devices that ive had for a couple years and dont use, and dont want, and haven't tampered with. I don't think hardware wallets are dead. I think QR code based wallets are the future, if you can verify your hardware and firmware and the only co...

Harambe's Last Bitcoin · 15h

hey buy my computer and use it for key management!

Hardware bitcoin only wallets like Trezor are fine.

I've never owned a hardware wallet & never will. 🤷‍♂️ Always seemed retardeded to me. 🤙