Quote from: AdolfinWolf on February 01, 2018, 05:32:00 PM

Quote from: hias on February 01, 2018, 05:23:37 PM

Since I have no deep understanding of the possibilities of storing crypto-currencies I have some questions which I posted already in some other thread. However didn't get any answers so far.
Actually everyone recommends to use hardware wallets, however I have some questions regarding that topic:

1. Where do most people store there less known Altcoins? Since many of the Altcoins are not supported so far by the hardware wallets.

2. How can I be sure that a newly purchased hardware wallet was not corrupted from the manufacturer or a middle man who is selling the wallet?

3. If I use a software wallet, how can I be sure the file is safe to use? Is there a kind of checksum or any other good method for securing the file is safe to use?

4. If I use multiple software wallets on one laptop which I setup for wallets only and one wallet would be corrupted, isn't there a big chance to loose everything?

Thanks for your help!

original post: Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Tips on how to have the most secure and safe wallet

1. Probably on the exchange that they bought them on ^_^, otherwise i'd look for wallets the dev himself gave out, or use something like Exodus, https://www.exodus.io/

2. Not sure with the trezor, but the Nano simply factory resets after trying the wrong pin a couple times.
https://support.ledgerwallet.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005161645-How-to-erase-my-wallet-or-reset-my-Nano-S-

3. You can check / validate the hashes, yes.

4. I'm not too sure.

Thank you for your input. I just researched further on that topic to find out that trezor is fully open source but Nano Ledger NOT!
So if I understand it right people who are using the Ledger Nano fully trust the company and their code. I just wonder if some programmer could let a backdoor open for later use?
Also if I check a multi desktop wallet like Exodus, I found out that there code is not fully open source.

I am not sure what to think about that situation, to me it seems that my linux system is more secure than many wallets out there?
Going to reseach further on that topic, since a safe wallet should priority if someone keeps a bigger amount of coins.