Quote from: HCP on March 08, 2018, 07:44:44 PM

Isn't your computer also a "hardware device"? What are you going to do when it dies? Tongue

Apples and oranges, my good man. My computer is a garden variety PC which can be easily replaced with one of the other unused ones I have lying about.
Hardware wallets are specialized, closed source devices that can't be replaced easily.

Quote from: HCP on March 08, 2018, 07:44:44 PM

Let me guess, restore your wallet from your seed backup right?

Exactly like what you would do with a hardware wallet... Most (all?) of the hardware wallets use BIP39/44 compatible seeds and can be restored by most HD wallets... Unlike Electrum seeds... which are Electrum only Wink

That's fine except i'd have to order one and wait.
Plus hardware wallets are closed source so I have now way to know how much to trust them. Electrum is Python and I can run it right from source without an installer.