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Board Hardware wallets
Re: Hardware wallet vs Software wallet
by
bryant.coleman
on 03/07/2018, 02:15:48 UTC
Surfing on the bitcointalk forum, I sometimes see some threads discussing about hacking of wallets and the discussion is geared towards the best wallets to secure individuals from hackers. Hardware wallets are normally mentioned. I decided to find out about hardware wallets and my searches made me know that, wallets which are normally hacked are of software base. I found out that some viruses which attack computers are able to steal private keys from the software wallets that we normally use. The issue of virus attacking a computer makes the use of hardware wallet very advantageous over software wallet since the hardware wallet are immune against viruses, hence viruses cannot steal from such wallets. My question is what are some of the hardware wallets and how can one get a hardware wallet?

You can easily get a hardware wallet from online stores such as Amazon, or directly from the websites of Trezor or Ledger. But hardware wallets have their own disadvantages and you should remember that. If you forget your recovery phase or password, then your coins are gone.