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Board Hardware wallets
Re: Do Hardware wallet Manufacturers Ship to PO Boxes or Not?
by
o_e_l_e_o
on 10/09/2022, 19:19:16 UTC
Makes you wonder if there is a business model here of re-shipping crypto wallets.
There already exist several companies which you can use to receive mail or packages and then forward to another address without opening, such as iPostal1, Traveling Mailbox, or Anytime Mailbox. It would be preferable to use a general company which forwards any package as opposed to one which only forwards hardware wallets, for the exact reason that if the forwarding company leaks user data, then if they only deal with hardware wallets then you are back at square one.

Do you think BitPay is different from Coinbase Commerce Crypto.com Pay, for example? I assume that the same type of verification would be required by most of them.
BitPay are the worst possible payment provider in existence. While I'm not crazy about any custodial payment process, I just tried to place some test orders via Crypto.com and Coinbase Commerce out of interest. Crypto.com just ask for an email address, which can obviously be a burner, and Coinbase Commerce don't ask for anything at all. BitPay, on the other hand, require a fully KYCed account in order to place an order. which is just ridiculous, especially for a hardware wallet manufacturer.