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Board Hardware wallets
Re: Suggest me a secure and open-source hardware wallet.
by
Lucius
on 09/11/2023, 10:37:10 UTC
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Check out SeedSigner.  When you first set up SeedSigner, the device will guide you through the steps to create a SeedQR on paper, by hand.  SeedSigner doesn't save your seed in the device.  When you turn it off, your seed is erased.  This means, each time you use SeedSigner, you scan your SeedQR to load your seed on the device.  Loading a seed on SeedSigner is easier than entering a PIN to unlock a traditional hardware wallet.  Oh, and I should mention that SeedSigner has no PIN to lock the device since there's nothing on the device to lock.


Does this mean that anyone who comes into possession of the QR code can load the seed on any other device or only on SeedSigner? I admit that the idea that the device itself has nothing in it that could enable a potential thief to hack it sounds very good, but is there an option to protect the seed with a passphrase in case someone does find the backup?