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Re: Finally I got myself my first real cold wallet
by
Findingnemo
on 24/01/2024, 07:22:00 UTC
Just bought and got my first real cold wallet from Ledger that I ordered from their website. Cheesy (Now I finally feel like a real Bitcoiner/Cryptoner)

You can have a cold wallet without even purchasing a hardware wallet, one way is using Electrum to create a wallet in an offline device where you will be never exposed to the internet which means your seeds are safe unless you do something wrong.


Download the latest version of Electrum from https://electrum.org/#download and then verify the signatures before installing it.

[GUIDE] How to Safely Download and Verify Electrum

Then copy the downloaded file to your air-gapped device and install it, then restore your wallet with your seeds "Standard Wallet -> I already have a seed".

Then go to  "Wallet -> Info" and get your "Master Public Key"

After this go to your device which is connected to the internet create the "watch-only" wallet (Standard Wallet -> "Use a Master Key)

By this method device will be never connected to the internet so you no need to worry about your seeds being exposed to malware or anything.


And you could have chosen a better hardware manufacturer than Ledger because you can't trust Ledger anymore and they keep lying about everything.