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Re: Changing Hardware Wallets
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satscraper
on 17/07/2024, 08:20:23 UTC
I'm about to switch from a Tangem wallet to a Coldcard Q. Tangem was my first ever HW wallet, so I don't have any experience "changing wallets". Is it better practice/security to generate a new seed phrase with the new wallet, and then send my BTC over from Tangem (testing with a smaller amount of course), or should I just restore my seed phrase from when I created the Tangem wallet? Appreciate any input, thanks!

Wise decision as Coldcard Q  has a robust (more reliable) entropy source  when compared with Tangem.

I use Tangem solely for the quick  on-the-go payment. For long term storage I use Passport 2 the formfactor of which is more preferable for me that that one for Coldcard Q. Regarding security Passport 2 and Coldcard Q are comparable devices but I think Passport 2 is more user-friendly.