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Board Hardware wallets
Re: Trezor wallet firmware update question
by
Cricktor
on 27/10/2024, 19:30:20 UTC
That being said, you should always have your seed words written down on paper and backed up on metal.
I would highly recommend to anybody with a hardware wallet to practice and verify that they can successfully restore their wallet with their analog mnemonic recovery words backup. I don't know how many users do and practice this actually. Of course you can practice wallet recovery with any wallet you use, it's not limited to hardware wallets.

To avoid risking your stash, practice recovery before you move your coins to your new wallet. Or get some Testnet coins and extend your practice to all sorts of actions with your wallet. Potentially losing Testnet coins doesn't hurt.

Any hardware wallet or any Trezor getting wiped for whatever reason shouldn't make you uncomfortable when you know the drill and have practiced recovery.