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Re: Buying a cheap laptop only for hardware wallet (bitbox02)
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on 04/06/2025, 22:32:54 UTC
Quote from: m2017 on June 02, 2025, 04:51:50 PM
Quote from: Pillkru37 on June 01, 2025, 12:22:55 PM

Hey guys,

I am considering to buy a really cheap laptop, its only usecase would be to connect my hardware wallet with it. I do not own a laptop yet but I also don‘t need one because I have an Ipad.
Should it be a new one or is refurbished enough?

Do you think this makes sense?

How do/would you do it?

Thanks for your help!

Best wishes
I think it makes sense. I recommend using a separate PC or laptop to interact with crypto and hardware wallets. Which one to use (new, used or refurbished) is up to you based on your budget and preferences (and level of paranoia Smiley).

I would like to recommend that you pay attention to nettops (like the picture below), which will allow you to have a very small PC (easy to store and transport), but powerful enough for working with hardware wallets. Which you can connect to any TV and use as a monitor.

The only thing is that I would immediately install Linux instead of Windows 11.
This nettop model is not an advertisement and was chosen from the first ones that came into view. This is only an introductory sample.

An eth wired pc with no possibility of wifi is good.

A laptop with the wifi disabled and an eth connection is good.

a lot depends on where the op wants to send coins from his hardware wallet.

I have a laptop with no wifi and fresh linux install .