Let me refine the question a bit lol. Can I use any exchange that I have BTC and ETC on and The hardware wallet supports BTC and ETC?
when I give my crypto exchange my public address of my wallet to do a transfer , does the exchange know from the address any info like the wallet I am using....or?
You can use any wallet that can generate an address. You can think of the address like your bank account number it belongs only to you. On exchanges, you simply provide your address and request a withdrawal to it.
We should only use Bitcoin-only hardware wallets like Coldcard Mk4 or Q, or Blockstream Jade or Jade Plus, because they are much more secure than crypto wallets that support shitcoins and have larger firmware and more attack surfaces.There’s no real reason to hold anything long-term except Bitcoin. Everything else is basically a shitcoin centralized, premined, with high inflation.
ETH and other shitcoins are only good for short-term speculation no smart person is actually holding that stuff long-term. The longer you hold them, the more value you lose. With Bitcoin, it’s the opposite
: the longer you hold it, the more your purchasing power increases.
I encourage you to research this topic more deeply to truly understand what I’m saying.