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Bitcoin => Hardware wallets => Topic started by: PCos on December 02, 2015, 02:01:52 PM



Title: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: PCos on December 02, 2015, 02:01:52 PM
Exist any sort of "physical wallet" for BTC? How is safe and how cost?


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: ranochigo on December 02, 2015, 02:04:38 PM
Trezor: https://www.bitcointrezor.com/
Ledger: https://www.ledgerwallet.com/products

These are the more secure ones. The safety depends on the code of the firmware. AFAIK, both of them are opensourced so you can review the source code and check for vulnerabilities. Trezor has a screen and I would recommend it for storing larger amounts. Ledger is a great choice for small and simple storage while offering the capabilities of hardware wallet.


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: OmegaStarScream on December 02, 2015, 02:09:07 PM
Exist any sort of "physical wallet" for BTC? How is safe and how cost?

Physical wallets can be either Paper wallets (which basically cost nothing but a paper where you print the private key and the public key) and there is also Hardware wallets like the above user suggested , but I personally would choose Case wallet if I had to go for a Hardware wallet , see here : https://choosecase.com/ It's little bit expensive but if you had huge amounts then I think it really worth it .


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: funkydog on December 02, 2015, 03:56:48 PM
Exist any sort of "physical wallet" for BTC? How is safe and how cost?

Physical wallets can be either Paper wallets (which basically cost nothing but a paper where you print the private key and the public key) and there is also Hardware wallets like the above user suggested , but I personally would choose Case wallet if I had to go for a Hardware wallet , see here : https://choosecase.com/ It's little bit expensive but if you had huge amounts then I think it really worth it .

I disagree with this part. Private and public key are just backups of a software or online wallet.


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: kripto para on December 02, 2015, 04:20:19 PM
For those questions always use the official website; https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet
There're 2 reliable options there.


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: OmegaStarScream on December 02, 2015, 05:12:51 PM
Exist any sort of "physical wallet" for BTC? How is safe and how cost?

Physical wallets can be either Paper wallets (which basically cost nothing but a paper where you print the private key and the public key) and there is also Hardware wallets like the above user suggested , but I personally would choose Case wallet if I had to go for a Hardware wallet , see here : https://choosecase.com/ It's little bit expensive but if you had huge amounts then I think it really worth it .

I disagree with this part. Private and public key are just backups of a software or online wallet.

What are you even talking about ? You can generate private and public keys using Bitadress (or download the github) and run it offline and no one will have your private keys and public keys so they can't be compromised at all unless someone steals the paper of course ... or you can even encrypt the private key with some password as-well .


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: pedrog on December 02, 2015, 05:13:28 PM
Here, check this topic:

OVERVIEW: BITCOIN HARDWARE WALLETS: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=899253.0


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: TeamAgar on December 06, 2015, 11:40:54 PM
Here, check this topic:

OVERVIEW: BITCOIN HARDWARE WALLETS: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=899253.0

Very useful link!  Thank you.


Title: Re: Phisical Wallet?
Post by: RussianRaibow on February 21, 2016, 03:52:55 PM
I personally have a Ledger nano. It's the only physical wallet that I have used, but I really like it. It works well if you use it with the Mycelium app with a USB OTG adapter. I highly recommend it.