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I personally think it is safe as an offline wallet offers the highest level of security for storing crypto is it involves storing the funds in a secured place that is not connected to any network. This type of wallet can also offer good protection against computer vulnerabilities. The hardware wallets are the best type of offline wallet that offers very high security and ease of use. Also, as these wallets allow backup, you can easily recover your funds if you lose this device.

One such example of a hardware wallet is Trezor. It operates as secure cold storage. You can easily transfer bitcoins to the device using the Trezor interface, which is accessible from macOS, Linux, Windows, and Android. Its interface is quite easy to use that lists your coins and recent transactions.

Trezor uses a 12 to 24-word seed for protection and recovery and a user-defined PIN. You can also add an encrypted passphrase to your wallet for an added layer of security.

what say u?

hardware wallet is the safest way to store cryptocurrency.. as long as you keep your seed in safe place no one can take your crypto

yes, thats absolutely right
because our seed is the most important keys in our hardware wallet, do not tell to anyone and store it outside from your computer or leptop

Offline wallets are safe but it will also be prone to attackers if you are going to go online. It will also be unsafe if you lost the hardware or neglect being vigilant on your account.

nither hardware no online wallets not 100% safe. both might be hacked if owner will not observe simply rules of their safty using.

Safest wallet on the market is the offline ones. You don't have a pay a lot of money for who know what product, just buy one usb flash, encryption without password and save your wallet in it.

Just a reminder that you still need to save these paraphrases and at least have a trusted someone to share it with as we will never know what will happen to you. I have heard some stories in my country where they have hoarded cryptocurrencies and end up dies without someone knowing how to open their wallets. In the end that person has assets that cannot be used be their family because they will not let anyone know their wallet codes.

Hardware wallets are the ultimate definition of security when it comes to crypto assets, if you do a brief research, you will discover that most of the hacks that has happened in the past has been due to the use of online wallets, they are very sucure and I would recommend them anytime.

Hardware wallet prevents you from doing a number of mistakes you could have done otherwise.
Any wallet can be safe if you know how exactly to secure it and even a hardware wallet could be hacked if you are careless.
So, it's all about your using habit. A hardware wallet is necessary if you have 10s of bitcoin or equivalent to keep. Otherwise any app wallet or web wallet would still do a good job.

Hardware wallet is very safe to store your keys.
But, no system is safe, keep your hardware to safest place.
Not your keys not your wallet

Never buy used hardware wallets, other than that they are safe if you intend to use them as coldstorage.. Ledger has some nice picks where you can hold a lot of different cryptos.

As always, every electronic device is prone to death so keeping priv keys written in paper and kept safe is always the wise thing to do.

Hardware wallets are safer than web wallets or app wallets, especially ledger Nano and Trezor brands. I've used both, they are cool but I prefer Ledger Nano since I consider it more rugged.

sure, hardware wallet is safe and more better that web wallet.
this wallet is new innovation to make wallet is more safe and can you control everyday, but the loss point is.
your PC is must never touch by other people, because it so danger.

You are absolutely correct that hardware wallets are fully secured from all attacks and work as cold wallets. No one can access that wallet other then the holder of it.

I don't have one but I have friends that use hardware wallets ,the experience is better and safer but I prefer paper wallet for saving huge amount worth of coins

hardware wallet, yes it is safe and more safe than website wallet i think.
because hardware wallet it just you the main access to openet and get full of access of your wallet.
hacker is never get access your wallet even when he get your password because this wallet in your own PC not on website.
this is really good.

At the moment, a hardware purse is the most reliable means for storing crypto. If you have large amounts of crypto, then you definitely need a hardware wallet.

Our hardware wallets are safe and as long as we don't trust others, our assets will be safe on the hardware.

yes of course it's the safest wallet to secure the crypto assets you have, this wallet is highly recommended for those who have many crypto assets.

Sincerely hardware wallets are the safest and are not that vulnerable if the seed is not accessible by third party. Most of the time people complain of their hardware wallet being hacked, they forgot that they have exposed their seed in one way or the other. If seed is not exposed then hardware wallet is safe.

If hardware wallets are not safe for someone I don't know what is the definition of "safe"  for that guy. Paper wallets are not safe compared to separate hard disk as a crypto wallet. I never believe the power of online exchanges because there is no guarantee for funds in any exchange.

Of course hardware wallet is safer when it comes to security of asset, the level of security is hard to crack, the issue is that not everybody can afford to buy the wallet  but it's better to have it to avoid loss asset.

If i have a some money, i will buy that for secure my wallet and all coins that i have. Because if our coin saved in only wallet from the internet, still many risk like the hacker can be stolen all our valuable coin. So i recommended you to buy it!

Yes, they are safe, the only problem or where the issue might arises is that if you bought it from somewhere else, like Ebay or something. You don't know, someone might tampered it to hack and steal your coins. That's why it is advisable to buy from the official site only to avoid this kind of problems in the future.

@Olatunjex - those wallets are very cheap, so everyone should really get it so that you have a peace of mind.

If all rules and precautions are religiously followed , then hardware wallet is a very good me to own for cryptocurrency storage. If you won’t keep your keys and seeds save and private from third party , then you are close to being hacked anytime.

I can afford 100 bucks if I am thinking about the holding the big gains in my portfolio. The crypto securing technics are more understandable for experienced investors who can afford to buy hardware wallets. It is safe to hold the cryptos in the hardware wallets than desktop or online wallets.

of late I have been reading different bug fixes of some of these hardware wallets and no major loses about them either....guess it's all about correct precautionary use.

TBH no one will guarantee you safety if you don't follow the best ways of protecting your coins  such as not using public networks or PCs as they might be infected with malware, not sharing private keys and all. AFAIK The hardware wallet won't safe guard your coins without us doing our part of using the wallets correctly and safely.

Theres nothing much safer than having hardware wallet.
This is the best tool to have our coins and tokens.
If you are into cryptocurrency one of the best investment is to have hardware wallet.

never seen someone call it a purse before  ::) :D :D
But yes, hardware wallets or software wallets that let you transform your mobile devices into cold storage wallets are the safest way to store bitcoin or any crypto for that matter.

But software wallets can also be safe if you are an advanced user that knows how to keep your machine clean of worms and malware.

Atleast hardware wallet will give you comportable for the attacker as long as you keep still it in offline. The attacker just only can stole our asset when the asset connected to the internet network, I never heard there is someone who got stolen from their hardware wallet. But I think hardware wallet just suitable for those people who chooses long term investment, mean they will keep this asset on the hardwallet without touched internet connection but if for some people who use it as short term investment more over for trading field is not suitable. It will be useless if you keep your hardware wallet connected to internet.

Hard wallet is safer than web wallet or paper wallet because you dont have to using private key to sending coins.
But once your wallet gone, you won't be able to send the coin in the wallet address anymore, except you have backups.
So, you must deal how you store the hard wallet safely so it won't lose or damaged.

It seems to me it's a very obvious fact. Of course, hardware wallets are safe, moreover it is the safest place to store your coins.

I have never used a hard wallet and I still use a web wallet even now there are no obstacles at all. so, basically every crypto wallet in terms of security depends on the user, and if it's not careless I think nothing bad will happen

See nothing is safe by itself if the owner of the asset is nothing but a idiots. There is always a risk that anything could be hacked but the risk factor is less if your asset is in hardware wallet. I knew w there is people that are saying that  hardware wallet can get hacked. If that is form a reputable company like ledger nano S or  treanzor the risk is not that much. But if someone get physical acces to your wallet then it's a big problem. So laways be same a nd be careful.

Security is on your own, because software wallets are vulnerable to hacking, so it is true that hardware wallets are the most effective now without hacking by anyone because the concept is offline, but of course the security you want to know is because that all returns to the accuracy of someone in caring for a wallet not using the network or opening a site is not important because it has the potential for hacking, even if using wallet software if it is clever at securing it will avoid the risk but it is better to use a hardware wallet.

I think that hardware wallet is safer the software or online wallet. We can manage our portfolio securely in our hardware wallet without worrying about hackers and other things. However, it is expensive enough. So you must prepare the fee. So far, I never heard about the big problem of using a hardware wallet. Am I wrong?

I have big trust with hardware wallets and that makes me more confident that the portfolio I'm keeping with my ledger wallet is safe and secured. There are new hardware wallet competitors in the market but I'm off of trying them out. I'm not saying that they are scam but for the meanwhile, I'm very happy and satisfied with the wallet that I use now. Trezor is also okay, these were the 2 giant hardware wallet companies that has been trusted by the community.

I think with the recent hackings and stealing of funds from exchanges and online wallets, it is really best to have your own hardware wallets for every coin you hold. You are the one controlling the safety of it and not unknown individuals from the net. Even famous exchanges are prone to hacking so you should be prepared on this scenario.

for myself, so far I still use a digital wallet because there is still little that I keep in my wallet, maybe it would be much better if I use an offline wallet to save coins, so that they are safer.

I am use few mobile android wallet and i think its safe to store our coin and token. Its better to store our coin and token in our own wallet because we holding the key. Binance as big exchanger once hacked and this indicating there is no safe place to store our coin in exchanger except we holding the key or seed

I believe it so,  but remember we can't keep them all for the lifetime. And if we can only make transactions without internet will consider almost a hundred percent but we can't. But in terms of security it will be more safer than of online wallets and that's makes thing prone to any hacks and losses all our efforts and money.

Exactly, we really have to trust our hard wallet its the best and safest wallet on cryptoworld or else we are on a big risk. Paper wallet is not good, it can be stolen from you and it can also be tampered. I do have online wallets but I don't trust it honestly, I'm still using hard wallet at the end of the day and so far I don't experience any kind of hacking incidents. You have to secure your bitcoins and other coins, hard wallet is the key.

In particular hardware is much safer than an online wallet. And I've proven with experience so far using Trezor. A few days ago I read a post, that there are victims of losing bitcoin in the blockchain wallet, what do you think are the weaknesses of the online wallet (blockchain)?

Hardware wallets are safe so long as you buy directly from the manufacturers and use a reputable brand such as Ledger Nano or Trezor. Also, it's important to continually update the firmware, as firmware updates patch up security holes that are found.

Avoid second-hand wallets.

It's safe as much as you make it, don't share your seed words, keep it in safe location and have secure backup of it and also always check the receiver address before confirming.

I guess using offline wallet is safer thank the vise vaser

there was a chance for offline wallet to be infected by malware and it doesn't have a lot of security measures and hardware wallet will be a winner if you wanna try to create such a comparison between offline and hardware wallet.
offline wallet has a lot of possibility to get the security breach.
I prefer to bet anything on the hardware wallet rather than keep my amount on offline wallet.

Yeah right it should be have atleast one person who knows how to open your wallet.Me I put my account name and the password in one note book.I keep it in a safe place.and my wife know this.so when it time Im gone my wife will benifits my account wallet.although she knows already this but just for a safety reason I made it.

Indeed, if a person invested in a cryptocurrency for a long term, then the most reasonable for him would be to use a hardware wallet. This is currently the safest way to store digital assets. Seed, pin and encrypted passphrase is a powerful enough combination for security.

In my best of knowledge, hardware wallet is the most safest wallet to use because it can't be hacked else the owner is careless. So I strongly recommend it as the best wallet to store your assets.

There are hardware wallets that are legit and safe to use but there are also hardware wallet scams so be careful with the choice of wallet that you will use for your altcoins because many hackers are scattered and give a free wallet to get stealth of altcoins with bounty hunter.

Just keep your wallet out of reach and tell others as little as possible about it. Envelope with recorded phrases for recovery it is better to keep as far away from the purse. Then all your funds will be safer.

It depends how can safe your fund into hard wallet like trezor, ledger, keepkey and more. When you have hardware wallet and can't use how to protecting from hacker, it same as you use web and sofrware wallet. You can generate offline wallet without conecting internet and it can be safe and generate it seed into hardware wallet

Yes hardware wallet best safety for store cryptocurrency and it's always good safe from hacker. Using a hardware wallet, no other person can collect your key. Actually I have been using hardware wallet for a long time.

You already made your point and what it really is know. There is no doubt about it, hardware Wallet is the best.
Ever since I have been hearing and reading about compromised wallets, I have never seen any complaint on the use of hardware wallet. As a matter of fact, you have the full and only control over it, except you decide to reveal your pin or security details to a third party and you have to hand the wallet over to the person.

I think before he buys any hardware wallet, he needs to learn about how to use the wallet so he can save his coins without any worried. He needs to secure his wallet from the hacker, and he needs to save the private keys for every wallet he has. It is better to have a hardware wallet and save it into one place we know and don't let other people know what we have in that wallet.

I am still using it and considered to be my most secured wallet, because it is safekeep on my wallet. And its not hackable, so I keep my funds there calmly. For other investors that still has no hardware wallet, you must consider buying one.

As you know various people hacked by hackers and lost their crypto, i was also lost myetherwallet altcoins worth $6000 and after that purchase NANO ledger that is safe.

So far I know, a hardware wallet is safer than the online one, is that right?
It saves and secures the coins and avoid being hacked. However is there any negative side of using a hardware wallet? Actually, I never use this one and so far only rely on the online wallet or desktop wallet.

yeah, everyone knew if hardware wallet is the safest place to store our coins,
but, in my opinion paper wallet is safer than any other wallet including the hardware wallet

Just remember to reset and generator new seed if buy from Second-hand wallets to avoid scammer steal your crypto assets. I'm using ledger nano s long time ago, make sure store your seed phrase in safe place and don't let people know the pin password, then everything is fine and safe.

I experience using Trezzor and it's safe, because I once had the experience of my assets being hacked and it was in an online wallet. I am more entrusting to use hardware wallets for the security of my assets because my assets are safe from hacking.

It seems to me the safest way to store your cryptocurrency is the hardware wallet, so it is much less affected by third parties. I myself only use the hardware wallet as online wallets are too vulnerable to any hacker attacks.

I think that the hardware wallets are the safest. I use it and I have never had a break. I don’t want to lose money. Therefore, I recommend using hardware wallets

more than the online wallets the hardware wallets giving hundred percent security when comparing to the online wallets but whenever we are storing our cryptocurrency in any kind of way if we have some kinds of people to know that it will definitely not safe for you

I choose Trezor. The security of this hardware wallet is also manifested in the fact that it can be used even with computers infected with virus malware. During operation, the wallet does not ever transfer passwords and keys, and the transaction is signed offline on the device. Trezor's cryptocurrency wallet supports work with a number of official wallets. And most importantly - it can be used even in the absence of a laptop by connecting it to the Android device.

bitex is working to bring an wallewt called zeusx and i think thats really safe and will be best b.trezor is good one but not fully safe.every wallet is hacable :)

definitely the hardware wallets is more safer than the normal online wallets but one thing is you need to save your your hardware wallet in a safe place only it will be in good and safe situation

Yes, hardware wallets are the safest way to store cryptocurrency. I don't use it, but I plan to buy it. As far as I know Tresor is the best of them.

There are other hardware wallets but among them Trezor is mostly preferred.
I'm saying that this is really safe compared to web and wallets that are attached online but not totally in the sense
it is 100% safe.There are tendency of loss of funds like lost of that hardware wallet or any other natural calamity or even being broken.
This is why always have that seed or PK kept on other storage like written on a piece of paper for having 1 or more copies.

There are two way how you can lost your money.
You lost the wallet and hacker will find out the pin code.
You lost the paper with the words and situation for the hacker is much easier.

Yes, they are the safest wallet for the cryptocurrency! But you have to be careful! Like you have to keep the phrase codes very secret, never store your phrase on online, do not take pictures of your codes, just write down phrase codes in a paper and keep that in a safe place and try to use the official cable! If you follow these simple things, then your funds will remain safe in hardware wallets!

Reputable hardware wallets are the safest means of storing one's cryptocurrencies. They haven't been any known issues with the renowned hardware wallets.

hardware wallets - one of the safest places to store cryptocurrency. I have been using the ledger wallet for a long time and have never regretted it.

I love hardware wallets, I have a ledger nano.
They truly are secure.
I have seen some genius hacker hack a ledger once, but I'm not concerned.
In order for someone to be able to do that, they would have to physically get a hold of my ledger.
(and also have the skills).
That ain't happening, it's in my safe.

I used to just do cold storage with paper wallets.
It was free, totally secure, and easy.
But after I started to get cluttered with so many addresses and keys, I just put it all in my ledger.
It's been great.

Hardware wallets are the most safe wallets out there but it depends on your way of keeping it. because if you still mess with its security feature I mean if you expose it on somebody. It may be steal or lose you need to put it on something that no one knows about it except you.

I think everyone believes too that hardware wallet is still the best and safest means of keeping your cryptocurrency, and as you said, you are not Prone to any form of security threat that is common with online and desktop wallets.

The only reason why people may not just be using it as it ought to be used is the fee attached to it, its financial commitment could be a little bit high for some people I think, which are usually done on yearly basis, and another issue I see with hardware wallet is that it cannot be used by those that are careless, although if lost can be retrieved once the phrases and pass coded are still being remembered.

The hardware wallet is very safe to keep all of the cryptocurrency, and we know that the hardware wallet supports almost all of the coins, so we don't have to worry. The hardware wallet doesn't have to always connect to the internet, and we can save it in the safe place which only we that will know the place. Many people have already use the hardware wallet because they are a concern with the safety of their coins, and they don't want to see something bad will happen later. The price of the hardware wallet itself is not too expensive so we can buy 1 or 2 hardware wallet to save the coin and we don't have to keep it in the exchanges.

I have a Ledger Nano S hardware wallet, I think it's very safe because every transaction requires confirmation from us before the transaction can be approved, and of course it's very safe from hackers

Yes, we know that it is a hardware wallet, one of the safest wallets to store assets that we have, even now I have never heard from anyone else, or I personally experience hacking constraints in this hardware wallet. I use hard wallets like Ledger Nano S. and this is very safe

for me yes, its the most safest way to store your crypto currency.. unlike webwallet or other platform that we are using to store our crypto, they can completely disappear if they want..

I agree that hardware wallets are the most reliable means to protect and store your cryptocurrency. I think that if you invest large sums in cryptocurrency, you should have purchased such a device for a long time, otherwise you will lose everything.

However, even hardware wallets are prone to attacks including physical attacks to abstract keys, fault attacks to disrupt a wallet’s chip causing faulty behavior or hacker access, and side channel attacks, which involves a hacker “listening” to the chip’s electric or electromagnetic signature to gain access to the device.

Yes, those are much safer compared to usual wallets. But it doesn't makes sense if you have small amount of crypto, because in this case it is better to switch on active trading mode))

Hardwallet is most secure thing to store our coin or token. But if we are keep our coin and token in website wallet like MEW should be safe as long we keep private key secure and not share it to anyone.
The important thing is we should not hold our coin in exchangers wallet because hackers always want to find a way to hack exchangers and stole our coin

A hardware wallet for me is the best, when you are about to send bitcoin or any altcoin from that wallet, ledger nano s to be specific. There's a need to confirm that with the hardware itself. Just keep your recovery phrase in a safe place and your funds will be safe too.

Hardware wallets have the highest security level as it can access only by the owner and no illegal access is possible because it can not be accessed online. Only the owner can make any transaction.

to my knowledge the best storage is using Hardware Wallet.
Wallet's many available options include online wallets, but until now Wallet's hardware is the safest.

Yes, it's true, but hardware wallets aren't actually very safe because hardware wallets are also vulnerable even we can lose our money when the hardware we use is damaged. Yes, but I think the hardware wallet is the best now, and we are fully responsible for what happens to our money. Of course we need to maintain the device we are using to minimize damage.

I bought ledger nano and thinking that it is the most safer than others! But as shown practice everything could be hacked even huge exchanges

but I did not hear the ledger wallet was hacked. I know cases of physical theft of these wallets but not remote hacking

Hardware wallet is actually the safest wallet in as much as one doesn't expose the seed to the wallet. The wallet is safe and it can't be easily hacked because the private to the wallet doesn't get out of the wallet.

Hardware wallet is very safe for storing assets. I currently use Trezzor for storage and hope that if there are no errors that will only make the assets become lost or stolen due to hacker actions

For sure, at least compared to other ways of keeping funds. But you have to make sure that hardware on which you are keeping crypto is safe as well.

and you also need to learn how to keep your seed phrase safe because, as a rule, such wallets can be hacked only because of the incorrect storage of a closed phrase

I don't know about hardware wallets because I often use software wallets, and about hardware security who don't know and I am more confident in the software wallet because it has proven to be safer than this, and again I am too comfortable with the wallet  has been very proven

offline hardware wallets are the best solution, because of the high security that very rarely will be stolen,
but we must be very careful to save it if we lose it most likely all the assets we have are lost too.

Hardware wallets are currently the safest way how to store your cryptocurrencies. But do not forget that the most vulnerable thing is backup phrase written on the paper or much worse to your computer.

I think hardware wallet is much safer to use, provided you have to be able to keep it well and not forget it

Nothing is safe in this world, especially in the crypto currencies industry. Just look at this forum and count how many posts about hacking are posted every day. However, a hardware wallet is much safer as a regular MEW.

it is the safest but also the majority of people are still not easy to get goods because the selling and aftersales prices are quite far, and also the desktop wallet is easier because of its flexibility.

Hardware wallets are meant to be safe but the safety will be the based on how how secure we are keeping the private keys and the wallets.there are many hardware wallets available for cryptocurrencies to read but only very few were trusted enough to store any amount of cryptocurrencies so you also need to buy that one and keep your cryptocurrency safer remember buy hardware wallet only from the official website or you will lose your money as well.

I have never used hardware wallet since I came into cryptocurrency and all my wallet are online wallet. I know it is risky but I don’t have any options because I am a trader. I need my funds to be in exchange in other to take investments opportunities as there come. Hardware wallet is better than online wallet but if you are a trader I think having you funds in exchange is better.

Definitely, we can make it safe even using online wallets but you've tried for a long term storing then,  hardware wallet was good at that.  It guaranteed to have a safe keep, only we need to put our keys in a safe place also to avoid from from losing it which seems to be hopeless if it will lost cause that's the only way we can open our wallet back.

indeed, such a wallet can provide a very high security, but when the wallet is accessed on some devices it must be completely safe from viruses because if there is a virus such as phishing or malware on a connected device, your wallet will be infected.

It's true that nothing is safe but hardware wallets conduct updates so if they find out some faulty on their software, they are updating it immediately so that there will be no backdoors open for their hardware. MEW is good for those who can't avail hardware but coins to be stored there is limited just for ethereum and erc20 tokens. While having a hardware wallet, you have more security and you can hold the supported coins that it has not just those two types.

Hardware wallet is indeed now one of the easiest ways to be used as a coin safe. now only by separating coin assets from laptops that can prevent hacker attacks. and hardware wallet is the way

hardware wallets are very safe, because we need our wallet devices when we want to access them. so security is guaranteed. and it is necessary to note that we should not remove the device.

I think that too, wallet hardware is much safer than online wallet, because the possibility of being hacked is very small, but there is a lack of hardware essence for this wallet, that is, it can be damaged and lost

I think trezor is good hardwallet. Hardware more secure to store our coin and token because not connected with internet. But the important think is always careful suspicious link on our email because most of it is phising link

Offline wallet is also safe but can still not be compared to hardware wallet. We can only compare offline wallet to online wallets which both of them still share some security issues in common.

Most offline wallets can still be hacked, because there is no way you will use offline wallet without still at one point connecting your system to internet, and there are sites you visit with internet that has so many malwares purposely designed to spy into your system activities.

Once these malwares gain access to your offline wallet unknowingly, it could be redirecting all your transactions to an unknown place that a scammer has designated, wherein all these are not going to be seen in a hardware wallet.

Speaking of hardware wallets, there are scam attempts regarding Nano S, it was about a fake support number that you can find in Google. Here is the thread, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5154388.0. So again, this is just a friendly remainder not to fall for this trap and always, always go to the official site if you need help.

Yes,even after having hardware wallet we need to be more cautious about the phishing links.And also have good protection for your system.with premium antivirus which can save you from malcious link most of the time.

Most peoples consider the safest and most secure wallet is hard wallet.
In crypto exchanges, they usually stored their coins in a cold wallet because it is more secure than hot wallet.
Hard wallet is not free, but it is worth for someone who wants to secure their assets in crypto coins.

I think they are, I mean if you pick the market leading ones they are pretty safe. Like if you get nano ledger s or trezor they are pretty safe but they are of course lacking some small coins as well since they do not support a lot of coins, however if you deal with only the big ones they do support like as much as 20+ coins so you should be fine.

My friend had a ledger nano s he used to have and he lost it for a lot of months but he still had his key phrase with him he found that so he was not even worried, anyone who got his ledger nano couldn't break into his wallet and take his money out so he knew he was still secure. Of course he found it after couple of months in one of his bags :D but it was still showcasing how great security of it was when he wasn't worried about the potential of all his money at someone else's hand.

Yes, but sometimes there are vulnerabilities. hackers are smart and if there are updates they can easily find new bug and stole your money, so you have to be cautious

yes, so you need to be more careful and start from yourself even though the wallet looks safe but if we are careless then maybe we can concede.
be careful and do it carefully so you can be safer in saving money in your wallet.

Yes hardware wallet best safety for our Cryptocurrency. When you want take long time holding then hardware wallet best safety with your crypto.
Your key can be placed in a specific location on your laptop /pc and hakers will not caught your key.

thats true but updates are not bad , infact updates are good because an upadate means improvement whether its an improvement of the security of the wallet or they will add more service but i dont think that there will be a flaws during or after an update  . other than that, hardware wallet is still the best and the most recomended wallet above all other online wallets out there  .

hardware wallets are safe but the person needs to handle thier hardware wallet carefully so that it wont be droped , damage or stole by a thief  .

Although im not using hard wallet to store my coins, many peoples recommend to using it because the security.
When you have big amount of coins, you should using safer wallet like hard wallet to keep your coins safe.
Trezor and ledger nano are the most popular hard wallet i guess.

Yes, wallet hardware is one of the safest wallets from virus and hacker attacks. Even Ethereum creates hardware wallets that cannot be burned.
But not everyone can use the wallet, because the hardware wallet requires a PC to be able to connect. There are currently 6 Harware wallets that can be connected to Myetherwallet, Ladger, FINNEY, Digital Bitbox, Trezor, Secalot, and KeepKey.

The hardware wallets are the safest option for holding big cryptocurrencies. Keepkey is my first option after the advertisement by Shapeshift beta platform.  I don't like to risk my hard earned coins with online wallets and it is also not recommended to use desktop crypto wallets.

thanks for sharing your experience using trezor,
because i don't use it, i just use my ledger nano from 2017 until now, and i have no issue with my hardware wallet
so, i think a hardware wallet is safer than any others wallet  ;)

I fully support you because I believe that the wallets are the safest. Yes, you need to overpay a little, but it's worth it if you have a lot of money in your wallet.

  yes it is the safest way to store your Bitcoin and other coins in the cold wallet/storage. When you have your coins in the HOT wallet on an exchange, it is always prone towards hacking and is not 100% safe but if you are a trader, you got to have some coins in your HOT wallet as well. Depends on you if you are speculating for a year or day trading.

hardware wallets are safe when compared to online wallets in a sense that they are solely controlled by you unlike online wallets which are controlled (I  mean the website's servers) by a third party so when the site is offline, you lose everything even if you have the password as most of them do not provide private keys. It is better to use a hardware wallet if you fear a website may steal you and I personally use them because most of them do not have access to your private keys as they do not keep a backup of your keys.

The problem that often occurs in our wallet is hacking and the safest way to prevent it is to always look at wallet website security when visiting it. Besides that, always don't visit suspicious website links. But if we have a lot of valuable coins, hardwallet is a safe choice

Yeah it is true that hardware wallets are safe but it will still go online if you want to do some transactions. Also, hardware wallets might be prone to lost which will cause lost of all of you holdings. We just need to be careful for us to be safe.

Yes, you are right! Hardware wallets are safe and secure from all the online vulnerability! Personally, I use Ledger Nano S, and it seems easier than Trezor to me! Enjin wallet is the next big thing, Binance may come with a hardware wallet too! Though we have some secure online wallet like Trust wallet, Imtoken, Blockchain, Bitcoin core and so on, but hardware wallets are the best choice for always!

I must admit wallet hardware is safe for storing crypto. However, I myself have never used it and don't have it yet. Everyone certainly wants to have a hardware wallet for the security of personal assets. hardware wallet is one recommendation for every user who has a large crypto asset to use it. Maybe in the future, I want to use a hardware wallet.

Well, you have a good point about hardware wallet. It is really safe to have your wallet offline so that it will not be connected to anythinh in the internet but we should be very careful when accessing it because virus can be activated even offline. It can gather information then transmit it when it gets online.

Paper wallets as others say but for me, I've experienced the feeling of being secured with a hardware wallet and I'm very satisfied with it.
You have to buy one to experience it. Don't you have plans of growing in this market and keeping your assets to a secured wallet?

Lol how do you know its safe while you haven't used it yet? Is it credible feedback only given from its users, if you want to judge then you have to use it first dude. honestly I don't use it because 1 hardware wallet has a pretty expensive price for me, while my desktop wallet is safe enough for me

Trezor aren't totally offline wallet.
When you connected and want to send your bitcoin, it will be online and can't sending offline without internet.
but it more secure with signed by your trezor wallet

Hardware wallets are the safest anyone can use to store their cryptocurrencies, no fear of it being hacked except you lose it alongside your passphrase.

I entirely agree with your opinion that hardware wallets are very safe than other wallets even I also bought Trezor wallet last year to secure my coins from the hackers because I am also the victim of hacking so I bought Trezor wallet to avoid any losses in future. Now I never get worried about my coins that is safe in trezor because I know it can not be access by anyone without my permission.

Yes hardware wallets are safe and likewise paper wallets are safe too
The safety depends on how you handle your private keys and private information

Avoid phishing links always

I am using the Trezor wallet after my account hacked and found it the fully secure wallet this wallet is protected from all online attacks and it is a totally offline hardware wallet.

Hardwallets are better. I suggest everyone to buy ledger or trezor and keep crypto there.
It is your security and it should be priority

well, they are safer,although hardware hacking is also,as there is a server where the data is stored,you know everything that has centralized management,you can hack and block and steal,and the fact that is decentralized,has great prospects,and the chances that it will give reliable stability

Personally for me the safest purse in cryptocurrency is a hardware purse, although hardware purses are not cheap, but we are talking about the safety of their funds.

Yeah, the pin protected seed is definetely a good feature for Trezor. I do not understand why Ledger didn´t add this feature to their wallets.
I personally own Ledger because it supports more cryptocurrencies.

Online wallets and offline wallets can be get hacked in various ways. But Hardware wallets are much much safer than offline wallets and online wallets. all you need to do is keep your hardware wallet in a safe place.

Safe if you can make sure the wallet is safe on the place that no one can found it!
But if you lost it on somewhere, you lost you're asset on it. So stil need aware from you to make sure you won't lost it in the future. Good luck for your hardware wallet

Hardware wallet is safe but not absolutely. Paper offline wallet is safer. But the strongest level of security can give only brain wallet

Hardware wallet is the most secure of all wallets for crypto-holders. I don't hear about cases of hacking this wallets, only if the owner of this wallet not made some mistake.

Yes offline wallets are proven to be safe but regardless there are online wallets that I will say are compelled to be very functional and safe

i agree on you when you say that there are online wallets that are safe . this was the reason on why i kept on using online wallet and i never get myself a hardware wallet  . itll only depend on the user if how cautios enough on handling his account   .

if you know what you are doing you will never find any issues on using an online wallet but of course except from natural events like when the main wallet is down or if they have been hi jacked because that isnt your fault already   .

I would say those are what you can call a safe box on your own. Since they work as a flash drive and a safe box which takes care of the money you stored in your digital crypto wallet. These are the safest and most convenient way to store all of the hard-earned profit and lets you felt at ease against hackers.

Yes, hacking into a hardware wallet is very difficult, but the real challenge is that no one has yet been able to do so.

Hardware wallet is the most secure way to store your cryptocurrencies, i use a hardware wallet Trezor and have never seen that someone was able to crack it.

Another case is that some buyers of old cold wallets are resold on the internet. If the seller is not guaranteed, there will also be risks with such cold wallets

It is definitely necessary only to buy hardware wallets directly. It is not very safe when we buy wallets on trading floors or shops.

everything had the problem involved in it we cannot give the hundred percent insurance for anything because everything had the disadvantage also but in hardware wallets you can be more safer that is the only things available in it.

Personally, I think that hardware wallets are much safer than regular ones.  Let it be a little more expensive to maintain, but still your money remains safe.

What say me? lol /Going back on topic,we have several types of wallets which do entirely depend on what we do need.If we do make use for long term/cold storages
then hardware wallets would be the best choice or even those air-gapped pc/laptop would do but when it comes to handy thing then these wallets are much more recommended.Its not totally safe yet 100% isnt impossible since these are prone to damage and lost thats why you should really be sensible on backing up everything just incase for unexpected things might happen.

You're right. Hardware wallets are very safe and recommended by many to use them. So if you are thinking whether to buy it, I can definitely tell you what it's worth.

Wallets are recommended where you have the private key or seeed to rephrase it later. Every time you have your private keys exposed online you can be possibly be hacked. That doesn't mean that you will be necessarily be hacked.
There are so many peeps having their coins stuck somewhere because they have no access....
Same result like hacked!

Most people that has had viruses enter their system is not because they purposely want to  visit some fishy sites, in this internet world where we have so many people that wants to make money from ad adverts, you see even genuine sites approving Facebook ad and some of this ad which you can mistakenly click on contains these viruses.

Therefore, the best any crypto user can do is to make sure they install a very reliable and strong antivirus tool to protect their system, and for any of their wallet, there is need to encrypt it with a very strong password that it will take the hacker over 100 years to crack.

Actually I think its the safest way to store your crypto because its almost impossible to compromise compared to online wallet. Unlike online wallet, hardware wallet are not subject to hacking and stolen security information. There are also a lot of phishing sites in online wallet so its very vulnerable. Anyway, no matter what wallet you used, if you are careless, it doesn't matter at all. So always be discreet and careful.

I think hardware wallet have always been the safest, because it is not connected to the Internet and it requires physical interaction before it can get hacked.

But why do you need a hardware device? Piece of paper containing private keys is enough. Hardware device can't be hacked but can be physically broken easy

 I think these hardware wallets are not bad to store your coins in if you are not trading over an exchange. You would be very safe from a hack that could affect the wallets over the exchange but in this case, you would not be able to trade your coins for money. The benefits that are there if you keep your coins in hot wallet are way to more than if you keep it in cold wallet.

In this world nothing is safe when the question is about your data or security. So hardware wallet also could be not safe. But hardware wallet is the safest among all the wallets available. I saw some video where people are hacking hardware wallets. But the one single massage all of them give that is your security is in your hand if you are careful enough then it's hard for people to hack your wallets. Even if you are using online of paper or even normal key wallets. So be careful and if you have some extra money always go for the hardware wallet

A USB Key is safe if it is a "cold wallet" that means it is not connected.
You can also have a netbook or a small laptop with your wallet and you connect it only to transfer from your wallet to the exchange. That's safe too.

I really like Trezor hardware wallet, it is very easy to use and very safe, I have not heard and have not seen that someone managed to crack it, and its price is low.

There is no big difference between hardware wallets and other wallets except online wallets, hardware wallets uses private keys just like the rest of other wallets so to keep your coins and tokens safe you still need to keep your private keys so only online wallets don't have private keys

In my opinion, a hardware wallet is very safe and safer than a web wallet in terms of its security system.
if at any time we are exposed to phishing or spam and we accidentally give our PK to someone else, they still cannot access our wallet because our wallet is still on our computer.
Therefore, I am very confident that wallet hardware is the safest and most impenetrable wallet.

I have not thought of using wallet hardware because the assets that I have are still limited and I don't think they really need it, but it seems to be safer than an online wallet

Many people don't need a hardware wallet because it costs about $100, and people in the wallet have a small amount of money, and it makes no sense to buy a hardware wallet.

The fact is that the hardware wallet is used to store and accumulate personal cryptocurrency funds.  It is not used as often as other wallets that are more susceptible to hacker attacks.  Based on this, the risk of losing money from a hardware wallet is very small.

You are right, there is nothing better than a hardware wallet. It is a pity that new coins do not appear on it often. I wanted to get rid of half the bulky wallets.

I believe that each hardware wallet has vulnerability, but in general they are safer compared to other methods to store money. You know, hardware wallets is something you should get

If you have a serious amount of cryptocurrency then you need to buy a hardware wallet, the cost of hardware wallets corresponds to its security.

I still use paper wallets and not hardware wallets like the ledger. I am afraid what happens when it's broke. I known you can still recover but I am still afraid and not buying one. ???

so far for offline wallets it is very safe for the security of your funds,
which is important not to lose your wallet.

Yes you're trezor one wallet is secure wallet which is you can assure your asset safe from hackers and from malware infected computer. And it's around $78 each. Soon I want to try to used this hard wallet once I could earned from doing bounties because as of now I'm not yet earning from it, but hopefully there will be.  Base on my research
"Make sure you NEVER buy a TREZOR or any other hardware wallet from eBay.
Only buy from the TREZOR store or from Amazon".

What's wrong with eBay?

Because hardware wallets are storage devices, they can be hacked like any other storage device.
The hardware wallet uses internal encryption, software that provides users with access to the private key stored in it, and hardware components to facilitate the operation of the device. Do not be fooled into thinking that storing all your private keys on a $ 100 hardware device provides physical protection, as demonstrated by frequent hacks and government hijackings. Even the manufacturers of these devices explicitly state that you should make sure that no one will have physical access to your device. The functional cogs of a hardware wallet, which in essence is just a dedicated storage for a private key, are points of attack. These security levels, which may seem effective, were not as secure as it may seem that a storage device, such as a hard disk, could be hacked.
If the hardware wallet is captured, lost or stolen, hacking the storage device exposes the key inside. Therefore, it gives access to all assets of the protected key.
Any storage device can be hacked.

Don't get it twisted hardwallets still use private keys and that doesn't make it the most secured wallet ever ,you will still need online connection to send your coins so I don't see the difference much between a mobile wallet with private keys

It cannot be guaranteed 100% if the offline device is one hundred percent safe because theft of our offline devices can occur at any time, but when compared to online devices it can be said that the offline device is a little safer, and hacking will be difficult for offline devices.  unless they steal our smartphone or PC device to be manipulated manually

You're definitely right about something, but somehow everyone thinks that hardware wallets are much more secure than regular wallets.

I trust hardware wallets.  Because they always use.  At a minimum, they guarantee that you will not be hacked.  I advise you to use them.

I bought a nano ledger s yesterday, waiting for the delivery.  My question to people who already holding devices like this one. How to backup the wallets? Can I use the same wallet on the software wallets on PC by importing the recovery phrases?

Hardware wallets are your best shot when it comes to securing your coins. Since I started using ledger Nano, I've not had any issue to worry about, most importantly I now have rest of mind.

Of course it is much safer than hot wallet. Think about how much of a private key I have, when logging in on an intermediary they can also get your key. But with cold wallet, but the thief needs to have that usb

For me MEW NEON and some wallet are good and secured though,
there will be safer than the hardware wallet which we can use and store are cryptocurrency.
BEST OF THE BEST SECURITY!

Does anyone know of anyone who has lost their crypro holdings by having it stolen?


Yes, and now they have the app on the googlestore and you can basically use your phone as a hardware wallet. The problem is you can only make one wallet but they plan to change this in the future.

I am agree, Antivirus might detect malware but I think antivirus is not everything because hackers are now very sophisticated. In my opinion, as long as we visit a safe site and always be aware of suspicious links, maybe we can secure our data and wallet.

Indeed, many recommend using hard wallets because of the high level of security. Now many android wallets are good and safe enough to store our coins but storing in the hard wallet will certainly be safer. And to be safer, we must also be aware of the websites we visit, always check the security of the website

Yes.. I'm agree 100000% with your opinion about hardware wallet. I think all of most crypto enthusiast must have this , because ? No any doubt about security on wallets , 100% safe & also easier to use. Yes.. Like Trezor Wallet , this wallet has a small-size wallet.. Trezor Wallet physically looks like Flashdisk USB (Trezor Wallet will be used on PC/Laptop too , also on Android).
But sometimes we can't got Trezor Wallet with cheap price , almost all Trezor Wallet price is little bit expensive. I think its worth it. Little bit expensive price on one Trezor Wallet and a one Trezor Wallet can keep secure your crypto assets.

Hardware is most safe wallet for saving your assets for long or short time, never worried about many people could take or stole your assets because its more security for keep holding your coins.

the disadvantage of hardware wallet is that when a virus attacks the computer, the wallet will also be in trouble and we will lose the moment to access it. different from online wallet, even though our computer is damaged or is being hit by a virus, we can still access it as long as we still remember all the keywords. that way, I think hardware wallet is safe but more risky than online wallet.

I think this is a good idea in terms od security issues but I am also think that there is only limited network that can innovate their system using that hardware wallet. I open my mind in this idea but not today. I need to wait some more time to make it improve and more people will use and try it to be sure that I will not experience some trouble in my transactions. This is a great idea but needs to much upgrade and innovation to make it possible to use by everyone.

hardware wallet is the safest one. paper wallet too. if you using nano s its the safest. compare to online wallets , online wallets can be hack anytime. no body can not guarantee. one can access it steal your coin , no backups.

but hardware wallets also risky , even a lost and if you can not restore

I have never heard about any incidents in which the coins were stolen from hardware wallets. But in case you forget the PIN number or lose the 24-word seed, then it becomes almost impossible to recover the coins. But one thing that I don't like about the hardware wallets is that they are not very user-friendly. It is a bit difficult for people who are not very tech savvy to use them. Ledger Blue is somewhat better when compared to the other wallets, but even it needs a lot of improvement.

Yeah, and I really wanted to have one hardware wallet in the future. Of course I would feel more confident having a hardware wallet that provides safety and security for all of my crypto assets and holding, you wouldn't have to get worried and feeling paranoid that something unpleasant happening will occus with your online wallets. I hope to have one soonest. I wouls really live it.

yes hardware wallet is safe but sometimes it can be hacked also.but still i will recommend to use hardware wallet because you can use hardware wallet in offline.

hardware wallet can only be used for long-term storage of funds and therefore it is often not necessary to use it, and therefore it is safer.  But if you constantly deal with cryptocurrency, then you very often need to complete transactions.  This means that the degree of risk always increases.

Hardware wallet is absolutely safe.As we know that it's offline wallet so it's safe.But if you share your password with others it will be hacked.But still i recommend hardware wallet as a safest wallet

Still having to keep your hardware wallet seed safe doesnt mean its the safest way to store cryptocurrency ,all wallets use seeds and private keys except online wallets , the safest way to keep coins safe in crypto space to me is offline wallet

Maybe the wallet offline is safe enough to store the assets we have because it is not detected by the network or other people because this device works offline and is not related to any network, but I do not say that the offline wallet is one hundred percent safe

Cold wallets are definitely safer as a regular MEW, but they can be hacked as well. I do not know if there is a way to store your crypto with a 100 percent security guarantee, but banks are getting robbed as well, so there is no guarantee.

As far as I know, the hardware wallets are the safest, though if you follow all the security measures with a regular wallet, you can use MEW

Hardware wallet is the most convenient and secure method of storing your cryptocurrencies, I've been using Trezor ;D

of course hardware wallet is much safer than online wallet, but of course all of them have risks, advantages and disadvantages of each, depending on your needs

Yes, hardware wallets are the safest wallets in the cryptocurrency, although they cost money, but are still the most secure

I think that there is no need to economize money on a hardware wallet. it costs not so much. 150-200 dollars for your peace of mind.

If you decide to buy a hardware wallet Trezor, be careful when buying, order only from the manufacturer, and carefully check the package for opening - this is very important!

the only best wallet all time is paper wallet and hardware wallet is much better than offline wallet. Remember to do any transaction and you must do that used a connection to able create a peer to peer tx payment and broadcast it to the network.

Nothing beats a good ol fashioned paper wallet kept in cold storage.
That's where you just write down your keys and lock em up in a safe.

But for those that want to be tech savvy, hardware wallets are the way to go.
I use a ledger, and it was a bit pricy (around $100) but it has worked great.
They are ultra secure.
In order for someone to be able to steal your crypto, they would have to physically get their hands on the device and your passkey.
They are also really handy because it stores a huge variety of different cryptos and can interact with erc20 wallets.

Wallet hardware in my opinion is far safer from malware threats and scams, but you also have to be careful in storing and accessing it

Harware Wallet is safe for storing lots of assets. now there are wallet hardware like trezzor and nano ledger. so I think the hardware wallet can minimize the risk of hacker crime

You better get a Ledger!
A few days ago a guide was published on how to extract a seed from a Trezor Harware Wallet. The whole procedure takes less than 5 minutes.

You can read the complete article here: https://ledger-donjon.github.io/Unfixable-Key-Extraction-Attack-on-Trezor/

I don't think there's a big difference between hardware and ordinary wallets, the main thing is to follow the security rules and nobody will break into your wallet.

Nothing is safe in this world. I saw some post about hardware wallet where it can be also hacked. But if you talk about security then hardware wallets are the safest anosng all kind of wallet available in the market. Cause hardware wallet is not connected to anywhere and it's worked as a physical waleet disconnected all the time form everywhere. So I always recommend if you got some extra bucks always invest in a hardware wallet if it's possible.

You're really right. Today hardware wallet is the most affordable and secure way to store your cryptocurrency, recommend!

The most reliable wallets in cryptocurrency can be considered hardware wallets, but if you follow all security measures, you can do only MEW

I am using MEW for a long time and I just change my wallet to a new one every six months, it is very easy) sometimes I just send my tokens to a new wallet

i use ledger nano s from 2017 and i never have any issue with my ledger
in my opinion a hardware wallet is the safest wallet to store our cryptocurrency for now

the hardware wallet is the safest way to keep your cryptocurrency safe till date so you don't need to think much about your funds.

Hardest wallet is the safest place to place your tokens and coins.
This will be a good choice especially if you want to hold it for a long time of investment.
Just make sure that you will never misplace it.

Very important notice! If you decide to buy a hardware wallet Trezor then order it only on the official website of the manufacturer !

Welll, I agree with regards to the hardware wallet to be the safest among wallets. It is an offline wallet that isolate itself from any hackers or viruses which can be away from people who have bad intention to steal all your money. Being offline really have a big advantage compared to web-based wallets.

Everyone is talking about the safety of hardware wallets, but they are safe as paper wallet because still you have to write the seed on paper. And that is the weakest point.

Yes, hardware wallets are safer. Ledger Nano and Trezor are my favorites for holding coins offline. They are more secure when compared to web wallets or wallet apps since you don't stand a risk of losing your private keys or mnemonic phrase easily to hackers.

It's not the weakest point, sometimes you just need to think that the traditional method is still as strong and as good as the we're thinking.
Another point is that it's more secured than writing your keys somewhere on the web like emails or private cloud storages.

Yes, hardware wallet are safe, it's the safest wallet but you need to be careful with your seed, in a scenario where it got damaged your seed will be required to recover your assets.

Hardware wallets are safer than software wallets considering the risk involved. Scammers/hackers might easily steal information when you copy your private key to browser for instance, but that's not possible with hardware wallets. My best pick is ledger nano. Trezor is also another good brand you can try.

That's the best place to store our coin with more security features. I used trezor and never got any problem. i can store multiple coins at the same wallets and used the hardware itself as a key to log in into my wallet that synched with the official wallet that already supported by trezor and so far the best wallet in my life.

Everyone is expected to have hardware wallets, because it is the most secured. Those who have valuable coins ought to have it in order to avoid being scammed.
It stands out among others and gives the owner confidence at any time.

Hardware wallets are safe and you still have to find where to keep tour private keys ,I suggest keeping your private keys in a safe lock ,if you lost your private keys its over

Yes, the hardware wallet is very safe because it is not connected to the internet directly, and of course to buy  hardware wallet requires a large fee. So, if you don't have capital, I think you can use a wallet provider service like MEW.

Of course, the presence of a hardware wallet provides great opportunities for the security of your funds, but you just need to remember that you create this security personally by performing certain tasks.  But the most important thing is to buy a hardware wallet from the manufacturer, and never buy a hardware wallet that was already in use.

As long as I can tell, hardware wallet has always been the safest way to store your funds offline without the fear being hacked. Some software wallet like imtoken, trust wallet and it's likes are ok too only if you store your private key or mnemonic words and keep them safe

I find that if someone is a long-term investor, use a cold wallet to store his property. As for me, most investments are short-term and medium-term, I only use the mobile wallet to hold my coin because they help to deposit coin to exchange quickly.

Of course hardware is safest wallet we can used in crypto, specially now that there some frauders and hackers in crypto that can steal our asset if we not use hardware wallets.

this is the most important point in the second post directly! often the wallets are in good hands and the
seed is placed on the pc or sticks with a post-it somewhere. unfortunately this is exactly the wrong way round 8)

You are right mate. Hardware wallets are very safe and many of it are using because it could not be a hacked easily . And if you are planning to have it on your own,well All  I can say that you have a good decision in their mate and it`s all worth it.

Hardware wallets are totally safe as there is no risk of hacking. All the crypto currency and bounty tokens are stored in this wallet can be used for trading as per the owner's wil.

As far as i know hardware wallet is most safe crypto wallet, But it also most unecassarly thing, because I think offline wallet is already safe enough for current attack possibility or current threat unless the attacker using quantum computer to steal your money which is not gonna happen unless you have that much money to pay their bill.  ;D

Yes, hardware wallets are the safest and most secure because you are in charge at all times. I think it is the praticality of decentralization in real life. Also, with hardware wallets being offline, you don't need to bother about any security threat at all.

Hardware wallet is the safest place to store crypto at the moment. There is no way to steal info about your Private Key if the wallet is kept offlince, so if you are a long term holder, just sent your funds to a hardware wallet and forget about them.

Hardware wallet is the safest way to protect your coins from hacker and more safe than web wallet. No one can access that wallet other then the holder of it. I am using trazor hardware wallet to safe my coins.

because the wallet per lift hard separates the private key from devices connected to the internet. Your assets are practically safe from threats such as fraud and hacking, but return to the user to keep their wallet from all possibilities.

I agree. The safest wallets of course are hard wallets. This will insulate the wallet from illegal activities online, such as hacking, that might compromise the wallet's safety. But we need to realize also that if we use our coins for trading, it is expected that we are also saving some good amount in exchange wallets. Coins stored in hardware wallets are good as sleeping.

What security rules? are there any other security rules other than using your hardware wallet, keeping your private keys on your own?
And writing down the keys on a piece of paper and never on any internet connected spreadsheet/storage?

I was thinking of buying Trezor or Ledger Nano S these days because I don't have plans in storing my precious assets in exchanges and centralised crypto wallets.

As of now, storing it in a hardware wallet is the safest of them all. I just need to plug it in, transfer my Bitcoin and other altcoins, and plug it out.

However, there are disadvantages as well such as being damaged by shock, dust and water, and getting it misplaced or lost. We just need to take good care of it.

Having hardwallet I think is necessary if we have a large portfolio. In addition to security, hardwallet is safer than hackers because it is not connected to the internet. Whatever type of wallet we use, it will be safer if we do not share a private key or seed word because other people can access our wallet

Hardware wallet are very secured and very convenient, it cannot be easily hacked by anyone and it is the safest place where to put all your valuable altcoins. But it is only suitable to just holding coins because you will take much time to send fro wallet to exchange.

Hardware wallets are perhaps the most secured and trusted wallet. This is because they are entirely offline and entrusted in your care, if it gets compromised, then it means you have out the keys. Hardware wallets is also making waves as most people keeps using it owing to its security nature. Another wonderful feature is, it is easy to carry about.

I have one and I think everyone should have one too, it's quite costly but it's worth it, this is highly recommended for bounty hunters and investors, it's probably the safest thing where you can keep your coins and it is built as the best coin storage.

Agree, its still depend on us, on how we manage our assets, the bad thing about using hardware wallet for me is that, it can be lost for some reasons and if you have mo means to retrieve or you were not able to back up, it will be nothing and nonsense and a waste of time, but over all if im gonna compared the two wallets, id rather choose online wallets over hardware wallets, why? simply because online wallet is easy to operate and can be open everywhere, you just need an internet connection and you are good to go.

Ever since hardware wallets were created they have successfully helped users within this space to maintain security of their assets as convinent as possible. There is no need to worry about any type of security breaches or cyber attacks as your coin is right there with you. Hardware wallets really shows what it means to be "decentralized", how? You own the keys to your wallet and can access it when you want to.

The safest wallets are not hardwallet's because you don't know what is in it unless you see the wallet built yourself.
Use a regular desktop wallet and encrypt it. Encrypt everything, even a folder.

Cold wallet is one of the best asset protection methods available today. Just as many wallet mobile themselves claim to be "hard wallet without deveice" but many people have complained that they lost their properties via mobile wallet. So for me the hard wallet is still the best

Hardware wallets are safe only if you can make sure that your device has no access to anybody else, including your passphrases, keys. Also, it is important that you purchase from a trusted source, cause the middlemen involved in delivering your wallet could use phising codes.

Hardware wallets are safe, but if you do not follow the rules, you may lose your money from your hardware wallet

Hardware wallets are a very reliable way to store cryptocurrencies, if you have a large amount in cryptocurrency, then you should definitely buy a hardware wallet

IMHO, the 2FA provide enough security if you have less than 10k USD to manage if more I'm using Ledger and it is safe enough

In my opinion, hardware wallets are one of the safest things to store your crypto in. Previously I used to store my crypto in a paper wallet they were safe but not that safe (physically) but ever since I started using hardware wallet I never went back.

My friends and I use cold wallets to store cryptocurrencies and they are really very good. After all, before that, my friends had their wallets cracked and they were losing their coins. Therefore, do not spare money to purchase a cold wallet!

Several days ago I have received my first hardware wallet - ledger nano s. I wanted to start with the cheapest device on the market. Quality of the materials are not the best, but reasonable. What is sad that I can keep only 3 apps at the same time. This way I will have to buy more devices. From the security perspective, it looks ok and I like the buttons with which you have to approve the transaction.

Yes, there are your best bet when it comes to securing your funds. Except you lose your hardware wallet plus your passcode, you have nothing to worry unlike using ordinary wallet that can be phished.

Hardware wallets are better than other wallets except offline wallets e.g paper wallet which i consider to be better than hardware and other wallets combine

Hardware wallets are the best, in terms of security most especially. There cannot be any wallet safer than that. Unlike hot wallets, hardware wallets cannot simply be accessed by anyone through the internet. That makes it effectively unreachable to a certain extent, most especially during these times when hacking is becoming a bigger problem.

Trezor and ledger are the safest wallets at the moment and you can be sure about your funds. Since the coins are not stored on the computer, but in the wallet itself. If they want to break the wallet, hackers will need access to the wallet itself.

I think the most safest offline wallets. Only you have acces to this kind of wallet.
Ledger and trezor have 3rd party person, and if tomorow they gone by some reasons you lost your funds

Just make sure that you buy the hardware wallet directly from a reputable source, and not second-hand or from unknown web site. There have been cases where the software inside the hardware wallet was modified such that the private key is fixed and known to the seller, so any funds you deposit will be lost.

it is certainly the safest wallet to date. Currently I use Ledger and I am holding quite a bit of Bitcoin there.
I am quite confident in it because it is offline and hackers cannot invade.

Your wallet does not need to be online in order to lose your BTC. Your BTC is stored on the chain and is tied to a private key.

That said, the chances of randomly guessing your private key is astronomically hard.

I'm using a hardware wallet and its actually good. It has 2fa and it requires you to have both your phone, and hardware wallet before you can make a transaction. But I don't recommend having all your funds to be saved on that wallet, I have mine saved on 3~4 different ones.

of course, what you say is true that hardware wallets are very safe and trustworthy. I personally also use this hardware wallet, because the security is good, the transaction is easy, and easy to use.

So far the most safest wallet, just don't forget to buy at trusted seller, or else your seed could be already compromised.

Hardware wallet secures your cryptos, even the workstation are infected with malware.

If you have a vast amount of valuable cryptos, try to divide it to the multiple hardware wallet.

It is the safest of all types of wallets in this market. You won't need to be too concerned if you protect it carefully and don't lose it. No one will hack your wallet

I have not use or see any one around using it but I believe its save than online wallet and that can also be recover once you have your key available , and I also think the major issue in losing one coins are the way many Loose guide on their key which is major problem many face .

Yes, hardware wallets are the safest wallets. We just have to keep our seed protected and offline.

You can say hardware wallet almost safe rather than the online wallet. To hold your asset,you can choose hardware wallet to store your seeds for future. Everything is risky in online and there are many hackers around us to steal our assets. That's why, we need to be careful all time.

I have reviewed the Ledger Nano devices. The hardware looks safe, the chip is a secure piece of hardware. I prefer the USB device because the bluetooth model potentially can be sniffed and the info can be captured between wallet and PC. 

I have been holding my bitcoins and etherium at my Ledger Nano S wallet for a few years already and no one satoshi has gone yet, so I am sure it is safe.

buying at a trusted seller is also a concern that must be done, because now there are so many sellers who have opened the seal of the hardware wallet and it is dangerous for the security of the assets of the buyer

But a hardware wallet needs to be bought only when there is a large amount of money in the cryptocurrency, in other cases I see no point in buying a hardware wallet

It is the safest wallet to have.
If you have so many cryptocurrency savings for the future then you must invest on your hardware wallet.
As they said, if you invested more than 500 USD in cryptocurrency then it is worth having it!

No issues while sending as well if you keep your wallet free secured from any one and also the private keys.

Hardware wallets are obviously safer, but it doesn't mean they don't have their own drawbacks. Private keys of Web wallets or app wallets can easily be stolen if care is not taken. For example, people install strange keyboards which might be from scammers/hackers and their wallets get hacked through that means. Hardware wallets are more secure, my best picks are Ledger Nano and Trezor.

If you have bitcoin for several thousand dollars, you should think about buying a hardware wallet. In the future, it could turn into several hundred thousand dollars.

But hardware wallet is very different from the other wallets like as desktop wallet,Mobile wallet,Paper wallet. Your money will highly secure in the hardware wallet because you have to no worried to keep your private key. So i think right now hardware wallet is the most Secure wallet. Everyone not a security expert in that case hardware wallet can be ensure to safe your money. I don't hold my assets in the web wallet for the long times. But in situation i recommend hardware wallet is the best.                  

I believe that the safest wallets in the cryptocurrency are hardware wallets, because there is almost no way that crooks will be able to get data from their wallets and then log in

Hard wallet software safety than you use or save your token with exchange wallet or put in online wallet like myetherwallet, when you use your hard ware wallet your token only can access with your software and not one can hack your token if your hardware wallet still in your hand, for every one have multi kinds assets better buy hardware wallet and save your assets there.

The hardware wallet is very reliable when observing the security rules. I recommend buying hardware wallets only from the manufacturer.

I definitely agree with you, I already have hardware wallet and most of my cryptocurrencies are there. Most of my bitcoin and ethereum are stored in my hardware wallet then I keep it my safety cabinet which is also have lock. I know some of the member who have a lot of cryptocurrencies use this kind of wallet because we want to secure and we know there are hackers that can stealth our crypto. Lastly, I print my seed phrase and then I also stored in my safety cabinet.

Safety doesn't depend on what type of wallet do you have. It all depends on how you manage your wallet. Even with a hardware wallet but you are not really taking care of it then it is still useless and you might still experience some incidents like getting hacked or getting your cryptocurrencies stolen. On the other hand, if you are really careful and you do all of the precautions then hardware wallets and even the online wallets are really safe.

I'm a huge fan of hardware wallets, and I've used quite a number of them.  Not only are they secure, they allow you to store essentially any altcoins you want on them (at least most of them do).  You could use a multicoin wallet like coinomi on your smartphone, but what happens if that phone gets stolen or you lose it?  You aren't carrying around a hardware wallet all the time like you do with your phone.

The only security issue of note is keeping the seed phrase safe and remembering all of the passwords and such, but that's true of any wallet that uses passwords and phrases.  

If anyone is getting started with hardware wallets, I would suggest getting a ledger or trezor.  They both function wonderfully and they don't cost that much either.  I love mine.

Even if you have less than that or if you own an assortment of altcoins a hardware wallet is still worth considering.  They really are cool devices.

Depends on the skill level of those who use them. That level should match to technicalities of hardware wallets, if not,  then  there's a chance  to loose all even with those wallets.

Hardware wallet is really safe because it is difficult for hackers to access in a hardware wallet, but some says hackers can still access to it when you started to go online with your hardware wallet, that is why you should still be careful in the sites that you visit because maybe it is one of the ways for them to see your hardware wallet.

Hardware wallets are made to be used as a safe device to store your crypto so they ought to be safe. But still the safety of your coins largely depends on the ways you use and store them and their seeds and private keys. A carelessly used hardware wallet maybe riskier than a properly used desktop wallet or even a web based wallet.

It is considered to be the safest wallet for our cryptocurrency, designed to fight malwares/phishing that was the basic root of hacking. Using hardware wallet will help to secure your investment using your computer device, it is created with high security private keys. It is also user friendly to easily access by anyone who wants to use it.

For now I have never used a hardware wallet. I am interested in the wallet, but I am not experienced in this. What if the hardware wallet is damaged, can the data still be retrieved?

There are some ways to recover it, there's a tutorial you can watch from youtube but as far as I know not all the damaged or corrupted hardware wallet can be retrieve. All of the crypto in hardware wallet will be put to waste, that's why protecting your hardware wallet is necessary to protect what's inside.

Yes, they are very safe, all you need to do is keep your seed safe. Hardware wallets are adviced or preferred because once your seed are safe then your coins are safe. They are safer that web and App wallets. Generally, no matter the wallet we are using, we should endeavour to keep our seed and private keys safe.  

if you keep a private key, it is better to write it in a notebook. if you want to store the token safely and have no money on Trezor or similar. you should download the coin wallet, throw it on a flash drive and store tokens there.

Of course, most attacks are conducted online since it's easier and vulnerabilities may be present in the system of the victim. Especially if one uses pirated softwares, embedded with keyloggers or clipboard fetching softwares. If one's not so careful, he might be fooled by some phishing sites. There's no 100% secure system, it really depends on the user's carefulness on handling transactions. As long as you don't install anything malicious, connect using secure networks only, and be alert on online activity, you'll be fine.

Yes as long as you have your private key, you can assure your crypto investment.
Even if your own hardware wallet will be damaged, you can still open it with the same hardware wallet using the same private key to access your wallet. It is safe because it is accessible offline. Every information of your wallet will not be leaked to anyone who tries to hack your private key because it also has a PIN which is needed before having a full access of the wallet.

It is safe thogh you have it with you physically but the downside of it is it when you lost in somewhere and cannot be found anymore. On the other hand, software wallets is somehow good since it plays along with the account itself so, you have the concurrent access with it, and at the same you can have multiple views. What I mean to say is that you have the access in different platforms unlike the hardware wallet. But the thing is software wallets is prone to hacking, while the other one isn't but prone to losing it physically.

There is no doubt about the safety of our funds in a hardware wallet. I bought a hardware wallet for safety purposes, all of my funds are in my hardware wallet. I can ensure that there is no one who can hack my funds inside my wallet.

Why is this sudden concern about the hardware wallets? I have never used them (partly because purchasing them here in India is not very economical. I need to spend $250 to purchase a Trezor wallet which costs $100 in other countries). I have never heard about hardware wallets getting hacked and the coins stolen from them. The most frequent complaint that I have heard is the coins getting lost, as a result of the user forgetting his password or private key. But in this case, the user should blame himself for the carelessness and it won't be fair to blame the wallet for that. It is a very basic thing to store multiple backups if you are using a hardware wallet.

yes you are right a hardware wallet is a safe way to store our bitcoins. if something bad happens to our computer bitcoin we will stay safe. even I heard there are some hardware wallets made by Butterflylabs that can avoid the dangers of viruses, hardiness and waterproof. as long as we store the seeds well. our crypto wallet will be safe.

Purchasing a well established hardware wallet should be a no brainer for everyone that is holding a hefty amount of crypto funds, even if that bag is worth only 500$. Brute force attacks on hardware wallets are rare, so if you are not totally reckless with it, you should not worry about it, but be sure to purchase it from the official sources and not some shady ones via whom you could save 10 or 20 bucks.

Do that mean both physical and online wallet does not guaranteed safe at all when proper handling will be missed out? I think we must observe to which of the two will be compatible on your preference. For now, we should choose whether it's a hardware wallet or an online wallet, as long as there's confidentiality of those important keys which potentially be breached out of your security.

Hardware wallets are very safe when compared to App wallet or web wallet, as long as you keep your seed safe, then you are also safe. In cases where you can't get the hardware wallet and you are using app or web wallet, make sure to protect your private keys and also avoid clicking on phishing sites which may lead to your wallet.

Saving the seed words are also dangerous though. You should just write down the seed into a paper and save the paper in a safe place but easy to reach. And your wallet will be quite safe, but still not safe as hardware wallet

I would like to get some more details about this hardware wallets and about it's safety at the same time. Because safety is always an important issue for me.

Seed key is like a privkey it's just as important so yeah I do agree that saving a seed key to a safe place is the most crucial thing when using a hardware wallet. Most of the people I know that uses hardware wallet are always encrypting their seedkey with any means and adding security measures for their seed.

However, it just seems not worth it for people with cryptos' value that equals to pennies that's just simply wasting time. Although using hardware wallet is highly recommended for people with a low amount of money a desktop wallet should fulfill all the needs.

Definitely much better than browser or desktop wallets. But on the other think I believe it is still better to keep your funds on 20 exchanges and wallets instead of holding everything in one basket. Always use diversification to reduce the risks :)

Ya, but 20 exchanges are ridiculously high number and you don't even want to check them one by one lol and I doubt those 20 exchanges are even legit to store your own money. I'd rather just store in 3 - 4 exchange those are really legit if I want to store it in exchanges.

Yes, hardware wallets sure is safe. Just be sure to hide the seed so that no one could open your wallet. That is the safest wallet of all. There were some people advising us not to put your seed in your pc, because once a virus goes in, it may harm your wallet.

It is not a good idea to store your wallet seed inside your desktop especially when it is always connected to the internet. You should store it offline and keep it safe and dry and also away from people that can use the seed and bypass your wallet. You should not share it to anyone unless you are dying and you want to give it or pass it to another person that you trust.

Both software and hardware wallet is safe in order to store our keys, it only depends on how we will take care of our keys in order for us to be safe on losing some money. Yes, it is true that no system is safe for hackers and we all know that because although the system is hardly secured a hacker will also have a way on how they will take down the system and steal our money.
So that it reminds me that we must be always careful about storing our wallets in the safest place as possible, and we must really secure our keys and wallet and avoid clicking phishing websites in order for our money to be safe.

the strangest idea is to think that holding your money on a large exchange is safe. there is no exchange which guarantees the safety of money and the risks of hacker attacks are much higher than on cold wallets

Hardware wallets are quite safe to store your coins. I am also using Trezor to avoid any mishappening. It's not easy to hack the hardware wallet until and unless you attached it with the system. One thing I would also add always keep safe your 12-24 digit word seed.

Hard ware wallet safety for saving your token than you save in your exchange wallet, I got my friend have use hard ware wallet for save their token because they ever lost coin in myetherwallet or exchange wallet, I will try use hard ware wallet when I got many coin from investing and from bounty campaign, I want to feel how safety using hard wallet for saving our token than use exchange or online wallet.

Indeed. If you are considering exchange wallets better to think twice there's no assurance that they can prevent or avoid hackers to attack them, aside from that there's also possibilities of inside job or exchange exit excuses. It's advisable to have hardware wallet if you are here for longer stay.

If you do plan to make this venue for investment and business purposes, having hardware wallet will save your assets much safer.

Nothing can't replace the hardware wallet. A hardware wallet is the safest wallet in this crypto world. But online wallet also safe if we know how can we keep our account secure otherwise online wallet isn't safe at all. A hardware wallet isn't free at all. We need to pay a good amount of money to keep our cryptocurrencies safely.

I also think that today cold wallets are the safest places to store your cryptocurrency, but it seems to me that something more reliable will be invented soon

Faster hard ware wallet for saving coin than online exchange wallet, hard ware wallet only access with hard ware you save token not reason for get access by any one of do not have hard ware wallet, put phase word for access to hard ware wallet. Investor of ICO must have hard ware wallet if hold altcoin for long term to make safety than hold in exchange wallet where can stole by hacker, although your computer hacke but your token safe if use hard ware wallet.

Hardware Wallet is the best and safest when it comes to storing cryptocurreny. And one thing is to make sure to store the keys and the Hardware wallet in a secure place to avoid being stolen and utilized at the long run.

   It`s the best when there is a wallet on official site, hardware wallet on official site is the best option for me. Not every coin
I posses have that, but if it have I will use it without questions. I don`t like third party services, I avoid that when ever I can!
   Hardware wallet are one of the safest wallets. In every way you have your private keys with you, and that`s the most important
thing, private keys, if you don`t have them you are not owner of that wallet.

it is indeed safe but be careful not to corrupt it. Online wallet is also safe but only use the official wallet of the coins, never use 3rd party who offers universal wallet.

Hardware wallet is safe as long as you will not discuss to others your private keys. Using online wallsts are also good but there are risks because some of online wallets have been hacked in the past.

Indeed! It is safe not unless you will share your keys to other. But sometimes being less careful in what we are doing in the internet can cause us to have malware that is been using by hackers to sniff to our files that can cause them to have an access on it. Better to tighten your security and everything.

It's best to use hardware wallets, also there are some universal wallets with good reputation and performance, whereby users have total control of their private keys like Trust wallet and Atomic wallet.  If I'm holding so many coins, normally I'll sort for a universal wallet to atleast WATCH my holdings even if I don't want to import (that's if I decide using the official coin wallets). Even with hardware wallet, you can still lose your holdings if you don't back up properly.

   Why would anyone share private keys with anyone?! It`s the most obvious scam ever if someone asks for your private keys!!!
It`s one of the things anyone should know, it`s something I learned right away!
   They can`t hack external hard drive, and they can`t peak in your notebook. Two best ways to protect your private keys, to
write them down in some book, or to keep them in hidden file on your external hard drive.

Hardware wallets are mostly safe but upon picking a certain wallet. Always choose the one that is tested and proven to be a trustworthy one. Be always aware that corruption is a problem in there, you should make sure that you wouldn't do anything that may cause your wallet to be corrupted. Make sure also that the security is handled with many verifications so that if someone would try to get in, hack it and steal your money, you are well assured that it is very safe.

Most of the long term investors are prefer to use it than using online wallets or an exchange to store their coins. I have a hardware wallet that I bought last 2 years ago. All of my coins are in there because I know that I'm the only one who have access to it.

Yes. Hardware wallets are safe especially Nano Ledger N and S but be sure you won't open any suspicious mail coming from "nano ledger team" as that is a malware that will most likely steal your coins. Lately a lot of spam mails are coming to those who are having their data leaked somewhere so make sure before you open anything , check their website in order to see if they actually push an update. Also don't talk with friends or any other people about you having a hardware wallet as I wouldn't trust no one when it comes to your crypto wallets and private keys.

I have a trezor and I store most of my funds there. In terms of security I am sure that there are no hackers who can get my funds there. I only trust myself in terms of securing my private keys and even my family doesn't know about it.

Yes, no need to use other people’s wallets better use the only officials that are made especially for crypto holding. When you start investing in crypto you should think in your mind about holding your coin and for this choose your wallet. It is about you that wallet you but I think on crypto-related safety I the only blockchain is the best one that we can trust blindly.

Yes. I think hardware wallets are safe than the other online wallets. It all depends on how you handle your information to other people because scammers are around.

Hardwallet is the safest type of crypto wallet.  It is not prone to hack the online type of wallet.  Most bitcoin whales uses the hardware wallet to store their huge bags of crypto coin and keep it safe.  It is safe because it gives the owner full and total control of the wallet without any third party interference, the owner is in custody of the pass phrase and him alone can acess it. It is very difficult for hackers to have access to hardware wallet except if the owner was careless with the pass phrase. Other than that crypto coin cab be stored inn hardwallet with nothing to worry

All wallet are safe, hardware or software wallet can't protect you. In comparison hardware wallet is safe. Hardware wallet has few problem like lost, burn or damage etc. You can't visit anytime from any where but software is also safe if you are strongly follow the recommendation

well all of that back to ourselves how to save data that is very important so that it is not lost even though the hard wallet is guaranteed security but we can lose data if we do not have a hard copy or soft copy of all the data we have, so security depends on everyone.

I think there is no safest place to store and keep your cryptocurrency. Some People said that hardware wallet is safe, but it still has some risk like the hardware wallet is gone, natural disasters happens in your house and you lose your wallet, etc. But i prefer to use hardware wallet because it has less risk than online/web wallet that has a big potential to get hacked.

For me it's simply the best, way more secure and protected from hackers and all sorts of harm.

Surely using hardware wallets is the best way I can think on storing up your assets because it is away from online world which means it is also far away from potential hackers that are trying to access your accounts online to steal your assets upon logging into unsecured site. Just like online wallets, hardware wallets do also provide safety features to secure your cryptocurrencies in a sense that you are still conveniently holding up your assets into your hand in which you are the one who is capable of having an access on it which makes it more private compared to online wallets. You just have to be responsible on taking good care of your seed, password or private key you have used to access your assets and be mindful not to share it to anyone. Being away from online is the safest people could think if they see that hackers are everywhere in the internet world. So using hardware wallets suits the need of a crypto user to take good care of his cryptos without worrying that anyone can access it as long as he keeps the informations private.

Yes, I also think that a hardware wallet is the best solution to protect our assets, if you may know where the hardware wallet is sold, because where I live nobody sells a hardware wallet.

so far i have been using hardware wallet for over several year, and yes i can confirmed that hardware wallets is most safest wallet on the world , never heard before about hardware wallet getting hack, just need to be carefull, dont acces your hardware wallet on public pc to avoid your private key getting stealed...

I agree. If you are the type of person that have doubts about storing your cryptocurrencies in an online wallet, then having a hardwarw wallet to store up your assets will suit your preference because you are storing up your assets away from online world which makes it safe and secured as well as far away to the hackers range. What you just need to do is to of course take good care of your hardware wallet which you will keep in the safest possible place you only know, keep your seed or private key or password you have used to secure your wallet and ensure that you will be the only one who can have an access to your wallet. Even your most trusted person must not be trusted with the information you have about your hardware wallet because even those you trust can betray you. But if the case you have a short term memory loss, ensure that you will leave clues you are familiar with to get into your hardware wallet.