Ballet wallets

[Saint-loup]

How is dkbit98 wrong? Because there is a pro version that you can use to add your own passphrase, that means it is an hardware wallet? You are wrong. Ballet wallet, be it the normal or the expensive one (pro version), they are both paper wallets, they are not hardware wallets.

No, it's not wrong because I was not talking about ''PRO'' version that is much more expensive $299, compared to normal Ballet that starts from $35... that is almost nine times more expensive!

I do not know if it is true, that it comes in three packages, which makes it three of the paper wallet in metal, that would be $99.66. Still pretty expensive and better to just go for a hardware wallet instead.

In fact they don't even call it a hardware wallet on their website, they just say ''Cryptocurrency wallet'' or ''Cold Storage Crypto wallet''.
You can't change or add new addresses,so this is just glorified paper-like wallet, that can only serve as cool collectible for me.

It is not a hardware wallet, it is using the principles that paper wallets are using to operate.

No I'm not saying it is the same thing as a hardware wallet or it can replace it, I'm just saying the pro version is safe because Ballet will never know what passphrase you have chosen to generate your BIP38 key. But I agree this version is very expensive, even if you get 3 paper wallets made of steel for the price. Unfortunately hardware wallets are fragile and break down easily, it means you need to use a paper along with them in order to back up your seed when you are using them. But paper is fragile too. That's why some people could prefer a paper wallet in steel with an encrypted key to hold their Bitcoins. It allows them to access their funds at any time without using a device they have to trust, and without dealing with any complex derivation path or address format.

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[Charles-Tim]

No I'm not saying it is the same thing as a hardware wallet or it can replace it, I'm just saying the pro version is safe because Ballet will never know what passphrase you have chosen to generate your BIP38 key. But I agree this version is very expensive, even if you get 3 paper wallets made of steel for the price. Unfortunately hardware wallets are fragile and break down easily, it means you need to use a paper along with them in order to back up your seed when you are using them. But paper is fragile too. That's why some people could prefer a paper wallet in steel with an encrypted key to hold their Bitcoins. It allows them to access their funds at any time without using a device they have to trust, and without dealing with any complex derivation path or address format.

The Ballet Pro wallet is not the same as Ballet wallet which we all know and very clear to us all. The Pro is very expensive and I will consider getting a hardware wallet instead.

Also that this thread is not about the Ballet Pro wallet, it is about the less expensive one which is Ballet wallet, the wallet is created based on trust, which I do not have, which bitcoin users need not to have inorder to stay safe with their coins and to also encourage others to be safe.

[bettercrypto]

I have bought almost every type of hardware wallet, I’ve been using ballet wallets. In conjunction with a ledger. I really like the ballet the best. Just looking for feedback

You already sold hardware wallets, then try another wallet like Ballet. Why? don't you enjoy the features of the hardware wallet? Are you not satisfied with its use?

     You can almost see in the recommendation of the majority community here in the forum that it is a hardware wallet that is always mentioned as one of the most beautiful and safe wallets that can store cryptocurrencies and then try something that has not been proven and tested compared to the hardware wallet.

[belov]

Of course it's scary that someone has a copy of the keys, but here it's all based on BobbyLee's personal word... Isn't it?

That's not what confused me. I went to customer support and I feel like I've been dumped on an AI. Has anyone tried the help desk? And is it possible to get through to a live person?

[Z-tight]

Of course it's scary that someone has a copy of the keys, but here it's all based on BobbyLee's personal word... Isn't it?

The manufacturers surely won't tell you that they have a copy of your keys, if they do nobody is going to buy their product then, but we don't know if they do, maybe they don't; and it is not only on the creator Bobby Lee, but all the creation team, if you are using this type of wallet you are trusting all of them. If you want to use a safe wallet without a single point of failure, i would not recommend this wallet.

That's not what confused me. I went to customer support and I feel like I've been dumped on an AI. Has anyone tried the help desk? And is it possible to get through to a live person?

That is how the customer support of so many services respond, i have not had any chat with their customer support because i don't plan on buying their product, by the way everything about the wallet is on their site and you can learn more from the posts in this topic, why contacting support?

[rat03gopoh]

Has anyone tried the help desk? And is it possible to get through to a live person?

They don't provide a human support representative. They have all the draft answers to potential questions. After all, it's just a paper wallet as usual that can't do anything, which likely won't be a very specific product issue that they haven't thought about beforehand. Even if you file a return, they may also have bot answers.

[Yamane_Keto]

Of course it's scary that someone has a copy of the keys, but here it's all based on BobbyLee's personal word... Isn't it?

What will BobbyLee's personal word do for you, it will not return your money and will not pay the expenses for you, if you are skeptical, even by 1%, do not buy a hardware wallet, no one forces you. contact the support team may give you answers, whether you trust them or not. Unless you read the code or trust someone who read the code, nothing is guaranteed.

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Unless you read the code or trust someone who read the code, nothing is guaranteed.

This is not even about if a wallet is open source or close source. Even if a paper wallet or collectible or whatever you call it is open source, so far that the seed phrase and passphrase are generated by a company for you, that means you have to trust them and this is one of the ways some bitcoin owners lost their bitcoin.

[belov]

That is how the customer support of so many services respond, i have not had any chat with their customer support because i don't plan on buying their product, by the way everything about the wallet is on their site and you can learn more from the posts in this topic, why contacting support?

Well. It was a funny incident. They added a new feature to create NFT TEXT and it wasn't working. I asked the support why it wasn't working, and bot replied with a story about cucumbers in the garden. It was amusing, but the feature started working after that.