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Today at 07:35:59 AM
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Airgapped computers are risky to setup and use.
How is it risky?

Airgapped computers means you are not sending anything out of the wallet in a way that you can be affected. If you have airgapped wallet, you are safe so far it stayed airgapped but stay away from crypto clipper.

But I will likely if you correct me because my understanding about the cold airgapped device may be limited.

I've used airgapped computers for my wallet for quite sometime, I don't find it any more riskier than hardware wallet. You installed latest OS to an airgapped computer, you never connect it to the Internet and the wallet stays on the computer.

No supply chain attack which hardware wallet could be infected from, no accidental seed phrase leak because the internet isn't there in the first place, your wallet stay safe until the day you decided to withdraw it. I think it's robust enough solution for me, but it's just my opinion.

To be honest though, setting up one is a pain to do, you need to verify the stack and keep updated on latest exploit which going to take a lot of your time, which is why I also own hardware wallet.

Let's say that you can handle this perfectly, I am not new to Bitcoin but I can't do this same thing that you are doing, because of few reasons like I am not living alone, my computer isn't private and others, you can go out and someone startup your computer and connect it to the internet, unless you live alone all by yourself.

Also airgapped devices comes with extra security, if anyone tries to tamper with em they can self wiped themselves, talking for Keystone wallet though, I don't know about the rest, but if someone wants to tampered with that PC or Laptop behind your back they would successfully do it, but like I've just said, if you can handle it right then no problem, only that it's not for everyone.

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Today at 09:13:25 AM
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To be honest though, setting up one is a pain to do, you need to verify the stack and keep updated on latest exploit which going to take a lot of your time, which is why I also own hardware wallet.

I do not see any difficulty in setting up a wallet on an airgapped device, it was simple for me to do. Another thing is that if you are also not updated with exploit updates and knowing how to avoid hackers, hardware wallet can not save your coins from the hackers. Hackers also target hardware wallet users specifically.

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Today at 10:12:18 AM
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 #43

Airgapped computers are risky to setup and use.
How is it risky?

Airgapped computers means you are not sending anything out of the wallet in a way that you can be affected. If you have airgapped wallet, you are safe so far it stayed airgapped but stay away from crypto clipper.

But I will likely if you correct me because my understanding about the cold airgapped device may be limited.

I've used airgapped computers for my wallet for quite sometime, I don't find it any more riskier than hardware wallet. You installed latest OS to an airgapped computer, you never connect it to the Internet and the wallet stays on the computer.

No supply chain attack which hardware wallet could be infected from, no accidental seed phrase leak because the internet isn't there in the first place, your wallet stay safe until the day you decided to withdraw it. I think it's robust enough solution for me, but it's just my opinion.

To be honest though, setting up one is a pain to do, you need to verify the stack and keep updated on latest exploit which going to take a lot of your time, which is why I also own hardware wallet.

There is a risk of supply chain attack, accidental seed phrase leak, everything.

The risk is exactly in the step you called a "pain to do". Setting it up. If you dont know exactly what you are doing,  you can expose yourself to those risks

When you buy a good hardware wallet (not coldcard), you are theoretically free of all those risks.

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Today at 05:14:28 PM
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To be honest though, setting up one is a pain to do, you need to verify the stack and keep updated on latest exploit which going to take a lot of your time, which is why I also own hardware wallet.
Setting up a wallet in an airgapped device is not so newbie-friendly, that's why the community recommends hardware wallets to newbies, as it is easier for them to use safely. An airgapped wallet has to be set up in a safe environment and you ought to know what you are doing, so you don't lock yourself out of your funds.

However, if you are using a recommended wallet software, you do not need to constantly verify anything. E.G., if you set up Electrum in an airgapped device, which is a well-reviewed wallet, then you're good if you do everything correctly locally.

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Today at 07:34:03 PM
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Hardware wallet is the best to store your assets but don’t make it 100% safe there’s nothing like 100% when come to the crypto space. Hardware wallet has its own disadvantages too , like sometimes physical effects can damage it , like fire, water or you lose it (but can be recover if you have your seed phrase well save). And for those that are too lazy to write down their seed phrase and keep to a place safe and accessible, start writing it down now and stop saving it in your device just writing it down will save you a fortune .

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