Bitcoin Forum
May 10, 2024, 05:58:24 PM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.0 [Torrent]
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register More  
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: Best hardware wallet: Trezor/Bitsafe/Hardbit/Something else  (Read 1157 times)
RomertL (OP)
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 470
Merit: 250



View Profile
May 28, 2014, 04:26:52 PM
 #1

I'm starting to accumulate too much Bitcoin to be totally comfortable to have it even on multisig wallets like BitGo, and I'm far too lazy to mop around with offline or paperwallets...So hardware wallets then. What are my options, which would you recommend out of Trezor, Hardbit and Bitsafe in regard of easy to use and safety? Anything else out there? What's your thoughts guys?


░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄████▀
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄███████▀
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█████████▀
░░░░░░░▄████░░████████▀
░░▄█████████████████▀
░░░████████████████▀
░░░░██████████████▀
░░░░░██████░░█████▀
░░░░░░██████████▀
░░░░░░░████████▀
░░░░░░░░██████▀
░░░░░░░░░████▀
░░░░░░░░░░█▀


























▄████████████▀▀█▄
████▀▀▀▀▀░░░▄ ░██
██▄░░░░░░░▄▀░░███
████▄░░░▄▀░░░████
██████▄█░░░░█████
████████░▄░██████
▀███████████████▀
▄████▀▀▀█▀▀▀████▄
████░▄▀▀▀▀▀▄░████
██▀░░░░░░░░░░░▀██
█▀░░░█▀█░█▀█░░░▀█
█░░░░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░░░░█
█▄░░▀▄░░░░░▄▀░░██
▀██▄▄▄█████▄▄▄██▀

▄█▀███████▀▀████▄
██░░▀███▀░░░░▀▄██
███░░░░▀░░░░░░▄██
████░░░░░░░░░░░██
█████▄░░░░░░░░▄██
██▄░░░░░░░░░▄████
▀███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█████▀

▄███████████████▄
█████▀░▀▀▀▀░▀████
████░░░░░░░░░░███
████▄░░░░░░░░▄███
█▀████▄▄░░▄▄█████
██▄▀▀▀▀░░░░██████
▀██████▄▄▄▄█████▀

▄████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄
███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██░██
██░▄███████▄░█░██
██░█▄▄▄▄▄███░█░██
██░▀███████▀░████
███▄▄░░░▄▄▄▄█████
▀█████▄█████████▀


▄████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀████▄
███▀░▄▀█▀██▄░▀███
██░▄█▀░▀░▀▀██▄░██
██░███░▀▀▀ ▀██░██
██░███░████░██░██
██▄░█▄░▄░▄▄▄▀░▄██
▀███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄███▀

1715363904
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1715363904

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1715363904
Reply with quote  #2

1715363904
Report to moderator
1715363904
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1715363904

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1715363904
Reply with quote  #2

1715363904
Report to moderator
In order to get the maximum amount of activity points possible, you just need to post once per day on average. Skipping days is OK as long as you maintain the average.
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
1715363904
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1715363904

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1715363904
Reply with quote  #2

1715363904
Report to moderator
beatljuice
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Activity: 196
Merit: 100


View Profile
May 28, 2014, 05:27:17 PM
 #2

What about https://xapo.com/#aboutVault?
RomertL (OP)
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 470
Merit: 250



View Profile
June 01, 2014, 09:56:50 AM
 #3

Don't want to trust a third party. It might be safe from hackers, but not for either government shut-downs or Xapo themselves being scammers. They're probably honest (and I've actually pre-ordered their debit - card) but for my life savings, "probably" is not good enough. Bitgo is safe from gov shutdowns and quite safe from outside hackers, but if they themselves were dishonest they could probably steel from me.


░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄████▀
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄███████▀
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█████████▀
░░░░░░░▄████░░████████▀
░░▄█████████████████▀
░░░████████████████▀
░░░░██████████████▀
░░░░░██████░░█████▀
░░░░░░██████████▀
░░░░░░░████████▀
░░░░░░░░██████▀
░░░░░░░░░████▀
░░░░░░░░░░█▀


























▄████████████▀▀█▄
████▀▀▀▀▀░░░▄ ░██
██▄░░░░░░░▄▀░░███
████▄░░░▄▀░░░████
██████▄█░░░░█████
████████░▄░██████
▀███████████████▀
▄████▀▀▀█▀▀▀████▄
████░▄▀▀▀▀▀▄░████
██▀░░░░░░░░░░░▀██
█▀░░░█▀█░█▀█░░░▀█
█░░░░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░░░░█
█▄░░▀▄░░░░░▄▀░░██
▀██▄▄▄█████▄▄▄██▀

▄█▀███████▀▀████▄
██░░▀███▀░░░░▀▄██
███░░░░▀░░░░░░▄██
████░░░░░░░░░░░██
█████▄░░░░░░░░▄██
██▄░░░░░░░░░▄████
▀███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█████▀

▄███████████████▄
█████▀░▀▀▀▀░▀████
████░░░░░░░░░░███
████▄░░░░░░░░▄███
█▀████▄▄░░▄▄█████
██▄▀▀▀▀░░░░██████
▀██████▄▄▄▄█████▀

▄████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄
███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██░██
██░▄███████▄░█░██
██░█▄▄▄▄▄███░█░██
██░▀███████▀░████
███▄▄░░░▄▄▄▄█████
▀█████▄█████████▀


▄████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀████▄
███▀░▄▀█▀██▄░▀███
██░▄█▀░▀░▀▀██▄░██
██░███░▀▀▀ ▀██░██
██░███░████░██░██
██▄░█▄░▄░▄▄▄▀░▄██
▀███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄███▀

bananaControl
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 322
Merit: 250


Decentralize All The Things!


View Profile
June 01, 2014, 10:05:27 AM
 #4

I'm starting to accumulate too much Bitcoin to be totally comfortable to have it even on multisig wallets like BitGo, and I'm far too lazy to mop around with offline or paperwallets...So hardware wallets then. What are my options, which would you recommend out of Trezor, Hardbit and Bitsafe in regard of easy to use and safety? Anything else out there? What's your thoughts guys?

AFAIK there aren't really any hardware wallet readily available yet, just look at Trezor, they are way behind with their orders.

But setting up a cold storage on an old Asus EEE netbook running Linux with Armory doesn't take more than an hour or so and it is rather easy to do actually. I'd be glad to help.
JypsiCreme
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Activity: 149
Merit: 100


View Profile
June 01, 2014, 10:51:16 AM
 #5

Electrum for sure. It works on all platforms and you don't need to download the whole blockchain.
RomertL (OP)
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 470
Merit: 250



View Profile
June 01, 2014, 12:27:34 PM
 #6

I'm starting to accumulate too much Bitcoin to be totally comfortable to have it even on multisig wallets like BitGo, and I'm far too lazy to mop around with offline or paperwallets...So hardware wallets then. What are my options, which would you recommend out of Trezor, Hardbit and Bitsafe in regard of easy to use and safety? Anything else out there? What's your thoughts guys?

AFAIK there aren't really any hardware wallet readily available yet, just look at Trezor, they are way behind with their orders.

But setting up a cold storage on an old Asus EEE netbook running Linux with Armory doesn't take more than an hour or so and it is rather easy to do actually. I'd be glad to help.

Thx banana, but I do think that Bitgo is safe enough until the hardware wallets are out, it should be quite soon. Hardbit is supposed to be out already, although I couldn't find where to buy it. Bitgo being multisig should be quite safe for now. They require me to use a one-time password they text me to my phone everytime y move something out of my wallet (plus a normal pw for my account on Bitgo and another for my wallet). Or am I being foolish to store my coins there even if it's only until I get my hands on a hardware wallet?

Jipsi, Electrum is just a normal wallet that would require me to do the paper/offline wallet routine to be safe  isn't it?


░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄████▀
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄███████▀
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█████████▀
░░░░░░░▄████░░████████▀
░░▄█████████████████▀
░░░████████████████▀
░░░░██████████████▀
░░░░░██████░░█████▀
░░░░░░██████████▀
░░░░░░░████████▀
░░░░░░░░██████▀
░░░░░░░░░████▀
░░░░░░░░░░█▀


























▄████████████▀▀█▄
████▀▀▀▀▀░░░▄ ░██
██▄░░░░░░░▄▀░░███
████▄░░░▄▀░░░████
██████▄█░░░░█████
████████░▄░██████
▀███████████████▀
▄████▀▀▀█▀▀▀████▄
████░▄▀▀▀▀▀▄░████
██▀░░░░░░░░░░░▀██
█▀░░░█▀█░█▀█░░░▀█
█░░░░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░░░░█
█▄░░▀▄░░░░░▄▀░░██
▀██▄▄▄█████▄▄▄██▀

▄█▀███████▀▀████▄
██░░▀███▀░░░░▀▄██
███░░░░▀░░░░░░▄██
████░░░░░░░░░░░██
█████▄░░░░░░░░▄██
██▄░░░░░░░░░▄████
▀███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█████▀

▄███████████████▄
█████▀░▀▀▀▀░▀████
████░░░░░░░░░░███
████▄░░░░░░░░▄███
█▀████▄▄░░▄▄█████
██▄▀▀▀▀░░░░██████
▀██████▄▄▄▄█████▀

▄████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄
███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██░██
██░▄███████▄░█░██
██░█▄▄▄▄▄███░█░██
██░▀███████▀░████
███▄▄░░░▄▄▄▄█████
▀█████▄█████████▀


▄████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀████▄
███▀░▄▀█▀██▄░▀███
██░▄█▀░▀░▀▀██▄░██
██░███░▀▀▀ ▀██░██
██░███░████░██░██
██▄░█▄░▄░▄▄▄▀░▄██
▀███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄███▀

Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!