Do you think coldcards are a good first hardware wallet for a noob?
I find myself not recommending it to newcoiners because I'm afraid they'll get too intimidated.
But the others allow shitcoins...
What do you all think?
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Coldcard is the way to go.
Agreed, too technical. I suggest electrum wallet on desktop or blue wallet on mobile.
I don't think it's good for noobs. People will get intimidated. It's more of a second year rabbit hole wallet. Foundation has a very nice UI and is bitcoin only.
Agree. I have a noob friend who was afraid to mess with it until I came over after a few months and got him going. I recently got a Jade to mess with and sorta like it.
Depends on how willing they are to learn. If they truly are earnest is grokking bitcoin then go for the Coldcard. If not, something like bitbox02 bitcoin only is also a good option.
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I feel like the Trezor is a good intro wallet
Green on mobile + Jade is a great starter kit. Their remote pin server offers good security whole keeping the UX very simple.
Jade
I love BitBox 2.0 Bitcoin only. UX is really clear and also easy management of the passphrase
I used to recommend Trezor for starters, but in the past few years I switched to CC. I keep extras around to give away and will walk friends & family through the setup.
It's really not that hard to understand.
Question, why do you think Trezor is no longer a right fit noobs. Interested in your opinion here. And for non noobs what would you recommend?
I think Trezor is fine overall. I just prefer CC.
i managed to get most of my orange pilled prospects into trezor, wondering if I may need to change that.
Same feelings on Ledger? CC preferable due simply to being Bitcoin only, or something else? All 3 are HD.
Ledger is closed source and panders to NFT degens.
I also love Trezor’s decision to release bitcoin only firmware.
I bought both Ledger and Trezor. Ledger bricked, was constantly asking for damn upgrades,.. on top of that,.. its a shitcoin oriented product.
That’s awful. Haven’t had issues w a Nano S I’ve been using since 2017. I certainly can understand the hesitation w the plethora of shit coins they cater to, but the tech has kept my Bitcoin secure without issue.
Trezor has bitcoin only firmware. Smaller footprint, safer upgrades. https://trezor.io/learn/a/bitcoin-only-firmware-on-trezor
I recommend Trezor still because with onboarding, I think UX/UI is absolutely key, and imo, Trezor wins there. This mainly lies within the wallet software you’re using more than the device I think, and so I recommend Trezor and Trezor Suite to start. I prefer CC as well but I like planting the seed with Trezor and seeing where that goes. I’ve had several friends who have contacted me later asking me about secure elements, if it’s open source, can I use this with other wallets, etc. all by their own research. Do I attribute that to Trezor? Not necessarily. But with apprehensive people who think it’s too confusing (i.e. a bunch of scary numbers and letters on a seemingly outdated looking interface that is Electrum or Sparrow), Trezor is kinda their “Ok, fine” moment.
But you’re very right, it isn’t that hard to understand, and CC does a great job at that with their device itself, but there is an intimidation factor I think.
Also, this sounds argumentative and I am not meaning that at all. Just love HWW conversations lol.
This was my path to sparrow and cc.
There is the BitBox02 bitcoin only version as well. In my opinion quit easy to use for newcoiners.