I have a Trezor. It’s ok to keep? I was hearing a bunch of fud about it and was looking to switch up, but I really like it 🤷♂️
Discussion
In cryptography you can only trust open source software and hardware, otherwise you are placing your trust in a third party, only trezor and Jade fulfill this.
Jade also solves the problem of not using secure element, but with trezor and passphrase it is completely secure.
Thanks! 🤙
The passphrase only buys you time in a brute force attack dependent on the complexity and entropy used. Relying only on the passphrase is not enough. My opinion (like a belly button we all have one) is that for the money you can get better hardware. If you are not leaving the Trezor lying around the likelihood of the hardware vulnerability found being exploited is quite low but not non zero. It’s a good product that requires a hardware refresh to remain competitive.
Which one are you going with?
Depends on your budget and level of paranoia. The majority of the secure elements likely have NSA backdoors unless you add additional entropy during seed creation. High end budget the nGrave zero is designed to do this. Low end budget get a seedsigner (google it) and it only holds your seed temporarily. You manually write down your seed and a QR code to load the seed on the seed signer. Use casino grade dice (it supports dice seeds) and the entropy is completely secure and offline. The seedsigner allows all this for $80. Power down the seedsigber and the seed is gone. It’s on steel (they sell steel QR plates) in a safe place. Need to use it? Leave the seedsigner in the bathroom it doesn’t have your seed until you scan the QR code. It doesn’t matter where you leave it. Problem solved.
Ok! Thx 🙏