Since the beginning of my crypto journey in 2020 I quickly understood the need of self-custody of my #bitcoin keys, so I bought a #Ledger nano X (I’m French so I’m proud of the French start ups) and now with all this firmware update even if I get that you have to opt-in for the recovery service I feel kinda weird about it, I mean I’m a proud hole coiner and I don’t have millions of $$ on #bitcoin so I want to give #Ledger a chance, I’m I crazy?
Discussion
Tell them fuck off and move to seedsigner, bitbox, coldcard, jade, all better... even trezor
But can we trust them? What makes them different from #Ledger I mean I feel #Trezor is kinda the same, maybe the other options are more trustworthy?
The physical Seedsigner device is do-it-yourself, the software is open source.
Coldcard is bitcoin only, was open source, is no longer, but the code is open for anyone to check.
Ledger is closed source. And now they enable the extraction of your private key from your device.
Not the same
#Trezor is open source, you can check the design and firmware to be sure they are not breaching your trust.
Plot twist. The Coldcard also allows your encrypted seed phrase to leave the device
Exactly I mean I think we should start always thinking that no matter what we can be at risk, no matter which company you choose you need to trusts them, only think I’m thinking about is to learn (for plebs like me that don’t know how) to encrypt and save my keys by myself
Regardless, it’s always important to be aware of the fact that vulnerabilities can be found in any piece of software or hardware. The most secure seed is the one that has never touched a computer
