So given everything you said what device would you get today?
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A lot of people recommend building a SeedSigner. This is on my list to learn how to do. I didnât consider myself experienced enough to do this sooner, but after building two nodes, Iâm pretty sure this is next.
For most people Iâve lately been recommending the nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n Jade. You can simply ignore the Liquid feature, and use it via USB instead of Bluetooth if you have concerns about signing events wirelessly.
Multi-vendor multisig. Any vendor may be compromised at any time. The chances that multiple vendors are compromised at the same time is significantly lower.
Agreed, this is a very good option but it can get expensive or tricky to set up if youâre going DIY. Itâs important to think about how those youâll leave your stack to will be able to access it after youâre gone.
> Agreed, this is a very good option but it can get expensive
One way to reduce cost is to do, say, 2-of-2 where one is your hardware wallet, and the other is software. For example, Sparrow calls these keystores and makes it easy to set up a wallet with a mix of hardware and software keystores. The software seed would be encrypted in the wallet file. This would still be significantly better security than single hardware sig.
> or tricky to set up if youâre going DIY.
Sparrow is the way to go here.
> Itâs important to think about how those youâll leave your stack to will be able to access it after youâre gone.
Bitcoin is the worldâs premier value transfer system. Passing keys to heirs is unnecessary. Instead, use long-dated, pre-signed transactions (Deadmanâs Transactions, DMTX) to ensure your heirs can receive coin after you depart.
This requires your heirs to have their own wallets. But this is inescapable. In order to inherit Bitcoin, one must be competent in Bitcoin. Thereâs no substitute for competence.