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ColdCard MK4 works well for me. I use a removable MicrSD card so I never actually connect my MK4 to an internet connected computer. Plenty of great YouTube videos by a dude named BTC Sessions on how to use the ColdCard.
Strike is a good way to buy. I use a ColdCard MK4 for self custody. Just transfer it from Strike to your ColdCard. Plenty of YouTube videos on YouTube by a guy named BTC Sessions on how to work with the ColdCard.
I have a MK4 and happy with it.
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. It's the best for daily users. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you want high security, lots of features but not obvious on how to use. It's great if you want to pull it out on rare occasion. The dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability, i.e. for entering your passphrase. It would take me longer to do the same send function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The more budget option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. Ledger has baggage and Trezor Model One is a decade old, may soon go out of support, no secure element. Look for a more modern wallet with a strong base. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." Do not get scammed. Do not let anyone set things up for you. Do not lose or reveal your mnemonic to any app or website to "validate" wallet, or "web3" anything, or other nonsense. Read and follow the instructions and user guides.
You can use MK4 with Sparrow as a front end. There's nothing much you need to do with that laptop, besides basic clean computing, since the point of hardware wallet is to protect the keys on it. Set it up, add a passphrase, back it up, test recovery, create new wallet in Sparrow, click hardware, follow prompts.
I was going to use sparrow to airgap buying bitcoin and transfer it to my MK4. Would appreciate any help on how to make sure I’m doing it securely.
Ledger has baggage and Model One is old, no secure element. Look for a more modern wallet, not something a decade old. [Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." Do not get scammed. Do not let anyone set things up for you. Do not lose or reveal your mnemonic to "validate" wallet or other nonsense. Read and follow the guides.
I got the Mk4 5 months ago and there were no issues, I've seen these reviews too but I took the "gamble". Maybe the problem isn't actually that big and you only see the few people that had a problem but you don't see the thousands that did not. I'm not trying to sell you the product lol, if there were actual issues I faced with it I'd tell you, the coldcard Q/MK4 is honestly the best hardware wallet you can get, it's your choice at the end of the day. If it raises a lot of concerns the bitbox02 is good too, but not as good as the cc Mk4. I used to have the bb02 before I got the cc Mk4.
PNUT it’s definitely already pumped but I like how it’s on Robinhood. MK is about 400 million. This is a meme coin investment what you can lose but if crypto continues to go up this will most likely reach 1 Billion MK. Again this is a meme coin
Oh, I read it like you said the MK4 is the most open-source 😅
Coldcard Mk4 or Jade are both great. Open source (MK4 is mostly open source). MK4 is very beginner friendly with the possibility to go deeper down the rabbit hole. Don't own a Jade but Bitcoin University on YT likes them.
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others, older types, but don't recommend them.
Ledger has baggage and Model One is old, no secure element. Look for a more modern wallet, not something a decade old. [Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty."
Q adds a keyboard, QR code scanning camera, and batteries. It's better in those aspects, i.e. MK4 cannot scan QR codes. Safe 5 is great. I don't mind cable connection on it to laptop or phone but it's for you to decide. It's designed not to send anything secret through that wire. Jades I'm not a fan of, made in China from a "bitcoin only" company that took VC money from tether.
Thanks for the reply. I don't need to go budget. I want ease of use and security. I was looking at the ColdCard Q and it looked WAY to complicated for me. Is the MK4 any simpler? Also, I my favorites so far were the Trezor Safe 5 and the Jade Plus. My concern was that the Trezor isn't air gapped. Isn't that something I should consider? Thanks again!
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty."
It’s pretty basic. Get a Strike account to acquire bitcoin (others like River, Coinbase are good - just go with what you like). After you buy it, you should then “move” the bitcoin to a hardware device you own. I like the ColdCard MK4. ColdCard has a ton of YouTube videos on how to do this. If you ever decide to sell, move it back to Strike, sell for dollars. Move the cash to your bank account and pay applicable taxes.
Don't get scammed. [Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others, older types, but don't recommend them.
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others, older types, but don't recommend them.
I happen to have a spare MK4 (Firmware 5.2.0, 2023-10-10) at hand and just ran the following test: \> New seed words \> 12 words => i.e. no dice, internal TRNG \> Coldcard says "Generating ..." and presents a word list/hash afterwards \> Press 4 to add dice rolls \> Add a single roll (number 1) \> Check words I repeated the process severall times. The hash/word list after "Generating..." (using their internal TRNG first) is different every time (as expected) After adding the single dice roll (1) the hash/seed changes, but it's different every time too So the dice roll is actually mixed in and not replacing the TRNG hash, otherwise the seed/hash would have been the same after adding the same single dice roll every time With Firmware 5.2.0 and highr you SHOULD be safe. I generated my actual wallet the same way (using 2 of 2 multisig with two MK4s tho) and I hevn't been swept yet (months ago)
Nothing official, and I didn't test it myself as I didn't own a Coldcard in 2023, just a curious number of people losing their funds when using the dice function to generate entropy who insisted that they used the "mix-in" function, and some vague statements about the dice functions being improved to prevent user error. Mixing in additional entropy with any hashed data cannot ever "degrade" entropy generated from a TRNG, so the only reasonable conclusion is that the seed was replaced rather than mixed, either due to hitting the wrong button or due to an actual bug. If you still have your MK4 with the firmware from 2023, you could always test creating a new wallet using both functions (mix-in and only using dice), using the same dice rolls. If you end up with the same seed, it's a bug, but if they create different seeds, you probably hit the wrong button.
They did not replicate it. All they say is that people got swept because of "rolling a low number of dice rolls". That is people selecting the dice roll option and only rolling a few times or mashing buttons. You claim that you got swept after adding your own rolls to an ALREADY GENERATED internal TRNG seed/hash. That would be a major bug/malicious code and not a UI issue. And there is absolutely no evidence for that (neither there is in your links). All the cases of swept wallets are due to users using their own dice roll entropy and not doing it right. And yes, the UI should be more verbose about the dangers. I used their TRNG with a lot of MK4s and never got swept. Adding your own rolls is only to not having to trust their TRNG exclusively.
MK4 due to cost. Jade is a great price point to say the least. Especially if you want a bigger screen and air-gapping. I think CC is just more userfriendly it seems. Havent purchased one yet, but sometime in the future. Let us know how you like the Jade Plus if you purchase one. I have a Jade and I had no issues with it.
I like my Coldcard MK4's air gapped with Swan. I have Swan set to use my node as the server. I know you didn't ask... but, I buy on River. I like their 3.8% BTC return on my cash holdings. It makes me feel good to know that even if I have cash holdings waiting to be utilized on the exchange, it's earning BTC, albeit small amounts, but hey, I'll take 'em. Recently, River sent me a million dollars in the mail. It was a, now deflated, Zimbabwean $1,000,000.00 bill used to prove a point about money printers. Over the past five years, every time I go to the mailbox, I jokingly say to my wife and kid, I hope someone sent us a million dollars. River made that dream come true! 😁
I did a video a whole back about users losing funds due to low entropy seeds, as this was a major issue with the launch firmware for the MK4 It looks like your situation is different and your script is almost certainly responsible, whether due to your not using a cryptographically safe random function or due to running the script on a compromised computer. There is no way to recover these funds, I'm sorry for your loss.
Bitcoin is not going away. If you plan to interact with it at some point, for fun or profit, hardware wallet is a great tool. RTFM on how to use it, don't fall for "validate wallet" scams, never reveal your mnemonic and store it safely. [Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others, older types, but don't recommend them.
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others, older types, but don't recommend them.
Yeah its def expensive. You can get their MK4 and it will work fine. You mentioned a power outage which is why i recommended the coldcard since you can operate them with batteries. If you're looking for something less expensive the Blockstream Jade is great. Also Bitkey is great for beginners.
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others, older types, but don't recommend them.
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others, older types, but don't recommend them.
Our list (and the post) is meant for beginners who are exploring Bitcoin wallet options. Our base requirements for inclusion are being Bitcoin-only and open source (or verifiable source). 1. Jade is our overall recommendation for it's combination of security and ease-of-use. 2. BlueWallet is our mobile app pick and go-to recommendation for beginners. 3. Coldcard MK4 is our pick for most security. 4. Green is our desktop wallet of choice for it's usability and availability across platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux). 5. Phoenix is our Lightning wallet pick for making Lightning look easy and for being non-custodial. The post title says for Canadians, but this list could apply to the US as well. Outside of these two countries I think the list would change due to shipping factors among many other reasons.
I don't think MK is important, anytoken can reach 10B, all they have to do is hold 99% of the supply
[Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Time for Gordon Brown gold selloff MK2.
I use Coldcard MK4. Coldcard Q seems ok. Blockstream Jade also seems good.
Coldcard is the best, bar none. 1. It's bitcoin-only 2. Airgapped, so no possibility your private keys can get leaked. 3. No native wallet like Trezor Suite or Ledger Live. This is a good thing, because it's more difficult to compromise if the wallet and signing device are made by separate entities. 4. Source code is verifiable and has been highly audited 5. The MK4 has two secure elements = more difficult to compromise the seed. 6. Uses PSBTs, so it's compatible with many different wallets (Sparrow, Nunchuk, Specter, etc.) 7. Has many other useful features, like brick PINs, BIP 85 seeds, etc.
BitBox02 and Cold Card MK4 are both great choices. Learn how to store the SEED by making an offline backup up, hide it somewhere, don't share it with anyone and don't take digital copies. Turn off the DM box and ignore all the private messages you already got, they are all scammers.
I did like the Ledger and the software interface is top notch, but for the following reasons, I decided to find another wallet. The first is the simple fact that the Ledger is closed source which means you can’t validate exactly what’s going on under the hood. It requires that you TRUST Ledger as an entity with your stack which goes against a core tenant of the bitcoin ethos. Two, they cater to too many shitcoins which I think distracts from Bitcoin’s ecosystem and puts into question what the company’s priority is. Third and the reason I finally jumped ship, was when I found out a couple of years ago that a ledger employee didn’t have his login credentials revoked when he left the company. Take that and couple it with #1 and I started looking for another wallet. I settled on the Coldcard MK4. Open source so you can validate it if you choose to. It’s a Bitcoin only wallet. They delete all information about you after a couple of months.
If you DCA out every million MK you would have came out on top
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget friendlier option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Doesn't make sense? Just talk to a few degens and you'll see the sense, It's desperation to get a single token from as low MK as 100k in hopes it will reach 1B MK. That's their strategy, and VCs are loving it they are the ones in control of the narrative they select which fartcoin is next not the degens
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them. Decent hot wallets are electrum, sparrow, green, and phoenix for lightning.
If you're not an expert use well known options. Hardly anyone can help if you get stuck on an issue with a more obscure product. See the Newcomer's FAQ: https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1f7n947/bitcoin_newcomers_faq_please_read/ More resources (incl recommended wallets, helpful books, ELI5 explainers, video channels, setup guides etc etc): https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html For beginner types of (bitcoin related) questions go to r/bitcoinbeginners Do not get scammed by "helpers" reaching out. Do not let anyone set things up for you. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget friendlier option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty."
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget friendlier option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them. Decent hot wallets are electrum, sparrow, green, and phoenix for lightning. "Different cryptos" is off topic nonsense here.
Copypasta.. [Trezor Safe 5](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5) is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. [Coldcard MK4](https://coldcard.com/mk4) @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3) @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
No. I literally just said no. But I do recommend you leave blockchain.com immediately and never use it again. Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them. Decent hot wallets are electrum, sparrow, green, and phoenix for lightning.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
See the Newcomer's FAQ: https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1f7n947/bitcoin_newcomers_faq_please_read/ More resources (incl recommended wallets, helpful books, ELI5 explainers, video channels, setup guides etc etc): https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html For beginner types of (bitcoin related) questions go to r/bitcoinbeginners Do not get scammed by "helpers" reaching out. Do not let anyone set things up for you. Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them. Decent hot wallets are electrum, sparrow, green, and phoenix for lightning.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them. Decent hot wallets are electrum, sparrow, green, and phoenix for lightning.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
See the Newcomer's FAQ: https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1f7n947/bitcoin_newcomers_faq_please_read/ More resources (incl recommended wallets, helpful books, ELI5 explainers, video channels, setup guides etc etc): https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html For beginner types of (bitcoin related) questions go to r/bitcoinbeginners Do not get scammed by "helpers" reaching out. Do not let anyone set things up for you. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $168 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Doesn't matter where you buy it. Read the documentation for the wallet on manufacturer's website and watch some youtube videos on how to use them. Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $127 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
I have not used this wallet but have about half a dozen others with my favorite for using being Trezor Safe 5 and favorite for storage is Coldcard MK4. "Other coins" is your problem. Off topic here.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $127 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with PC wallets and Android wallets. Coldcard MK4 @ $127 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Copypasta.. Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $153. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Works with wallets on Android phones. Coldcard MK4 @ $127 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget "set it and forget it" option I would also recommend (and own) is Trezor Safe 3 @ $56. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others older types but don't recommend them.
Go on marketcapof and see for yourself its unlucky to do more then a 2x and the MK you would need to be at
I used to have Bitcoin core (hot wallet) in clean installed Windows and never got an issue. But I still do not recommend it. Just in case it is better to use a hardware wallet like Coldcard MK4 etc.
Coldcard MK4 is an excellent hardware wallet. It is somewhat less user friendly than others. I own it to hold my *storage* big stash of 0.01 BTC, and I daily use Trezor Safe 5 for my *spending* small stash of 0.0001 BTC. Values are approximate.
can I ask you, besides a hardware wallet, what kind of safety measures you've taken. Lately questioning they way I store my hardware wallet + seed in the house. Furthermore I'm also starting to question my Ledger Nano (og) and thinking of buying a bitcoin only hardware wallet. I'm also not using a passphrase yet. \- Coldcard MK4 => this one is a little bit to big for my tast (if I want to somehow hide it somewhere) \- or Blockstream Jade => the fact this one doesn't have a secure enclave and it requires an active internet connection somehow worries me (although it's recommended a lot)
That’s better than keeping it on an exchange, but if it was a significant amount of Bitcoin, buy a hardware wallet and store it in that. Cold Card MK4 is what you’re looking for.
Copypasta.. I feel like Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Coldcard MK4 @ $158 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget set it and forget it option I would also recommend (and own) Trezor safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others but don't recommend them. Best to wait for black friday discounts coming soon unless $10-$40 discount isn't something you care about, due to urgency.
There are zero stories online of people's coldcard getting compromised. Unless they stored their backup poorly and leaked it. Not coldcard's fault. I feel like Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Coldcard MK4 @ $158 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget set it and forget it option I would also recommend (and own) Trezor safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others but don't recommend them. Best to wait for black friday discounts coming soon unless $10-$40 discount isn't something you care about, due to urgency. Or deep pockets.
I feel like Trezor Safe 5 is very nice to use @ $170. Touch screen, swiping, very smooth. Coldcard MK4 @ $158 is great if you just want to park stuff there and pull it out on rare occasion. It's usable of course, but the dot matrix looking menus and clicky buttons offer somewhat clunkier usability. It would take me longer to do a function with MK4 VS Safe 5. The budget set it and forget it option I would also recommend (and own) Trezor safe 3 @ $80. All of these options obviously come with top notch safety, secure elements, whole nine yards, not just "looking pretty." I own several others but don't recommend them. Best to wait for black friday discounts coming soon unless $10-$40 discount isn't something you care about, due to urgency. Or deep pockets.
Passport is a clone of coldcard which is the best in class. MK4 is $30 cheaper.
I use/have used Coldcard Q and MK4, Blockstream Jade and Ledger S, S plus and X. They are all varying versions of good. The Q is my all time favourite.
Coldcard MK4 or Trezor Safe 5. Trezor Safe 3 is cheaper but isn't as fancy. Works fine for "not touched in a while" users.
Trezor Safe 3 is reasonably good and cheaper than coldcard MK4, but also isn't made in China like Jade is. And doesn't delve into tether and liquid btc nonsense like Jade does.
Next time move your funds to a cold wallet such as Cold Card MK4 or BitBox02, make an offline copy of your SEED and don't share it with anyone.
MK Ultra mind controlled puppet used as pawns for people to point fingers at. WHen the real ones responsible are hiding in the shadows laughing.
How does **BitBox02** compare with **Coldcard MK4**?
Those are not wallets. Hardware wallets are wallets. Coldcard MK4, Trezor Safe 5.
Not to mention MK Ultra. Had a bunch of spree killings ... mostly soldiers who had just gotten back from Vietnam. Since their taboo was already broken, they would have been the easiest to attackl Stopped fro a while ... I mean the pattern, there are always people getting killed. But then all of a sudden postmen started doing it. Postmen are nearly all veterans. But they are mostly years out of combat. Then, all of a sudden, high school boys doped to the gills on angst, testosterone, ( which is a hell of a drug until you learn to control it ) and pharmaceuticals started doing it. Of course all teenagers present as psychopaths. They would not be hard.
If you are planning to send some BTC I'd at best go with either Coldcard MK4 or Jade, or at worst transfer what you are thinking of spending to a Blue Wallet or Sparrow if taking a laptop. If not spending no point.
I have no experience using non custodial hot wallets but depending on the amount you just got I would only recommend buying an open source cold wallet such as BitBox02 or Cold Card MK4.
Second that. Coldcard Q is a step forward from MK4 in terms of convenience.
https://youtu.be/bUfVLzNdOyc?si=JhYK5MK3ESt8nec-
Idk. Maybe we should ask those MK Ultra test dummies, the sailors we dosed with radiation, the black guys they gave syphilis to orrrr maybe the Native Americans because they got that sweet land deal from the US Govt. Just some thoughts.
It's the best choice, I would recommend buying a BitBox02 or Cold Card MK4.
I use coldcard MK4 Airgapped, easy to use, can do dice rolls for own entropy, only powered up when i use it, I like the trick pins as well
And here i thought that the MK4 was already overkill. Why do we even need a QWERTY keyboard on a coldwallet??
If you got spare $ rather would throw that to BTC and keep MK3
Stay the hell out from similar sites. Use a cold wallet such as BitBox02 or Cold Card MK4.
BitBox02 or Cold Card MK4, the first is very user friendly and the latter is a little more complicated but they are both great devices.
It's a satire video if you follow MK from Bitcoin University
As an alternative I would suggest Cold Card MK4.
I suggest buying BitBox02 or Cold Card MK4.
BitBox02 has a very friendly user interface otherwise another great alternative is Cold Card MK4 but you need to spend a little time to learn how to use it.