Sie sind neu in der Kryptowelt und wissen immer noch nicht, warum eine Hardware-Wallet benötigt wird?
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EDIT: wow, die Betrüger in diesem Subreddit sind echt! Ich habe Chats von (3) verschiedenen Leuten in weniger als 30 Minuten erhalten – seid alle vorsichtig.
Soweit ich weiß, wird nichts auf dem Ledger gespeichert, außer meinem einzigartigen Schlüssel (24-Wort-Seed).
Wenn das der Fall ist, warum wird er dann benötigt? Worin besteht der Unterschied zu einer einfachen Aufzeichnung und Aufbewahrung in einem Tresor oder Bankschließfach? Irgendetwas muss ich hier doch übersehen, oder?
Ich habe mich für ein Coinbase Pro-Konto angemeldet, bin aber noch nicht aktiv. Ich würde gerne meine BTC und ETH (falls ich mich für diese Richtung entscheide) aus meiner Online-Wallet nehmen und einfach meinen Seed aufbewahren. Ist das überhaupt eine Option?
Ich danke Ihnen!
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Yes, you’re right that ledger doesn’t actually store the coins (which is on the blockchain) but rather store your private keys (which gives you complete access your wallet).
But here’s the thing. How do you safely store your private seeds? Well you mentioned to write it down and put it in a safe. You are correct but how do you get to that step? Well you would first generate a seed (which derives your accounts for btc, eth…) and that would be your keys to your funds.
Understand this first. When you use Coinbase or some cex, they essentially generate and keep your private keys. You need to use their platform to interact with your wallet to send and do stuff. This is no good because they have everything and you reliant on them.
Now the ledger (or some soft wallet) allows you to have complete control of your funds (ie no need to wait if coinbase website crashes or something). In essence, you need to generate your seeds (your wallet) which is your very own account. Now here’s where the ledger device plays a role: To generate a wallet you can use for example a soft wallet app or metamask. But that’s online and if your browser or computer is infected, someone can intercept that key, hence all your funds stolen.
What if you can generate your seeds offline so there’s no chance someone can see them even if laptop is infected or something. The answer is: A ledger. This device generates your keys completely from scratch , randomly, and offline. And it only stores the private keys in the device itself and it never leaves it.
You can use this device to sign and approve transactions using the ledger live app, but note that the private keys are always in the device. Hence, nobody can access your wallet without the keys. It is different from just writing it down (which you dont even have access to if you’re holding on coinbase) and keeping it in a safe. Because ledger privatizes the process of generating and storing your seeds; something you can’t do from using a online soft wallet app or something.
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> If that’s the case, why is it needed? How does this differ from simply writing it down and storing it in say my safe and deposit box?
What you’re referring to is called a “paper wallet”. They are very secure if the wallet was generated on a secure system (“air-gapped”, without access to the internet or other networks). Though they can only be used to receive funds, not to send funds, because receiving funds only requires the wallet’s public address, while sending funds requires the private key (which only exists on paper). So that’s kinda impractical for most use cases unless you plan to long-term-hold.
A hardware wallet securely stores your keys and thus also enables you to send funds from your wallet.
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To put it another way, hardware wallets are like little moats around your keys. When you want to transact on the internet, metamask (or another wallet) comes up to the moat and shouts the transaction details over the water to the ledger. From there, you can approve the transaction with button presses and the ledger simply shouts back with a signature of approval (or disapproval). Your keys are never exposed to your computer. That’s the benefit.
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The hardware wallet creates an air gap between your crypto and the computer. It requires that you have the device physically on hand and that you manually approve each outgoing transaction. If your computer is compromised the hardware wallet can potentially create a layer of protection when you do a transaction if you read the transaction on the device before approving. The same air gap safety feature can be done with some software wallets but it involves a bit more work and understanding of security. With software wallets there are just more ways to be compromised if you don’t understand how to set them up and use them in a secure way.
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A recent example why hardware wallet is a better idea. What if the exchange collapses ?
Bidesk is closing.https://t.co/QFKAYsj9xJ
— Richard Heart (@RichardHeartWin) October 10, 2021
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You don’t need a ledger, there are many wallets you can store on your phone these are hot wallet s, the reson you would want a ledger instead of trust wallet, exodus, Coinbase wallet etc etc, is to store offline, but you do not need it to own your coins, if I was you I would try that out first if you feel the need to take it a step further you could always use a hot wallet on eks iPod and keep it on airplane mode when not in use, or you could get a ledger.
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