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[root_s2yse8vt]

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Hallo. Nach einem Verlust bin ich auf der Suche nach einer sichereren Geldbörse. Ich bin etwas verwirrt von Hardware-Wallets. Es scheint, dass ich auch mit einem solchen Gerät immer noch irgendwo einen Seed/Wiederherstellungssatz aufzeichnen, speichern und schützen muss, wie bei einer Papiergeldbörse. Was genau fügt das Gerät also hinzu?

[jilinlii]

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You’re right that you will need keep a physical (paper, metal, etc.) copy of your seed phrase somewhere safe.

The way I view hardware wallets like Trezor is very simple:

* your private key is stored on a single-purpose, secure, tested device (and it never leaves that device)
* you never need to type your seed phrase on keyboard
* you can visually inspect everything you do in a secure environment (i.e. your hardware wallet) before proceeding

Anecdotally, it seems like a lot of wallets get compromised when people type their seed phrase on a phone or computer keyboard. So, when needed, only enter your seed phrase on your Trezor by clicking buttons on the device.

[matejcik]

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With a paper wallet, the piece of paper and the string of characters is **all there is**. Sure, it’s a key, but you can’t really use it. You can’t show the paper to a merchant to send money, you can’t generate a new address, etc.

To do anything useful with a paper wallet at all, you need to copy it over to some sort of computer. At which point it becomes, however briefly, a software hot wallet.

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On the other hand, with a hardware wallet, the paper is your **backup**. You can simply not have it, if you like to live dangerously. Or you can store it on an external drive, like backups of your vacation photos — except with your vacation photos, you won’t lose all your money if a hacker steals them. Which is why you (a) should make backup and (b) should keep it off computers.

With the paper out of the way, the hardware wallet can do everything your software wallet can. It does not need the paper to operate, and it also can’t really be hacked the way a software wallet can.

[DefiantAbalone1]

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Trezor adds security by storing your keys on device and making your wallet easily accessible without your keys needing to be entered elsewhere (which mitigates security risk)

[Crypto-Guide]

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I talk about this in a video here https://youtu.be/nNOJSLnM4VY

Basically it comes down to being able to securely generate, use and store the private keys.

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