Hardware Wallet

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Best Hardware Wallets [Huge List of 25+ Wallets]

10 May 2020 4 minute read 9 comments CoinSteps

Hardware wallets are a secure and offline form of cryptocurrency storage, and one of the most convenient and safest options for storing your cryptos. Private keys are always on this device and the transaction is signed, usually by typing a PIN from t...

Second-Gen Hardware Wallets & Feature Support

29 Apr 2020 6 minute read 2 comments Cobo Vault

We built our first-generation Cobo Vault to be tough enough to withstand the harsh environmental conditions of isolated regions where miners operate for cheap electricity costs. Now we are announcing a second generation of hardware wallets that drop...

Taking A Look At The Upcoming HASHWallet

19 Apr 2020 3 minute read 9 comments Scott Cunningham

Today we're going to take a brief look at the upcoming HASHWallet, which is another crypto hardware wallet soon to release with an Indiegogo page for investors. The big difference with this wallet is its design and approach. Instead of the traditiona...

How can I create a paper wallet?

17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Laurens van den Berg

So, you’re starting with using cryptocurrencies, and you’re searching for a safe way to store the bitcoins you’ve bought. Or you’ve bought Tron or Ether tokens. So, where do you start?  There is the opportunity to use a Ledger hardware wallet, but ta...

Hardware wallets, the safest way to store your cryptocurrencies

16 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments TigerTn

Hello, A cryptocurrency wallet is a tool for storing your private keys and public keys thus enabling you to send and receive cryptocurrencies supprted by your wallet. Note that it doesn't actually store your cryptocurrencies. They are stored on their...

Why Cobo Vault Only Uses a Mobile Companion App

13 Apr 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Cobo Vault

Every hardware wallet needs to communicate with a companion app so it can sign transactions and send them to the blockchain, and a companion app has to be on a device connected to the internet. Currently, most companion apps are desktop or web-based...

How to Choose the Best Cryptocurrency Wallet

6 Apr 2020 5 minute read 2 comments CoinSteps

A cryptocurrency wallet is the first step in using cryptocurrencies. Without it we cannot receive, send or store Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency. In other words, it is essential for the management of cryptocurrencies. There are many types of wall...

Web Authentication: A Counter to Supply Chain Attacks

31 Mar 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Cobo Vault

How do you know your hardware wallet isn't a fake? Supply chain attacks are one of the most serious security threats for hardware wallets because they target vulnerabilities in the logistics process and could happen without the owner knowing. This is...

Self-Destruct Mechanism’s Unique Defense Against Side-Channel Attacks

21 Mar 2020 3 minute read 1 comment Cobo Vault

Side-channel attacks are how most hardware wallets get hacked. Someone with enough time, resources and skill to scrutinize the device’s circuit board is able to steal the private keys. Currently, Secure Elements and Passphrase features are the most t...

Make Your Private Seed Words Unhackable

2 Mar 2020 7 minute read 25 comments Michael_Brown

As I'm new to crypto, and being safety conscious, I bought a hardware wallet to keep my precious coins safe from would-be hackers of centralised exchanges. Without access to my private keys, hackers cannot gain access to the millions your hardware wa...