TordlWalletProtocols VS trezor-firmware

Definitely record where you've put any wallet information where your heirs can access it. Definitely use a metal plate for your seed. Its pretty cheap generally too (eg the blockplate or steelwallet)

I suggest checking out The Tordl Wallet Protocols which are holistic guides for how to securely self custody your bitcoin. It includes guidance on how to store your seeds.

If you want to up your self-custody game, check out The Tordl Wallet Protocols which are holistic guides to storing your bitcoin securely.

I wrote a guide for how to properly store your Bitcoin in a self custody way. It's called The Tordl Wallet Protocols. I'd recommend checking them out, you don't need to be tech savvy.

You are trusting Ledger and their supply chain. This is also true of any other hardware wallet. I absolutely support fully open source hardware wallets more than others because more eyes mean more likely to spot bugs. However, open source does not protect you from malicious or compromised supply chains. If you want to protect yourself from that, you should be using multisig with multiple different hardware wallet producers. I would recommend reading through The Tordl Wallet Protocols to learn about how to do that properly.

I recommend looking through The Tordl Wallet Protocols, holistic guides to how to store your Bitcoin safely. It goes into seed storage, inheritance, multisig, and more.

Multi sig is more secure and eliminates any single point of failure. Read this: https://github.com/fresheneesz/TordlWalletProtocols

I'd recommend following some of the work that's been done in this area, like the Tordl or Glacier wallet protocols to see some options.

TordlWalletProtocols/backupMethods/Stamped-Metal-Seed-Backup.md

Safepal looks promising, I've never heard of it before. It uses a secure element, they're trying to open source their wallet. I don't see evidence they've done it yet, nor what they plan to open source other than what's on their github which doesn't seem to include firmware that I can see. At very least, since its not open source yet (or if it is somewhere I can't see, it hasn't been open source long) it might have a good amount more vulnerabilities than other wallets. But again, looks promising from a quick look over.

Added (November 2021): https://github.com/trezor/trezor-firmware/pull/1903

Next thing to have is a hard wallet if you haven’t already like a Ledger or a Trezor and let it sit there. That’s the safest thing to do! Also, there’s always been a risk of KYC (Know Your Customer) on CEXes as mentioned several times. This was all meant to be decentralized and keep our identity under wraps and retain that anonymity that crypto was originally designed for… and you get a hold of your keys.

https://trezor.io/ - Easy to use, no matter how new in Bitcoin you're.

There are LOTS of changes since 2014. Not sure where you land on that list.

where "x.y.z" is the VERSION of trezor (aka TrezorCTL) you are trying to install. See the version history when picking a version. "Oldest" is not necessarily "best". You'll want to pick a version that was released around the same time your Trezor-1 was last updated.

And i point him to the github url. https://github.com/trezor/trezor-firmware