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If I were a security consultant, I would be a bit more hesitant about telling the world that I casually entered a seed phrase worth $60K into an online device,

If I were a security consultant, I would be a bit more hesitant about telling the world that I casually entered a seed phrase worth $60K into an online device, never mind which software it was. The report mentions that the seed phrase originally came from his exodus wallet (desktop software), which is also a wallet that is not suitable for storing such large amounts. For those amounts, use a hardware wallet, or software that supports generating the transactions offline so that the device with the key never has to go online.

updateYourMind 8y ago
Can someone who finds your hardware wallet use it to sign tx? I'm guessing there is a PIN.
- hanniabu 8y ago
  Yes, there is a pin and usually a limit to attempts. Ledger has a 3 attempt limit and then it'll reset the device. You can retrieve your funds by entering a 23 word mnemonic phrase that was generated when first setting up the ledger (and keys).
  - Zenbit_UX 8y ago
    24 word
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hombre_fatal 8y ago
I've been the victim of social-engineering attacks for less. If you know someone holds cryptocurrency, doesn't hurt to attack their AWS account in case they are running bitcoind on EC2.