15% Discount on the Trezor Model T - page 2.

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Good morning to all of you.
I indeed noticed that Trezor upgraded their Software and released a discount (together with the Coinjoin for Model T). However, I am not aware of the context behind the polemic of the zkSNACKs provider.

I initially thought Satoshilabs would go with their own version of Coinjoin and do not take the lead of other wallets like Wasabi.
It would be terrible of Trezor finally got pressured enough by the men in black and threatened into accepting to infiltrate their own products with surveillance code/addons.

Would someone please give me context or sources about why this provider is malicious and why this Coinjoin is not to be trusted? Thank you. Sad

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Quote from: m2017 on April 19, 2023, 11:49:54 PM

It's time for the crypto community to think about creating their own open source HW devices that can be assembled like a kit (hardware and software separately).

There are already a few hardware wallets and signing devices that you can assemble yourself. Maybe you are aware of dkbit98's thread with open-source HWs. At the bottom of the OP, you can find links to several such devices. The biggest problem is with the individual hardware components that aren't always open-source. You can also 3D-print your own cases.

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DIY Open Source Hardware wallets (signing devices) (only for advanced users):

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Is the decline in sales the motive behind such a trend, or have the legislative regulations become more stringent?

Hardware wallets are used for those who want to store several cryptocurrencies, not just bitcoins, as it is easy to manage cold storage for bitcoins, and it is difficult or almost impossible to do so for a variety of cryptocurrencies, so I do not think that any privacy-related update will not affect the sales rate.

Hopefully it's just a drop in sales and not legal issues because in the future legal issues may force them to put some back doors to recover stolen coins.

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on April 19, 2023, 06:42:09 PM

Trezor are now a malicious entity who fund mass surveillance and blockchain analysis and collude with the government to censor their users. I wouldn't buy one of their devices if it was 100% off.

It seems that this is one of the stages of development of any company that produces such devices.

When a device manufacturer is just starting out, the firm is not of interest to governments. But as soon as the company grows, becomes large and gains influence in its markets, then the regulator remembers them. After all, this is a tasty morsel: by that time, the company manages to accumulate big data about users (although they claim that they don't do this). Governments will always find a way to get hardware wallet manufactures to share this information with them. It is naive to think that the regulator will miss such a good opportunity.

If privacy is needed, then it is better to use the devices of small companies until they come into the field of vision of big brother.

It's time for the crypto community to think about creating their own open source HW devices that can be assembled like a kit (hardware and software separately).

Discounts, of course, are good, but the changes pushed under this pretext don't bode well for users. Another big firm screwed up?

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Trezor are now a malicious entity who fund mass surveillance and blockchain analysis and collude with the government to censor their users. I wouldn't buy one of their devices if it was 100% off.

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Quote from: Pmalek on April 19, 2023, 01:41:08 PM

To mark this sad day of Trezor joining forces with Wasabi and Chainanalysis, the company has decided to offer a 15% discount on Trezor Model T purchases.
The price will be discounted from 19 - 26 April 2023. Instead of $219, the Trezor T now costs $186.

Although nothing is mentioned here[1], if you scroll deep enough on the blog post detailing the process[2] we eventually find zkSNACKs:

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The coinjoin process uses a coordinator, run by zkSNACKs, which is in charge of selecting which pieces of bitcoin (UTXOs) to include in a transaction and ensuring there is enough liquidity for the coinjoin to provide the required level of privacy.

I'm a bit surprised that Trezor decided to follow Wasabi rule. I wonder what's behind this decision though - I'm sure that they know that a good percentage of their clients are fully aware of their privacy and wouldn't want to use zkSNACKs as a coordinator, so I wonder the reasons that's behind this move.

One is still free to never touch the Coinjoin process within Trezor Suite, but it is still a doubtful move for sure...

[1]https://trezor.io/learn/a/coinjoin-in-trezor-suite
[2]https://blog.trezor.io/coinjoin-privacy-for-bitcoin-11aaf291f23

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Seems that no one mentioned this here, so here it goes.

To mark this sad day of Trezor joining forces with Wasabi and Chainanalysis, the company has decided to offer a 15% discount on Trezor Model T purchases.
The price will be discounted from 19 - 26 April 2023. Instead of $219, the Trezor T now costs $186.

There is no need to enter any discount code. The new price automatically applies to all Trezor T orders.

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