How much would you trust trezor? - page 10.

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I have two wallets, main one that i almost never use, and a "hot" one. If i really need funds i transfer x amount to hot wallet.
Hot wallet has theoretical chance to be compromised, but real one doesn't, because it's on another HDD that's disconnected all the time and has it's own OS.
When i want to transfer coins, i disconnect all other drives , place "real one", with own OS,send coins and disconnect it again.

There's no chance in getting main HDD compromised, as it only has OS and bitcoin client on it, nothing else. Roll Eyes

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I trust a clean offline computer (that I've built with my 'hands") more then any other device like trezor.

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I wouldn't trust it that much to store larger sums of money.
I don't even trust myself Tongue

not talking about some company.

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in my opinion trezor is safer than keeping coins on coinbase. and slightly safer than just running bitcoin core..
but it is not 100% fool proof, and the device itself does require some trust.

afterall the device has to communicate with the trezor servers, which means:
hackers can make a clone website, replace the web browser extension or phish the data..

this can be done by a man in the middle attack where someone displays to a user that their trezor is malfunctioning and requires the user to type in their seed to reset the device.

so it is not 100% fool proof. but atleast better than current alternatives. lets hope the next gen of hardware wallets become even better

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Quote from: samuel999 on November 21, 2015, 05:49:55 PM

I like the idea of a trezor, I just wouldn't use it since there is the risk that SatoshiLabs could somehow steal my Bitcoin with backdoors in software or hardware. I would rather roll my own and make something Trezor-like, something where I control most things in it. This would include hardware interaction and the software used on the device. Maybe a modified Raspberry Pi could work?

There is one that is available. I did a search for wallets and see one called the Pi wallet. From the looks of it. It looks exactly like a Raspberry Pi expect for a male usb connector sticking out of it. That could be the replacement for these hardware wallets that you are looking for and you would need to keep your coins secure, since you would have full control of configuration of this device.

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I like the idea of a trezor, I just wouldn't use it since there is the risk that SatoshiLabs could somehow steal my Bitcoin with backdoors in software or hardware. I would rather roll my own and make something Trezor-like, something where I control most things in it. This would include hardware interaction and the software used on the device. Maybe a modified Raspberry Pi could work?

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Quote from: Amph on November 21, 2015, 05:43:34 PM

i like to run a trap wallet on my desktop and use simply my computer, stealing that few cent of bitcoin, will immediately put me on the fence and proceed to wipe out the disk, never happened for now, so my computer is safe

for now i only trust my usb and my ssd, i don't use anything expensive like trezor, and i'm not going to use it in the future

What if the attacker gets to both of your trap wallet and the actual wallet itself before doing any transactions?

Quote from: megatron1337 on November 21, 2015, 05:40:28 PM

i've been doing some research on that hardware wallet and the reviews and trust seems to be pretty good towards that product.
if ever i do get a good amount of BTC,i do plan on buying one. But long term,possibly something better might come out?
General consensus seems to be that the best way to completely feel safe with bitcoin is with a paper wallet though.

Yeah, nothing beats a properly generated (with truly random RNG's from casino dice or something similar) paper wallet. The only problem is that for each new transaction you'll have to use a fresh paper wallet, which was what steered me towards Armory's Offline wallet system.

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i like to run a trap wallet on my desktop and use simply my computer, stealing that few cent of bitcoin, will immediately put me on the fence and proceed to wipe out the disk, never happened for now, so my computer is safe

for now i only trust my usb and my ssd, i don't use anything expensive like trezor, and i'm not going to use it in the future

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i've been doing some research on that hardware wallet and the reviews and trust seems to be pretty good towards that product.
if ever i do get a good amount of BTC,i do plan on buying one. But long term,possibly something better might come out?
General consensus seems to be that the best way to completely feel safe with bitcoin is with a paper wallet though.

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Just something I've been thinking lately - I hold a sizeable sum in a trezor that I bought lately (after I did some review of the code and the protocols used), but I'm wondering about how much others would trust a trezor personally. I used to use Offline Armory exclusively but it's taking a toll on my SSD's by running a full client on my online computer.

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