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123 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 18h \ on: best hardware wallet for a kid? bitcoin
There's no need to waste your money on hardware wallets, aka toys.
12 words well placed are enough.
Better learn how to build your own hiding places:
- a USB drive with TailsOS
- steganography in images with your family vacation
- 12 words placed in a text / letter / online blog that nobody will know it contain a wallet.
Also spread your stash in multiple locations, compartmentalize
I've explained all these scenarios in many guides:
- https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/be-your-own-bank-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/tails-hodl-cold-wallet-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/deposit-only-btc-wallets-en.html
Just imagine: one of these guides contain 12 words that open a wallet with BTC. So fucking simple.
A HW device is an invitation for "hit me hard this device contain my BTC" and anybody will know that you have a lot of BTC hidden in there. But a meaningless picture everybody will ignore it. Even a stupid USB stick that is encrypted with TailsOS.
just buy more sats for your kid instead of a useless plastic toy
I agree with Darth 100%!!!!! No need to buy a hardware signer. If they are already familiar with how to use a bitcoin wallet and just looking to take the next step in security, get them learning how to secure their seed/key backups.
If you want to include a device (playing around with backups isn't terribly fun), get 'em going on a node. Any old laptop will do. You can run Bitcoin Core (or Knots) on whatever operating system you like (Windows, Mac, Linux). You don't have to be technical. It's pretty much just download and install.
There are lots of great tutorials about how to connect your wallet to your node. Most wallets make this pretty easy. It'd be a fun experience and they would probably learn a lot.
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Kids should learn to can hack the planet from an old Linux laptop immediately after the alphabet, absolute must project. Get their feet wet.
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