Correct.  And the watch only app is connected to someone’s node to get balance info and to get the information needed to create transactions for the hww to sign.

ChrisS

> You can’t use a hardware wallet without a node

Wrong. Misleading.
Extract the xpub and import it into any watch-only app.
A HW is just a signer only when you want to make payments. That's all.

DarthCoin

bitcoin_beginners

Should I Connect My Hardware Wallet To My Full Node?

siggy47

You can’t use a hardware wallet without a node.  Unless you are using your own, you are using someone else’s node which means not only exposing your privacy but also deferring to someone else’s rules of the network.

