We focus so much on irrelevant risks, and focus so little on relevant risks.
Losing your keys, phishing/scams, malware, locking yourself out. Much more likely than a $5 wrench attack, confiscation, and evil spies.
But note, I’m developing a hardware wallet.
For those that do self custody, I want to have a good solution. But I can’t see the need for anything beyond a smartcard or small USB stick with 2 buttons and a display.
I don’t think the other options have much benefit, except for show-off. Which the market unfortunately wants…
Bitcoiners spend too much time and money talking about self custody and doing a pissing contest of which setup is better, I wonder if it was worth it at all
Also, seedless is likely much better for normies. Advanced users can have it, but it’s not the way for normies that decide to go this route
semisol
npub122…cgrkj
2026-10-18 02:27:28 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…2nn3
Author Public Key
npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkjPublished at
2026-10-18 02:27:28 UTCEvent JSON
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