<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Rich Nost wrote</title><author_name>Rich Nost (npub1zw…yvpu5)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1zw7ftkfpezmtym8n2j2fvnd0smunztl9pyjys0fxdqne08vq397s5yvpu5</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I think it&#39;s pretty apparent that hardware wallets and BIP-39 did not make self-custody easier or more secure. &#xA;&#xA;They made it look easy and secure, but the teetering stack of caveats you have to learn (usually the hard way) represent just as much effort as self-custody was before HWW&#39;s existed. &#xA;&#xA;You could just as easily have learned to rip the radio guts out of a laptop and make it an offline signer.</html></oembed>