Straight answers about hardware wallets and crypto security

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Practical guides from the team that sells and supports these devices every day — how to choose one, how to set it up, and how to keep your recovery phrase safe.

What is the Digital Bitbox?

What is the Digital Bitbox?

A Swiss-made hardware wallet that is small, cheap and unusually quick to set up. What it does well, how secure it is, and where its limits are.

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Blockchain: the innovation reshaping finance

Blockchain: the innovation reshaping finance

Why blockchain's transparency and openness made it the technology that changed how money moves — and how it fits together with Bitcoin.

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A note on tamper-proof seals

A note on tamper-proof seals

Ledger has stopped using anti-tamper seals, on the grounds that they do not make a device safer. Here is what replaced them, and why it is stronger.

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How to recover a Ledger wallet

How to recover a Ledger wallet

If your Ledger is lost or stolen, your 24 words are what bring it back. Two ways to recover: onto a new device, or directly through a BIP39 tool.

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How blockchain makes spending Bitcoin more secure

How blockchain makes spending Bitcoin more secure

Blockchain and Bitcoin work together to make transfers easier, safer and cheaper — particularly compared with sending money across borders through a bank.

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Using a Ledger Nano S with Ethereum ERC20 tokens

Using a Ledger Nano S with Ethereum ERC20 tokens

What ERC20 tokens are, how sending and receiving them differs from Bitcoin, and how to handle them from a Ledger Nano S.

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How to set up your Ledger Nano S

How to set up your Ledger Nano S

The four steps to setting up a Ledger Nano S — connecting it, choosing a PIN, writing down your 24 words, and installing the software. Step three is the one that matters most.

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How Bitcoin and blockchain relate to each other

How Bitcoin and blockchain relate to each other

Bitcoin and blockchain are not the same thing, but they are closely connected. Here is the difference, in plain terms.

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What is blockchain, and what is it actually good for?

What is blockchain, and what is it actually good for?

A plain introduction to blockchain: what it is, why removing the middleman matters, and how it connects to Bitcoin and hardware wallets.

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