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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.

Blockchain and Bitcoin: the technologies that changed finance

Blockchain and Bitcoin: the technologies that changed finance

How Bitcoin and blockchain together removed the intermediary from moving money, and why that made transfers both cheaper and harder to tamper with.

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What is a BIP, and how does a hardware wallet back up from 24 words?

What is a BIP, and how does a hardware wallet back up from 24 words?

BIP32, BIP39 and BIP44 explained, and what actually happens when a hardware wallet turns 24 words into your keys. Nothing is stored on anyone's server.

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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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