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What is the best hardware wallet for Monero?
Currently, there are not any hardware wallets with Monero compatibility. Ledger and Trezor have both expressed interest in adding Monero support but nothing is forthcoming, at least that is public ...
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If I use the trezor beta and something goes wrong, can I recover my coins with the seed?
Yes, you can always recover your money with the 24 word seed. If your Trezor somehow gets broken, you can get a new one and import the "old" 24 word seed into the new one.
Alternatively, if the ...
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What is the best hardware wallet for Monero?
Ledger say Monero is on their roadmap in their FAQ http://support.ledgerwallet.com/knowledge_base/topics/general-ledger-nano-s-faq
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Will the experimental Monero Trezor firmware continue to work after January?
RingCT is not mandatory until September 2017. Compiled v0.10.1 last night, and V0313 experimental Trezor still saw the proper balance with the new node. Have not tested sending a new transaction yet. ...
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How does one convert the Trezor seed to a simplewallet seed and vice versa
In the experimental binaries, which can be found here, NoodleDoodle included a tool called trezorctl. With this tool you can convert your Trezor mnemonic seed to a mnemonic seed compatible with ...
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If you create a Bitcoin wallet with Trezor first, could you use the private key to create a Monero wallet using NoodleDoodle's firmware?
Installing a new firmware on a Trezor, it won't be possible to import private keys.
Because of the way Hierarchical Deterministic wallets work, a new seed and wallet will be created (with its own set ...
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How does one convert the Trezor seed to a simplewallet seed and vice versa
I've never owned Trezor so my answer might be irrelevant, but I've studied the code to learn how the Electrum seed phrase is treated in the simplewallet so that I can create my own specific choice of ...
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What is the best hardware wallet for Monero?
A bit late to the party, but here is the Monero entry in Ledger's roadmap: https://trello.com/c/wsK0myEm/52-monero-support
Apparently (if you follow the last reddit link) a first alpha release is ...
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Monero with Trezor - does the seed phrase provide enough bits of security?
A Monero private key is any 256 bit number mod l and the seed phrase is deterministically derived from this private key. 24 words (the 25th is a checksum), from the dictionary in Monero, gives enough ...
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Clarification on the Monero Trezor binaries 'passphrase'
I also agree, it is the same. Adding a password makes a new private seed different from the 12 or 24 word base seed.
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What is necessary to implement monero into Bitcoin trezor?
From what I know, NoodleDoodle is still currently working on improving the firmware to be able to work with RingCT transactions. It is still "technically" in a testing phase though; and you can see ...
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Trezor firmware, private view key, key image and privacy
It is my understanding that the Monero trezor firmware uses the private view key.
Monero Trezor has access to all your keys, but it's contained in the device and thus safe to use.
This might lead ...
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How do I generate a Trezor Monero wallet with the GUI (monero-wallet-gui)?
Before we start, first two notes:
Using the official GUI in conjunction with a Trezor device is only available for the Trezor model T.
If you are using Windows or Mac OS X and run active AV (...
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What is the reason why the monero firmware is delayed until ringCT is implemented?
Noodledoodle has held off releasing the firmware as it needs to be reworked to make RingCT compatible transactions. It will be fine to use as is, but the trezor firmware won't be usable after ...
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How do I generate a Trezor Monero wallet with the CLI (monero-wallet-cli)?
Note that Monero support is currently only available for the model T.
Windows / Linux / Mac OS X
We first have to ensure that we're sufficiently prepared. This entails the following:
This guide ...
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Pin Entropy of Trezor versus Ledger Nano S
How much more entropy does a 9 digit pin (Trezor) offer compared to a 4 digit pin (Ledger Nano S)?
Given entropy per symbol (0-9) is 3.322 source you get 13.328 for 4 digits and 29.898 for 9 digits. ...
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What is necessary to implement monero into Bitcoin trezor?
From discussion on Reddit by Trezor developer:
provide instructions how to build trezor-xmr
add monero messages to trezor-common
add monero crypto to trezor-crypto
add monero code to ...
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Can the Trezor Model T wallet store both Monero and Bitcoin at the same time?
You can safely use and store Bitcoin and Monero simultaneously with your Trezor model T device.
If I try to install the Monero GUI using the 'Create a new wallet from hardware' option, will that ...
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How to set up Monero GUI wallet + Trezor on Tails
You shouldn't need the Bridge as that is for browser <=> USB communication.
It is supposed to work out of the box. If it doesn't, you probably need udev rules setup so the OS can see the device: ...
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How do I restore / recreate my Trezor Monero wallet?
I've noticed some confusion lately on how to restore one's Trezor Monero wallet. I have therefore written this guide.
In case you have also lost (access to) your Trezor device, you first have to ...
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Can I store the Monero local blockchain on a Ledger Nano S?
No. There is only a few MB, not 100's of GB on the device for apps and key stores.
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Can the concept in a hardware wallet like ledger unplugged be ported over to Monero
I'm not a expert but it seems to me that since the source code is out there for the ledger unplugged it might not be that hard to port over.
That might be the case if Monero was a Bitcoin clone. ...
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