Lead · Wallet Security
A hardware wallet protects against "the private key leaking out" — not against "you being tricked into signing it away." That's the line most often blurred in self-custody.
Marco Esposito
·
August 13, 2026
A Hardware Wallet is nearly the first recommendation in every cryptocurrency security guide, for an intuitive reason: private keys are stored offline, so hackers can't extract them remotely over a network. That advice isn't wrong, but it's easy to oversimplify into an overly optimistic conclusion — "bought a hardware wallet = assets are safe." This article breaks down how far a hardware...