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cryptowolf | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yes really.
Do yourself a favor.  Get yourself some real cold storage hardware wallet. 

Your future self might thank you  :)

These are the basics in bitcoin from over a decade ago.

Trezor are actually the ones who implemented alot of the standards in Bitcoin.
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Bass [Old] | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 No, no...I get that. I'm just appauled by the passive aggressiveness and hubris and thus am personally compelled to disagree with you from this point forward.
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cryptowolf | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If calling out poor practices and recommending good ones is hubris and passive aggressiveness to you, then I will stop immediately.

Sorry to have hurt your feelings grasshopper.

I did not expect this from an orthodox brother in Christ.

God bless and good lucky with your private keys on a usb stick.

"Don't plant flowers in someones garden who won't bother watering them".
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Bass [Old] | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I think we might have misunderstood each other, and I jumped to conclusions. I apologize, and quickly forgive your comments after my rebuke, knowing they came from a place of hurt that I caused. The end goal on everyone's mind is to secure their funds to the best of their ability with the information they have and the resources provided to them. 

If there was objective consensus on which device was the most reliable and secure, then I suspect we'd all be on the same page. The problem we run into is that we have a wide variety of hardware wallets available, and seemingly all of them have significant issues, Trezor included:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyQo95wfSaI

The universal consensus, or "statement of faith" if you will in bitcoin is "Don't Trust, Verify". Unfortunately, Nostr recommendations are often given as marketing propaganda, not because the user themselves have truly verified for themselves. I would venture to guess that most people on here might have the computer science background to semi understand the code if provided open source, however, not many people would be able to identify a back door if they saw it. There are for profit companies behind these resources that are just one government request away from building a backdoor. 

So yes, I agree that my setup isn't the utopian gold standard that we wish existed, but it's the best I've managed to verify within my limited understanding of the hardware/software, and is resistant to necessary software updates.
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cryptowolf | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 All products have issues.  The goal is too choose the safest one when it comes to your life savings.
I do have a computer science background and I chose Trezor because of fully offline seed storage, opensource hardware, firmware and software options.

There is consensus on best practices, not on nostr thats for sure because all kinds of people can join posing as professors and spreading misinformation.

Consensus among qualified, certified authorities regarding best practices definitely exists.

However, the fact that you have a hardware wallet at all makes your funds countless times more secure than those of plebs who dont use a hardware wallet (ie: home brew encrypted usb stick lol)

Merry Christmas :)