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hbhgardens | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’m a tech normie lolz, I’m not sure what you’re suggesting here
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HODLBurger | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The Jade is just a cheap ESP32 chip. You can buy the chip for like $10 and flash the Jade firmware onto it yourself.

What makes you want a Jade over a ColdCard?
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hbhgardens | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ahhh gotcha. 

The cold card is a little too pricey at the moment. Also, because I’m so tech illiterate I want to try out multiple wallets. 

I’m also too paranoid to keep everything in one place
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HODLBurger | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 More power to you for wanting to learn and to try out different options!

In general it's a good idea to secure your Bitcoin as if it was worth at least 10 times more than it currently is, maybe with this in mind, a ColdCard doesn't seem as expensive proportionately?

If not, you might be better served buying an additional ~$60 in Bitcoin versus getting a Jade and instead continue your learning with a few software wallets. Blue Wallet on Android is top of class, and will let you get comfortable with multi-sig. Sparrow wallet on desktop is another excellent option to learn with. Making a new wallet in blue wallet and importing the watch-only XPUB into Sparrow and crafting a transaction there then signing it with blue wallet is a pretty great way to learn about PSBTs and signing with a device other than the one that creates the transaction.

I understand why the trade-off is made, but don't like the keyserver model to get around the fact that the Jade hardware does not have a secure element.

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but staking sats & getting comfortable with the mechanics of how Bitcoin works is probably more important long term than getting a hardware wallet right off the bat.
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hbhgardens | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Thank you for the suggestions. I’ve got sparrow wallet, haven’t played around with it much though. 

I’ve got lots of learning to do!