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BTC-Satanist | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 what happens when a hardware device breaks ? Is the coin lost ?
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Bridger | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not if you have a backup of the seed.
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BTC-Satanist | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 OK, so hardware device is backed by a seed phrase?
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Bridger | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The seed is loaded on the hardware device. If the device is lost, the seed is lost if you don’t have the seed backed up.