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Crypto hardware wallet not working properly or screen is dimmed, don't panic.

yes, most of my crypto are off the exchange and floating around somewhere.:biggrin:

Both have different risks I guess. Just be careful don't end up like the guy who lost all his btc when he lost his hard drive :

The famous case of lost Bitcoin in a landfill involves James Howells, a Welshman who accidentally threw away a hard drive with 8,000 BTC (today worth Sg $903 million), leading to a decade-long saga of attempts to excavate the Newport landfill, denied by the council due to cost, environmental risk, and low success odds. Despite failed legal bids and appeals, Howells pivoted from excavation to tokenizing his lost funds and exploring buying the landfill, even as the site faces closure, highlighting the irreversible nature of physical key loss in crypto.
 

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Both have different risks I guess. Just be careful don't end up like the guy who lost all his btc when he lost his hard drive :

The famous case of lost Bitcoin in a landfill involves James Howells, a Welshman who accidentally threw away a hard drive with 8,000 BTC (today worth Sg $903 million), leading to a decade-long saga of attempts to excavate the Newport landfill, denied by the council due to cost, environmental risk, and low success odds. Despite failed legal bids and appeals, Howells pivoted from excavation to tokenizing his lost funds and exploring buying the landfill, even as the site faces closure, highlighting the irreversible nature of physical key loss in crypto.
I suppose his situation is from the early days of crypto adoption. These days it is more secure and easy with dedicated hardware wallets the size of a flash drive, which contains the key. You can bring it anywhere in the world. If you lose your hardware wallet or it becomes faulty, you can buy a new one and connect back to your crypto using the 24 seed words which are unique to you and your wallet. You keep a written hardcopy of your 24 seed words elsewhere. Important to keep it safe and in secret locations. Whoever finds it can use it to access your crypto. I keep mine in various locations like at the bottom of my aquarium, in my water closet and buried under a mango tree in my back garden.

There is also a password before you can use your key to access your crypto.

Don't leave the bulk of your crypto on the exchange. They can go bust or be hacked.
 
all these ledgers are nothing but over-glorified thumbdrives, right ?

never connect to pc for too long will lose charge leh................all data gone............
 
all these ledgers are nothing but over-glorified thumbdrives, right ?

never connect to pc for too long will lose charge leh................all data gone............
They are more than just regular flashdrives lah. They don't hold any charge, need data/power connection to computer or phone.
 
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