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RE: Take control of your future with high apr HBD savings and a cold wallet

in LeoFinance2 years ago

With Hive, a cold wallet is as easy to create as a separate account.

Ah I was very confused.
My definition of a cold wallet would be one that the keys are created offline and you only sign transactions through an airgap (offline).

https://peakd.com/utopian-io/@edicted/steem-airgap-hardware-wallet-utopian-io

Had an idea to make one with Raspberry Pi connected to a camera to scan the QR codes, but alas I don't have the resources to build such a thing.

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My definition of a cold wallet would be one that the keys are created offline and you only sign transactions through an airgap (offline).

Cold wallet is simply a wallet that isn't used regularly. You can air gap it for even more security. I guess some do consider it to be air gaped by definition. I never considered it as such.

Looking up "cold wallet" it does seem the majority consider it "offline" so I seem to be misusing the term. I've always considered it something in other than a hot wallet that may or may not be airgapped/offline.

Once you set this up it is pretty much air gapped as you have no need to login.