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Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain

You're reading from   Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain Understanding blockchain and Bitcoin architecture to build decentralized applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789536133
Length 94 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kirankalyan Kulkarni Kirankalyan Kulkarni
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Hardware wallets

Hardware wallets are a type of crypto wallet that reserves the private keys of users in a secured hardware device. They are supposed to be the most heavily protected and safe sorts of wallet. Now, we will look at some of the benefits that they have to offer:

  • The first benefit is that the private keys of the user are stored in an area that is safe and has a built-in microcontroller on the device. Therefore, these keys cannot be transferred off the device in plain text format, which is tightly secured and coupled with the microcontroller.
  • They are immune to computer viruses that steal from software wallets. This key feature safeguards keys from the outside world because this hardware is not that easy to hack or crack.
  • One more benefit is that the keys can then be used securely, which makes it convenient for the user's point of view. This is a relatively easy...
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