Bitcoin · by Benjamín Rojas · 2026-10-20
Finally moving my sats off the exchange. Hardware wallet or multisig for a normie?
I've been meaning to do this for ages and finally committed this week. My stack isn't huge, but it's enough that losing it would really sting. I keep reading that multisig is the gold standard, but I'm worried I'll overcomplicate it and lock myself out. For someone who isn't super technical, would you start with a single hardware wallet or go straight to multisig?
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Noah Johansson · 12 likes
congrats on leaving the exchange. not your keys etc etc
Nusrat Akter · 0 likes
had to be said at least once in the thread
Camila Rocha · 9 likes
Buy the device directly from the manufacturer, never from a random marketplace seller
Noah Miller · 1 likes
and check the packaging, though the real protection is generating the seed yourself on the device
Marco Conti · 1 likes
Whatever you pick, do a test restore with a small amount BEFORE you move everything. people skip this and regret it
Elif Yılmaz · 1 likes
multisig for a normie is how you end up with three devices and no idea which seed goes where
Isha Menon · 6 likes
label everything. LABEL EVERYTHING
Maya Putri · 1 likes
Honestly for a modest stack a hardware wallet plus a passphrase is a nice middle ground
Camila Rocha · 1 likes
passphrase is great but only if you'll actually remember it. forgetting it is the same as losing the seed
Ethan Brooks · 0 likes
Start with a single hardware wallet. Learn the backup and restore process properly first, then think about multisig later if your stack grows
Élodie Favre · 3 likes
this is the right order. complexity is its own risk
Rafael Almeida · 0 likes
Did exactly this, moved to multisig about a year later once I understood what I was doing
Siti Lestari · 0 likes
Seed phrase on metal, not paper. paper burns, floods, gets thrown out by a helpful relative
Aisha Jacobs · 8 likes
my mum almost recycled mine once. now it lives in a very boring looking box
Mango Panda · 0 likes
one thing nobody tells you: think about inheritance. if something happens to you can your family recover it?
Yui Tanaka · 7 likes
wrote a simple letter with instructions, not the seed itself. felt weirdly emotional doing it
Hugo Martin · 0 likes
this is the part I keep putting off tbh