Using the Lightning Network with your hardware wallet

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What happens if you lose or damage your hardware wallet?

Your hardware wallet got lost or stolen or doesn’t work for some reason? Don’t panic, your crypto is safe and you can access it, as long as you have your seed words with you. This article is going to walk you through the process of regaining possession of your treasured cryptocurrencies after you have lost […] The post What happens if you lose or damage your hardware wallet? appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

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Ledger Reveals 3 Month Policy for Keeping Buyer Info; 2,000 New Users Affected in Data Breach

This time the information was leaked by the hardware wallet’s e-commerce provider Shopify’s rogue employees. But “these attacks have only strengthened our resolve to build and release products that keep you and your crypto safe,” says Ledger.

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Update: Efforts to Protect Your Data and Prosecute The Scammers

While the security of Ledger products is unparalleled – Ledger Nano products are the only hardware wallets independently certified on the market –  and remains uncompromised, criminals are attacking Ledger customers with phishing attempts using different attack types.

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Top 8 Best Hardware Wallets for Bitcoin in 2021 (+ Altcoins Supported)

You have all heard dreadful stories of lost bitcoin that are gone forever because someone didn’t use proper security measures when storing his coins or simply used an insecure wallet. This list of best hardware wallets will be your best friend in avoiding something like that happening to you.

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Trezor One vs. Ledger Nano S vs. KeepKey 2021 – The Battle of Hardware Wallets

As the estimation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies goes up, so does the interest for hackers to hack your wallets, so securing your cryptocurrency wallets has never been more critical. This is by no means a new problem.

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Best Bitcoin Cloud Mining Websites in 2021 – Complete Guide

Crypto mining represents a good way of lining your virtual wallets with various types of cryptocurrency. Naturally, turning profit from anything isn’t easy; to mine cryptocurrency successfully, you need to invest heavily into hardware and know-how required to operate said hardware.

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A Safe for Your Crypto: Hardware Wallets Review

A hardware wallet may be the safest way to store crypto assets for most, but in recent years this niche market has expanded and started offering enough options to confuse new users. This in-depth review will cover all the major options available on the market to make choice easier.

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Video: How To Install MyNode on Your Old Casa Node

Casa is no longer supporting its hardware with ongoing updates. Watch this video from Nik Hoffman in getting MyNode running on a Casa node. The post Video: How To Install MyNode on Your Old Casa Node appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Comparison of 4 Mining Systems: NiceHash vs CoinFly vs Hive OS vs Awesome Miner

It takes more than owning the latest mining hardware in the market to run a profitable crypto mining business. Instead, you need to condition all your mining resources towards achieving an optimized output.

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Best Bitcoin Cloud Mining Websites in 2020 – Complete Guide

Crypto mining represents a good way of lining your virtual wallets with various types of cryptocurrency. Naturally, turning profit from anything isn’t easy; to mine cryptocurrency successfully, you need to invest heavily into hardware and know-how required to operate said hardware.

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How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet

Losing a phone or hardware wallet containing cryptocurrency is inconvenient, but it shouldn’t be fatal. Provided you’ve backed up your private key, recovering your coins is a simple exercise.

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Kraken Hacked Trezor’s Hardware Wallets in 15 Minutes

Kraken Security Labs found a way to extract the cryptographic seeds out of Trezor’s One and Model T hardware wallets. Your coins may be at risk. Given physical access to the device and sufficient know-how, the attack can be executed in approximately 15 minutes using ~$75-worth of specialized glitching hardware.

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Trezor One vs. Ledger Nano S vs. KeepKey 2020 – The Battle of Hardware Wallets

As the estimation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies goes up, so does the interest for hackers to hack your wallets, so securing your cryptocurrency wallets has never been more critical. This is by no means a new problem.

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Best Iota Wallets 2020 (Hardware, Desktop, Mobile Options Compared)

Storing cryptocurrency is an important part of any crypto enthusiast’s experience. Whether you’re trading your coins on the daily or holding them for the next 5-10 years, you need to know that your funds are kept in a safe wallet which cannot be accessed without your authorization.

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Top 8 Best Hardware Wallets for Bitcoin in 2020 (+ Altcoins Supported)

You have all heard dreadful stories of lost bitcoin that are gone forever because someone didn’t use proper security measures when storing his coins or simply used an insecure wallet. This list of best hardware wallets will be your best friend in avoiding something like that happening to you.

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What Is a Bitcoin Brain Wallet and How to Create One for Yourself?

If you have trust issues with third-party services for securing your Bitcoins, perhaps it’s time you considered a more secure solution. Exchanges are vulnerable to attacks, fraud and other forms of illegal activity, smartphones can die, and you may lose your hardware wallets.

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Which Cryptocurrencies Does Ledger Nano S Support?

The Ledger Nano S hardware wallet is very popular and very safe wallet for securing Bitcoins and altcoins. When you own cryptocurrencies, you need to protect the access to your funds and also your confidential data.

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Trezor One vs. Ledger Nano S vs. KeepKey – The Battle of Hardware Wallets

As the estimation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies goes up, so does the interest for hackers to hack your wallets, so securing your cryptocurrency wallets has never been more critical. This is by no means a new problem.

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Cryptosteel Capsule Will Keep Your Wallet Seed Safe and Out of Sight

A hollow steel cylinder despatched with 800 lettered tiles, the Cryptosteel Capsule is what it sounds like and nothing more. Assemble the letters to form your wallet’s seed phrase, thread them onto the metal dipstick and screw the capsule shut, safely entombing the key to your crown jewels inside an unassuming piece of hardware.

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Coinkite Publishes Everything You Need to Build Your Own Coldcard Wallet

Coinkite has published official schematics and guides for users to build their own Coldcard hardware wallet but will it hurt the bottom line? The post Coinkite Publishes Everything You Need to Build Your Own Coldcard Wallet appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Windows users can now use Yubico’s security keys to log in to their PCs

Swedish company Yubico has announced that its hardware security keys can now be used to login to a local Windows OS account. The feature, which underwent extensive testing over the past six months, lets you add a second layer of authentication to your Windows accounts, by plugging a USB key into your PC.

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Google’s new Pixel Buds cost $179, have adaptive sound, and arrive next… spring

At its hardware event in New York City today, Google seemed a bit too excited about its upcoming earphones, the Pixel Buds. Sure, they’re smaller, and they’ll likely be better than the previous version – but they aren’t expected until next spring.

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Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘CNBC anchor describes Bitcoin as antique furniture, Libra as Restoration Hardware’

Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours.

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Crypto Warning: Imposter Trezor Bitcoin Wallet Website Targets Users By Using URL Typos

While the developers of trezors argue that Trezor wallet is a safe and secure way to keep your cryptocurrencies from cyber attacks and hackers, the question now arises is it still safe? A Redditor has apparently spotted an imposter website for Bitcoin hardware wallet Trezor.

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Where to watch Microsoft reveal its new Surface devices

Microsoft is planning to announce new hardware tomorrow, and all signs suggest it’ll be one of the company’s biggest Surface events yet. The event is taking place in New York City at 10 AM Eastern Time, and it’s one of relatively few Microsoft will be streaming live – further pointing to some major reveals.

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Mining Bitcoin Has Never Been Easier with MINETA’s Cloud Mining Service

MINETA Bitcoin Cloud Mining facilitates an easy and affordable way of mining your own Bitcoin without having to invest exorbitant amounts into mining hardware. MINETA’s Cloud Mining Service MINETA is an established name in the cloud mining industry.

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Mining Bitcoin Has Never Been Easier with MINETA’s Cloud Mining Service

MINETA Bitcoin Cloud Mining facilitates an easy and affordable way of mining your own Bitcoin without having to invest exorbitant amounts into mining hardware. MINETA’s Cloud Mining Service MINETA is an established name in the cloud mining industry.

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Don’t lose your files to the ether. Lock in a lifetime of cloud backup for nearly 90% off.

Whether it's your coffee cup spilling over laptop or a virus deleting all of your files, there's no shortage of threats that can turn your thousand-dollar computer into a high-tech doorstop. And, while the hardware damage is painful enough, it's the additional loss of your precious files that really twists the knife.

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Every Alexa and Echo device Amazon announced this week in one handy list

Amazon hosted a massive hardware event this week, announcing a cavalcade of new Alexa-enabled and IoT devices. Make no mistake: Amazon wants to find a way into your home or pocket one way or another.

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Amazon forays into wearables with Alexa powered-glasses and smart ring

Ever fantasize about becoming a spy, wearing miniature and carefully disguised gadgets, and talking to an invisible computer assistant through them? Well, Amazon is going to make that dream come true – to some extent.

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Ellipal’s Titan Hardware Wallet Is Airgapped and Easy to Use

There’s a lot of hardware wallets out there vying for your hard-earned satoshis. Minimalist USB sticks; credit card-shaped devices with monochrome screens; Bluetooth-enabled gadgets. The Ellipal Titan is a new offering that packs a lot into its $169 price tag.

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Hardcore Wallet Security: 5 More Ways To Keep Hackers’ Paws Off Your Crypto

Hardware wallets are usually considered the safest way to store Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. These are dedicated devices that can sign transactions without exposing the underlying private key.

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Hardcore Wallet Security: 5 More Ways To Keep Hackers’s Paws Off Your Crypto

Hardware wallets are usually considered the safest way to store Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. These are dedicated devices that can sign transactions without exposing the underlying private key.

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How investing in hardware differs from software — and why it’s worth the trouble

Software will eat the world. That’s what they say, but IoT is inherently not only software. When it comes to looking at hardware startups, or even products, you need to look at a lot of moving parts.

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CHEAP: A Sonos PLAY:1 speaker AND a charging stand for $179? Hnnngg

Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Sorry? What did you say? You use wires to listen to music? Oh my god, I hope you’re okay. While it’s certainly fine to plug your bits of hardware into each other to play tunes — this is a judgement-free(ish) zone — it’s much better to not bother with that.

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Apple will allow basic iPhone repairs from third-party shops

After critics called out Apple on its restrictive hardware repair policies, Apple announced yesterday it’ll allow repairs from third-party repair shops, and sell them parts for aftermarket service.

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This app uses AI to add a Pixel-style night photography mode to your iPhone

In the past couple of years, every major Android phone has had a night mode feature. While we might see Apple bring a night mode to its iPhones this year, it might be dependant on hardware. But an app called NeuralCam is trying to bring this feature to owners of current-gen and older iPhones — with the help of AI.

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Elon Musk: Tesla Solar Is like Having a Money Printer on Your Roof

Coinspeaker Elon Musk: Tesla Solar Is like Having a Money Printer on Your RoofElon Musk relaunched Tesla's residential solar-power service: for $50 monthly, you get all the necessary panels and other hardware, plus installation, support, and ongoing maintenance.

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Leak: Samsung’s Note 10 will be ‘a pro studio in your pocket’ with new video tricks

Samsung’s Note 10 is due to be revealed tomorrow, but that isn’t stopping the leaks from coming. Though we already seem to know every aspect of the devices, a new leak shared by Droid Life comes from very official-looking promotional materials, confirming much of the hardware changes we’ve heard so far and highlighting some new software tricks too.

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Review: The Doogee S40 is a rugged phone you’ll want to break (cause it’s crap)

I think the one moment that summed up the overall naffness of the Doogee S40 was when I tried to take some product shots on a bright summer’s day. My brother-in-law was holding the phone with his arm outstretched, the screen showing TNW’s homepage.

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Grab this DJI 4K camera/gimbal combo for $319 during this limited time discount

When you end up with enough hardware in your luggage to look like you’re a traveling cinematographer on a Scorsese picture, you’re going to want to lighten the load. Instead, you can step up to a perfect travel-friendly accessory in the gimbal stabilizer and 4K camera combination DJI Osmo Pocket Gimbal.

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Review: Samson’s G-Track Pro is the ultimate microphone for podcasts and game streaming

Samson’s G-Track Pro is a gumbo-esque mashup of microphone, audio interface, and onboard mixer. It’s a bit of an oddity, but if you’re looking for a dead-simple hardware solution to take your podcast or gaming stream out of the audio gutter and into the realm of professional broadcasting it just might be the answer to your prayers.

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Bitcoin is the “schmuck insurance” against traditional financial system, claims Social Capital CEO

What do you have under your mattress? A stash of dollar bills stitched between the padding, or perhaps a bunch of gold bars (I doubt it), or maybe a hardware wallet with Bitcoins? According to many, the last one seems unlikely.

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11 things to remember when testing your product before launch day

Rolling out new hardware and software can be a stressful time for any business. You are excited about the new experience for your customers but nervous about any issues that could arise. In order to prepare, you need to test, test and test again to ensure there won’t be any problems with the product launch, or later down the road, that will force you to issue a recall or endanger your customers’ trust in you.

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The Guns N’ Bitcoin Scorpion Case Holds Your Shooter and Your Satoshis

Digital assets have become very valuable over the last few years, spawning a string of devices that protect cryptocurrencies from malware and mishandling. Now there’s a company called Guns N’ Bitcoin that offers a durable case called the Scorpion that holds not only a hardware wallet, but also three types of full to compact pistols […] The post The Guns N’ Bitcoin Scorpion Case Holds Your Shooter and Your Satoshis appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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How to avoid spilling coffee on your expensive laptop

DON’T DRINK COFFEE NEAR YOUR EXPENSIVE LAPTOP. For more gear, gadget, and hardware news and reviews, follow Plugged on Twitter and Flipboard.

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Review: The Corazon Trezor by Gray Is Made of Titanium

Hardware wallets don’t have to look beautiful – they just have to work. The Corazon by Gray is a silver titanium device that happens to deliver on both counts. USB hardware has never looked or felt so good in your hand.

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PSA: Your Android phone is now a security key for signing in to Google on iOS

Google has announced that it’s now possible to log into your Google accounts from your iPhones and iPads using your Android phone as a hardware authentication key. The development comes almost more than a month after the internet giant made it easy for Google users to sign in to their accounts on their laptops or PCs using their Android smartphones as hardware security keys.

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