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Hardware wallet

A small device that keeps your private keys offline and shows transactions on its own screen.

A hardware wallet stores your private keys on a dedicated device that never exposes them to your computer or phone. Transactions are prepared on your computer but signed on the device, after you confirm them on its screen.

It protects against malware on your computer, but not against losing your seed phrase or approving a scam transaction yourself. Buy one only directly from the maker.