When we start walking down the rabbit hole, we find several rabbit holes, one of them is defining how to make my Bitcoin safe, then an avalanche of information comes and we want to try everything and have everything, including myself, it was like that in my case, ask @Cuba_BTC to see how I drove them crazy. But things have changed.
I'm not going to make a tutorial, not a guide, that's what those who know the most are for and there are dozens of places. But I'll tell you how I see it now.
First I understood something. ONCHAIN WALLETS ARE NOT FOR PAYING, THAT'S WHAT LIGHTNING NETWORK WALLETS ARE FOR
That said, I understood that the security of my coins depends on my good practices. NEVER NEVER NEVER SHARE THE SEED PHRASE, AND PUT AN ADDITIONAL PHRASE.
So what to choose MULTISIGNATURE, HHW, WOW?
Multisignature is a security measure for when several are involved, so if it's just you, would it be worth getting into something complicated? Only you know.
Hardware wallets, an excellent option to have your keys without touching the Internet, each one has different costs, and there are those who claim that their purchase is justified when the Bitcoin we have is our salary, imagine, if I follow that advice, my salary is 39,700 SATs, and a TapSigner, which is not exactly a top-ranked HWW, costs 44,500 SATs, I would have a TapSigner, but nothing to guard. So consider.
Finally there are the WatchOnly Wallets, for me a viable and easy-to-use option. There are several recommendations, including the old and always current ELECTRUM with its PC and Mobile versions. For me, another option is very good, I use BlueWallet + Sparrow, I sign with Sparrow, it never touches the internet and I transmit with BlueWallet, in WOW mode, in it I have the Sparrow addresses and I see the funds.
I offer you these recommendations from my perspective as a novice so that you can have a light approach to the subject. It is up to you DYOR, study and ask. Success. See you down the rabbit holes.
I use seedsigner combined with watch only in sparrow or blue wallet. I am very happy with sparrow wallet. blue wallet is also good. I find one issue with bluewallet. I am not able to sign psbt generated by bluewallet with my seedsigner device. Can you help me with this ?
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Indeed, the price of a HW is not feasible for small stash. That's why I always recommend this guide to make your own HW: https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/tails-hodl-cold-wallet-en.html and create watch-only / deposit wallets: https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/deposit-only-btc-wallets-en.html
Multisig wallets, yes, are good but not for individuals... Companies or situations where more than 1 individual is involved in controlling the funds, yes, are necessary.
Normal bitcoiners: please stop complicating your life with all the bullshit around that influencers are telling you to use... x HW or y multisig service... Are all to suck your sats for NOTHING. More complex algos it doesn't mean are more secure. KISS.
If you have to choose between buying a HW to secure a 1M sats wallet, you better just buy more 1 M sats instead of a shity fancy HW...
Here is an example of 0 fucks cost of securing a wallet:
Please try to "hack" it.
As I explained so many times: spread your stash in many different places, many different wallets, 3 different levels: hold, cache, spend. https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/be-your-own-bank-en.html
Thank me later...
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Friend @DarthCoin, I totally agree with you, I hope I was understood about the fact that I PREFER THE WATCHONLY WALLET OPTION, I even thought about mentioning this option of using A USB WITH TAILOS and installing Sparrow and using BW as WOW, but I did not want to complicate the matter, although it is not complicated at all with TailOS on the USB stick and that is safe. My reflection for Bitcoin beginners is precisely to avoid, if it is their wish, wasting time on sophisticated things, when the important thing is to know when to use each tool. I clarified that I would not make tutorials or guides because you already did that part and I thank you very much.
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