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A DIY cryptocurrency hardware wallet for free

When holding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, many people suggest doing it on hardware wallets like Ledger or Trezor. However, there is a very simple and safe solution, using only two regular pen / flash drives, connected via USB. tl;dr: Boot from a Debian live, run AtomicWallet (or any other with an...

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A DIY cryptocurrency hardware wallet for free

Apr 10, 2021•6

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A DIY cryptocurrency hardware wallet for free

Yeah, this would be the ideal situation! Couldn't try it with Rufus, due to a lack of a Windows machine.

For OSX, I tried with Unetbootin, but AFAIR the stick didn't boot on my MacBook..

Anyhow, if some finds such a setup working, with an actual crypto wallet running on it, let me know!

A DIY cryptocurrency hardware wallet for free

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tl;dr: Boot from a Debian live, run AtomicWallet (or any other with an .AppImage distribution) and let its config be saved (and later read) on/from a second pen drive.

Prerequisites

A computer with two USB slots (or any other option to have them connected at the same time)
2 USB flash drives:
- 1 called LinuxDrive, with >4GB storage space
- 1 called CoinDrive

Create the wallet

Install a Debian live, for example the XFCE image on LinuxDrive. On OSX, this can be done with

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