{"id":458,"date":"2026-10-28T23:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T23:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonjourgeorge.org\/?p=458"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:45:16","slug":"earning-1m-through-crypto-do-i-actually-need-a-hardware-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonjourgeorge.org\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Earning \u00a31M Through Crypto: Do I Actually Need A Hardware Wallet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

MiCA implemented in Europe.<\/p>\n

MEXC shutting down EU accounts rather than pay for MiCA certification.<\/p>\n

CoinEx backing out of crypto in a controlled shutdown, so they don’t have to pay for certification everywhere.<\/p>\n

Exodus wallet not allowing me to stake SOL because I’m in the UK and that would mean KYC and so on.<\/p>\n

The current massive surge in regulation has really made me stop and think.<\/p>\n

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The first thing I did was to start a new, secure wallet<\/a>, as you’ll know if you drop in regularly. That moved my biggest Banking coins (BTC, ETH, SOL) out of third-party custody and into my own wallet, with a seed phrase that’s never been online or digitally backed up or whatever.<\/p>\n

But that move also made me wonder whether I should invest in a hardware wallet.<\/p>\n

Now, I’ll happily admit that I know virtually nothing<\/em> about hardware wallets. I know what they’re for, I know kinda vaguely how they work, and I’ve seen the recent news of third-party resellers screwing with them to get access to a load of people’s hard-earned savings.<\/p>\n

That means I know enough not to buy anywhere except the manufacturer, and that I’d reset the damned thing as soon as I had it, with a new setup entirely my own. Even if it arrives blank and perfect.<\/p>\n

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It also means I know enough to know that I don’t know enough.<\/p>\n

So I looked online. And I discovered that most places that turn up in search results for “Do I actually need a hardware wallet?” have one thing in common: they’re trying to sell you one, not tell you if you need one.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, I went off and did some research, checking conversations on Reddit, looking at recommendations from a variety of places, looking at what wallets actually do, the risks, the responsibilities and so on.<\/p>\n

And that, dear reader, is pretty much what triggered the idea for PlainCrypto.<\/p>\n

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Took me ages to build the thing, of course, but I got the answer to my original question.<\/p>\n

Yes, a hardware wallet would be a good idea.<\/p>\n

You can see my result (recreated today)\u00a0at PlainCrypto<\/a>, with answers and reasoning.<\/p>\n

My next step is to actually get one, but that’ll have to wait a bit. Got way too much stuff going on at the moment to look into it!<\/p>\n

Do you use a hardware wallet? What made you decide to get one? Would love to hear!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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