Hot take: Stop calling them "hardware wallets" — they're signing devices.
This one naming shift would solve 90% of beginner confusion. Your keys never leave the device. It just signs transactions. That's it.
Once you get this, the need for a passphrase becomes obvious. You're not storing coins on a stick — you're protecting the signature authority.
Everything else is just a @SeedSigner with different UX and security tradeoffs. Same core job.
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This one naming shift would solve 90% of beginner confusion. Your keys never leave the device. It just signs transactions. That's it.
Once you get this, the need for a passphrase becomes obvious. You're not storing coins on a stick — you're protecting the signature authority.
Everything else is just a @SeedSigner with different UX and security tradeoffs. Same core job.
$BTC