Hardware or software crypto wallets. Which one is better for you?

Hardware or software crypto wallets. Which one is better for you?

So your looking at whether you should be holding your crypto in a hard or soft wallet. We have put together a bunch of pros and cons and the reasons why for both. As crypto and bitcoin continues to gather in popularity and its price continues on the uptrend thinking about which wallet to choose from is important

What is a hardware wallet? More secure but harder to use

Hardware wallets like Trezor have their advantages, the main disadvantage being that you have to carry around a physical product and you can forget it at times. You also need quite a big upfront cost.

What is a soft wallet? (like Crypto.com ) Easier but potentially less secure

Soft wallets are generally online, and most of the big exchanges. Its all online so make sure you dont loose your seed phase but the benefits are its easy to access. The negatives are that its all online and so having good cybersecurity is essential. Check out Crypto.com

The choice is yours

There are of course pros and cons to each, ease of use and security being the main ones. but its really up to you and may in fact depend on the amount of crypto you hold.

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