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Coldcard Hardware Wallet
Coldcard Hardware Wallet
  • Why we recommend Coldcard
  • Guide Overview
  • Wasabi Wallet companion app
  • 🏰Security Overview
    • Is Coldcard secure?
    • Securing the wallet: overview of the basics
    • How people lose their Bitcoin
  • 🔐Create your wallet & backup
    • What you need
    • Initializing the device
    • Coldcard PIN Overview
    • PIN Steps
    • Updating the Firmware
      • Verifying the Firmware
    • Wallet backup basics
    • Create Wallet backup
      • Dice Roll Method (optional)
      • MicroSD backup (optional)
    • Seed XOR (optional)
      • Steps for Seed XOR
      • Restoring from Seed XOR
    • Passphrase Overview
    • Steps for adding a passphrase
      • Lockdown Seed
    • Installing Wasabi Wallet
      • Verifying Wasabi Wallet
    • Connecting to Wasabi Wallet
      • Air-Gapped Coldcard (optional)
  • ⛓️How to use Coldcard with Wasabi Wallet
    • Steps for receiving Bitcoin payments
    • Steps for sending Bitcoin
      • Privacy/Coin Control
      • PSBT Method (optional)
  • 🏹More Features
    • PIN Security Features
    • Power & Login
    • Address Explorer
    • BIP-85 Wallets
      • Using BIP-85 with Wasabi
  • ⚠️Summary
    • DO's & DONT's
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  1. Create your wallet & backup

What you need

  • A Coldcard Mk.3 (buy here)

  • A USB-A to micro USB cable

  • A microSD card (32GB or less)

  • An adapter to connect the USB-A cable and/or the microSD card to your computer

  • A desktop or laptop computer with one of the following operating systems:

    • MacOS

    • Windows

    • Debian / Ubuntu

    • Linux

  • Paper and pen for the wallet backup process

  • 60 minutes of your time

  • An internet connection

Make sure you are in a secure location with no peering eyes

Close off any window blinds and make sure no camera can see what you’re doing (computer camera, phone camera, etc).

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