What wallets do you recommend? For cold storage
Unfortunately the method chosen by me is not simple, use an operating system like Kali, Ubuntu or Tails that has incorporated the electrum btc pay system.
I chosed to invest only in projects that made available as a storage option: paper wallets, " offline generated - web page or command line ".
I never had any problem, BTC, ETH and many many many more have this option of storage. Have a big investment portfolio created in time, and stored them only on paper wallets.
For start, more info you can find here:
5 Steps to Creating an ULTRA Secure Bitcoin Paper Wallet (2024 Updated)
I would not have risked choosing Cold Storage if I had not come to the conclusion that it is the safest option, the only safe option!!!!
There are many projects that offer paper wallets as a storage option. Don't choose variants for storage offered by all sheep, inform yourself before and don't do it in a superficial way.
Hardware wallets are not safe for the reasons explained in the previous post, find at any time informations according to which Ledger and Trezor wallets have been allready hacked.
And keep in mind that besides the possibility of being hacked if physical access to them there is the private keys problem, keys are stored on these devices and hardware wallets in time need firmware updates and online synchronizations, also code source not fully open source, and there is always the possibility of a backdoor and a man in the middle attack.... so yes, hardware wallets are veryyyy NOT safe!!!
Aaaa if you have only 1000$ stored, ok, you can say f**k it, what will be will be....
As well in the future exists the possibility that including the hardware wallets creators to be regulated and block your funds until you perform the kyc procedure or even to seize your funds thus not being able to do P2P operations anymore if future anti crypto laws will impose it.
You have to consider including the possibility that the device will break in time or lose the device.
Online platforms that generate your access keys online or generate it in offline mode but later ask you to connect for sync operations to be able to access them should be avoided 100%.
Paper wallets must be generate only in offline mode " not connected to internet ", AIR GAPPED, and it is preferable to be a workstation desktop or laptop used only for offline tasks, that will Never Connect to Internet.
Store your private keys on ENCRYPTED external hdd or memory sticks, not on a single one, make other backups and store them in safe places, indoor or outdoor, I used also water resistant memory sticks for extreme storage conditions. For sending funds use only dex exhanges and only developer platforms. and no mandatory kyc trading platforms.
Don't put all your funds on a single wallet, after synchronization for sending funds the wallet is no longer safe even if you used a developer platform, your private key will be synced so if a man in the middle atack is in proggress the private key will be collected and the remaining funds redirected by the attacker.
Also the possibility of an online self melt keylogger attack deploied on your workstation. So better to use multiple paper wallets so that the whole amount is sent each time in full and the balance remains zero. Or after you send some funds the remaining ones you will have to send them fast on antoher paper wallet that you control.
Search info and you will find everything you need, everything available at your discretion. Just triple check to be sure that the generators come from valid sources.
There is no safest way of storage!!!!!!
I cannot give more details because of those mentioned in the previous post. But if you are looking for information you will find as I was able to find, non kyc trading platforms, exchange/conversion methods, protection methods, etc
.......good luck,
TRUST NO ONE !.......