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Users will decide if they can still trust Ledger with their seed phrases By Cointelegraph

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Self-preservation is important in cryptocurrencies, and security is essential for self-preservation. Ledger, a prominent manufacturer of hardware wallets, has built its reputation on the secure storage of users’ private keys. Hardware wallets create a secure offline environment to store keys and use the keys to carry out transactions.

The user’s private keys are generated and stored inside the device and are never supposed to be left behind. This “cold storage” provides an unparalleled level of security compared to “hot wallets” or online wallets. The problem is that many people lose their keys.

JW Verrett Associate Professor at the Antonin Scalea School of Law, George Mason University. He is a forensic accountant who practices cryptography and also practices securities law at Lawrence Law LLC. He is a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Board and a former member of the SEC Investors Advisory Committee. He also leads the Crypto Freedom Lab, a think tank that campaigns for policy changes to preserve the freedom and privacy of crypto developers and users.

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