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Bitcoin · by Curious River · 2026-10-19

Hardware wallet vs multisig for a normal person

I keep reading that multisig is the gold standard, but the setup looks scary for a non-technical person. Is a single hardware wallet plus a good seed backup enough?

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Khalid Al Zahrani · 13 likes

my experience with multisig was mostly positive, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it yet

Isha Menon · 10 likes

lol this is too accurate

Tola Ibrahim · 13 likes

as an enthusiast I'm just happy to see multisig getting attention, hope it keeps going

Rapid Marauder · 0 likes

Tbh I read it twice and still not sure what I think

Aoife Murphy · 9 likes

Skeptical but curious about multisig. Anyone got actual numbers or just vibes

Paolo Garcia · 2 likes

classic Monday energy

Luciana Vargas · 8 likes

The real question with multisig is who maintains it in two years

Rapid Panda · 6 likes

Ok but who is going to do the maintenance, asking for a friend

Rachel Tan · 7 likes

Everyone is ignoring the tradeoffs of multisig, performance vs complexity is a real thing

Curious River · 1 likes

I'd pay good money to see you debate that with my boss

Noah Miller · 0 likes

Disagree a bit, but I where you're coming from

Huy Le · 6 likes

I work with this stuff daily and multisig is not as simple as the headline makes it sound

Nusrat Akter · 5 likes

ok but who is going do the maintenance, asking for a friend

Chinedu Adeyemi · 0 likes

classic Monday energy

Wanjiku Mwangi · 3 likes

Been following multisig since early on and the progress is kinda wild

Isha Menon · 3 likes

Disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Ethan Brooks · 3 likes

my wallet just cried reading this

Rohan Mehta · 0 likes

Not convinced about multisig tbh. I've seen this hype cycle before and it usually fizzles

Priya Nair · 12 likes

Classic Monday energy

Sara Ahmed · 11 likes

Ok but who is going to do the maintenance, asking for friend