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Old 12-12-2017, 10:48 PM   #1358
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp View Post
The private address of a hardware wallet can be completely obscured from everyone... For instance if you have a wallet on your PC, someone could potentially gain access to it via hacking, just plain snooping, or forcing you under duress. A hardware wallet can have funds stored on it, then safely stashed away in a vault somewhere, with absolutely no way of losing it (as long as the vault itself isn't destroyed)
How would someone be able to hack the wallet on your PC without your Private Key?

I was under the impression that the wallet can only be opened with your private key?


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Oh shoot, I forgot coinbase has a super low limit... There's no way around that really. My friend's limit is $1000 but that's after he had the account for awhile.
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