Crypto on an exchange isn't really yours
When a platform holds your keys, it decides when you can withdraw, and its failures become your losses. Holding your own keys takes the middleman out of the picture. These are the parts that make it practical.
Open source, not “trust me”
Every line of firmware is published, versioned and signed. Researchers and users can read exactly how keys are handled, and check it against what we claim.
Keys that never leave the device
Your private keys are generated on the wallet and stay there. Transactions are signed on the device and broadcast elsewhere, so a compromised computer has nothing to steal.
Recovery that survives real life
Shamir backup splits your recovery into shares, so no single fire, flood or lost bag takes your funds with it. Restore from a threshold of shares, not all of them.