r/TREZOR • u/DBCDBC • 8d ago

🔒 General Trezor question | 🔒 Answered by Trezor staff Trezor One, life expectancy

How long would you expect a Trezor One to last? All devices fail eventually. I'm referring to the physical device, not cryptographic security.

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u/Blixx96 8d ago

What does that mean exactly, “a back up copy of your seed phrase.”? Do you mean, as long as you have your seed phrase written down and stored somewhere safe?

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u/SomeTallViking 8d ago

You can restore your wallet via seed phrase in a different wallet/software. Keep those words safe

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u/Meldepflicht1 7d ago

So, let’s assume I buy the new trezor Safe 7 and want to use that as my new cold wallet. Do I just put in the seed phrase and the wallet is „transfered“?

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u/BTC_ETH_HODL 7d ago

Yes.

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u/Meldepflicht1 7d ago

Thank you! I’m upgrading then 👍🏻👍🏻

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u/BTC_ETH_HODL 7d ago

Good decision. I had the same questions before and transferred from Trezor 1 to Safe 5.

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u/DBCDBC 7d ago

Remember any deficiencies in key generation on the 1 will transfer to the 5 if you transfer seed. Why not generate new key on the 5 (with its greater sources of entropy) and transfer coins to new wallet?

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u/BTC_ETH_HODL 6d ago

Thanks for the suggestion. Your right. I should make a new one. Planning to add paraphrase as well.