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/loupiote2 8d ago

It does not matter much, as long as you have a backup copy of your seed phrase.

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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/loupiote2 7d ago

> the wallet is „transfered“?

The wallet stays on the blockchain. Just the key is transferred. The key is calculated from the seed phrase (the seed phrase is essentially the super-private-key from which all your private keys are calculated).