TREZOR Model T

Review and Comparison

The Trezor Model T is a hardware wallet designed to securely store your cryptocurrencies and digital assets. With its advanced security features, multi-currency support, and user-friendly interface, the Trezor Model T is the ultimate tool for protecting your investments in the cryptocurrency world. Its cold storage capabilities, seed phrase backup, and passphrase encryption ensure that your private keys and digital assets are always kept safe from hackers and other malicious actors. The Trezor Model T also offers two-factor authentication and FIDO2 authentication, making it one of the most secure hardware wallets on the market. Additionally, its touchscreen display and sleek design make it a popular choice among crypto enthusiasts looking for a stylish and functional solution to storing their digital assets.

TREZOR Model T Review Summary

• What’s In the Box?
• The TREZOR T Device
• TREZOR T Supported Coins
• How Do I Setup My TREZOR Model T
• Using the Touchscreen

1. What’s In the Box?

The box includes: The TREZOR T hardware wallet, a USB cable, a card on which to write your recovery seed (we’ll go over that later), and some TREZOR fanboy stickers.

One neat gadget that’s been added is a magnetic dock. You can place the dock on a wall or something similar and rest the TREZOR T in it .

Initially I thought this was a bit useless since a hardware wallet is used for the safe storage of coins, so why would you want to hang it in plain sight? However one of our readers later suggested that you can use it to stick your Trezor underneath your desk or at the top side of a drawer so it’s actually harder to find.

2. The TREZOR Model T Device

The wallet is relatively light and fits easily in your pocket. You can get a feel of the overall size from the picture above.

The TREZOR T also has a slot for a MicroSD card and it will allow you to have onboard encrypted storage in the future. Note that the card won’t store your recovery seed or any private keys derived from it.

The device can be connected to to any laptop/desktop through the use of a USB-C connection.

3. TREZOR Model T Supported Coins

At the moment the TREZOR T supports a wide variety of coins, including Ripple (XRP) and Stellar Lumens (XLM) that were missing in previous versions. The main coins supported are:

• Bitcoin (BTC)
• Ethereum (ETH)
• Cardano (ADA)
• Ripple (XRP)
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
• Litecoin (LTC)
• EOS (DASH)
• Ethereum Classic (ETC)
• Stellar Lumens (XLM)
• Dash (DASH)

There are over 1000 crypto assets supported in total and the full list can be seen here.

4. How Do I Setup My TREZOR Model T

Some of you may be thinking that I’m missing a step, mainly the part where you receive your 12-word seed phrase. However, TREZOR decided to skip that part and allow you to instantly start using your TREZOR without the need to write down the seed phrase.

A seed phrase is basically the “password” to your Bitcoins, sometimes referred to as your private key. A seed phrase is comprised out of 12-24 words in a certain order. Whoever knows these words has complete access to your Bitcoin wallet.

Of course, you’ll be prompted by a warning to backup your seed phrase, but in the end it’s up to you. In my opinion, this is a great move by TREZOR that allows you to skip the long, cumbersome (although important) act of writing down your seed as part of the initial wallet setup.

Whenever you’re ready, you can go through the process of writing down your seed (this is a one-time process only).

5. Using the Model T’s Touchscreen

The main benefit is that you now don’t need to interact with your computer during certain processes, such as setting your PIN code or recovering your wallet.

TREZOR mixes the keypad from time to time so that hackers or someone who is following your keystrokes won’t be able to guess which numbers you’re pressing.