Tabasco said:
exp said:
The democratic ruling class doesn't have a grasp on what is and is not disturbing anymore.
I got my Trezor One. I have a significant amount in Bitcoin on coinbase. I can probably figure it out, but any chance you can post a step-by-step tutorial on transfering bitcoin to trezor?
Hey dude - PM me if you want to setup a call where I can personally walk you through it. But basically just do this:
Visit
https://trezor.io/ (the official website of Trezor) and click "I already own a Trezor"
Now you have the option of download their Trezor Suite software (I use that) or you can click in the top right "Trezor Suite for Web". Both are fine.
Then it'll walk you through how to plug in and setup your Trezor. Part of that process will be updating to the latest firmware. Just follow their instructions.
IMPORTANT - When you start the process of creating your 24 word seed phrase, PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY AND COVER YOUR WEB CAM. This is super cynical on my part but if anyone (NSA or Hacker) is able to spy on you through your camera, you don't want them to see your seed phrase as you write it down. Once you are sure you cannot be spied on, go through the process to create a new seed phrase, write it safely down in a notebook or somewhere, and then put it away when you're done.
Once your Trezor is setup, the UI should be pretty intuitive. Go click on Bitcoin in your Dashboard and find the button that says "Generate New Receive Address". (EDIT - I forgot to mention, don't worry about Passphrase for now. When or if it asks you if you want to use a Passphrase, just use a blank passphrase for now). This address is not sensitive to your security, it's designed to be shared with people sending you Bitcoin. So copy this address and then go into your Coinbase account and find the Withdraw or Send button. I believe Coinbase uses an email looking arrow or something to send coins. So click on Send your Bitcoin and paste in the receive address you generated within Trezor Suite. Send a very small test amount of Bitcoin, like .001 BTC, and make sure you receive it and can see it within your Trezor Suite. It should show up fairly quickly (Coinbase will broadcast the transaction to the Mempool almost instantly) but it will take 5-6 blocks being mined before your transaction is considered 100% final. You can track block mining progress at mempool.space. As blocks are mined you'll see that update on the 1/6, 2/6, 3/6 indicator in Trezor Suite.
Anyway, once you've seen Coinbase broadcast the transaction to Mempool you're probably safe to go ahead and withdraw the rest of your Bitcoin to the same address immediately thereafter.
Setup time with me to talk in general if you'd like because there's a lot of next steps to think about to really up your self-custody game (like how to safely store that seedphrase etc). But by doing the steps above you will take a HUGE leap forward in protecting your assets, storing them outside the legacy financial system, and beginning your self-sovereign journey.
PS - on that precious seedphrase...don't ever ever ever type it on a computer keyboard or take a picture of it. If you do either of these things, you open yourself up to a hacker being able to steal your bitcoin.