I looked online but couldn't find one that shows a counter clockwise twist opening it, I'm worried I'd break it. It doesn't look like the top pops up.
edit: okay I tried the comments suggestions and turns out, im a dummy. the top comes off with a blade and theres a screw inside. couldnt have figured it out without trying everything else haha thanks comments
This might be a dumb question but honestly this is the part of crypto security that still messes with my head.
I understand the basic stuff:
- don’t type seed anywhere
- don’t store seed in cloud
- don’t sign random garbage
- don’t connect Ledger to shady sites
- use a separate hot wallet for degen stuff
- test with small amounts first
Fine.
But then you get to the actual “using crypto” part and suddenly the wallet is asking you to approve/sign something that looks like alien language.
And that’s where I don’t feel safe anymore.
Not because Ledger is bad. Ledger is doing what it’s supposed to do. The keys are protected.
But I’m still the idiot pressing approve on something I barely understand.
Like if I’m staking, delegating, setting a proxy, approving some permission, interacting with a dapp, whatever… how am I supposed to know what exactly I’m allowing?
The thing I’m trying to understand is:
If my Ledger is disconnected after signing something, can that signed permission/proxy/approval still do anything later?
Or is every later action still needing another confirmation from the Ledger?
For example, I’ve been reading about TAO/Bittensor staking and some apps use proxy-style permissions where the idea is that the proxy can do limited staking/allocation actions but can’t move funds out of your wallet. Mentat explains it that way too, proxy can buy/sell subnet positions from your account but not transfer TAO outside it.
That sounds safer than sending funds to some random vault, but I still want to understand the actual security model before touching anything.
So I guess my questions are:
What’s the real difference between an approval, a delegation, and a proxy?
Can any of those drain funds later without the Ledger being connected?
How do you check what permissions are currently active?
How do you revoke them?
Is there a good habit here besides “don’t sign what you don’t understand,” because tbh most normal people don’t understand 90% of what wallets show them
Not trying to spread panic. I’m just realizing “hardware wallet = safe” is only half the story.
The other half is “the human holding it should not be blindly approving hieroglyphics.”
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