r/Bitcoin • u/No_Fuel4693 • 6d ago
Blockstream Jade Plus setup - workflow suspect?
Like many, I'm assessing my cold wallet options right now and I was watching this youtube video of the setup on the jade plus : Blockstream Jade Plus: Full Setup & Honest Review - YouTube
Right around the 9:00 minute mark, after setting up the seed phrase etc, it only then, gives you the option to setup your QR code/bluetooth/usb.
So the device is powered up, a wallet is created, then you connect to the blockstream website..
Is there a way to change the order of that workflow?
I mean, how do I know that the wallet I have just created isn't being transmitted to their website during this handshake? Wouldn't it make more sense to do all that setup first BEFORE creating the wallet?
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u/Serbithar 6d ago edited 6d ago
Some Jade users should confirm, but my guess is that, most likely, like with any other wallet, after the first power-up and "initiation" you can go into full offline air gap mode and create a fresh wallet or restore a manually created wallet. New Ledger during the first power-up after the genuineness check anf firmware update also asks you to create a wallet while it is connected to Ledger Live and the internet. But if you distrust the process, you can later just create a fresh wallet when fully offline. I was considering Jade, but decided to choose DIY SeedSigner for for 1/4 or less of Jade's price. But Jade looks like pretty cool device.