Coldcard MK4 Setup Guide Secure Your Cryptocurrency Today | Step-by-Step Tutorial

Setting up a new hardware wallet can seem daunting, but fear not - this tutorial walks you through how to set up the Coldcard MK4, one of the most secure cryptocurrency hardware wallets available. We'll explore its advanced features and demonstrate how to use it to keep your cryptocurrency secure.
Stay Tuned for my Wallet Setup Video using the Coldcard Mk4. Coming soon!
🔒Get your very own Coldcard super-secure hardware wallet here: store.coinkite.com/promo/1EAF...
Coldcard Security FAQs
coldcard.com/docs/faq
Coldcard open-source firmware repository on Github
github.com/coldcard/firmware
MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility
raylin.wordpress.com/download...
GPG for Windows
www.gpg4win.org/
Coldcard docs for firmware (including verification in you scroll down)
coldcard.com/docs/upgrade
00:00 🎬 Intro
00:55 🛠 Various Use Cases
01:33 🔐Security Features
01:52 ⚡Powering Your Coldcard Mk4
02:41 📦 Unboxing the Coldcard Mk4
03:56 🗂️ Various Backup Mediums
05:34 🔄 Download the Firmware Update
06:16 🔄 Firmware Update Cryptographic Verification (optional)
09:45 🔄 Copy Firmware Update to SD Card and Run Update on Mk4
12:47 🔐 Setting Your PIN
15:11 📝 Writing Down Your Backup Phrase
18:03 ↔️ Enable/Disable Interfaces (NFC, USB)
19:02 🔐Passphrase (Optional)
20:02 🎉 Conclusion
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[@ottoman1755]

Why the heck can’t things be made simple for those of us that are on the wrong side of the curve?!

[@jerkojovic]

Awesome work man. great that somebody finally shows this for windows.

[@CryptoDad]

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[@youthought878]

Thank you sir, this was very helpful

[@DouglasCMills]

Perfect timing. Just got mine in the mail today!🎉

[@CryptoDad]

Thanks! I will get the wallet setups done soon. They are already recorded. I just need to edit and post (Sparrow, Electrum, & Nunchuk)

[@CryptoDad]

Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ6xo2uKncx8eKM

[@Just21Million]

I was planning on ditching my Ledger and buying a cold card until I saw how convoluted this setup process is. Thanks for saving me some aggravation 😆

[@TheChadWork2001]

Yeah, stick with ledger, which has been hacked.

[@tovsteh]

You're literally sacrificing security over convenience, for a product that has repeatedly experienced significant security issues and malware problems..

[@markandrow4010]

Thank you, Perfect.

[@notsrynot]

Great video DAD!

[@dj_ath]

Thx cold card and Crypto Dad

[@zachcain]

This video makes me happy. The Cold card is one of my favorite hardware devices. Blockstream Jade is the other.

[@CryptoDad]

Thanks 😊

[@tovsteh]

I use coldcard for secure cold storage and the blockstream jade for more ease of accessibility/transactions. Good choices.

[@ikust007]

Thank you .

[@billydanzz]

If the Ledger debacle is now driving this move towards absolute cold storage, and setting one up is this involved; the point of widescale adoption of personal storage by the 'average masses' has moved even further away.

[@CryptoDad]

There are other wallets out there that are also easy and intuitive to use, but FUD has definitely soured people's view of crypto

[@ChrisvP]

This tutorial was very in depth. The cold card is really easy to set up. However it can also be extremely detailed depending how ridiculously secure you want it to be

[@southbayproducts5371]

Thank you I need this one not sold at this time I will keep learning love my BitBox 02 BTC only

[@fatcat8dog]

Dad help!! great vid and info keep doin it … it will pay off please help….. no one has made a video on using the led screen on the cold card to receive… I sent from hot wallet to QR code on device…. But my skeleton wallet doesn’t show funds… I do see it when I make watch only wall with pub address

[@tarunchadalla3274]

Thanks a lot for the video but couldn't understand what is enter pin prefix and enter rest of the pin are they both same ?

[@CryptoDad]

They are two parts of your entire pin. Prefix + suffix = entire pin (5678 + 4325 = 56784325)

[@ikust007]

9:29 bravo !

[@thecelt4807]

ive been unable to connect ledger device via desktop to the new elronnd xexchange where i had farms on the old maiar dex now called xexchange any ideas anyone ? trying to relocate the farms i had on the old maiar dex that i used ledger to connect (nano s) a year or so ago

[@jdo2574]

Is backup phrase bip-39 compliant ? i.e. could be used in a different crypto wallet this is also bip-39 ?

[@Jura21]

Yes it is!

[@CryptoDad]

Yes it is.

[@truegent68]

Nice one Dad

[@CryptoDad]

Thank you kindly

[@OnlyMans-wp2cb]

Noticed when using air gapp to create a Sparrow Wallet with ColdCard your exported the generic JSON however, now ColdCard has a Sparrow Wallet export...do you now export that instead of the generic JSON from ColdCard? Thanks

[@CryptoDad]

If they now have a JSON that is specific for Sparrow, then I would use that. I'll have to check into that.

[@MrKiwiben]

Updating the firmware seems like a total pain! If I don't update it will the coldcard still work?

[@jopadjr]

94th...Thanks CryptoDad

[@rufuspipemos]

Question.... going through that brutally complex air-gapped firmware setup scares me. How risk is it really to download it? Have there been instances where someone on a TREZOR or LEDGER has ever lost their coins due to downloading a firmware update? I've never heard of one yet.

[@Afiore108]

Why is my cold card bricked with a red light and says verifying? Can’t get it to do anything else no matter what I try.

[@kaysersozze]

If you disable USB port, how do you turn it on next time ?

[@rufuspipemos]

Good question.

[@ikust007]

Brilliant : for sure watching this one later Sir: where is the video about Sparrow ??

[@CryptoDad]

Yes, I will be posting that one soon

[@ikust007]

@@CryptoDadoh sorry ! Did not want to bug you !

[@harold9204]

Excellent content but I would not recommend using that seed phrase in the editing of the video the first 3 words were visible...

[@CryptoDad]

Thanks yeah spend a lot of time and effort trying to blur out the seed phrase but at the same time try to show the audience what exactly is going on. I do and end up revealing one or two sometimes three of the words. Thanks for the heads up.

[@jansasha2628]

Dose coldcard work with any android phone wallet?

[@CryptoDad]

You might wanna check out this video where I show you how to connect your cold card to several different wallets: Connecting Coldcard MK4 Wallet: Practical Guide for Sparrow, Electrum & Nunchuk (USB, MicroSD & NFC): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ6xo2uKncx8eKM You should check out timecode: 22:34 - 📡 NFC Transactions with Nunchuck Wallet (Nunchuk wallet has an Android version nunchuk.io/)

[@ikust007]

16:08 why no judgment ? I know that Antonopoulos says that 12 is perfect …

[@rufuspipemos]

I've been studying this at length. Yes, 12 is perfectly excellent. No array of the best computers can break it and it will be decades until they can, or maybe longer. But 24 words is literally billions of times harder and no computer may be able to break it until the Sun dies. AA, who is a hero to me, prefers 12 because he feels (correctly) that anything beyond 12 means it is 10x more likely someone will lose their seed than ever get their seed broken. Especially since people with 24 word seed phrases often "split" the location of their seed phrase, which is a terrible idea that increases risk. AA correctly (to me) believes that the best route is 12 words and then don't lose the seed!

[@ikust007]

@@rufuspipemos thank you for taking the time to answer . My only point will all be the quantum risks . I have been trying to read a lot on the BTC devs sections about that subject

[@zawmintun5099]

Please blockstream jade

[@ikust007]

2:33 i do like you.

[@tiborfazekas2885]

You tutorial is way too complicated for the average computer user You are like just trying to show off your skill and knowledge Your tutorial is a waste of anyone's time

[@CryptoDad]

I agree, the Cold Card is complicated. But I wasn't trying to show off. I was responding to people in my comments that were requesting that I do a tutorial on the Cold card. Perhaps you might be interested in a wallet that's a little bit easier to use, such as the Tangem wallet. I have also reviewed that wallet: The New Tangem Wallet: CryptoDad's Guide to Seamless Seed Phrase Backups & More!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpqzapaLrrGjpZI

[@bitkong9445]

I dont get why all these wallet companies wanna write names on the devices indicated it's something with crypto..

[@johnblackmouth]

Ikr. Just put a Casio sticker on it and it’ll be mistaken for a calculator

[@stickyickyoohway11]

Can you transfer bitcoin from shake pay to cold card wallet