How To Set Up Bitcoin Cold Storage in Air Gap Mode -- Never Connecting Device to Internet

In this episode @BTCSessions helps Natalie set up a COLDCARD wallet in air-gapped mode, meaning not connected to the internet or any wireless network. Order yours for 5% off at store.coinkite.com/promo/COIN... code COINSTORIES.
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What you'll need:
-Coldcard hardware wallet - I use COLDCARD™ Mk4
-Computer (Natalie used a Mac)
-Sparrow Wallet (Download app)
-Industrial MicroSD
-Power-Only USB-C Cable
-COLDPOWER Adapter
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IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 What is an air gap?
1:38 Why air gap your ColdCard Wallet?
3:38 What you need, what to do first
8:30 Turning on your ColdCard
9:58 Bitcoin 2024 promo
10:31 Coinkite ColdCard Wallet promo
10:59 CrowdHealth promo
11:39 How to export ColdCard Wallet
17:02 Using Sparrow Wallet to import
24:14 Transactions using air gap
28:40 Orange Pill App promo
29:17 Bitcoin Evangelism book promo
30:06 Transactions using air gap
41:05 Wallet of Satoshi
43:04 How to transact from anywhere
44:57 Power grid concerns
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[@nataliebrunell]

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[@vivekagarwal9631]

I love you both, going step by step, great service to the community.

[@jethroe1903]

Thanks to both of you for putting the time into this. I think going forward this may end up being one of the most watched Bitcoin tutorials. Superb.

[@Sovtoshi_alt]

Nice. I'll be getting my MK4 soon enough. I'll watch this one as I think it will be nice to have the back and forth and make for an easy to watch format. You both do good work.

[@nonshatter7]

Please keep these tutorials coming. They are perfect because Natalie is inexperienced in the field like the rest of us and will ask the questions we would want to ask. Please include other hardware wallets like the Keystone 3 pro.

[@RyanZakMusic]

Thanks Natalie and Ben. I hope you'll do a 'how to set up a node' tutorial soon - Would be very timely and valuable considering the current political shenanigans.

[@w1ldthin9]

i agree. i think running a node is the #1 thing we need to teach people. a node protects everyone from a blackrock hardfork

[@kevinguerrero9596]

Re: the battery cold power thing ... I like to use a small rechargeable power bank / charger.

[@ajbbeck]

Can you plug it into an outlet for power? Does it need to be this method or can an outlet or powerbank work?

[@kevinmoorhead9856]

Thanks guys appreciate your time and expertise. I have a question regarding the sparrow wallet. If I already had funds in sparrow with a different wallet name and then did the airgapped coldcard into sparrow. Does that mean my funds are on the coldcard and the funds are no longer in the existing in the sparrow wallet? Both values show up in both sparrow wallets and wondering do I delete the non coldcard wallet on sparrow? thank you.

[@sigkalbar]

Nice

[@NeuroPulse]

I think the most important part is how the keys are generated, and then of course the signing method is important too.

[@rce2553]

Nice work! Some ideas … 1. Paint the trap door and threshold a flat brown soil color to add water proofing and camouflage . 2. I like that you have it where a car wouldn’t likely drive over it, but what if a horse steps on the hatch? Is a horse heavy enough to fall through? 3. What about fresh air for extended time down there. Does it need a vent pipe? It could be camouflaged and concealed, a piece of plastic plumbing pipe with a screen so nothing slithers down it in the middle of the night. 4. I like that you framed walls roof and floor, and water proofed it with the plastic, perhaps elevate the thresholds for the trap door up by inch so water physically can’t run down through the seam between the roof and trap doors, Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!

[@01menyou]

Isnt this similar to paper wallets back in the day?

[@thomasneal7126]

You got to be careful with obsessing over the security practices you are adopting. You can always create a scenario in your head why no matter what you do somebody can get your coins.

[@wells7147]

Predicting market movements is extremely difficult in reality. It requires the investor to be right twice: Essentially why individuals engage service of experts who provide proper strategies to navigate the markets

[@adamdouglas9888]

Agreed, which is exactly the reason I stopped taking advise from KZbinrs; in the long run, I only end up with a jumbled collection of stocks and bonds. Whereas all I needed to earn over $350k in less than three years was guidance from a true market strategist.

[@Richardson238]

in my case Fergus Waylen has assisted me in doing that effectively, I'm not an expert so I lack experience in investment strategies, I work and my consultant handles the rest....

[@x0cat711]

I am surprised that this name is being mentioned here, I stumbled upon some of his clients testimonies on CNBC news last week..

[@Georgina705]

Yeah He is quite popular in the financial space I have turned over more than half mil working with fergus on a wide array of options and finally sticking to a few that have been favorable in the past 2 years. I began working with him In October 22 after the Fed lended 300b usd for stimulus to stem crisis, I knew I needed help

[@WelseyWalker]

Fergus waylen is a retirement manager and investment/savings expert, in ranks with Cathie woods and Warren, has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies and has been involved in managing and providing financial guidance globally, it's all facebook

[@hattrickchu]

why still inject money to it knowing that the seed phrase have been exposed?

[@bitcoinmillionaire28]

THERE ARE MANY BITCOIN SHORT FUTURES TRADER IN SANTA MESA, MANILA PHILIPPINES. THEY ARE ALREADY SUPER RICH.

[@ChefEarthenware]

Natalie, I hope the seed phrase you have just shown is for a dummy account!

[@danielbaez4191]

Most likely and that wallet was likely drained way before this video was even edited and uploaded knowing Ben

[@ChefEarthenware]

@@tombarnes4163I types the comment before watching the whole video.

[@kboy5189]

😂 why? You couldn't watch his other videos and follow the instructions? Hahahahaha

[@jetboy770371]

It's so simple to own Bitcoin ! WTF Sounds like there are several layers of security systems that you must subscribe to because your Bitcoin account will be under unending threats of theft. Bitcoin sounds like it's costly just to keep it secure and to access it for use. One mistake and you're cleaned out.

[@togoni]

Who would ever use Bitcoin as a payment currency with such a complexity?

[@BitcoinWillFixEverything]

Are you serious with that comment?. Do you really not understand, or are you pretending to be stupid? It's okay to carry money on you, in your pocket or purse, but you would never carry a million Dollars on you, correct? This is for wealth storage.