Trezor Safe 5
Ranked 2 of 4 cryptocurrency wallets by recommenders
People recommend Trezor for keeping crypto keys on the device and for its open source firmware. Critics question its supply chain and security processes.
People recommend Trezor for keeping crypto keys on the device and for its open source firmware. Critics question its supply chain and security processes.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Keys stay on the device
“If you use a trezor hardware wallet you can deterministically regenerate -sk keys.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Setting Up SSH Keys on macOS with Touch ID” “There is a web plugin but the keys never leave the hardware wallet.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Binance's Trust Wallet extension hacked; users lose $7M”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Supply chain tampering concerns
“turns out it initializes with a copy of the legitimate firmware then saboteurs simply overwrite the random seed generator”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “Who Is Planting Backdoors in Ledger Crypto Wallets?” “Trezor is just selling off-the-shelf QFP chips and holding their customers accountable for their own supply chain?”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “Trezor Wallets Also Compromised with Implants”
Other cryptocurrency wallets people recommend
The three most recommended other cryptocurrency wallets, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledger hardware wallet | 11 | 47 | 19% | 4 | — | — |
| Trezor Safe 5This page | 6 | 4 | 60% | 2 | — | — |
| Cake Wallet | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
| Coldcard hardware wallet | 5 | 20 | 20% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Trezor and Yubikey 5C devices happen to also do FIDO2”
“Trezor runs open source firmware.”
“a hardware wallet would catch that”
“It's approaching the never lose a key again levels.”
“If you use a trezor hardware wallet you can deterministically regenerate -sk keys.”
“turns out it initializes with a copy of the legitimate firmware then saboteurs simply overwrite the random seed generator”
“Trezor is just selling off-the-shelf QFP chips and holding their customers accountable for their own supply chain?”
“even a trezor, despite their mail provider being hacked, is better.”
“You'd probably want to use diversity for this”
“about their (lack of) security processes making downstream distro package management more difficult”
“Anything Trezor knows about you should be considered thoroughly compromised.”
“There is a web plugin but the keys never leave the hardware wallet.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.