So...I remember setting up my Ledger Nano S years ago...but one thing I did NOT do, was test out the recovery phrase.
Well...here recently, i was updating all my wallets...ive got a collection of em...ledger nano s, nano X (still havent used), ColdCard (Still setting up), Trezor ONE (Brand new, gave it away) and Trezor Model T (Holds all of my alts unless they are staked).
But my Nano S, holds ALL of my BTC since 2017.
So I decide today to test my recovery phrase....FOUR YEARS later...and guess what.
It did NOT WORK!
Scared the living SHIT out of me.
Luckily i had access to all the funds and i still have like 2 other ledgers that i dont use so I used one of them and first checked the recovery phrase TWICE and both times were successful, and then sent all my BTC (Nerve Wracking as FUCK!) to my other Ledger...and was pretty shocked at how cheap it was to move all of that but while waiting I was literally sweating bullets and shitting bricks.
So i want to tell ALL of you, DO YOUR RECOVERY CHECKS ON YOUR HW WALLETS RIGHT AFTER YOU SET IT UP!!
I consider myself EXTREMELY LUCKY that nothing bad happened or i would have ROYALLY SCREWED.
Def a humbling experience for me.
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