Charles Guillemet is the CTO at Ledger with a highly experienced background in cryptography  and hardware security. 

In today’s episode, Charles walks through all levels of security. No matter if you’re just beginning your wallet security journey or if youre a veteran, this episode will teach you something new about all things crypto and wallet security. 

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 5:52 CTO of Ledger 8:35 Private Keys  17:25 Avoiding Bad Entropy  23:11 Private Keys & Seed Phrases 29:00 Mistakes Storing Seed Phrases 36:55 Securing Your Seed Phrase  45:00 Overengineer Wallet Security 47:55 Cold vs. Hot Wallets  54:22 Benefits of Hot Wallets  58:47 Smart Contract Risk  1:06:45 Allowances  1:11:30 Allowance Access  1:14:00 Blind Signing  1:18:00 Solution to Blind Signing  1:21:38 Resources to Learn More 1:22:22 Closing & Disclaimers 

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Charles Guillemet https://twitter.com/P3b7_ 

Ledger https://twitter.com/Ledger 

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