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# Cold Wallet
- URL: https://zipmex.com/blog/glossary-cold-wallet/
- Published: 2025-10-03T14:57:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-25T15:57:23.000Z
- Author: ZIPMEX
- Tags: #blog-col

A type of digital wallet that stores the user’s address and private key. It is similar to the key or password which unlocks safe boxes keeping private cryptocurrencies.

# What is Cold Wallet?

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Cold wallet is a wallet that is not connected to the internet. Users must be responsible for their own private keys.

## What types of Cold wallets are there?

1. Paper wallet

A paper wallet is a type of cold wallet which is in the form of a paper which has public keys and private keys information such as a Bitcoin paper wallet etc.

1. Hardware wallet

Hardware wallets are typically a USB drive device that keeps the user’s private key. Moreover, it connects to software on computers or mobile devices. Examples include Trezor Model T wallet, Ledger Nano S wallet etc.

### Cold wallet advantages

High security; it is unlikely to be hacked as private keys never come to connect with a user’s computer network.

- Ability to back up whole digital assets in hardware wallet
- Multi signatures to protect the wallet from hackers. An approval for a transaction has to be approved by a number of people.

### Cold wallet disadvantages

Paper wallet 

- The complexity of use : users need to print information on paper then input data to computer or mobile phone when it is needed.
- It can easily get lost and if lost, all digital assets will be lost forever.

Hardware wallet

- Hardware wallets are more expensive than other wallets (Ledger Nano X price ranges from around $30 to $3,000)
- Can lose hardware wallet and private keys will be lost forever.
- A hardware’s service life is short.

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