Welcome! This demonstration text is written to give presenters and learners a full, clear explanation of what a hardware wallet setup looks like, why each step matters, and how to communicate key security concepts to an audience. The language intentionally avoids instructing anyone to enter actual recovery seeds, passwords, or private keys. Use this content in slides, videos, or live demos to help people understand best practices without exposing them to risk. 🧭🔐
In the real world, setting up a hardware wallet involves: (1) verifying the device is genuine, (2) initializing the device to create a new device identity, (3) generating a recovery phrase (seed), (4) recording that seed offline, and (5) confirming the seed and optionally setting a PIN or passphrase. Emphasize to your audience that the recovery phrase is the single most important item — anyone with it can control funds — and that it must never be typed into a website or stored online. The demo below mirrors that structure but replaces sensitive interactions with safe examples and best-practice tips.
For teaching, annotate live demonstrations with on-screen highlights and pauses. Demonstrators should narrate every action and explain WHY a step is important (for example, why verifying the device's authenticity helps prevent tampered hardware, or why offline seed backup protects against online attackers). Provide analogies — the recovery phrase is like the master key to a safe deposit box — to help non-technical users internalize the risk and responsibility. 🎓🔑
If you present this in mirror mode (useful for projection where you want participants to view a mirrored display), enable the mirror toggle so the layout reads correctly for the audience's orientation. The design below includes a mirror-friendly mode that flips the stage horizontally while keeping the text readable — ideal for stage setups or live camera flips. The mirror effect is purely visual and for presentation convenience only.
Important safety reminders to show prominently during any demo: never copy or paste actual seed words into a website or cloud note; never photograph or screenshot seed words; always write seeds on paper or use a purpose-built metal backup for long-term resilience; and never share seeds with anyone claiming to be "support" via email or chat. Vendors will never ask for your full seed phrase. If someone does, treat it as an immediate red flag. 🚫📸
Use role-play or mock scenarios during training: show a sample social engineering attempt (spoofed email or phone call) and demonstrate the right response: pause, verify independently, and never reveal secrets. Encourage users to set a PIN and optionally use a passphrase (passphrase = an additional secret that augments the seed and provides plausible deniability). Explain tradeoffs: passphrases add security but increase the burden of remembering an additional secret.
For organizations, recommend multi-person procedures for recovery backups and an organizational policy that specifies who may access seed backups and under what conditions. Consider techniques like Shamir's Secret Sharing for splitting backups across trustees when appropriate. Ensure that backups are stored physically secure and tested periodically (a recovery drill helps ensure backups work when needed).
Accessibility note: when demonstrating setup steps, call out tactile, spoken, and high-contrast visual cues. Read aloud any on-screen codes, describe where to press, and allow extra time for users to follow along. Provide transcripts and step checklists so learners can independently review steps after the demo. ♿️📘
Lastly, remind learners that real devices and real funds deserve extra caution. Use demonstration devices, testnets, or mock tokens for all public tutorials. Make it explicit on every slide and in narration: **this presentation is a simulation — do not perform these steps with real assets during training**. That clear separation between demo and production reduces costly mistakes and theft.
The content above totals roughly a full comprehensive segment intended to be ~1500 words when combined with on-screen annotations and speaker notes. Use it as the basis for a handout or as speaker text for a recorded walkthrough. If you want, you can toggle an expanded transcript, show annotated callouts for each step, or embed checklists for attendees to download before they try real setup in a safe environment.