Ledger’s Sunset Plan For OG Nano S Draws Ire

Users across social media are horrified after the book, the main provider of the hardware crypt of wallets, who announced last month that it was support for sunset for Nano S.

In the original announcement on May 30th Ledger said It moved from Nano with a book and, as a result, new applications, functions and application updates would no longer be accepted.

Nano was launched in 2016, so some devices happened for almost 10 years.

The Wallet provider They also encouraged users to “upgrade to other books” and check “have their 24-scent phrase for recovery to maintain support.”

Cotton users on notification

The original announcement from the book was published last month. However, it seems that many users on social media have just caught up with commentaries carried between anger, disappointment and grim adoption that other technology companies are already involved in similar practices.

User under the PCAVERSACCIO handle that works in Ethereum ecosystem, said On Wednesday it was “very uncoool” to “effectively force anyone to buy and enter the seed into a new device”.

“I understand that you are a company, but do not play back compatibility with guys, many are relying on LNS. You are one of the few trustworthy parties, and now you will start censoring new features and access to justification,” Pcaversaccio said.

Main Bummer for users

X User Beau, Pudgy Security Project Manager said Wednesday that the crossing was the “main bummer” and disappointment of Ledger.

“If you are currently using Nano S, make sure you have a backed -up phrase and convert assets to new wallet if necessary. You don’t want to be captured by broken devices after the update,” Beau said.

Another user, under the Juan handle, which is part of the nimilion ecosystem, inquired If Ledger is “just by obsolete the existing people’s facilities and forcing them to buy a new one? I read it so?

Users feared potential security risks

Some users asked whether the book Nano would still work or whether there may be a safety risk for the use of a device without continuing support.

Beau said He thinks “It is likely to work, but the device will not receive updates, which means it is more likely to break or have a problem with security.”

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Roman Semenov, Tornado Cash Developer, which is currently considered a total by the US government after charging In connection with his work on Tornado Cash, claimed He has not updated his book for years.

“I stopped updating my book years ago when they began to introduce their firmware of the backup cloud backup. It really doesn’t need any updates to work,” he said.

Ledger did not respond immediately to the request of Cointlegraph about the comment.

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