Trezor announces upcoming support for cashaddr, a BCH address format. Bitcoin Cash users can store their BCH in Hardware Wallet.
It increased security for those wishing to safeguard their investment carefully. Bitcoin Cash developer Amaury Séchet responded saying “Agreed. I have a plan to change the address format. Changing the address format is expensive, so I would like to investigate various other option than just changing the prefix before settling on something. I would also have to convince other in the space that this is a good address format.” This would eventually manifest as cashaddr.
The decision to support BCH in the first place was straightforward, maybe it came about a bit too quickly. Trezer promised that if BCH implements the necessary two-way replay protection, they will develop TREZOR to support the currency.
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