Independent guide — not the official Trezor website
Trezor.io/start is the official setup address for a Trezor hardware wallet. This page walks you through what happens there — in plain English, in about fifteen minutes — so your first self-custody wallet is set up properly and your recovery seed stays yours alone.
The overview
People arrive at the keyword Trezor.io/start expecting a login screen and get confused when there isn't one. That is the whole point: a hardware wallet is not an account. Nothing is stored on a server for you. The start page exists to help you install software, put firmware on your device, and create a wallet whose keys never leave the hardware.
You download Trezor Suite, connect the device with the cable in the box, install the official firmware, choose a PIN, write your recovery seed on paper, and you are done. From then on your crypto lives behind a physical confirmation on the device screen.
Do this once, calmly, without anyone watching the screen over your shoulder — it is the single most important fifteen minutes of your crypto life.
The walkthrough
This is the same sequence the official start flow takes you through. Follow it in order — skipping the seed backup at step 4 is how people lose funds later.
Type trezor.io/start into the address bar by hand, or use the link on this page. Never use a setup link that arrived by email, DM, search ad or comment — those are the ones that get faked.
Choose the desktop app for your system or the web app in a supported browser. The download is only ever served from the official domain, and the app is where firmware installs and balances live.
Plug the device in with its own cable. Suite checks the firmware signature and shows the version on the device screen — approve it with the physical button, never on the computer alone.
Create a new wallet, choose a PIN you will remember, and copy the recovery words in the exact order shown on the device. Two independent checks follow. That paper is your wallet — treat it like cash in a safe.
Generate a receive address in Suite and confirm it matches the address shown on the device screen. Send a small test amount first; when it lands, send the rest with the same calm rhythm.
Opens trezor.io in a new tab — the setup wizard is on that domain only.
Read this twice
Not into a website, a wallet app, a firmware update, a support form, a chat, or a “migration” tool. If a page is asking for your twelve words, that page is stealing your money.
Paper or stamped metal, stored where only you can reach it. No photos, no cloud notes, no password manager, no email to yourself. Phones sync; safes do not.
Sealed packaging, official seller, no “pre-configured” devices from marketplaces. If the box arrived with a seed already written down inside, send it back.
Why people start here
Six things worth understanding before you click through the wizard — each one is a reason the fifteen minutes is worth doing slowly.
Your private keys are generated inside the hardware and stay there. The computer only ever sees signed transactions, never the key itself.
A short PIN locks the device itself, so a stolen wallet is a brick until the PIN is entered — and the device wipes itself after too many wrong tries.
The seed restores your whole wallet on a replacement device. Written correctly, offline, it is the difference between a bad week and a permanent loss.
An extra word creates a hidden wallet on the same seed. Useful if you are ever forced to open the device under pressure — the decoy wallet opens instead.
One place for balances, accounts, firmware updates and swaps. Same app on macOS, Windows, Linux and in the browser, with the device confirming every move.
Bitcoin, Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens, Litecoin, Cardano and many more live under the same backup — one seed, one device, far fewer places to make a mistake.
Questions people ask
Yes — it is the official start address published by SatoshiLabs, the company behind Trezor. This page you are reading is an independent guide that explains what happens there. Always type the address yourself rather than clicking a link somebody sent you.
You do — it installs firmware, creates your wallet and manages accounts afterwards. Both the desktop app and the web app are offered from the official start flow, and the device must be connected by cable for the important steps.
On paper or metal, offline, in exactly the order shown on the device screen. Never photograph it, never type it into a website or app, and never store it in a cloud note or password manager. Nobody legitimate will ever ask to see it.
The PIN unlocks the physical device and only matters while the hardware is in front of you. The passphrase is optional and creates an extra hidden wallet, so the same seed can hold more than one set of funds. Losing the passphrase means losing that hidden wallet — back it up separately.
On supported models, yes — the device connects with a cable or adapter and the screen on the hardware remains the thing you approve on. Never approve a transaction you cannot read on the device display.
Familiarise yourself with the seed backup on a spare device or a test wallet before restoring any real funds. Verify your backup recovery at least once with a small amount — a backup you have never tested is only a hope.
The setup itself is short. What lasts is the habit: type the address yourself, read the device screen, keep the seed offline.