Trezor Model T

The Trezor Model T is Trezor’s first touchscreen hardware wallet, released on 26 February 2018, and it is discontinued. Trezor’s support notice says it left the Trezor e-shop on 8 January 2026, though official resellers may sell remaining stock “for a limited time”. The Model T page says its “spirit lives on in the Trezor Safe 5”. Current models: Safe 3, Safe 5 and Safe 7.

Is the Trezor Model T still supported?

Yes, for now. The same notice promises basic maintenance until at least 2031, new coin support until at least 2031 and critical security updates until at least 2036, and says the Model T remains “safe to use”. Trezor’s firmware changelog lists Model T firmware 2.12.5, released on 16 September 2026.

On post-quantum cryptography, the notice expects the Model T to handle future signing changes through software, but says only the Safe 7 is designed to resist the firmware threat it describes.

Who is the Trezor Model T for now?

Mainly people who already own one. If you are buying a new device, Trezor points to the Safe 5. For a Model T bought from a reseller, Trezor’s authentication guide says to check the holographic seal over the connector and notes that every Trezor ships without firmware, installed during setup.

It is a weaker fit if you want:

• a secure element: the Model T has none (see below);
• no cable: it connects only by USB-C;
• multisig inside Trezor Suite: Trezor says Suite does not support multisig wallets directly, so it works through compatible third-party software.

What is the Trezor Model T screen like?

Trezor lists a 1.54-inch color touchscreen at 240 x 240 pixels, a 64 x 39 x 10 mm body weighing 22 g, and a casing made from a PC/ABS plastic blend. Trezor’s hardware page lists an ARM Cortex-M4 processor at 168 MHz, while the Model T page gives 180 MHz for the same Cortex-M4; we could not reconcile the two figures. The authentication guide says there is no battery.

You enter the PIN by tapping the touchscreen, and Trezor’s passphrase guide lists the Model T among the devices that support passphrase entry on the device itself, so it does not have to be typed on the computer.

For the microSD slot, Trezor documents card encryption: its microSD encryption guide says it binds the device to a secret on the card, so unlocking needs both the PIN and the card. It is set up with the trezorctl command-line tool, and a lost card still leaves the wallet recoverable from its backup.

Does the Trezor Model T have a secure element?

No. Trezor’s Safe 3 FAQ explains that when the Model One and Model T were designed, available secure elements required non-disclosure agreements that conflicted with its open-source approach, so it relied on alternatives such as the passphrase and Shamir backup.

That choice has a documented cost. On 31 January 2020 Kraken Security Labs published an attack on the Model One and Model T that uses voltage glitching to extract the encrypted seed, then brute-forces the PIN. It needs about 15 minutes of physical access. Kraken wrote that the flaw was difficult to fix “without a hardware redesign” and recommended a BIP39 passphrase, which is not stored on the device. Trezor’s PIN page adds that 16 wrong PIN attempts reset the device and erase the wallet.

Is the Trezor Model T open source?

The device software is. Trezor’s security page says it “has always been open-source” and can be verified and built from the public code. So is the hardware design: Trezor’s hardware page says “Trezor device hardware is open-source”, and the trezor-hardware repository includes a Model T folder, with contents dual-licensed under the GNU AGPL v3 and the CERN Open Hardware Licence v2 (strongly reciprocal), according to its README. We have not assessed how complete those files are.

How does Trezor Model T backup and recovery work?

Trezor’s backup guide lists three formats for the Model T:

• 12 words (default) or 24 words follow BIP39, which the guide says is widely supported by other wallets.
• 20-word shares follow SLIP-39. Trezor’s SLIP39 FAQ lists the Model T among devices that support Multi-share Backup with firmware 2.7.2, where a chosen number of shares, for example 2 of 3, rebuilds the wallet. The same FAQ names Electrum, Rabby, Sparrow and BlueWallet as software that can import SLIP39 backups.

An optional passphrase is supported. Trezor’s passphrase guide says a mistyped passphrase opens a different wallet, and its SLIP39 FAQ warns that “Funds secured by a passphrase cannot be recovered if you lose the passphrase!” More in our seed phrase guide.

What coins does the Trezor Model T support?

The Model T page says the wallet “provides native support for 14 assets”, with thousands of coins and tokens reached through supported integrations; we have not counted them. Trezor’s firmware release index also lists a Bitcoin-only build of Model T firmware.

Has the Trezor Model T been hacked?

The security history below this article includes the 2020 Kraken research and the January 2026 discontinuation, plus brand-level incidents that were not device flaws: a January 2024 support-portal breach, a June 2025 phishing campaign and a shipping-provider breach. For the last, Trezor reported exposed names, phone numbers and email and shipping addresses on 13 August 2026, and on 4 September added about 67,000 US customers with orders from November 2019 to August 2021. Trezor says hardware wallets, private keys and backups were not affected.

What replaced the Trezor Model T?

The Safe 5, which Trezor’s Safe 5 product page listed at $129 on 14 October 2026. It keeps a 1.54-inch, 240 x 240 color touchscreen and adds a secure element certified to EAL6+. For the step up from the Safe 5, see Trezor Safe 5 vs Safe 7; for other makers, Ledger vs Trezor or the wallet database.

What we could not verify

• Price. Trezor no longer lists one, and reseller stock and prices were outside our checks.
• Basic maintenance. Trezor does not define what the 2031 commitment covers.
• Hardware design files. Trezor publishes them; we have not assessed their completeness.
• Processor clock speed. Trezor’s pages give both 168 MHz and 180 MHz.
• Model-specific exposure. Trezor did not publish how many affected shipping-incident customers had ordered a Model T.
• Country of manufacture. Our record (Czech Republic) rests on a February 2025 forum reply, not a product page.