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2025-এ, লেডজার ‘বোমা’পোড়াল: 2016-এর ‘ন্যানো S’,তাদের 16-বছরদশি, �ছરকলভিতি 320KB-এই memory limit-এ।

কিন্তু million users-দেওয়াদিগকে, ‘innovation’-এইখান?

আমি remember: $79, sleek metal casing, instant cold storage credibility.

2019-তে $118M+ revenue—iPhone4 moment: simple, powerful, trusted.

Now they’re telling users to upgrade—or face obsolescence.

Why It Hurts More Than Just Hardware

Nano S still runs BTC and ETH perfectly fine. You can send and receive. But you can’t use new apps—like those for DeFi or NFTs—because space is gone.

And yes, memory limits are real. But so is timing.

Ledger kept selling the Nano S into 2022 (and even later via third-party resellers). Then suddenly announce deprecation in 2025? That’s not strategy—it’s customer betrayal wrapped in technical jargon.

Charles Guillemet says they’re “evolving” for modern needs. Fair enough—but evolution shouldn’t come at the cost of trust.

A Community in Disarray

The reaction? Predictable but painful.

• @sudo called it “unethical”—forced upgrades while legacy support vanishes.
• @CryptoCharged said he’d been loyal for seven years; now he feels betrayed.
• @BAYC_5511 declared war: “No more Ledger products.”

It wasn’t just anger—it was grief. For many, that little silver device held years of savings… even spiritual comfort during market crashes.

This isn’t a product cycle anymore; it’s emotional labor being outsourced to wallets.

The Competitive Surge You Can’t Ignore

While Ledger stumbles on optics, others are watching closely—and moving fast. Zach Herbert from FOUNDATION (makers of Passport Prime) laid out four damning points: 1️⃣ Selling old hardware while ditching support? Apple does better with iOS updates—even on older iPhones. 2️⃣ Security patches should last longer than three years in a high-stakes environment like crypto storage. 3️⃣ Open-source apps exist—but Ledger blocks community contributions due to closed ecosystems (a red flag). 4️⃣ With ~4 million users on Nano S alone—and most likely upgrading—the potential revenue lift could exceed $500M if done right… instead of driving them away through fear-mongering language. Let me be clear: I respect Ledger’s technical excellence. They’ve built something rare—an ecosystem where people actually trust their keys are safe. But trust erodes when companies treat users like cash cows instead of partners in decentralization.