Re: Should Hardware Wallets Be Open Source?

Quote from: Ann1989 on December 16, 2019, 03:48:24 AM

Quote from: Tibu on December 14, 2019, 04:55:13 PM

I will preach for my church : yes, hardware wallet should be open source AND use hardware that is built on an open standard.
Just like the Satochip hardware wallet... Tongue

Maybe sometime in the future when we have a large developer community. For hardware wallets, the unfortunate truth is that releasing source code makes it easier for hackers to detect loopholes and carry out attacks.

Yeah, right. But in the other hand, if the bug is found by an ethical hacker, he may push a corrective patch instead of trying to corrupt some hardware wallet.
This is a good example : https://satochip.io linked to the Github repo : https://github.com/Toporin/SatochipApplet/releases/tag/v0.9-0.1