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Board Hardware wallets
Re: Thoughts about Passport hardware wallet
by
o_e_l_e_o
on 29/07/2020, 19:14:48 UTC
Ledger looks a like old USB drive you can get for 50 cents  Grin and don't let me start with their shity Ledger Live  Undecided
I wouldn't disagree with that, but at least people still use USB drives. Nobody has owned a phone which looks like the Passport for 15+ years. And yes, Ledger Live is bad, which is why most people use Electrum as the interface instead. Tongue

Don't get me wrong - I like the airgapped designed, and I like their commitment to being open sourced (although no links to their GitHub yet), I just don't see myself carrying such a device around with me. Perhaps I would use it as a hardware wallet that stays at home.

I did not see how these devices will be charged
They won't be. They used standard AAA batteries, so you just replace them when they run out.



I also wonder if they are reading this thread. At some point since my earlier post less than 12 hours ago showing concern about their back up methods, the page I linked (https://foundationdevices.com/passport/details/) has now been updated to include that back ups are available via "standard 24 word seed". Good to know it will be BIP39 compatible.

Lots of potential positives about this wallet, I just personally find the design a bit of a sticking point.