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Board Hardware wallets
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Re: Secure Element in Hardware Wallets
by
NotATether
on 17/08/2023, 07:03:52 UTC
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (1) ,JayJuanGee (1)
The image in the OP is probken, @dkbit98 maybe you should switch it to Talkimg.

Name
Open Source
Secure Element
SE Model + Microcontroller
Evaluation Assurance Level
NO
YES
NXP P60
EAL5+
NO
YES
Unknown chip
EAL5+
NO (soon Y)
YES
NXP P5CD081
EAL5+
NO (soon Y)
YES
NXP J3R110
EAL6+
NO
YES
Infineon ?
EAL6+
NO
YES
ST31H320 A03
EAL5+
NO
YES
Infineon Optiga Trust-P
EAL5+
NO
YES
Infineon CC ?
EAL5+
N/A
YES
unknown built-in SE + STM32MP157C
EAL7+
NO
YES
Samsung SecureCore microchip ?
EAL6+
NO
YES
Military-grade CC security chip ?
EAL6+
NO
YES
Unknown chip
EAL4+
N/A
YES
Infineon SLE78
EAL6+
NO
YES
NXP ? + ARM Cortex M4
EAL6+
YES
YES
HSC32I1
EAL6+*/EAL 4+
YES
YES
ATECC608A
outdated chip
YES
YES
ATECC608A
outdated chip
YES
YES
Infineon ?
EAL6+
YES
YES
probably MAX36010-BSN-T
EAL5+
YES
YES
ARM Cortex-M0
EAL5+
YES
YES
ATECC608B + Maxim DS28S60 (+ Maxim MAX32520)
EAL?
N/A
YES
NXP MCU + ?
N/A
YES
YES
NXP J3H145 and NXP J3R110
EAL6+
NO
YES
ATECC608A
outdated chip
YES
NO
N/A + STM32F205VG
N/A
YES
YES
ATECC608A+NXP JCOP3 and ARM Cortex-M
EAL5+ outdated chip 608A
YES
YES
nRF5340
N/A

Am I the only one here who's bothered by the fact that there's only EAL7 on this whole list, and that most of the mainstream hardware wallets either don't have an SE, or low quality one (hence why I chopped out the first few entries)?

It is quite a shame, as HW manufacturers' reputation is built on trust, and I don't see how you're supposed to gather a lot of trust if you only have one hardware wallet released in the last 5 or so years.