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SLP238 Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter - Passport by Foundation Devices: Air Gapped Hardware Wallet

The market for high quality hardware wallets is becoming more competitive with new entrants over time. Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter of Foundation Devices join me to talk about their new upcoming product, Passport. Passpo...

2021-10-13

Episode notes

The market for high quality hardware wallets is becoming more competitive with new entrants over time. Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter of Foundation Devices join me to talk about their new upcoming product, Passport. Passport is fully air gapped (QR or microSD), PSBT, and designed with an open source mindset. We chat:

0:00 Zach and Ken’s history with Obelisk prior to Foundation
15:07 Overview of Passport
18:26Features
21:06 Approach with software
24:50 QR air gapping
40:54 Seed Generation
46:08 Firmware updates
58:46 Pricing and Timing