crypto wallet company Keystone recently released bitcoin-only firmware for its most advanced device, the Keystone 3 Pro.
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New features including:
-Blue, Sparrow, Nunchuk Holder
– Primary root support via Sparrow
-XPUB QR code display
–bitcoin testing support
-Passphrase support
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Keystonewhich was renamed Cobo Vault in June 2021, has been producing crypto wallets since February 2018. The company first released a bitcoin-only firmware in 2020 and has now released a revised version of the firmware after taking into account feedback from its users. customers.
“Since day one, we have been listening closely to the bitcoin community, doing our best to develop the most secure hardware wallet,” Keystone CEO Lixin Liu told bitcoin Magazine.
“Receiving feedback from the community, we rewrote our embedded system using Rust, often considered the least error-prone, and open-sourced every line of code, allowing users to examine and verify the integrity of the firmware at any time,” he added. .
The new firmware also supports security-oriented features such as implementing Shamir Backup and importing three different seed phrases.
And not only is the new firmware more secure, but the Keystone 3 Pro itself was also designed with security in mind. The device is air-gapped, contains three Secure Element chips, and comes with a built-in self-destruct mechanism that erases all stored private keys if it detects physical tampering. It also allows users to create a seed phrase without having to first pair it with any native software, eliminating the potential risk of the private key being extracted through software.
“In addition to security updates, we have focused on improving usability,” Liu told bitcoin Magazine.
Liu highlighted how the firmware works seamlessly with Blue Wallet, Sparrow Wallet and Nunchuck, as well as how the Keystone 3 Pro has a 4-inch color touchscreen and a fingerprint scanner, making logging into the device more convenient. convenient. He also shared that the device's battery life is 20 times longer than its predecessor.
The Keystone 3 Pro currently sells for $129 on the company's website, amazon, and Newegg.
“We have kept our product affordable without compromising product quality, user experience and safety,” Liu added.
You can learn more about the Keystone 3 Pro shop/products/keystone-3pro”>here and download the exclusive bitcoin firmware for the device here.
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