I am not sure I could ever use Bitkey, considering the key generation methods are completely secret and there is no mechanism for us to choose our own keys (derived from another trusted source).

Disclaimer: I own a stack of these that I purchased at full price to test them out.

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The worst part is they claim to be open source and pointed me over to their github which doesn't actually have any information or details on the source of entropy as it is (apparently) based entirely on another organization's hardware. Extremely concerning, considering other wallets both (A) fully opensourced their entropy sources and (B) allow you to choose your own keys:

https://x.com/bitkeyofficial/status/1838424677628445176

Don't get me wrong though - outside of this issue, the Bitkey would likely be my most used hardware wallet.

I haven't put any measurable bitcoin onto any of them, waiting to see why everything else about it is so perfect but this one thing ☹️