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One thing to note is that the Passport has all these same problems and, according to that chart, has the same SE as the MkIII, the Bitbox02.

Rich Nost 2y ago

Also, you have no idea if the mnufacturer is going to be around to keep cranking these devices out or even update the firmware.

True story, I bought 2 Cobo Vault Pros, kept them NIB, and then a year later, Cobo dissolves their hardware division and decides to stop updating the firmware. The division either officially or unofficially spun off into Keystone, but Cobo wont give Keystone the signing keys for the firmware, so basically those two Cobo Vaults aged like milk real fast, despite the fact they *could* run the Keystone firmware, if Cobo weren't dicks.

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Rich Nost 2y ago

Both the Keystone and Cobo suffer from really short battery life (big, full color Android touchscreen with haptic feedback really drains it quickly). I don't recommend Keystone.

node 2y ago

I remember that whole cobo/keystone. It’s so stupid

Leave the customers hanging like that

node 2y ago

Many suggest to keep some signing devices unused as a security, to quickly retrieve a wallet if needed. But this type of thing really throws a wrench into that

Rich Nost 2y ago

Another advantage of DIY hardware and open software. The device has a fighting chance of staying relevant. Plus the contributers are also users. I have even made contributions to SeedSigner to expand the keyboard character set and maximum passptrade character limit.

node 2y ago

Oh nice you’ve worked on seedsigner! If I understand it works similarly to the jade when you use it uninitialized and load the seed via QR code

Rich Nost 2y ago

Yes you have to enter in the seed and passphrase every time you boot the SeedSigner. The Jade has a battery tho, and the SeedSigner is just a RPi Zero that is powered by the usb port. For both devices, if entering the seed is too cumbersome, they both support SeedQR.