The developers of the wallet Opendime recently announced a new project — hardware crypto Coinkite Coldcard for miners and captainvalor. He looks like some gadget from kiberpankovye novel of the eighties, but this is not its only advantage.
Developers have reported that the use of a purse will not need to purchase any specialized equipment. In addition, it does not require any applications to the computer — it just works on the principle of a memory card or HDD, so you can simply move files into it.
The wallet features an OLED display for displaying information and buttons for entering a PIN. It will be a connector for micro-SD card, which you can use to quickly backup the data stored inside. In addition, the owner will get the opportunity to do offline transaction signing, passing an unsigned or signed transactions between devices.
The private key of the user will be stored on a dedicated encryption chip set and not in main memory, which should provide additional protection against hacking.
The device will prepare to work with the main wallets, and it will cost about $ 50. In selling the gadget will appear in the spring of 2018, and for pre-order is available now.
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Hardware crypto for miners-kiberpank
Vyacheslav Larionov