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Dec 2020
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SLP238 Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter - Pa...

STEPHAN LIVERA
About this episode

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:

  • Zach and Ken’s history with Obelisk prior to Foundation
  • Overview of Passport
  • Features
  • Approach with software
  • QR air gapping
  • Seed Generation
  • Firmware updates
  • Pricing and Timing

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