Tesla je samo trojanski konj, da ljudi pomisle kako su takvi zeleni (i self.driving) električni automobili bolji za sve, a potpuno je suprotno.
Uskoro planiraju zabraniti benzin a struja će biti toliko skupa da ljudi neće moći platiti ni račune a da ne pričamo o punjenju elektro automobila.
Interesantno da Tesla sve ove godine radi s gubicima, pa se morate zapitati kako je to moguće, ali s ljudima kao Elon Musk je sve moguće, samo pogledaj cirkus koji je napravio s Bitcoinom i Doge coinom.  

Jeste li gledali novi film Samaritan sa Sylvester Stallone?
Flm nije ni malo dosadan i nema ona moderna ideološka sranja i ispiranja mozga, kao da gledam neki film iz 90-tih
Stallone ima 76 godina ali mislim da još nije završio sa glumom.

Nisam gledao ali vidim da je izašla i nova serija The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, i počela je treća sezona sci-fi serije See sa Jason Momoa.

Foil is on Trezor display.
I don't really care much about cheap plastic case, because they released .STL files as open source and I can always 3d print it in any color/material I want.
One information I found recently is that Trezor made metallic case model and gave them to all their workers few years ago, and they sold some as anniversary edition.

Waiting for Godot 
This preorder thing was total delay disaster for Passport and I don't think they should do that again in future, even if it's probably not directly their fault, but still...
I hope you receive and test it before man-made global economic collapse 

This is not their own invention by any means, I think that Blockstream (and maybe some other manufacturer) is using very similar strategy with their Jade hardware wallet for years.
I have nothing against people who want to use this babysitter approach, but make it optional and give people a choice to not use it if they want to take the risk.
Problem with this approach is that it could happen something similar like with iPhones, they remove chargers from box and next year everyone removes charger from packaging.
In scenario with Block hardware wallet taking big market share, other brands (like ledger) could easily follow to make similar change.

It's absolutely confusing, most people probably don't know the difference between this cards and they look all the same to them, even without naming confusion.
We are here in forum talking actively about hardware wallets or cards, and I still feel like I need special manual or tutorial to see the difference between all this cards.

I would love to hear what license they have...
Still didn't get any answer from NVK... he is only contacting me when he needs update or correction in one of my HW topics  

I know for sure that Safepal hardware wallet has closed source this, so you can't verify anything coming from their QR code, and all other stuff they have is closed source.
I am not sure how this works for Passport hardware wallet, but they have almost everything open source like design and firmware, but you need to verify with them how QR codes work.
For DIY signing device SeedSigner QR code is simply a string of numbers representing each word on the BIP39 wordlist, and Krux signing device supports it:
https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/blob/main/tools/seed_phrase_to_qr.py

It's easy to make DIY hardware signing devices with raspberry pi zero, or with cheap M5StickV or Maix Amigo devices.
Nothing would connect you with Bitcoin and maybe you could purchase them in your local electronic shop.

There is easy solution for this in Chromium based browsers (Chrome, Brave, etc).
Right click on Tampermonkey icon and select Manage extension.
Than look for settings names Site access, and select On specific sites - than just add bitcointalk.org website.



Sadly, for Firefox browser this option is not available for Tampermonkey extension, but maybe there are some other method I am not aware off.
Maybe this can be somehow tweaked and modified inside Tampermonkey advanced settings.

How do we know all the risks of this scam, when we don't even know the full story yet?
Scammers could actually create new website with that domain and lure people do send them bitcoin (in fake exchange), to be eligible for withdrawing fake 0.6 BTC.
I said before that similar tactics was used in fake discord giveaways in last few years.

What exactly is user passwords?
If you are talking about password login details for websites, than this is possible with some hardware wallets but if you lose that wallet or it gets broken, you will lose access to your websites.
You can even use Fido 2FA with Trezor and ledger hardware wallets, but again if you lose wallet you lose access, so it's better to have backup device.
For password managers I would suggest using something like opensource KeePass software, instead of using hardware wallets.
If you want you can generate 12 seed words offline and use them as password for KeePass.

I never tried it because you must install their extension to use it, and it only works for Chrome browser I think  

easternklaas could be a potential victim of scam attempt, and other people as well.
What are the chances that he finds the same wallet two times, and other people to report exact same thing on reddit?
If they don't take fingerprint evidence, at least they can warn people someone is trying to scam them like this with fake bitcoin wallets.

Can you remember by any chance who was the first guy in this topic to say this fake paper wallet is a scam?  

I would suggest that you take this fake paper wallet to your local police station in Australia, so they can take fingerprints and see who is really planting this ''seeds'' in your area.
He made a bunch of them, and there is no chance someone is doing this by chance, this is most likely deliberate scam attempt.

Can you please share the full domain name of that .com website?
EDIT: Never mind, I found it.

He probably printed bunch of same copies and used paper clip to hold them together.
I can't find any records of that .com domain, so he probably invented something that doesn't exist to make it look more legit.

This is how they look when they are freshly printed and planted, no water or rust yet:


https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/wuf2ke/scam_found_these_littered_around_my_suburb_in/

I don't care very much about case skins, but I would consider purchasing screen protection that can change text(screen color and protect screen from scratches.
Many people reported scratches happening very easy for Bitbox02 and for first version of Passport hardware wallets.
I know some people still keep original foil on their Trezor wallets  

I saw ledger is making custom brand names on their metallic parts and they have cases in different colors.
Using skins in easier and cheaper than buying new device in different colors, and you can choose much more color options.

Yeah I just wrote about that, and I think you generally have problem with screen scratches on all your hardware wallets

I think they are selling stickers for other stuff also, like cars for example and general use stickers.

Block (ex Square) developers decided to reveal more information about their upcoming hardware wallet device, and this time they talked more about processors.
They first considered making their own open source ASIC processor but that would prolong release date, and have other complications along the road.
This is why they decided to choose one of three models, Secure Element (SE), System on Chip (SoC), and Microcontroller (MCU).
Final choice was Silicon Labs EFR32MG24 secure MCU  that is based on the ARM Cortex-M33 architecture, and they plan to release firmware and hardware design open source as much is possible.

Looking at their release design we can see device with usb-c connection, Li-Po battery, fingerprint sensor, nfc coil and rgb led.
In heart of everything is Silicon Labs EFR32MG24:


https://wallet.build/processing-our-processor-choice/
https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee/efr32mg24-series-2-socs

One more preevish website... I really don't understand what's happening with all this obsession of making the one real successor
Domain oh.gold is cool, but it's more suited for something related to gold than with bitcoin.

Good luck trying to catch all the bitcoiners around the world 
I don't know what Saylor was doing, but taxes are getting crazy, and there are no connections between Micheal Saylor and Tornado Cash, but in future they could always try to add new restrictions and regulations for Bitcoin and mining.
I think people need to understand that governments should be working for the people, we pay them and we can always fire them, one way or another.

Would you buy a skin that would make your hardware wallet unique?
There is one website called Builtinvain selling products like this and you can buy them using cryptocurrencies.
They can be used to change the color for hardware wallet cases, and to protect screen from scratches and change text color.
Currently supported hardware wallets are Trezor model T, Ledger S,X,S+, Bitbox02, Dcent and Safepal.


https://www.builtinvain.com/

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Note that I am not affiliated with this website in any way, I just think this is interesting idea.

Get rich or die tryin' while stealing money from other people
Albania is known as one of the most corrupt countries in Europe and possibly world, so who knows what people from there promised him, maybe new identity and citizenship with different name.
Who knows what really happened, someone probably snitched him, but Albania is not that far from Turkey, and it was not so easy to travel in last few years.
His new accommodation is already waiting for him in Turkish prison.

Or outside circumstances and travel restrictions messed up with his plans
2 billions sounds like a lot of money but with current inflation, money printing and rising prices I wouldn't be surprised if that value gets similar like in Zimbabwe soon.

That is fine and it reminds me on something similar we can see on smartphones running grapheneos.
I am not sure how other hardware wallets are dealing with this because I never researched it deeply.

I don't know what to say about two year old article, nothing new is said there.
There are risks purchasing and using hardware wallets, but you can mitigate most of them if you are careful.
You can buy device locally in official reseller shop, use disposable email address and alternative delivery address for ordering and delivery, use PO or UPS boxes, etc.
Alternative way is to build your own DIY signing device or just use small old laptop as a cold storage.
There is no perfect universal solution for everyone, and I can find negative or positive for any options.

Can someone just purchase blank NFC JavaCards, load your firmware code in them, and use them in the same way like new cards?
There are some valid reasons why I would choose that, one of them is  not being directly connected with anything crypto-bitcoin related.
I would prefer buying bulk empty cards locally and making my own custom design for each card.
I don't see anything being mentioned about source code, so I can only assume it's not open source.

This is probably true, but this is making Lightning Network much more centralized than it should be.
If something happens with major cloud providers that would shut down most of the LN nodes and capacity would see drastic reduction.
I know VoltageCloud is actually using googlecloud, and any privacy on LN is also questionable when we know all this.

There are now so many options to choose from (myNode, raspiblitz, etc.) and Umbrel is just one of them.

You can sort them any way you like, but majority of nodes are still on cloud servers.
Centralized exchanges are probably using cloud servers, for example I can see that Kraken exchange has Amazon ISP, Okex exchange uses Alibaba, and Bitfinex is using Google Cloud.