New Wallet from Opendime, the Coinkite Coldcard, is Cypherpunk Cool
Innovation within the ecosystem spawned by bitcoin never ceases to amaze. From the folks at Coinkite comes Opendime‘s latest wallet project, Coinkite Coldcard. It’s funky and nerdy looking, beautiful in its own way, yet promises to have elegant security features as well.
Coinkite Coldcard
If cypherpunks could’ve designed a wallet, it would almost certainly be like the latest Opendime offering.
The first impressive project that blew my mind from them was the second iteration of their USB stick, allowing holders to store bitcoin more like cash in the sense of its physicality, and it could be used multiple times (see video below). An online spending feature required something like a bobby pin to poke out the seal in order to activate. It remains a killer design – and its hole in the self-contained keyboard made for a neat necklace or keychain charm.
New Wallet from Opendime, the Coinkite Coldcard, is Cypherpunk Cool
Coinkite Coldcard
If cypherpunks could’ve designed a wallet, it would almost certainly be like the latest Opendime offering.
The first impressive project that blew my mind from them was the second iteration of their USB stick, allowing holders to store bitcoin more like cash in the sense of its physicality, and it could be used multiple times (see video below). An online spending feature required something like a bobby pin to poke out the seal in order to activate. It remains a killer design – and its hole in the self-contained keyboard made for a neat necklace or keychain charm.
Opendime’s parent, Coinkite, has A long history in the ecosystem, and the Canadian-based firm is known for its gritty, solid work.
So it was with some delight I happened across their bitcoin improvement proposal (BIP) BIP39-based coldcard. Right away, I was struck by the old school, 1980s calculator design. It has a fat organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen with a PIN keypad just below, inclusive.
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https://news.bitcoin.com/91642-2/
