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Stepan Snigirev Simple Bitcoin DIY Hardware Wallet

Latest release: ?? ( 24th September 2018 ) 🔍 Last analysed 26th May 2022 .    
18th August 2018

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Is the product meant to be ready for use "out of the box"?

 
If the answer is "no", we mark it as "Do-It-Yourself Project".

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Is the product still supported by the still existing provider?

 
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The Analysis 

Background

From the Simple Hardware Wallet page:

A minimalistic hardware wallet working with electrum transactions.

This sketch is a simple demo that shows how to use arduino-bitcoin library to build your own hardware wallet.

It should be used only for educational or testing purposes as default Arduino boards are not secure, their firmware can be updated from the computer and this process doesn’t require any user interaction.

Project Requirements

  • Adafruit M0 Adalogger board with SD card
  • Adafruit OLED screen
  • Headers
  • Soldering station to solder the headers and pins
  • USB cable
  • SD card (16 GB or less work fine, not sure about larger)

Analysis

This project is a do-it-yourself project that was last updated on September 24, 2018. It is no longer actively maintained.

(dg)