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Morning Edition · Thursday, August 13, 2026Published at 1:53 AM EDT · New York
Blockstream Details a Hardware Wallet That Protects a PIN Without a Secure Element Chip
Jade splits the ability to decrypt a wallet between the device and a second party, an architecture that trades chip-vendor trust for dependence on an external service.
Blockstream has published a technical account of how its Jade hardware wallet protects a personal identification number without a secure element, the tamper-resistant chip most competing devices rely on. Jade uses what the company calls a V…
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Hardware-Wallet Trust Erodes
Recurring firmware and entropy defects in self-custody hardware, now surfaced faster by AI-assisted code analysis, will keep pushing risk-averse holders toward custodial and ETF products rather than personal key management.
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