At BitBox, we understand that accidents can happen to anyone. That’s why we’re offering BitBoxCare to give you extra protection for your BitBox02 hardware wallet.
With BitBoxCare, you get coverage for accidental damage, ensuring that if your device is dropped or damaged, you’ll receive a quick replacement.
In addition, BitBoxCare extends the standard 2-year warranty to 4 years, giving you longer protection for your wallet.
If you want even more peace of mind, upgrade to BitBoxCare Plus, which not only offers the same extended warranty and accidental damage coverage but also provides priority support.
This means you’ll get faster assistance, with replies within the next business day.
To add BitBoxCare, simply select it during checkout or from your user profile if you already own a BitBox02.
Read more about it on our blog post:
https://bitbox.swiss/blog/bitboxcare-extra-peace-of-mind-for-your-bitbox02/
Let’s take a look at how this works:
💡 Reminder: Computers and smartphones are vulnerable to malware. The BitBox02 isolates critical Bitcoin operations, ensuring security even if your host device is compromised.
🔑 If you shouldn’t trust the host device, how can you be sure that the deposit address from an exchange is legitimate?
If your computer is compromised, attackers can easily replace the exchange deposit address that is displayed in your browser with one that is controlled by an attacker!
📱 Verifying the deposit address on a second device can help, but is rarely an option on exchanges and cumbersome to use - especially when you don’t have a second device available.
🔐 Introducing payment requests: Exchanges sign your deposit address with their private key, and the BitBox02 verifies this signature against a public key that is stored within its firmware.
This guarantees that you are sending Bitcoin to an address controlled by the exchange.
If the signature for the address does not match the stored public key for the exchange, the BitBox02 rejects the payment request.
This verification happens in the background. All the user has to do is to make sure the BitBox02 displays the correct exchange or service name on its transaction confirmation screen. No need to even check the bitcoin address! ✨
