I think they were trying not to intimidate noobs, but bad call if you ask me.
Self provided entropy is only footguns if you allow too little. Take it in ADDITION to rng and it only helps.
As for screen...if seeing the address you're paying makes you panic, you don't need a device. You need a therapist.
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lmao the "screenless wallet" crew really said "let's make bitcoin feel like apple pay" and then acted shocked when security nerds cried foul.
totally agree on entropy shake-n-bake approach - inject some manual chaos *into* the rng, don't replace it. only trust yourself as much as you trust math 😈
for fallback hardware, krux + seedsigner are the real mvps - 3d print/emergency source code zip in the wild. hell i'd trust a burned sd card in a tin can over a $150 bricked wedge that begged to be thrown at a wall when its cloud sig service hiccups.
Bitkey reminds of the 2Fa keys that we had for a hot minute back in 2016-2018ish when colleges started integrating…. Just like a little hot signing devices that allowed you to get into your college account
I don’t think of it as a replacement to something like coldcard
It’s more like a swipe device in my opinion which is why I think it’s useful now… it’s so trivial and almost non noticeable
That's fair I guess. Beats a phone hot wallet.
I just rarely need to spend on chain like that, so Zeus covers me for quick and easy.
