66 sats \ 9 replies \ @kr 14 Apr 2023 \ on: Can we please have inconspicuous hardware wallets? bitcoin
curious to know what the SN community thinks of Block’s hardware wallet design.
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Looks a little different now:
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good find!
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When you're skipping rocks across the lake with your kids XD
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not sure if rock-skipping accidents are more or less believable than boating accidents 🤔
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Is it still a concept or they made it already?
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they’ve settled on a product name (bitkey), and i think the designs above are roughly in-line with the final product, but not certain.
more updates from their team here: https://bitkey.build/
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Ugh, screams "cheap plastic trash" to me. If you put thought & effort into design then go into industrial or classic design but not "instagrammable fashion"
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I held one last week, they’re metal—have a real nice weight to themselves.
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In this case, this is a good thing I think. "oh, some random trinket" unless you spot the usb C port you might not even register that it's not just some stupid icon or piece of broken jewellery.
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