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this will be completely open. 
 🫂 
 This is the way.

Thanks, Jack 🔥 
 Go FOSS or go home!

Bitkey passes the vibe check 😎 
 The hardware is fantastic. Open software will be a great addition. I hope to see more wallets that can utilize the hardware device. 
 Good. Thank you. 🫂 
 Given it will be open, I hope it will be possible to create your own private hardware "stone" interoperable with the original one.
It will be nice to hide the fact you are using a Bitkey. 
 Great news! 
 Coldcard killer 
 Never. Different audiences. 
 Could you elaborate on what type of audience is targeted? Seems to be too complicated with multi-sig for beginners but a bit concerning for privacy maximaliste ( key on Bitkey server and another on centralized cloud).

It looks really good and the price point is perfect; it’s not a critic just out of curiosity. 
 your mum 
 Your Grandmother 
 If Bitkey is considered complicated, we are fucked.  
 My misunderstanding then. More options, especially FOSS, the better! 
 Nah but good to see more options in the market 
 There isn’t a one size fits all. Different people have different hiring criteria when choosing a product and the more options people have means more people will move to self custody. 
 Awesome! @jack Are ya'll gonna create a path for institutional and trust accounts? Meaning a home for qualified account holdings (IRA, SoloK, etc)? A lot of small biz owners used the tax incentive to max out our qualified accounts and self-direct into BTC. This is currently an approved IRS structure but they're going to provide specific guidance that would prevent the trustee from holding keys. Meaning you gotta park your qualified account BTC keys with a custodian. We need a trusted custodian with scale who is aligned in worldview, can get ahead of the regulatory onslaught, and structured in a way that cant rug us. Feel me?    
 good job 
 FOSS or "viewable code" like coldcard?