As predicted, eventually someone with laser focus (not laser eyes) will enter the Bitcoin market, and make the process of controlling and using Bitcoin as easy as WhatsApp, without compromise or the need for any education.

Bitkey is the first global scale company to achieve the hardest part of this. The focus - very sharp, the user experience - extreme simplicity.

By removing all "thought barriers" from its operation, people using this device and service can just get on with using Bitcoin. That's more important than anything. It is a beautiful mix of safe storage and everyday use.

The vast majority of users on Earth will never read about Bitcoin just as they have never read about SSL or POP3, but everyone is using the web and email.

This has to happen in Bitcoin for it to reach and touch everyone, and it has to reach and touch everyone for it to do the work it was designed to do.

This development, like Bitcoin itself, starts off quietly, then all of a sudden, it's everywhere, with the side effect of forcing everyone to rise to its high standards.

As it was with the iPhone, before it, all phones had mechanical push button keyboards. Then, seemingly all of a sudden they were all relegated to the dustbin, and the expectation was "keyboardless".

You're seeing the beginning of something like that here with Bitkey. This single event could be the beginning of the very much needed sea change in the thinking behind delivering Bitcoin services to the public.

Well done that Bitkey team!

https://bitkey.build/bitkey-starts-shipping-today/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_4951410842165091871710407501.webp


"The vast majority of users on Earth will never read about Bitcoin just as they have never read about SSL or POP3, but everyone is using the web and email." 🎯💯
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Bitkey is on chain only.

It might have come a bit late as we start to pay higher fees


Onward 🫡


I will try 🤘.


Beautifully written🗽


Fees are quite low at the moment. I can't imagine anyone using this for £50 transactions though.


It looks great and sounds well thought out from a security perspective. I do worry about those backups that are used for restoring access should you lose or forget something.


When I read "as easy as WhatsApp" it reminded me this article on nobsbitcoin about TwentyTwo https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/portal-by-twentytwo-devices/ I am not affiliated by thougth the UX looked cool


I like Jack and I like simple.
I’m concerned that it’s not open source and no screen to verify where the money is sent.


Great post 👍


See enough change and the details interest you less.


I disagree.

2 of the 3 keys are controlled by Block (1 in the App, 1 in the server).

That means that block can rug people, if pressured by the government.

Furthermore, all transactions are announced to their server, which means bad bad privacy.

They have optimized a signing device which is supposed to be for savings, for spending.

It's like putting a fridge in a sport car.

A fridge is useful, a sport car is cool, you combine then and you get something ridiculous


kinda cool in one way that they are now "self-custody-washing" their product designs, even if it's a total fake rug job, means that the meme is growing in power


You “disagree” therefore it is not true. 100% pure fiat thinking on full display. Blocke…MUTED!


LMAO.

I presented my arguments.

You don't like criticism, so you mute people... 100% fiat mentality 🤣


that guy is a loser anyway... almost all influencoors are

have you seen his stuff with spaceboi?


no I've missed it


i might be misremembering, there was two X influencoors who did interviews with spaceboi

oh, you know who spaceboi is right? shit, i forget his actual name because his stuff is so retarded and everyone here just calls him spaceboi cos he's some war theory researcher from MIT or something with funding from Space Farce


ah yes, breedlove... now, i wonder if i can summon spaceboi's name

he was calling bitcoin a weapon


ah yeah spaceboi = Jason P Lowery

(had to search for his name ahahah)


This is super dumb thinking only of the present.

This is a cancer in Bitcoin & anyone with enough sums of money can understand Bip39 and what your HWW is doing...IF IT HAS A SCREEN.


YOU WILL UNDERSTAND NOTHING AND HODL BITCOIN.

THE DUMBCUNTS ARE COMING 🫠

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As predicted, eventually someone with laser focus (not laser eyes) will enter the Bitcoin market, and make the process of controlling and using Bitcoin as easy as WhatsApp, without compromise or the need for any education.

Bitkey is the first global scale company to achieve the hardest part of this. The focus - very sharp, the user experience - extreme simplicity.

By removing all "thought barriers" from its operation, people using this device and service can just get on with using Bitcoin. That's more important than anything. It is a beautiful mix of safe storage and everyday use.

The vast majority of users on Earth will never read about Bitcoin just as they have never read about SSL or POP3, but everyone is using the web and email.

This has to happen in Bitcoin for it to reach and touch everyone, and it has to reach and touch everyone for it to do the work it was designed to do.

This development, like Bitcoin itself, starts off quietly, then all of a sudden, it's everywhere, with the side effect of forcing everyone to rise to its high standards.

As it was with the iPhone, before it, all phones had mechanical push button keyboards. Then, seemingly all of a sudden they were all relegated to the dustbin, and the expectation was "keyboardless".

You're seeing the beginning of something like that here with Bitkey. This single event could be the beginning of the very much needed sea change in the thinking behind delivering Bitcoin services to the public.

Well done that Bitkey team!

https://bitkey.build/bitkey-starts-shipping-today/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_4951410842165091871710407501.webp


I love Jack and I was waiting for this but tbh this gadget is extremely disappointing.
It’s even useless if you can send bitcoin even if you don’t have the bitkey with you ad it requires an extreme amount of trust and no will to verify