{"id":25871,"date":"2015-09-24T19:40:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci027cfe6e20132697"},"modified":"2015-09-24T19:40:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:40:44","slug":"bitcoin-hardware-wallet-keepkey-launches-begins-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/culture\/bitcoin-hardware-wallet-keepkey-launches-begins-shipping","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Hardware Wallet KeepKey Launches and Begins Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a rare move in the Bitcoin space, KeepKey<\/a> has simultaneously begun to take orders for and to ship their flagship bitcoin hardware wallet. As of Wednesday, customers are able to purchase the USB device for USD$239 on Amazon, or directly from the KeepKey website using bitcoin. Worldwide shipping is included in the cost.<\/p>\n

The KeepKey hardware wallet is designed to store and secure bitcoin while protecting them from virtual attacks such as malware and viruses. The device generates and stores bitcoin private keys, never sharing them with the connected computer. Another key feature is a large OLED screen that displays every transaction before it can be approved, thus allowing users to verify that they are sending funds to the correct address and reducing the chance of error.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur guiding principle is to empower individuals and organizations with bank-grade bitcoin security,\u201d says Darin Stanchfield, the founder of the company. \u201cThis is what our device does, and it is simple to use. Other products that are available require a high level of sophistication to operate. With KeepKey, it is very difficult to do the wrong thing,\u201d<\/p>\n

KeepKey currently works with Google Chrome using the KeepKey Wallet Extension<\/a> . It is also supported by popular bitcoin wallets, including Electrum<\/a> and MultiBit<\/a> .<\/p>\n

\u201cOur security model was designed to ensure that the user always has complete control over their private keys,\u201d said Ken Heutmaker, a software engineer at KeepKey. \u201cWe feel that relying on trusted third parties degrades the security and privacy that the bitcoin ecosystem offers.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for KeepKey\u2019s decision not to take pre-orders in order to fund the hardware wallet\u2019s development, Stanchfield cites his own personal experience with being \u201cburned\u201d by other companies who have pre-sold items and then not been able to deliver.<\/p>\n

\u201cA customer takes enough risk when they buy any product,\u201d Stanchfield said to Bitcoin Magazine<\/em> . \u201cWe don\u2019t think they should assume the risk of funding manufacturing, too. We made this promise to ourselves early on in development of KeepKey. Fortunately, we have had the finances to pursue this route to get KeepKey to market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a rare move in the Bitcoin space, KeepKey has simultaneously begun to take orders for and to ship their flagship bitcoin hardware wallet. As of Wednesday, customers are able to purchase the USB device for USD$239 on Amazon, or directly from the KeepKey website using bitcoin. Worldwide shipping is included in the cost. The KeepKey hardware […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3420,"featured_media":25872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1698],"class_list":["post-25871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-culture","tag-keys"],"author_data":{"id":3420,"name":"Christie Harkin","nicename":"christie-harkin","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christie-harkin-promo-image-96x96.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/send.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}