On this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, host Christian Keroles and Zach Herbert, the CEO and co-founder of Foundation Devices, sit down to discuss the company’s launch and its first product, the Passport hardware wallet.
During the conversation, Keroles and Herbert dive into the design editions for the Passport as well as Herbert’s ideas about multisig, hardware wallets in general, Bitcoin mass adoption, user safety and more.
Topics discussed in this episode include:
Foundation devices’ outlook
The timeline for Passport
Geeking out over Bitcoin multisig security
The use of QR codes vs. Micro SD cards
Why the specific design choices for Foundation Devices were made
What it’s going to take to get Grandma comfortable with using multisig
Ledger email hacks
Why Herbert hates seed phrases
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