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@ Leo Wandersleb
2024-04-04 19:39:48Opinion about AirGap Vault - Secure Secrets (android)
AirGap Vault turns your old cellphone into a hardware wallet. While there are concerns about all the software running on a cellphone and radio capabilities that might get activated despite you not putting a sim card into the phone, this is a pretty solid MIT licensed open source project that gives you more features than a Blockstream Jade ($65) or a Foundation Passport ($199) essentially for free if you have an old phone laying around. If only it wasn't so much into shitcoins ...
AirGap Vault supports: When paired with MetaMask - All EVM-compatible blockchains
When paired with AirGap Wallet - Bitcoin - BTC, - Ethereum - ETH, - Polkadot - DOT, - Kusama - KSM, - Tezos - XTZ, - Cosmos - ATOM, - Moonbeam - GLMR, - Moonriver - MOVR, - Astar - ASTR, - Shiden - SDN, - Aeternity - AE, - Groestlcoin - GRS
It asks for camera and microphone permission to collect entropy which takes quite long and if your screen safer switches on while you are writing down the mnemonic, ... you have to start over. Then you have to pick accounts. I went with Legacy and Segwit BTC and the "Deriving your wallet..." modal doesn't even spin for minutes. ... but ... with a bit of patience ... yeah! It works. Now it can be used with Sparrow for example. Or a bunch of other companion apps.
I so far like this product mainly because it's open source, air-gapped and reproducible since many years.
WalletScrutiny #nostrOpinion