Keystone’s 5th Birthday Bash: 25% off ALL Products, February 1st-10th
Keystone first launched in 2018, and since then we have undergone several updates and improvements. Today, we celebrate our 5th anniversary. It has been a thrilling journey for the team over the past five years, with numerous new partnerships and collaborations established with people and groups from different protocols.
To commemorate this milestone, we are offering a 25% discount on ALL products from the 1st to 10th of February 2023. Visit our online store today to purchase your Keystone!
We’d also be covering our 10 most significant integrations partnerships from the beginning of 2022 until the present day in this article.
Be sure to also keep an eye on our Twitter for a chance to win a Keystone Essential device through a lucky draw contest.
What is Keystone
Keystone is a hardware wallet that prioritizes security of its users. One of the unique features of the device is that it is fully air-gapped. Keystone uses QR codes to transmit data to web-enabled devices, eliminating the risk of any remote attack through the absence of wired connection ports, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, or 5G chips.
Additionally, Keystone also boasts a Secure Element that stores and generates private keys using a truly random number generation method. The firmware is open-source which allows users to verify its authenticity as well. For even greater security, there is also a fingerprint sensor option on the device to prevent password leakage in public places.
Keystone also has a built-in self-destruct mechanism that activates upon tampering, instantly wiping the private key from the device to prevent data extraction by physical attackers.
Lastly, the standout security feature of Keystone is that it protects users from blind signing transactions. It decodes the transaction message hash of a smart contract into a human readable format, then displays all the information (“From address”, “To address”, “Amount” etc.) clearly on the 4-inch touchscreen and prompts users to manually check them before signing off on it.
10 Significant Integration Partnerships from the beginning of 2022 until the present day
- MetaMask Web Extension & MetaMask Mobile App Integration
We began the first quarter of 2022 with great enthusiasm, putting in a lot of manpower and resources to integrate with MetaMask. As a result, we were able to achieve a major milestone by becoming the first hardware wallet to be integrated with both the web extension and mobile app of MetaMask.
This integration meant that MetaMask users could store and manage their digital assets in a cold storage environment, adding an extra layer of security against hacking and other cyber threats.
2. Smart Contract Metadata Registry
Simultaneously while integrating MetaMask, we also worked together with multiple DeFi applications to integrate their ABIs into our Smart Contract Metadata Registry in order to address and combat the issues of blind signing.
To name a few partners: PancakeSwap, Sushi, Trader Joe, DODO, SpookySwap, Perpetual Protocol
3. GoPlus Security Partnership
We then decided to enlist the Go+ Security team to help improve our defenses as hacking became prevalent in the Web3 space.
By connecting to Go+ Security’s database, we were able to decode transactions more efficiently when interacting with public chains, non-custodial wallets, decentralized exchanges, and crypto data aggregators, among others.
In addition, this also enhanced our users’ experience by displaying more security-related information, such as contract authenticity and risk factors on Keystone’s 4-inch screen, which enabled users to be alerted in advance prior to approving any transactions.
We also sought assistance from BlockSec, a reputable Web3 blockchain security firm to join us on our journey.
Partnering with BlockSec allowed us to seamlessly and efficiently resolve ABI data on Ethereum with help from their security data. This greatly allowed us to focus on our strengths, which is to build a world class hardware wallet, rather than having to devote resources to building infrastructure.
5. Solflare Web Extension & Solflare Mobile App Integration
In June, we decided to broaden our support for non-EVM chains and began to explore the Solana ecosystem as our first step in this direction. This eventually resulted in us forming a partnership to integrate with the Solflare team.
Solflare is an all-encompassing and secure crypto wallet and is available as both a web extension and a mobile application. The integration enables Keystone users to safely manage their SOL and SPL tokens, and also access various decentralized applications on the Solana network.
6. Sender Web Extension Integration
We then turned our attention to the NEAR ecosystem. This led to our integration with the Sender Wallet team, which was smooth sailing.
Sender is a web and mobile wallet constructed on NEAR. The integration provided a comprehensive experience for Keystone users that encompass asset management, staking, NFT collections, and trading on NEAR.
Sender is developed as a non-custodial wallet, which gives its users complete autonomy over it. This means that users have complete authority over their private keys, don’t have to go through complicated procedures to demonstrate ownership of their funds and have the option of additional security measures, such as creating recovery passwords or linking it to hardware wallets like Keystone.
7. Fewcha Web Extension Integration
Riding the momentum, we seized the opportunity and focused on Aptos, swiftly initiating conversations with the Fewcha Wallet team.
The partnership resulted in a groundbreaking achievement, as we became the first hardware wallet to support Aptos and they became the first Aptos wallet extension to support a hardware wallet.
Fewcha wallet is a non-custodial Web3 wallet for the Aptos blockchain. It facilitated and enabled Keystone users to freely and securely move their digital assets between their wallet and various Aptos dapps.
8. SubWallet Web Extension Integration
As the end of the year approached, we delved into the world of Polkadot & Kusama and stumbled upon the SubWallet team. As the friendship between both our teams blossomed, so did the integration between our products.
SubWallet is a user-friendly gateway for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem. Their goal is to offer users the most straightforward and safest way to connect to various DeFi and GameFi dapps.
The wallet is constructed on top of Polkadot{.js} and emphasizes on simplifying user access and interaction with Web3 applications built on the Substrate Framework. It is available on both Desktop & Mobile and is open for Public Testing.
Currently, SubWallet can operates seamlessly on both Substrate and EVM networks. It offers support for more than 80 networks within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem. By integrating with SubWallet, Keystone users can access and manage their assets across both the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem.
9. Safe Web Extension & Safe Mobile App Integration
We concluded 2022 by integrating with Safe and implemented support for it’s multi-signature functionality. We also greatly improved the security issues surrounding multi-signature transactions by eliminating blind signing.
This integration gave our users access to create and set up multi-sig wallets, in which multiple signatures are required to authorize any transaction.
The introduction of multi-signature support in the Keystone hardware wallet is particularly advantageous for individuals/companies who wish to share control of their funds with multiple parties, such as a business partner or family member.
10. Keplr Web Extension Integration
2023 then arrived. We made a huge splash in January and started the year off with a bang by forming an integration partnership with the Keplr team.
Keplr is a reputable IBC-compatible wallet for the Cosmos Interchain ecosystem, developed by Chainapsis. Being open-source, it is widely accepted by many Cosmos users because of its capability to support a variety of coins and tokens in the ecosystem.
With this integration, Keystone users can now seamlessly manage their Cosmos assets securely by simply connecting their device to Keplr’s Web Extension Application.
This partnership merges the user-friendly features of a software wallet with the robust security of a hardware wallet, providing Cosmos users with the best of both worlds. Additionally, it works towards reinforcing the security of the entire Cosmos ecosystem by providing more choices for Cosmos users to safeguard their assets on a hardware wallet.
Conclusion
Since the inception of Keystone, we have proven ourselves to be a dependable and secure option for storing digital assets. We have made several improvements and updates to enhance the user experience and security of the device. We are certain that by keeping our emphasis on security and affordability, Keystone hardware wallet will continue to be a preferred choice among Web3 users in the future.
We’re ready to shake things up in the new year, keep an eye out for us!
About Keystone
Keystone is a 100% air-gapped QR code hardware wallet. The wallet is designed to maximize attack cost, minimize trust, prevent potential human error, avoid single-point-of-failures and boost interoperability. Keystone is integrated with MetaMask (Extension and Mobile) as well as other top software wallets like Solflare, Sender, Fewcha etc.
