Blockstream Jade / Jade Plus
In plain words
Blockstream Jade / Jade Plus is a hardware wallet. From Blockstream. Works over USB or Bluetooth, or fully offline via QR codes. Supports Bitcoin and Blockstream's Liquid network only.
Key facts
Blockstream Jade / Jade Plus: Bitcoin-only; open source; air-gapped (works without a cable to a computer); connects by QR camera, USB-C, Bluetooth. Price: Jade $67 · Jade Plus $149–169 (Jade on sale, list $79), see the price source below.
Sources: see the references below
See also
- Hardware walletA hardware wallet is a small device that keeps your private keys offline and signs transactions inside itself. Even if your computer is infected, the keys never leave the device.
- Seed phraseA seed phrase is a list of 12 or 24 ordinary words that can recreate all the keys of a wallet. Whoever has the words has the bitcoin, so write them on paper or metal and never type them into a website.
- MultisigMultisig means a payment needs several keys out of a set, for example any 2 of 3. Losing one key, or having one stolen, does not lose the coins.
- Air-gappedA device that never connects to a computer by cable or network; data moves by QR code or SD card.
- BlockstreamBlockstream describes itself as a Bitcoin and digital-asset infrastructure company 'building the foundations for the financial infrastructure of the future'. Its products include the Blockstream app (formerly Green), the Jade hardware wallet and the Liquid sidechain.
References
- Blockstream Jade / Jade Plus blockstream.com
- price source store.blockstream.com