Topic: Hardbit hardware wallet? (Read 4931 times)

Good idea, but i think, cards would be better for physical wallet using.

Hardware wallet can provide offline-signing which is the only way to avoid exposing private key to internet. So i think it is more secure than any of other wallets..But off course there's still remain chances for hack if you do not use proper security.

I will be returning this device because I need a device that fulfills the following requirements:

1) I have control of the private keys not a third party
2) If something were to happen to my private keys outside of the hardbit device then I can export the keys within the device to my computer in a format that can be loaded into any other bitcoin wallet.
3) USB is used to transmit data to the device to allow for the device to receive private keys generated outside of the device. If those keys are lost usb is used to send private keys within the device to an application running on my computer such as blockchain.info. USB is used to receive payment requests and it is used to send sign transactions to a wallet software such as blockchain.info.

If the above is your expectation also then DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT.

Hi problem sorted, the hard bit team helped me resolve my issue.  for 40btc which i thought I lost, I was very happy, the team were happy to help me and for what its worth they were very patient and professional and I learned it is impossible to lose the bit coins due to how the system works!!!

THANKYOU SO MUCH

you should be able to back up your wallet. then use the privkey elsewhere

I have 40 btc in my hardbit wallet.  I check the blockchain and it shows funds but on my hardbit it shows 0.07, i've tried every type of sync and rescanning last transactions.  I cannot retrieve my money.  IS THIS A SCAM.  Please get back to me, i have my wallet.dat file

this atleast sounds interesting.


a true hardware wallet will only display a signed tx as its output. meaning no other communications go out. and due to it being a visual output (QR code) you can verify by having your computer read the QR code.. and then your computer transmits the signed TX.

just one warning. do not use any privkeys supplied or generated by hardbit. as they may have the solution to the generation code.
instead import your own fresh paper wallet from an offline source (if our that paranoid)

Is it not an offline device? I thought that was kind of the point of a hardware wallet

this sounds good news for us all .. china country that normally reject online payments it receives for bitcoin. they certainly have a strong reason for it. I can not wait to see Hardbit hardware this wallet, because it's the first time. of course there are some drawbacks and improvements needed. however, we can say bitcoin will continue to grow until he would be a future payment

We have launched the version 2 of HB01.

As promised, this version has no antenna-physcically no wireless connections, no drivers for wireless commnucations,enables manual input of private key, enables importing of backup wallet files. And we will provide an open source safety-checking app to ensure we have no back door.

please see:http://hardbit.cn/index.php/techonology/8-hardbit/6-hardbit-bitcoin-hardware-wallet-theoratically-absolute-safety-and-0-trust

that's the hardbit wallet.
i found a back-door by going to Set time > actual android interface > drag the drawer> you should see settings and all about this device.

is that a photo of the hardbit wallet or the phone it's originally based on?

I had a feeling it would be trash. Its just a re-coded phone. Nuff said.

it's a total trash. it's not a offline solution or cold storage. it has wi-fi, bluetooth, 3G. a waste of btc for buyers...

Hot damn those look so cool!
Bit pricey right now, but I can definitey see these hitting the mainstream markets. 

Just saw this Hardbit on Ebay, I really want one but they are fairly expensive. I dont know if they are worth it just yet when you can buy a smartphone.... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/291155150042

How do I translate the app to English?

Thanks alot for the review.
We had many conversation with customers and potential customers after the product release.
From our angle, HB01 is not a prototype, it's absolutely safe both theoratically and pratically. But we understand that from customer's angle, it IS a prototype, because it can't answer many questions from customers' side.
Then we suddenly found that we've put ourself into a pitfall:a good person have to prove by himself that he is a good guy.
As you know, to make a safe, easy of use, affordable hardware wallet is already a very hard job, self-proving is an additional work and maybe even harder.
But , to be responsible for our customers, and to develop our business, we WILL do this.
One proof we've already done and we feel very lucky is that we chose QR code as the only communicating method:no automatic transfer,all information exchanging visible, information can be analysed by 3rd party software.


Answers for some questions:
1 importing a wallet file to Hardbit .
Importing existing wallets is unsafe from hardware wallet's point of view. Our idea is to provide a once-send-all dedicated online software, for those who's Hardbit is lost or broken. I.e, import the backup wallet file to the software, input a target address(recommends an address created by another Hardbit),input password, and the software sends all the Bitcoin in the backup file to the new address. This software will be available soon.
And , we will disclose the wallet backup file format, so that somebody can make a third-party software (even a wallet software) to handle our backup.

2 USB connection
Any automatic transfer method is unsafe from hardware wallet point of view. Because even we are good guys, we can't guarantee that a super-smart hacker can find way to invade our system and steal the private key.
For playing and testing it, you can connect it to USB. But for real storage of Bitcoin, please keep it away from USB. We've provided charging wire and plug.

BTW, thanks to the Bitcoin price surge, we've lowered the product price to 0.269BTC.

Alan Xu
On behalf of Hardbit team

Hi Everyone,

i did try to order the hardbit hardware wallet on their website, but when the order was created i m a little confuse on the reference number when i transfer the bitcoin to them.
 my order number is D11 and A2B3.
so what is the reference number i should input when transfer the bitcoin to them?


anyone care to share or help me?


Regards
Jefffrey Lin

Or you can just use ur smart phone , I mean it's pointless to have another block in you your pocket