Monday, February 26th 2018
ARCHOS Announces the Safe-T mini Hardware Wallet for Storing Cryptocurrencies
ARCHOS is providing cryptocurrency enthusiasts with the perfect hardware wallet to secure their bitcoins and other currencies, to ensure cold storage of private keys and to prevent hacking attempts. Unveiled at the MWC 2018 (Hall 6 - Stand B60), the ARCHOS Safe-T mini will be available starting June 2018, at 49.99 €.
ARCHOS is an active member of the SYSTEMATIC PARIS-REGION cluster who has created a specific branch Digital Trust & Security aiming to promote and develop worldwide champions in cybersecurity. ARCHOS Safe-T mini is in line with the dynamics of this thematic group, which, on the cryptocurrency, has partners like Secure-IC, OCamlPro or Gemalto. Digital Trust & Security has also supported and facilitated the emergence and deployment of major collaborative projects such as iTrac or MoneyTrack.The ARCHOS Safe-T mini is the first development of the ARCHOS R&D team in this field. The team provided its expertise in securing cold storage data, and in designing and developing the ARCHOS Safe-T mini. To ensure the process traceability, the device will be manufactured in France.
ARCHOS Safe-T Mini main security specifications:
The ARCHOS Safe-T mini is compatible with the following softwares: Electrum, MyCrypto, GreenAddress/Greenbits and Mycelium. It supports Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Litecoin, Zcash, and Ethereum and more to come.
ARCHOS Safe-T mini's main specifications are:
DomRaider Group has recently completed its highly successful ICO campaign exceeding the target by selling 560 million tokens to contributors around the world. DomRaider Group introduced Auctionity, its blockchain to decentralize and to secure auctions on a worldwide scale, using its DomRaider Token (DRT) as a payment guarantee.
ARCHOS and DomRaider Group will launch a co-branded version of the ARCHOS Safe-T mini.
ARCHOS is an active member of the SYSTEMATIC PARIS-REGION cluster who has created a specific branch Digital Trust & Security aiming to promote and develop worldwide champions in cybersecurity. ARCHOS Safe-T mini is in line with the dynamics of this thematic group, which, on the cryptocurrency, has partners like Secure-IC, OCamlPro or Gemalto. Digital Trust & Security has also supported and facilitated the emergence and deployment of major collaborative projects such as iTrac or MoneyTrack.The ARCHOS Safe-T mini is the first development of the ARCHOS R&D team in this field. The team provided its expertise in securing cold storage data, and in designing and developing the ARCHOS Safe-T mini. To ensure the process traceability, the device will be manufactured in France.
ARCHOS Safe-T Mini main security specifications:
- It generates and stores a private key on the wallet offline and prevents hackers from gaining access to the private key while online.
- It executes all crypto operations on the device, offline.
- It embeds a screen to display transaction information to let the holder check the transaction details before signing, for security. There is no way for hackers to modify transactions unnoticed.
- It restrictively requires manufacturer software on the device while requesting the set-up of a PIN code to ensure that only the owner can access and use it.
The ARCHOS Safe-T mini is compatible with the following softwares: Electrum, MyCrypto, GreenAddress/Greenbits and Mycelium. It supports Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Litecoin, Zcash, and Ethereum and more to come.
ARCHOS Safe-T mini's main specifications are:
- CPU: 120 MHz ARM processor Cortex-M3
- LCD: OLED 128x64p
- Size: 58mm x 7,8mm
- Connectivity: Micro USB HID 2.0
- OS compatibility: Google Android, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
- Increase the security of their transactions
- Gain on straightforwardness to trade cryptocurrencies
- Be able to exchange easily their currencies
DomRaider Group has recently completed its highly successful ICO campaign exceeding the target by selling 560 million tokens to contributors around the world. DomRaider Group introduced Auctionity, its blockchain to decentralize and to secure auctions on a worldwide scale, using its DomRaider Token (DRT) as a payment guarantee.
ARCHOS and DomRaider Group will launch a co-branded version of the ARCHOS Safe-T mini.
8 Comments on ARCHOS Announces the Safe-T mini Hardware Wallet for Storing Cryptocurrencies
What is a user supposed to do with a message like "Confirm sending X btc to <uninteligible_string>?
A USB stick would just contain your private key - if lost, anyone could use it (sure, you could encrypt it etc. etc.). Plus, how do you get the private key on the USB stick?
This devices main benefit is convienience and cool factor.
As for plastic cards, your bank protects you in case of fraud. There's no such protection when it comes to cryptocurrency.