Foundation Devices 希望讓每個人都能實現比特幣自我託管

這就是為什麼 Foundation Devices（一家生產比特幣硬體和軟體錢包的公司）的聯合創始人兼執行長在過去四年裡一直在

Company Overview

公司簡介

Company Name: Foundation Devices

公司名稱： 基礎設備

Founders: Ken Carpenter, Jacob Johnston and Zach Herbert

創辦人：肯·卡本特、雅各·約翰斯頓和扎克·赫伯特

Date Founded: March 2020

成立日期：2020年3月

Location of Headquarters: Boston, MA and remote (worldwide)

總部地點：麻薩諸塞州波士頓及偏遠地區（全球）

Amount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: Foundation holds bitcoin but the amount is undisclosed

財政部持有的比特幣數量：基金會持有比特幣，但數量未公開

Number of Employees: 24 full-time employees

員工人數： 24 位全職員工

Website: https://foundation.xyz/

網址：https://foundation.xyz/

Public or Private? Private

公立還是私立？私人的

Products

產品

Foundation is best known for its hardware wallet, the Passport. The device looks like an upscale version of a feature phone, but with a higher-resolution screen. One of the Passport’s selling points is that it’s airgapped, which means it never has to be plugged into an internet-connected device, providing extra protection for the user’s private keys.

Foundation 以其硬體錢包 Passport 而聞名。該設備看起來像功能手機的高檔版本，但具有更高解析度的螢幕。 Passport 的賣點之一是它是氣隙的，這意味著它永遠不需要插入到網路連線的裝置中，從而為使用者的私鑰提供額外的保護。

Regarding the private keys, Foundation has created a simplified way to back them up compared to the traditional method of writing them down. With the Passport, users can save their seed phrase to the industrial grade microSD card that comes with the device.

關於私鑰，與傳統的寫下來的方法相比，基金會創建了一種簡化的方式來備份它們。透過 Passport，使用者可以將助記詞保存到設備隨附的工業級 microSD 卡中。

“We think that not having to go write down those 12 or 24 words helps you get onboarded faster,” said Herbert.

「我們認為不必寫下這 12 或 24 個字可以幫助您更快上手，」Herbert 說。

Signing transactions with the Passport is also notably less complicated than it is with most competitor devices. You can do so by simply scanning a QR code, using your Passport and mobile phone.

使用 Passport 簽署交易也明顯比大多數競爭對手設備簡單。您只需使用護照和手機掃描二維碼即可。

The Passport works most conveniently when used in conjunction with Foundation’s Envoy mobile app, which also serves as a stand-alone hot wallet. Again, to make it easier to onboard users, Herbert and the Foundation team created a system that lets users securely start using the app almost instantaneously.

Passport 與 Foundation 的 Envoy 行動應用程式結合使用時最為方便，該應用程式也可用作獨立的熱錢包。同樣，為了讓用戶更容易上手，Herbert 和基金會團隊創建了一個系統，讓用戶幾乎可以立即安全地開始使用該應用程式。

“We created something we call Magic Backups where we actually store the seed to your iCloud keychain or Android equivalent, which is only for the hot wallet on your phone,” explained Herbert.

「我們創建了一個名為 Magic Backups 的東西，我們實際上將種子儲存到您的 iCloud 鑰匙圈或 Android 等效項中，這僅適用於您手機上的熱錢包，」Herbert 解釋道。

“What's amazing about Magic Backups is that you're onboarded within 60 seconds of downloading the app for the first time, and so you can always go and import your own seed if you want to, or create and save your own seed instead,” he added.

「Magic Backups 的神奇之處在於，您在首次下載應用程式後 60 秒內即可登錄，因此您可以隨時導入您自己的種子，或者創建並保存您自己的種子，」他加了。

“We try to obfuscate things that might be complicated, but we do things based on the industry standards.”

“我們試圖混淆可能複雜的事情，但我們是根據行業標準做事的。”

He acknowledged that this surely isn’t as secure as recording your seed phrase to a microSD card or writing it down because saving your seed phrase offline is safer than storing it online, and he shared that the hot wallet is only for minimal amounts of funds — the same dollar amounts you’d hold in your physical wallet in cash.

他承認，這肯定不如將助記詞記錄到 microSD 卡或寫下來那麼安全，因為離線保存助記詞比在線存儲更安全，他還表示熱錢包僅適用於極少量的資金— 與您在實體錢包中持有的現金金額相同。

Another feature of Envoy is that you can purchase bitcoin via KYC-free P2P marketplaces like Hodl Hodl and Bisq within the app and then send those purchases directly to hot or cold storage.

Envoy 的另一個功能是，您可以透過應用程式內的 Hodl Hodl 和 Bisq 等無需 KYC 的 P2P 市場購買比特幣，然後將這些購買直接發送到熱儲存或冷儲存。

Part of Foundation’s intention in building the Passport and Envoy the way it did was to keep all levels of bitcoin holders satisfied.

基金會以這種方式建構 Passport 和 Envoy 的部分目的是讓各級比特幣持有者滿意。

“We're trying to make the products that the hardcore user will use and love but then will also feel comfortable recommending to their friends and family,” explained Herbert.

「我們正在努力打造鐵桿用戶會使用和喜愛的產品，同時也會放心地推薦給他們的朋友和家人，」赫伯特解釋道。