Trezor 庆祝比特币硬件钱包诞生 10 周年

商用比特币硬件钱包正在庆祝其成立十周年的一个重要里程碑。

Milan, Italy. 2nd February 2023. A Trezor hardware wallet for cryptocurrency sits on a keyboard with golden bitcoin ... [+] coins and ethereum on February 2, 2018 in Milan. Commercially available Bitcoin Bitcoin hardware wallets are celebrating a significant milestone in reaching their tenth anniversary. The world's first hardware wallet known as the Trezor Model One launched on July 29, 2014.

意大利米兰。 2023 年 2 月 2 日。2018 年 2 月 2 日，米兰，一个用于加密货币的 Trezor 硬件钱包位于键盘上，里面装有黄金比特币……[+]硬币和以太坊。商用比特币比特币硬件钱包正在庆祝其成立十周年的一个重要里程碑。全球首款硬件钱包 Trezor Model One 于 2014 年 7 月 29 日推出。

Since then the hardware wallet industry has expanded to a highly competitive sector including brands such as Ledger, SafePal SafePal , Keystone, Coldcard and many others. According to Ledger CTO, Charles Guillemet, its devices now secure over 20 percent of the overall crypto market. The industry is expected to reach a value of $1.6 billion by 2029.

从那时起，硬件钱包行业已扩展到竞争激烈的领域，包括 Ledger、SafePal SafePal、Keystone、Coldcard 等品牌。 Ledger 首席技术官 Charles Guillemet 表示，其设备目前占据了整个加密货币市场 20% 以上的份额。到 2029 年，该行业的价值预计将达到 16 亿美元。

Trezor, co-founded by Pavol "Stick" Rusnak and Marek "Slush" Palatinus, began as a hobby project aimed at creating hardware wallets for personal use and quickly gained traction after the first bitcoin conference in Prague in 2011.

Trezor 由 Pavol“Stick”Rusnak 和 Marek“Slush”Palatinus 共同创立，最初是一个业余爱好项目，旨在创建供个人使用的硬件钱包，并在 2011 年布拉格举行第一届比特币会议后迅速获得关注。

Despite Trezor's early success and continued influence, Stick, who has become less publicly active in recent years, agreed to an interview on the 10 year milestone. He outlined how early adopters expressed a need for secure bitcoin storage solutions that didn't rely on exchanges.

尽管 Trezor 早期取得了成功并持续产生影响，但近年来公开活动逐渐减少的 Stick 同意在 10 周年里程碑事件上接受采访。他概述了早期采用者如何表达对不依赖交易所的安全比特币存储解决方案的需求。

Stick recalled, "We realized that while some users understood bitcoin's potential, they lacked the technical skills for secure self-custody."

斯蒂克回忆道，“我们意识到，虽然一些用户了解比特币的潜力，但他们缺乏安全自我托管的技术技能。”

The initial prototypes were built on Raspberry Pi, featuring additional boards with a display, two buttons and a USB port. Trezor shared an image from its archive of the original 3D printed hardware wallet, believed to be the first bitcoin hardware wallet ever made.

最初的原型是在 Raspberry Pi 上构建的，具有带有显示屏、两个按钮和一个 USB 端口的附加板。 Trezor 分享了原始 3D 打印硬件钱包档案中的图像，据信这是有史以来第一个比特币硬件钱包。

The first 3D printed prototype of Trezor One - the original hardware wallet

Trezor One 的第一个 3D 打印原型 - 原始硬件钱包

Stick emphasized that the journey from prototyping to mass production was challenging. "Making hardware is harder than making software. Iterations in design are more expensive and take more time, but you still need to iterate many times before you start mass production."

Stick强调，从原型设计到批量生产的过程充满挑战。 “制造硬件比制造软件更难。设计迭代成本更高，需要更多时间，但在开始大规模生产之前仍然需要迭代很多次。”

This iterative process eventually led to the first commercially available Trezor devices. Despite initial doubts about market demand, the devices quickly sold out, highlighting a significant need within the community.

这个迭代过程最终催生了第一批商用 Trezor 设备。尽管最初对市场需求存有疑虑，但这些设备很快就卖完了，凸显了社区内的巨大需求。

He told me that the response from the crypto community exceeded expectations. "We thought there would be a small-scale demand for Trezor. Our initial target market was the few hundred people we knew on the bitcoin Talk Forum."

他告诉我，加密社区的反应超出了预期。 “我们认为 Trezor 会有小规模的需求。我们最初的目标市场是我们在比特币论坛上认识的几百人。”

After being denied by Kickstarter, Trezor launched a pre-order campaign for 1,000 devices, swiftly expanding to 30,000 units due to high demand. This success allowed Trezor to bootstrap without seeking VC funding, maintaining independence in its development process.

在被 Kickstarter 拒绝后，Trezor 发起了 1,000 台设备的预购活动，由于需求旺盛，数量迅速扩大到 30,000 台。这一成功使 Trezor 能够在不寻求风险投资资金的情况下启动，并在开发过程中保持独立性。

When the Model One was first released as the Trezor Classic it retailed for 1 BTC with a Metallic version available for 3 BTC. By today’s standards these devices would cost tens of thousands of dollars. However, at the time the devices cost $100 - $300 each.

当 Model One 首次作为 Trezor Classic 发布时，其零售价为 1 BTC，金属版本的零售价为 3 BTC。按照今天的标准，这些设备将花费数万美元。然而，当时每台设备的售价为 100 至 300 美元。

Original Trezor website

原始 Trezor 网站

Reflecting on Trezor's impact over the past decade, Stick noted their commitment to open-source standards and interoperability, which has paved the way for other hardware wallets.

在回顾 Trezor 在过去十年的影响时，Stick 指出他们对开源标准和互操作性的承诺，这为其他硬件钱包铺平了道路。

Stick "recognized the need for such devices early on and committed to making everything we do as open-source and based on open standards," fostering a collaborative ecosystem, benefiting the broader crypto community.

Stick“很早就认识到对此类设备的需求，并致力于将我们所做的一切都开源并基于开放标准”，培育协作生态系统，使更广泛的加密货币社区受益。

As hardware wallets evolve, they face new challenges and opportunities. Stick highlighted the increasing regulatory scrutiny and the importance of education in navigating these complexities.

随着硬件钱包的发展，它们面临着新的挑战和机遇。斯蒂克强调了日益严格的监管审查以及教育在解决这些复杂问题方面的重要性。

Concluding the interview Stick said "We are now in the 'then they fight you' phase. Governments are trying to regulate bitcoin and its usage. State agencies are attempting to intimidate developers away from working on bitcoin."

斯蒂克在结束采访时表示，“我们现在正处于‘然后他们会跟你打架’的阶段。政府正在努力监管比特币及其使用。国家机构正试图恐吓开发商不要开发比特币。”

Despite these challenges, Stick believes in the enduring potential of bitcoin and the continued relevance of self-custody solutions.

尽管面临这些挑战，Stick 相信比特币的持久潜力以及自我托管解决方案的持续相关性。

Veronica Wong, CEO and Co-Founder of SafePal, echoed this sentiment when I spoke to her recently via Telegram, emphasizing the evolution of hardware wallets from complex devices for advanced users to more accessible solutions for mainstream adoption.

当我最近通过 Telegram 与 SafePal 首席执行官兼联合创始人 Veronica Wong 交谈时，她也表达了同样的观点，强调硬件钱包从面向高级用户的复杂设备到面向主流采用的更易于访问的解决方案的演变。

"Hardware and decentralized wallets are now seen as a viable alternative to centralized exchanges, as more users embrace self-custody and the freedom it offers over traditional financial platforms."

“随着越来越多的用户接受自我托管及其相对于传统金融平台提供的自由，硬件和去中心化钱包现在被视为中心化交易所的可行替代方案。”

Innovations such as account abstraction and multi-party computation are expected to simplify the user experience further, making crypto more accessible without compromising security.

账户抽象和多方计算等创新预计将进一步简化用户体验，使加密货币更容易访问，而不会影响安全性。

Lixin Liu, CEO of Keystone Wallet, shares a forward-looking perspective on the role of hardware wallets. Speaking via X (formerly Twitter) direct message he said, "Moving forward, hardware wallets will evolve dramatically, propelled by an influx of adoption and innovation, making it the most important tool."

Keystone Wallet 首席执行官刘立新分享了对硬件钱包作用的前瞻性看法。他通过 X（以前的 Twitter）直接消息表示，“展望未来，在大量采用和创新的推动下，硬件钱包将发生巨大发展，使其成为最重要的工具。”

He envisions a future in which hardware wallets are a fundamental part of education, with simplicity, affordability and transparency becoming essential features.

他设想未来硬件钱包将成为教育的基本组成部分，简单性、经济性和透明度将成为基本特征。

As the crypto industry faces an increasing amount of time

随着加密行业面临越来越多的时间