消費者硬件錢包行業是採用比特幣的最大障礙之一

全球大約有一百萬個加密用戶，根據最慷慨的估計，只有2.5％的使用硬件錢包。

There are roughly half a billion crypto users around the world and, at the most generous estimate, only 2.5% are using hardware wallets.

全球大約有十億個加密用戶，根據最慷慨的估計，只有2.5％的使用硬件錢包。

That’s a tiny number, but I’m relieved it’s not higher.

那是一個很小的數字，但我放心的不是更高。

Why? Because I want people to on-board to Bitcoin by the billion, and I want to see everyone self-custody securely. The consumer hardware wallet industry is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving this goal.

為什麼？因為我希望人們能在十億美元的情況下登上比特幣，所以我想安全地看到每個人的自我casustody。消費者硬件錢包行業是實現這一目標的最大障礙之一。

And not just to Bitcoin adoption: the whole decentralization revolution is at risk if we don’t address the fatal flaw that's holding the world’s most popular wallets hostage.

不僅要比特幣採用：如果我們不解決將世界上最受歡迎的錢包人質的致命缺陷，整個權力下放革命就處於危險之中。

Wallets are treading water

錢包在踩水

Last year in these pages, Lucien Bourdon celebrated “10 years of the wallet revolution”.

去年在這些頁面中，盧西安·布爾登（Lucien Bourdon）慶祝了“錢包革命的10年”。

There’s a lot I agree with, but one glaring omission really stood out. Almost without exception, the ‘leading’ consumer hardware wallets on the market today have barely innovated in a decade. And as every security expert knows, if you’re not constantly advancing, you’re moving backwards.

我有很多同意，但是一個明顯的遺漏確實脫穎而出。幾乎沒有例行，今天市場上的“領先”消費者硬件錢包幾乎沒有創新。正如每個安全專家都知道的那樣，如果您不是不斷前進，那麼您就會向後移動。

The problem isn’t simply that new threats are constantly emerging, it’s that Bitcoin use cases are rapidly evolving. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are no longer ‘just’ stores of value; they are now a medium for all kinds of increasingly complex transactions.

問題不僅是新威脅不斷出現，而且比特幣用例迅速發展。比特幣和其他加密貨幣不再是“僅”價值存儲；現在，它們是各種日益複雜的交易的媒介。

Yet hardware wallets’ underlying technology is essentially unchanged from the days when their primary utility was as a secure, offline keysafe. It’s the same with UX, with users still expected to write down their seed words and then squint at a tiny screen every time they want to approve a transaction.

然而，硬件錢包的基本技術本質上是沒有變化的，因為它們的主要效用是安全的，離線鑰匙固定的。 UX是一樣的，並且用戶仍然希望每次想批准交易時都會寫下種子單詞，然後在很小的屏幕上斜視。

This isn't just a Bitcoin problem. The future of security will see everyone safeguarding our most valuable digital assets and sensitive data with cryptographic keys. In fact, the whole decentralized economy depends on what's inside these wallets - so let's take a peek.

這不僅僅是比特幣問題。安全的未來將使每個人都使用加密密鑰來保護我們最有價值的數字資產和敏感數據。實際上，整個分散的經濟取決於這些錢包內部的東西 - 所以讓我們窺視一下。

Trust, Don't Verify?

信任，不要驗證嗎？

Lucien was right to stress that Bitcoin's strength comes from its commitment to open-source principles.

盧西安（Lucien）強調比特幣的實力源於其對開源原則的承諾。

Where I profoundly disagree with him is that open-source has been adopted by “most of the wallet industry”.

我對他深刻不同意的地方是，“大多數錢包行業”已經採用了開源。

The fact is, the leading hardware wallets continue to be built on closed-source, proprietary systems that users cannot fully inspect. If they can't inspect, they can't verify; if they can't verify, why should users take manufacturers' claims on trust?

事實是，領先的硬件錢包繼續建立在用戶無法完全檢查的封閉源系統上。如果他們無法檢查，他們將無法驗證；如果他們無法驗證，為什麼用戶應該對製造商的信任提出主張？

I suspect the reason so many hardware wallets remain “black boxes” is because they have something to hide - like the decades-old smart card technology used by so many of the wallets to which bitcoiners entrust their keys. This tech isn't fit for today's crypto use cases, and certainly not for a future of decentralized security, where we'll need keys to safeguard everything from our digital identities to access credentials.

我懷疑如此多的硬件錢包保留為“黑匣子”的原因是因為它們有東西要隱藏，就像許多數十年曆史的智能卡技術由許多比特幣託管鑰匙的錢包所使用的智能卡技術。這項技術不適合當今的加密用例，當然也不適合分散安全性的未來，我們需要鑰匙來保護從我們的數字身份到訪問憑據的所有內容。

A Barrier to Innovation...and Adoption

創新的障礙...收養

Hardware wallets' continued reliance on closed, proprietary systems isn't just a security nightmare: it's also terrible for Bitcoin innovation and adoption.

硬件錢包的持續依賴封閉，專有系統不僅是一場安全噩夢：對於比特幣創新和採用而言，這也很糟糕。

Today's wallets are effectively walled gardens, where developers must follow restrictive rules and can't offer any degree of customization for users. Often, this is a function of the underlying technology. Devices like Ledger need to give every app access to the master seed; obviously, that means they have to be painstakingly reviewed by Ledger before they are approved (if they ever are).

當今的錢包實際上是圍牆的花園，開發人員必須遵循限制性規則，並且不能為用戶提供任何自定義。通常，這是基礎技術的函數。諸如LEDGER之類的設備需要使每個應用程序訪問主種子；顯然，這意味著在批准之前，必須先審查它們（如果有的話）。

If that's how the App Store worked, we'd still be carrying Nokia 3310s round in our pockets. Instead, we got open ecosystems, a thriving developer community, competition, and a galaxy of brilliant apps.

如果那是App Store的工作方式，那麼我們仍然在口袋裡攜帶諾基亞3310s。取而代之的是，我們獲得了開放的生態系統，一個蓬勃發展的開發人員社區，競爭以及出色的應用程序的銀河系。

That's what I wish for wallets. When developers can build permissionlessly, they will not only deliver novel functionality and enhanced user experience, but will play an essential role in wallets' evolution to support (and secure) the ever-growing complexity of bitcoin applications.

這就是我想要的錢包。當開發人員可以無權構建時，他們不僅會提供新穎的功能和增強的用戶體驗，而且還將在錢包的演變中發揮至關重要的作用，以支持（並確保）比特幣應用程序不斷增長的複雜性。

Wallets should be a hub of innovation, a place for developers to build the killer apps that will compel people to adopt Bitcoin and blockchain-based services. In reality, an ecosystem like Ledger is the “anti-App Store”, holding back decentralized innovation instead of driving it forward.

錢包應該是創新的樞紐，這是開發人員構建殺手級應用程序的地方，該應用程序將迫使人們採用基於比特鍊和區塊鏈的服務。實際上，像Ledger這樣的生態系統是“反應用商店”，阻止了分散的創新，而不是推動它向前推動。

Open Your Wallet

打開錢包

The solution is both simple and essential: transparency. Just as strong encryption relies on publicly tested, open-source algorithms to ensure security, the devices that store cryptographic keys must follow the same philosophy. Open-source hardware and software enable security researchers, developers, and even individual users to audit and verify security measures, reducing reliance on manufacturers' claims and increasing overall trustworthiness.

該解決方案既簡單又必不可少：透明度。就像強大的加密依賴於經過公開測試的開源算法來確保安全性一樣，存儲加密密鑰的設備也必須遵循相同的理念。開源硬件和軟件使安全研究人員，開發人員甚至個人用戶能夠審核和驗證安全措施，減少對製造商的主張的依賴並提高整體可信賴性。

Newer, more secure alternatives already exist. Hardware wallets based on open-source microkernel architectures provide a more robust security foundation, allowing independent verification of their safety. These systems ensure that no single company controls the

較新，更安全的替代方案已經存在。基於開源微粒架構的硬件錢包提供了更強大的安全基礎，從而可以獨立地驗證其安全性。這些系統確保沒有一家公司控制