
Keystone Hardware Wallet
Latest release: 1.3.2 ( 21st March 2023 ) đ Last analysed 17th November 2021 . No source for current release foundWithout public source of the reviewed release available, this product cannot be verified!
As part of our Methodology, we ask:
Is the source code publicly available?
If the answer is "no", we mark it as "No source for current release found".A wallet that claims to not give the provider the means to steal the usersâ funds might actually be lying. In the spirit of âDonât trust - verify!â you donât want to take the provider at his word, but trust that people hunting for fame and bug bounties could actually find flaws and back-doors in the wallet so the provider doesnât dare to put these in.
Back-doors and flaws are frequently found in closed source products but some remain hidden for years. And even in open source security software there might be catastrophic flaws undiscovered for years.
An evil wallet provider would certainly prefer not to publish the code, as hiding it makes audits orders of magnitude harder.
For your security, you thus want the code to be available for review.
If the wallet provider doesnât share up to date code, our analysis stops there as the wallet could steal your funds at any time, and there is no protection except the providerâs word.
âUp to dateâ strictly means that any instance of the product being updated without the source code being updated counts as closed source. This puts the burden on the provider to always first release the source code before releasing the productâs update. This paragraph is a clarification to our rules following a little poll.
We are not concerned about the license as long as it allows us to perform our analysis. For a security audit, it is not necessary that the provider allows others to use their code for a competing wallet. You should still prefer actual open source licenses as a competing wallet wonât use the code without giving it careful scrutiny.
The product cannot be independently verified. If the provider puts your funds at risk on purpose or by accident, you will probably not know about the issue before people start losing money. If the provider is more criminally inclined he might have collected all the backups of all the wallets, ready to be emptied at the press of a button. The product might have a formidable track record but out of distress or change in management turns out to be evil from some point on, with nobody outside ever knowing before it is too late.Help spread awareness for build reproducibility
Please help us spread the word discussing transparency with Keystone Hardware Wallet via their Twitter!
Do your own research!
Try out searching for "lost bitcoins", "stole my money" or "scammers" together with the wallet's name, even if you think the wallet is generally trustworthy. For all the bigger wallets you will find accusations. Make sure you understand why they were made and if you are comfortable with the provider's reaction.
If you find something we should include, you can create an issue or edit this analysis yourself and create a merge request for your changes.
The Analysis ¶
Update 2022-01-07
It has been mentioned in Issue 380
Keystone requires signing an NDA for both the wallet app and the modified Android this app runs under. This product is clearly nosource.
Previous Analysis
Formerly known as Cobo Vault, this is the companion app to the hardware wallet Keystone Essential No Source!
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