This week: a refined prototype case — smaller, rounder, better in the hand — and the very old idea behind it. A hardware wallet is really just a treasure chest.
The inspiration: a treasure chest
For centuries, people kept what mattered most in a locked chest — something solid you could hold, that opened only for the person with the key. Bitcoin is treasure with no physical form; a hardware wallet gives it one. That's the feeling we want PHYLAX to have: a small, sturdy strongbox for your keys, that answers to you and no one else.
The updated case
Back in Update 03 we held the first case and admitted it was too big. Since then we've shrunk it and rounded it off. The new prototype is more compact, the corners are softened, and it settles into your palm instead of filling it. It feels less like lab equipment and more like an object you'd actually want to carry — closer to that treasure-chest weight and warmth.
Still guarding one thing
Like a good chest, it does one job and does it well: keep your Bitcoin keys safe, and open only for you. No radios, no altcoins, no black-box chips — just a lock, a screen, two buttons, and twenty-four words that are yours alone.
We'll keep refining the shell until it's something you'd be proud to set on a shelf. If you'd like to hold it, we'll have the prototype at Bitcoin Thailand Conference 2026.