Builds, devices, components, supply chains, and the physical edges of trust.
Guest technical desk
Technical
Corner
Field reports and deep dives from builders, maintainers, researchers, and security practitioners.
On the bench
Original technical contributions and carefully attributed guest reprints, with editorial material kept clearly separate.
Hardware · FOSS · Self-custody
The DIY Signing Device Revolution is Just Beginning
The Specter DIY, SeedSigner, and Krux teams met in São Paulo to hand off shared infrastructure, compare strengths, and begin a deeper phase of collaboration.
The open lanes
Libraries, implementations, developer practice, and open-source collaboration.
Specifications, interoperability, consensus, and the tradeoffs beneath the interface.
Threat models, custody, privacy, failure analysis, and defenses that survive contact.