Foundation Passport v2.3.2: Ephemeral Seed Support
Passport by Foundation is a secure, open source hardware wallet for Bitcoin that puts extra focus on usability and design.
- "We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Passport firmware – 2.3.2 – is now live," announced the project.
- This version of Passport’s firmware brings ephemeral seed support, adds the ability to sign messages via QR code, and introduces a connection flow for Fully Noded.
What's new
- Ephemeral seeds can now replace or work with a permanent seed phrase on Passport. Upon turning on Passport, scan or enter a SeedQR to use it, and it will be forgotten when Passport is turned off. You can also temporarily load a seed while keeping a main seed. Emphemeral seeds can also be loaded from Key Manager alongside a permanent seed to assist others and they will be forgotten after use.
- Sign messages via QR code. "There are multiple services in the EU that require users to sign a message as 'proof' of address ownership. This is now possible with Passport."
- Fully Noded added to the wallet connection list. Fully Noded is an open-source iOS and Mac app for managing Bitcoin nodes, Lightning channels, and offline wallets.
Improvements and fixes
- Improved the microSD signing flow by removing unnecessary options.
- Expanded the suggested words to 10 in the import seed flow to capture edge cases where importing a seed using only four letters could sometimes not display the expected word.
- Added Address Explorer to the Postmix extension.
- Added the Theya single signature connection flow.
- Updated the supported UR types to be in line with the Blockchain Commons standard.
- Added a new warning screen if outdated or unrecognized UR types are scanned.
- Additional firmware file state check before installation.
- New wallets now default their multisig policy to "Ask to Import."
- The multisig wallet import question is now more streamlined and the decision point is clearer.
- Improved some wording and updated some icons to make them more consistent across all the menus.
- Fixed an issue where users could get stuck in a screen if an obscure flow path was followed in some multisig pairing flows.
- Fixed an issue where trying to manually add account #0 would crash Passport.
- Fixed a minor issue where Passport would remember the device name after the device was erased from Settings.
- Fixed an issue where Passport would sometimes improperly create the QR displayed in the Casa extension.
- Fixed a minor seed entry issue on restore.
- Fixed an issue where trying to sign a taproot PSBT for an incorrect wallet would fail without showing the fingerprint required.
- Fixed a visual bug where the found and required fingerprints in some error messages were switched.
