By EZ in Releases — Feb 22, 2024

Foundation Passport v2.3.0: Full Taproot Support, SeedQR Export & More

Passport is a Bitcoin open source hardware wallet by Foundation. It puts special focus on usability and design.

"We’re beyond thrilled to be able to release Passport firmware v2.3.0, including full Taproot support, revamped passphrase behavior, an all-new address explorer, master seed SeedQR export, 12-word seed phrase support, 12th/24th word generation for advanced users, and native OP_RETURN message viewing and signing."
"This release is one of our largest to date and includes a massive amount of new features, improvements, and bug fixes."

What's new

Full Taproot support. "Passport now has full support for sending and receiving using Taproot, making the combination of Envoy and Passport a powerful way to leverage the latest and greatest tech that Bitcoin has to offer."
Passport now has full support for verifying and displaying OP_RETURN messages directly on-screen.

Account and multisig configuration displays have been reworked to make them contextual to the currently active wallet.
You can now export Passport’s master seed phrase via SeedQR, if desired.

We’ve added a brand new address explorer, allowing you to browse receive addresses directly on Passport and even display them as QR codes!
Passport now allows the creation of 12 word seed phrases, and defaults to 12 word seed phrases during onboarding. Users can still choose 24 word seed phrases if desired.
Advanced users can now generate 11 or 23 words offline, import into Passport, and Passport will automatically calculate the checksum 12th or 24th word when importing the new seed.
You can now set a custom name for your Passport. This name will be displayed on boot, making it easier to distinguish between your various Passport devices.
You can now check the exact percentage of battery Passport has in the settings under Device > Battery.

We’ve improved address display based on the Bitcoin Design guidelines, making it easier than ever to verify addresses on Passport!
Verifying addresses on Passport is now significantly faster.
Passport now only prompts a single/multisig wallet type choice when verifying addresses if there is a multisig config imported for the active wallet fingerprint.
Users can now optionally display the seed words on-screen when first setting up Passport and using encrypted backups.
Improved how headers are displayed when creating or importing seeds to better reflect which step of the process a user is on.
Added a prompt to users setting up Passport to ensure they are in a private or secure place before carrying out the setup process.
Removed an unnecessary prompt to select or delete firmware when going through the firmware update flow.
Removed unnecessary imports in the firmware compilation process, optimizing Passport firmware size.
Backups can now be restored from anywhere on a microSD card, not just from the “proper” backups folder.
Browsing files on microSD no longer has a 20 file limit.
Improved minor error message dialogues.
Auto-shutdown has been lengthened for the onboarding process to avoid accidental shutdowns during onboarding.
Improved the success icon when verifying addresses.
Verifying reproducible builds of Passport firmware is now possible without granting Docker root permissions.
Wasabi Wallet has been removed from the list of export options.

Fixed an incorrect warning dialogue when backing out of a manual encrypted backup.
Key Manager seed export no longer displays a setup screen that was there by mistake.
Fixed an issue where you couldn’t go back in the Predictive text explainers.
Fixed an issue where pressing back on SeedQR recovery screens would throw an error.
Fixed an issue where using the # character in an account name would break account name display.
Fixed a minor bottom menu selection display bug after exporting to SeedQR
Fixed a minor visual issue where the header would start scrolling in FE because it was too long.
Security words can only be enabled if you input the pin again correctly now.
- Thanks to @backtopyramidone on Github for the report!
Improved the setup flow after resetting Passport to prevent a potential bug.