This kind of technology is being used in external hard drives/SSD’s and to make it into the hardware wallets means everyone is taking it up to the next level. It's nice to see different kinds of innovations being applied to the cryptocurrency space. It just shows that every time we see more and more adaptation of crypto.

I would like to have one, but it's another expense, though. I'm worried about the reputation as well. I will probably wait for reviews too.

Another cool crypto wallet I only have nano ledger and there isn't a chance for me to access it on mobile phone.
I think this one is really great and much more secure since it is fingerprint authorization and I like that it could also be used with just a mobile phone I know that there are some ledger that is already being used with just mobile phone,
But this is one is much better I think I would save some to be ready to purchase one of this hardware wallet and I hope that there wouldn't be any problem with it.

I completely get that these sort of "cool features" are nice, I think it's really a bit too much and a bit too unnecessary. For a smartphone that I pretty much use everyday and I have on my hand a lot of times? Makes complete sense. For a hardware wallet that has my funds that I mostly just hold and just transact from time to time? A bit unnecessary. A cheap small Ledger Nano S or Trezor One is enough for me.

Aren't fingerprints easy to replicate on such fingerprint readers? There's even a story of a hacker replicating fingerprints of a German politician using only a photo. As efficient and as handy (no pun intended) this biometric security is to have, it also comes with some concerns. It's fancy, easily accessible and also cool to have, but on the security side which these tools are much needed for, it isn't really as great and fantastic as any other alternatives out there. I'll stick with my paper backups and create a ton of them scattered on some parts of the house , I guess.

We don't know to what extent this hardware wallet is secure. Gate.io might have got different plans of developing such a hardware wallet, but the fingerprint access will surely help with the heir if something happens in between. As the synchronisation also requires the fingerprint recognition it isn't easy for someone to take control of the funds.

The emergence of wallet gate.o S1 is only an invasion of a new hardware wallet which can be an option for some people who want to get a hardware wallet that is cheap and capable. Security using fingerprints is a standard security at this time, but it requires additional security. because if you only use fingerprint security, it will certainly be very frustrating when your fingers cannot be detected by this hardwallet frame.

You have the same problem with me dude

The hardware wallet launched by gate.io will probably continue to be developed and this is a start with the Wallet S1 series and then there will be some updates about security that are further improved.

Well, maybe it depends on how much money is in the wallet and how valuable it is to the holder. I don't have significant sums in BTC that I would not afford to lose, so while I try to be responsible about security, I'm not going for an overkill. But if I had lots of bitcoins there, I'd probably want the highest security measures I could find.
I probably would not trust a new wallet with such a task, though. Like others, the first thing I thought about when I read about fingerprints was how secure it actually is. Others already mentioned potential issues with hacking such an authorization, and in that case it's a false sense of security that the feature gives, which is actually worse than if there were no such feature.

Isn't the fingerprint more for security purposes rather than ease of access? At the very least, it prevents the common robber from opening it immediately. And even if a specialized robber were to be presented with a fingerprint scanner for him to fool, it'd still take time. In addition to that, I suppose they should've also added an offline gps which probably turns on once a fake fingerprint is scanned so that when stolen, can easily be located. I'm just throwing out ideas here though I don't really know how that works.


Yea this is also a wanted feature. I tried looking up info about it, couldn't really find any. Their announcement itself on their exchange also doesn't really contain if it has a pin code back up or anything, though it did state something about auto-initializing when detecting a brute forced attack.

I highly doubt adding more gadgets to a wallet used for crypto is a good thing. Especially since you're mostly using the wallet to hold coins. Sure, if you were to use it daily in spending stuff then probably, a different wallet to hold crypto to spend and crypto to hold, but with our hodling attitude right now? I doubt they'd include more gadgets in a wallet.

Is there any information how secure this gadget really is? Anything about encryption or how safe gate.io is by itself?
Having a fingerprint scanner for authorization is great, but dont forget general security of this hardware. So far I see this fingerprint just an innovative thing to get attention, while there is few information about gadgets security. This looks more stylish than serious gadget to me.

This scanner does not look impressive. I have same fingerprint scanner in my gym. It scans your finger, checks if you have a valid subscription and lets you in. 3/10 times if fails to recognize my finger so I must turn to reception girl to do all the checking manually. If same will be with this cryptowallet, who I should turn to to authorize my transaction?

For example, even on iPhones 5-8 fingerprint does not work with 100% accuracy and you still need to enter pin. If Apple has issues with fingerprint scanner with their mass production, quality check and etc, what should be expected from someone that just entered hardware cryptowallet market?