Oh yes, I was not going to upload an ISO or something like that; I thought to just post the commands, similar as in my full node install guide.

Sounds good! It's definitely best for security, as well. Then there's no worry about reproducible build or not; you just  build directly from source, so you know you're running the latest upstream code and nothing else.

Alright; I may do it later today with Ubuntu VM and post an update.

[1] Get Ubuntu 22.04.1 ISO and spin up the VM.
[2] Update all packages (after all, this is a fresh Ubuntu install).
[3] Install git and dependencies
[4] Clone repository
[5] Install Rust & Cargo (never hurts ) to then install 'Just' (command runner).
[6] Create work and snapshots folders (not sure why they don't exist) Edit: added microsd folder which emulates an inserted microSD.
[7] Start simulator (this builds the firmware)

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To get the camera working (kinda needed for supply chain validation), install OBS with its virtual camera feature, as well.
[8] Install QT6 dependency and OBS itself.

Then, start OBS, add an image of whatever QR code and make it nice and big. Images below. Lastly, restart the simulator.
If you want to reset the simulator, delete the work folder that you created earlier and re-create it (or delete all files within it).


Left: OBS setup steps; Right: How it should look like with everything set up correctly. Notice the QR code rather big and the Virtual Camera running.


Left: Camera view of Passport simulator. The QR code is a bit too large, therefore no successful scan. Right: As soon as I resized it a bit, such that it fits inside the camera view, it is scanned and the words are shown (I believe always the same hardcoded words in the simulator during Supply Chain Validation, since it doesn't obviously contain the actual secret).
Decoding addresses and transactions should work correctly, though.

I would only add one more emulator for DIY SeedSigner device.
This way you can test air-gapped hardware wallet in your desktop for most operating systems (windows/linux/mac), and I think someone forked it to work with Monero.
It would be interesting if someone could check out if any other hardware wallets have their own emulators like this.

Sorry, that was missing! You need to create a microsd folder inside of the previously created work folder. That will then be picked up by the Passport simulator as an inserted microSD.



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Alright, thanks for the reply though!
And thanks for bringing up the microSD storage - I will add it to the 'guide'.

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I own a Trezor Model T and a BitBox02, n0nce, as I like the idea of sending & receiving to/from a HW BTC without cables.

I hope that they do a good job with this new version.

Diversification even to the point of using different hardware wallets now seems to be important in these times of hackers after out BTC.

Yes, review is out! https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5421713.0
Unfortunately, very long, but I hope the outline helps a little bit with that.

Shipping time was not that long actually; UPS only took around a day. There were just a lot of delays in the production and I had bought the device in its 'preorder' phase, so it was still being developed and manufactured.

I don't think so. It should work in the Foundation Devices shop regardless of shipping location. Actually, the deal is still live, so I'll add it in my Batch 2 review.

Self hosting STMP servers is more trouble than its worth now days the one SaaS provider we cant easily pencil out spamscores being one of the hurdles for us , we've designed a system that provides anonymity via session hashstring.(the sting is essentially the receipt) you vault the strings when orders complete and purge libs, this system isn't retail investor friendly.