Specter DIY Hardware Wallets
The hardware wallet for bitcoiners, with a smartphone like touchscreen.
Specter DIY Hardware Wallets
Keep your Bitcoin extremely secure with a smartphone-sized touch display.
Information stored online is vulnerable
When using online exchanges or software wallets, your data and your Bitcoin can be stolen at any time.
Manage your Bitcoin
offline
Manage
your Bitcoin offline
Sign payments offline and store your seed phrase outside of your hardware wallet, which only acts as a signing device.
What users say
With us in the DIY version or as Specter Shield
Maximum control over your Bitcoin
For your Bitcoin journey
Specter is easy to use and a powerful tool. Whether you are new to Bitcoin or an experienced Bitcoiner, Specter has everything you need for secure storage.
learn Bitcoin in practice
With the Specter hardware wallet, you can not only store your Bitcoin extremely securely, but you can also learn and discover a lot about Bitcoin. Instead of everything happening in the background, you get transparent insights into some of its functions.
Maximum freedom
The Specter Hardware Wallet isn't just a hardware wallet, it's the device you need to build your own Bitcoin security infrastructure, tailored to your needs. Upgrade your security now.
Which product is right for you?
Specter DIY
Nur aus Standard-Elektronik Teilen deswegen ohne Secure Element.
It is recommended to store the Bitcoin seed phrase outside the device, e.g. in the backup stack.
Specter Shield
Additionally with replaceable secure elements (and battery)
Here you can save your seed phrase encrypted on the secure element of your smart card.
Additionally with replaceable secure elements (and battery)
Compatible with various programs
The Specter DIY works with most major companion apps.
ClavaStack recommends Sparrow Wallet für PC.
compatible with various programs
The Specter DIY works with most major software wallets.
We recommend Sparrow Wallet
Hardware Wallet Comparison
| Specter Shield (Lite) with Sparrow Wallet | Ledger Nano X with Ledger Live | BitBox02 with BitBoxApp | |
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| Open source |
Firmware is complete Open source
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Crypto firmware runs directly on a secure chip protected by non-disclosure agreements that prohibit the disclosure of the source code.
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Firmware is completely open source
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| Secure Chip |
Dual-chip design with one secure chip; by swapping the smart cards, multiple secure chips can be used in parallel.
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Completely trusts only the permanently installed Secure Chip
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Dual-chip design with a built-in secure chip
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| Secure multisig |
Register multisig account with device, secure sending/receiving.
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Register multisig account with device, secure sending/receiving.
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Register multisig account with device, secure sending/receiving.
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| BIP-85 support |
Additional seed phrases can be derived using BIP-85 without being dependent on a specific software wallet.
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No support
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Additional seed phrases can be derived using BIP-85 in combination with the BitBoxApp
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| Anti-phishing words |
Individual, noticeable anti-phishing words make it possible to exchange or manipulate the device after initial opening
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No support
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No support
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| Silent Payment |
No support
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Sending silent payments is supported, receiving is not
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Android app
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| Miniscript |
Advanced Bitcoin smart contracts such as timelocks are supported
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Advanced Bitcoin smart contracts such as timelocks are supported
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Advanced Bitcoin smart contracts such as timelocks are supported
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| Transparent Real Life Randomness |
Seed phrase creation allows for a changeable binary number view, allowing the transparent mixing of coin toss randomness
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No support in hardware wallet
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No support in hardware wallet
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| Managing multiple seeds |
Secure encryption on interchangeable secure elements, creation, signing and storage with multiple seeds possible
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Managing multiple seeds only possible with factory reset
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Managing multiple seeds only possible with factory reset
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| Bitcoin-only (+Liquid) |
No altcoin support to minimize attack surface. Only: Bitcoin, testnet, Liquid network (Bitcoin sidechain)
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In addition to Bitcoin, over 5500 altcoins are supported
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Bitcoin-only version available: Bitcoin, testnet, no Liquid Liquid network
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| Air-Gapped |
Hardware wallet communicates transparently via QR codes or SD card instead of being physically connected to the potentially compromised device
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Only direct cable connection or Bluetooth connection to potentially compromised device possible
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Only direct cable connection or Bluetooth connection to potentially compromised device possible
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| Large touch display |
Smartphone-sized 4-inch touch display (800 x 480 px)
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small 128 x 64 px white OLED display, with six capacitive touch sensors on the side
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small 1.09-inch black and white OLED display, with 2 buttons
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