Announcing our Early Access Rewards program

One of the powerful use-cases that Bitcoin unlocked with it’s peer-to-peer nature is the ability to incentivize and reward contributions without any middlemen or hoops to jump through. This movement has come to be known as “value4value,” and has provided an immensely powerful new tool for content creators, Nostr users, and now community members. Today we’re excited to unveil a new program implementing the value4value philosophy into our existing beta testing process — Early Access Rewards.

tl;dr — Be the first to report any reproducible issue for Passport or Envoy beta releases and get a 10k Satoshi bounty in Bitcoin per issue reported!

Early Access Rewards Highlights

The premise of the Early Access Rewards program is quite simple: contribute meaningful bug reports for Envoy or Passport releases while they’re in open beta, and get rewarded for each individual contribution. No middleman, no lengthy ToS, no Foundation login or account necessary.

How to participate:

1. Test the beta releases for Passport firmware or Envoy app.
2. Report issues on Github.
3. All issues (the first time they are reported) are eligible for the 10k Satoshi reward.
4. Foundation team members will validate the issues for eligibility.
5. Rewards sent directly to your provided Bitcoin address or Lightning invoice.

Join Early Access Rewards today

Want to earn sats for your important contributions to our open-source projects? Simply join our beta testers Telegram room below and keep an eye out for beta release announcements. Once a release is announced, you can submit any issues you find via Github and earn 10k sats per validated issue.

• @foundationbeta Telegram Room

Once you discover an issue with the beta release, submit it via Github using the following links with the “Bug Report” option. Note that this does require a Github account:

• Passport firmware issues: Github – Passport
• Envoy app issues: Github – Envoy

Join the community, help us improve, and get rewarded in Bitcoin for your valuable contributions! 🎉

The future of Early Access Rewards

We’re excited to see how well this program works to incentivize important feedback and contributions from our fantastic community, but we also have plans to expand the program in the future. We’re currently considering creating a hardware Early Access program to get our newest products in the hands of invaluable community members first, and top contributors to this Early Access Rewards program will be first in line.

We have multiple new products in the works, and we can’t wait to watch each of you help us to build and improve as we bring freedom tech to more and more people around the globe. As one of the top contributors to our Early Access Rewards program, you’ll get the chance to test our new products for free as a thank you for your contributions in exchange for feedback and bug reports.

The (not so) fine print

If you have more specific questions on how the program will work, you can read the detailed rules below. Have a question? Don’t hesitate to ask in the Telegram room or email us at hello@foundationdevices.com.

1. Eligibility for Rewards: a. The first reporter of any reproducible issue for Passport or Envoy beta releases is eligible for a 10k Satoshi bounty, paid in Bitcoin. b. Issues must be reported only once, and once made public, they are no longer eligible for additional 10k Satoshi bounties.
2. Reporting Process: a. All issues should be reported on Github in the appropriate repository:
   • Passport firmware issues: Github – Passport
   • Envoy app issues: Github – Envoy
3. Reproducible Issues: a. Issues must be reproducible, meaning that Foundation team members can accurately recreate and validate the issue in the Envoy app or Passport firmware.
4. Judgement and Reward: a. Foundation reserves the right to make the final judgment on whether issues are eligible for the 10k Satoshi reward. b. Once an issue is verified and confirmed as eligible, the reward will be sent to the reporter’s provided Bitcoin address or Lightning invoice.
5. Rewards Distribution: a. The rewards will be distributed in Bitcoin (BTC). b. The amount of the reward will be 10,000 Satoshi for each eligible issue. c. All rewards will be paid out at the end of the beta period.
6. Confidentiality: a. While issues will be made public upon reporting, beta testers should avoid sharing sensitive or personal information in public discussions about the issues.
7. Compliance: a. All beta testers must comply with the rules and guidelines set by Foundation Devices during the beta testing period. b. Any violation of the rules may result in disqualification from the beta testing program and forfeiture of rewards.
8. Changes to the Rules: a. Foundation Devices reserves the right to modify the rules or terminate the beta testing program at any time without prior notice.
9. Disclaimer: a. Beta testers participate in the program at their own risk, and Foundation Devices shall not be liable for any damages or losses incurred during beta testing.

Envoy version 1.3.0 is now live!

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Envoy – 1.3.0 – is now published on all your favorite mobile platforms! To download it, simply visit our download page or check for updates on your platform of choice.

Please note that there can be a lag from publishing to general availability due to Apple App Store and Google Play Store review policies and delays.

What’s changed

In this version of Envoy we’ve implemented the ability to redeem azte.co vouchers with a single QR scan in Envoy directly to your mobile wallet, added the ability to cycle through units by tapping on amounts, the ability to update Founder’s Edition devices directly from Envoy, and focused heavily on refining user experience for Envoy mobile wallet users.

With the release of our last major version of Envoy, we transformed Envoy into a standalone Bitcoin mobile wallet with powerful account management and privacy features in addition to its role as Passport companion app. With that came many new screens and features, so we’ve taken this release to focus on iterating and bringing many bug fixes and quality of life improvements for all our fantastic Envoy users.

As you may have noticed, we’ve skipped v1.2.0 and jumped straight to v1.3.0 as we realized we had too many important changes to be made during the beta period for v1.2.0. As a result this changelog includes all major changes introduced in v1.2.0 as well, so it’s extra long and extra exciting.

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

New Features

• You can now redeem azte.co vouchers directly in Envoy with just a few taps!
  • Getting those no-KYC sats directly from Azteco just got much easier, as you can simply scan an Azteco voucher QR code and sweep the funds directly into Envoy by scanning the QR code from any screen 😎
  • Azteco allows you to buy Bitcoin vouchers from your local corner store just like you’d top up a pre-paid phone plan. Buy with cash and get Bitcoin directly in your mobile wallet or cold storage for one of the fastest and most private ways to acquire Bitcoin out there.

• Added the ability to cycle through units (fiat/BTC/sats) by tapping on the amount when building a transaction.
• Those of you rocking Founder’s Edition devices can now update within Envoy, just like with our latest Passports!
• Malaysian Ringgit added as supported currency – Hi Malaysia!! 🇲🇾

Improvements

• Rearranging accounts has been completely rewritten and is now sexier and smoother than ever before! Organizing your accounts has never been so satisfying.
• Added prompts to help users find features that could otherwise be hard to discover. These can be easily dismissed as you learn more about using Envoy.
• Added a warning if Envoy’s mobile wallet contains more than $1000, reminding the user of the danger of keeping lots of funds on a mobile wallet.
• Updated the look of the account cards, adding a bit more elegance and refinement.
• Updated the way decimal units of fiat values are displayed when typed in the Send screen.
• If you lose internet connectivity while on the go, Envoy will now update balances instantly without needing to refresh the app when connection is re-established.
• Sent transactions will now displayed instantly, instead of waiting to hear from the Bitcoin node you are using in Envoy.
• Improved how we display progress when scanning animated QR codes during the Passport connection flow.
• Swapped the send and receive button locations to be more logical, and improved the appearance of the QR scanning button.
• Improved the user experience when updating firmware for Passport via Envoy.
• Improved the “Back up now” button user experience in Backup settings to give feedback and a status spinner while backing up.
• Added additional contextual text and links when the accounts screen is empty.
• Made it easier to distinguish when you’re using testnet accounts by using “tsats” and “TBTC” as the unit.
• Added the ability to mute the explainer video for Magic Backups.
• Improved the wallet deletion flow.
• Improved the screens a user sees in failed states due to connectivity issues or restoration failures with Envoy backup files.
• Improved handling when using Android’s native back button for getting out of Passport accounts.
• Added the ability for users to save and manually share error logs with support if needed.
  • This error logging only happens locally and must be shared manually by the user to best preserve user privacy.
• Sending amounts below a “dust” threshold will now show an error instead of having the “Continue” button become unresponsive.
• Added explanatory texts when Testnet is enabled.
• Other minor icon and text updates to make processes smoother and more understandable.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing onboarding on iPhone SE.
• Fixed an issue where importing Envoy mobile wallet from a QR code incorrectly said it failed when it actually succeeded.
• Fixed minor copy and UI issues throughout the app.
• Fixed how some screens in Envoy were handled on devices with small screens.
• Fixed an issue where the audio for the Magic Backups explainer video could continue playing in the background even after the user closes it.
• Fixed a minor issue with the “+” button disappearing in rare scenarios.
• Fixed handling of very large amounts when using sats as the unit.
• Properly refresh transaction list when the wallet syncs again after losing internet connectivity.
• Fixed an issue where users could be shown the onboarding for a second time in rare scenarios.
• Fixed a rare issue where updating an account name could fail.
• Fixed an issue where reordering accounts could occasionally make them swap colors.
• Fixed a minor issue where the user could type infinite zeroes after the satoshi unit in the send screen.
• Fixed an issue where scanning an address would reset the amount on the screen if this was typed before the address was scanned.
• Fixed an issue where a “not a valid address” banner would continue displaying for a long time after a dynamic QR code was scanned.
• Fixed an issue where recovering from a seed that had never been backed up in Foundation servers could generate two identical hot wallets.
• Fixed an issue where recovering from an invalid QR seed would crash Envoy.
• Fixed a rare issue where while on certain pages, the shield chevron could be behind OS controls.

Verifying Envoy on Android

If you’d like to take the optional additional step of verifying Envoy binaries on Android, follow our guide: Verifying Envoy on Android

Passport version 2.1.2 is now live!

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Passport firmware – 2.1.2 – is now live! To download it, simply initiate the update from Envoy to be guided through the process.

WHAT’S CHANGED

In version 2.1.2, we’ve leveraged all of the background work in recent versions to build out some amazing new features for you, including backporting v2.1 firmware to Founder’s Edition, sending to Taproot addresses, a Key Manager Extension for BIP 85 and Nostr key support and export, and BIP 85 SeedQR exports. Features, features everywhere.

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

NEW FEATURES

• Backported our firmware from Batch 2 to Founder’s Edition, bringing firmware parity for all of our early supporters
  • We’re thrilled that those of you running Founder’s Edition devices will now have the latest and greatest features and improvements that we’ve been developing for Passport
  • This backport also means that we will be able to keep Founder’s Edition firmware up to date with Batch 2 as they now use the same base code
• Added support for sending to Taproot (“P2TR”) addresses
  • Welcome to the world of Taproot, where you can now send transactions to any Taproot address (those starting with “bc1p”)
• Added a “Key Manager” extension for enabling advanced functionalities
  • To learn more about our newest extension, dive into our support docs
  • You can use Key Manager to generate and export:
    • BIP 85 child seeds, allowing you to backup only Passport’s seed and be able to recover other wallets directly from Passport’s seed
    • Nostr private keys, allowing you to securely generate, easily backup, and recover your Nostr private keys directly from Passport or Passport’s seed
      • Simply display your Nostr key as a QR code and login directly to your favorite app with a single scan. No more copy-pasting private keys.
      • See how fast this can be in our Twitter post with video
      • Thanks to greenart7c3 you can use this today in Amethyst, a fantastic Android Nostr app!
    • …And possibly more in the future! This is a great place for open source tinkerers to add other keys they want to Passport’s firmware
    • Please note that if you export keys as QR codes, you should be careful what you scan them with! Apps like Google Camera will often open the content of the QR code in your default search engine, exposing that key to Google etc.
  • Any keys you set up will be automatically backed up to microSD in an encrypted format, making recovery a breeze
• Added support for exporting BIP 85 seeds via SeedQR
  • Exports are possible via SeedQR and Compact SeedQR
  • Importing SeedQR is coming soon!
• Allow users to display their PIN when entering it by pressing the “UP” key during PIN entry
  • Just in case you want to be sure you have it entered correctly, be sure not to do this in a place where it might be seen!

IMPROVEMENTS

• Cleaned up our C code, optimizing our firmware and giving more space for amazing new features
• Make “Erase Now” no longer the default selected option when you enter the erase screen, just to be sure an itchy trigger finger won’t accidentally erase your Passport
• Ensure Founder’s Edition properly communicates its device information to Envoy
• Passport will now indicate that it’s 30 seconds away from auto-shutdown by dimming its screen
• Removed support for 18-word seed phrases as they are very, very rarely used

BUG FIXES

• Fixes a bug where the backups folder was sometimes not created on the microSD. When this occurred Passport would also fail to create the backup file.
• Improved error handling and prevention in displaying transaction info
• Better handling of errors caused by other wallets’ multisig config formats
• Fixed a display issue with the screen brightness icon
• Fixed an issue that would prevent signing of PSBTs in sub-directories on microSD

VERIFYING AND INSTALLING PASSPORT FIRMWARE

If you’d like to verify and install the latest version of Passport manually, you can follow our guide on the topic here: Firmware Update support page

Envoy Wallet open beta

We’re thrilled to announce a major new open beta of Envoy, our mobile Bitcoin wallet and companion app for Passport. With this open beta we’re greatly expanding what Envoy is capable of, making it a feature-rich Bitcoin hot wallet in addition to its existing role as a watch-only wallet and management app for Passport. Hot wallet support in Envoy opens up financial sovereignty through our tools to many more users and lays the groundwork for other privacy and security features we’re building behind the scenes.

The best of both worlds

Bringing hot wallet support to Envoy makes the pairing of Envoy + Passport the best of both worlds, allowing you to store your wealth in a highly-secure and yet easy-to-use package with Passport while also spending your Bitcoin on the go with just a few taps in Envoy. You’ll be able to easily move funds back and forth between your hot wallet and Passport, make transactions, and view your hot and cold balances from anywhere – all from a single app!

Not a Passport owner? This update brings you full Bitcoin wallet functionality without ever needing to purchase Passport. You can use Envoy to store and spend your Bitcoin across iOS and Android with strong security, simple privacy via Tor, and a new and uniquely approachable onboarding experience. We don’t want to limit financial sovereignty to only those who can purchase a Passport, so Envoy as a hot wallet is our way to bring our best-in-class design, intuitive and approachable UI and UX, and peace of mind to smartphone users across the globe.

What is a “hot wallet?”

In Bitcoin, the term “hot wallet” refers to any wallet that keeps your keys on an internet-connected device for easier spending and receiving of funds. While you don’t want to keep your life savings in a hot wallet, it provides much easier access to a bit of Bitcoin for spending, tipping, and onboarding new users.

Envoy has traditionally been a “watch-only wallet” that connects to Passport, allowing you to view your balance and create transactions, but providing limited functionality when you are away from your hardware wallet. Now you can enjoy Envoy not just as a companion app for Passport, but also as a fully-featured standalone Bitcoin wallet on the go.

Backups, simplified

Notably, Envoy Wallet introduces a new seedless onboarding experience we call Envoy Auto-Backup. While Envoy users can of course manually handle seed words if desired, we aimed to engineer a solution that enables 60-second onboarding and automatic backups of Envoy’s private key and application data (such as settings and labels).

Additionally, we wanted to ensure that Envoy does this without collecting any user data – no email address, no passwords, no IP address if Tor is enabled – no friction! We hope Envoy Auto-Backup will lead to a massive increase in self custody, with easier onboarding than even an exchange.

Here’s how Envoy Auto-Backup works

1. Envoy generates a seed and stores it on your phone’s secure element.
2. Since most users have iCloud Keychain or Android Auto-Backup enabled, the seed is automatically synced to your other iOS or Android devices – fully end-to-end encrypted, without needing to give Envoy permission to access your iCloud or Google account.
   • Learn more about iCloud Keychain.
     • “iCloud protects your information with end-to-end encryption, which provides the highest level of data security. Your data is protected with a key that’s made from information unique to your device, and combined with your device passcode, which only you know. No one else can access or read this data, either in transit or storage.”
   • Learn more about Android Auto-Backup.
     • “Android preserves app data by uploading it to the user’s Google Drive—where it’s protected by the user’s Google account credentials. The backup is end-to-end encrypted on devices running Android 9 or higher using the device’s pin, pattern, or password.”
3. Envoy then creates a backup folder containing your app settings, account labels, and other non-sensitive app data, making sure that restoring Envoy back to its perfect state for you is a breeze. This folder is end-to-end encrypted with your seed, meaning Foundation can never see the contents. We call this the Envoy Backup.
4. The fully encrypted Envoy Backup is uploaded to Foundation’s servers, alongside a hash of the seed (a cryptographic representation of the seed that proves your knowledge of the seed, not the seed itself!) so that we can ensure no one else can attempt to download your backup without proving knowledge of your seed phrase.
5. There is no Foundation user account – all you need is access to your Apple or Google account and you’re all set.

Restoring from Envoy Auto-Backup

If you lose your phone or delete the Envoy app, restoring your Envoy Wallet takes only a few seconds with Auto-Backup.

1. Envoy checks the secure element on your phone and looks for the seed.
   • If it discovers a seed on the secure element, Envoy hashes the seed and sends the hash to our server.
     • This merely proves your knowledge of the seed and does not reveal your seed to Foundation in any way!
   • If it does not discover a seed, it downloads the encrypted seed backup from Apple or Google and restores the seed to the secure element. Then Envoy hashes the seed and sends the hash to our server.
2. Envoy then downloads the encrypted envoy backup from our servers.
3. Envoy uses the seed to decrypt the Envoy Backup file locally and restores all user settings, account labels, and other app data, so it’s like you never left.

Other notable changes

We’ve also added the following features and improvements along with the fully functional hot wallet in v1.1.0:

• Added bio-metric/PIN authentication for Envoy
  • Now you can protect your hot wallet or Passport balance from prying eyes
• Added the ability to swipe on accounts to hide balances while you’re on the go
• Implemented screenshot protection to prevent screenshots of sensitive screens in Envoy
• Bumped the integrated Tor version to 0.4.7.10
• Bumped Flutter SDK version to 3.7.7
• Improved firmware update flow for Android to better account for slow file transfers
  • Some users experienced issues writing the firmware to microSD in the time we set for Envoy, so we’ve better handled those edge cases in this release

Current gaps

• Passphrase wallets are not currently supported.
  • We do plan on supporting passphrases with the public release, but are currently working on implementing a smooth user experience around passphrases and how they interact with the auto-backup feature.
• Deleting only the hot wallet is not currently possible.
  • You can still reset the app by uninstalling/reinstalling or clearing app data, but please note that this will currently reset the entire app, including Passport accounts etc.

What is a “public beta?”

As this is a major overhaul of Envoy from the ground up, we’re launching hot wallet support first as a public beta to let our awesome community test drive it. When you join the public beta you get to be the first to try out hot wallet support, help drive new features and improvements via feedback directly to our team, and make your mark on what we’re building to empower the next phase of financial sovereignty.

As this is a public beta, we expect that you’ll run into some minor issues and bugs as we work through them together, but we’ve worked hard to make it a complete and usable wallet from the moment the beta launches.

How can I get access to the beta?

We’ve pushed the beta version of Envoy to all of our normal channels as a separate beta release, so you can join one of three ways:

1. If you’re on iOS, you can join our TestFlight program at the following link:
   • Envoy TestFlight
2. For those on Android, you can either join the beta in the Play Store or download the APK directly from Github:
   • Play Store
   • GitHub
     • Download the APK titled “envoy-apk-1.1.0-beta.zip” directly from the above link, extract it, and install
     • As this APK is signed with our own keys instead of Google’s keys via the Play Store, if you’re using the Play Store version you’ll have to uninstall Envoy first before installing the public beta

How can I give feedback?

As you use Envoy as a hot wallet, we’d love to hear from you – every issue, bug, or favorite feature that you love! The more feedback we get during the public beta, the bigger impact you can have in the direction we take with Envoy and the better app we can launch to the rest of Envoy’s users down the road. There are three main places you can go to give us feedback:

1. We have a standalone Telegram channel for live feedback and discussion of beta releases to keep the main channel uncluttered for our other community members
   1. Foundation Beta Telegram Channel
2. You can email us
   1. hello@foundationdevices.com
3. You can direct message us on Twitter
   1. Direct message @FOUNDATIONdvcs

What’s next

Our goal with this public beta is to flush out any remaining bugs or UX quirks so we’ll run the public beta for around two weeks. Throughout the public beta period we’ll push new releases as necessary to allow you to test updates and bug fixes as we go, and then at the end of the beta period we’ll launch Envoy as a hot wallet for every Envoy user across all platforms.

We’re excited to get the next piece of your financial sovereignty toolkit out to the masses and onboard a wave of Bitcoiners to complete self-custody, privacy, and financial sovereignty sat by sat.

Passport version 2.0.7 is now live!

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Passport firmware – 2.0.7 – is now live! To download it, simply initiate the update from Envoy to be guided through the process.

WHAT’S CHANGED

In version 2.0.7, we’ve reworked memory management when signing transactions from the ground up, drastically improving handling of larger than normal transactions via QR codes. We’ve also added the ability to delete files from microSD directly on Passport, allow you to export multisig configs directly via QR and microSD, and cleaned up a few small bugs.

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

NEW FEATURES

• Added the ability to delete files off of the microSD card directly from Passport’s file explorer
• Added a feature to easily export full multisig configs via QR or microSD
  • Passport can now act as an additional secure option for you to store your multisig configuration file(s)
  • Now, if you were to lose a hardware wallet and its backup, you can easily recover your entire multisig wallet in something like Bitcoin Keeper, directly from Passport

IMPROVEMENTS

• Drastically improved memory management when signing transactions via QR code
  • This improvements means that even those of you with complex multisig setups or dozens of UTXOs can now use QR codes to sign transactions
  • We do still recommend microSD for abnormally large transactions, as it is much faster for passing larger amounts of data by nature
• Improved how we display sending funds to yourself to make it clearer what is happening
• Renamed “Keeper” to “Bitcoin Keeper” in wallet export flow

BUG FIXES

• Corrected a color inversion issue with the camera viewfinder
• Corrected a minor terminology issue in multisig config text
• Fixed a bug where Passport could say it was exporting a wallet summary to microSD without a microSD card inserted
• Added a more detailed and helpful error message when a transaction is too large to sign via QR codes

VERIFYING AND INSTALLING PASSPORT FIRMWARE

If you’d like to verify and install the latest version of Passport manually, you can follow our guide on the topic here: Firmware Update support page

Passport version 2.0.6 is now live!

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Passport firmware – 2.0.6 – is now live! To download it, simply initiate the update from Envoy to be guided through the process.

With version 2.0.6 of Passport firmware, we’ve added a fix for a pin entry issue that affected users with alphanumeric pins in the now deprecated v2.0.5.

NOTE: Since we have deprecated v2.0.5, we’ve replicated the blog post from that version below.

What’s changed

With version 2.0.6 of Passport firmware, we worked hard to drastically improve QR code scanning and processing, bringing speed and compatibility up to our standards. We’ve also added official support for Keeper Wallet, a new multisig focused wallet, and cleaned up a few bugs.

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

New Features

• Added support for Keeper Wallet
  • Keeper is a new wallet in alpha focusing on bringing a user-friendly experience to multisig and inheritance. Now you can use it with Passport as one of your keys with a native option under accounts to connect to Keeper.
• Support looping through menus
  • Get tired of pressing that left key? Prefer to just mash one button? Now you can cycle through pages by just pressing right or left repeatedly.

Improvements

• Improved camera QR code scanning performance
  • Camera performance has been a major focus in this release as we weren’t happy with speed and handling of certain QR code sizes and resolutions.
  • We’re happy to say that QR code scanning is finally up to our standards, and scanning should be much snappier and less finnicky across practically all wallets.
  • Two of the specific changes are:
    • Changed the camera to use a 4:3 resolution
    • Changed the QR scanning library to a more stable version
• Improved performance of address verification
• Show security words immediately after activation of security words
• Improved supply chain validation scan errors
• Improved Casa health check error handling

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a visual bug around alphanumeric PIN entry
• Fix Passport lockup during initialization while pressing keys
  • If you’ve ever had your passport keyboard become unresponsive after booting, it was likely due to this bug
• Resolved a few key Casa integration bugs
  • Fix an error when trying to export Casa configuration using microSD
  • Fix Casa health check scanning
  • Fix Casa transaction signing issue
• Fix multiple minor memory leaks
• Alphabetical order of software wallets displayed was fixed
• Improve animation on “Verify Address” screen
• Bring forward a microSD card bug fix from Founder’s Edition code
• Fix passphrase not being shown when showing seed words
• Reset extension settings and search address space on Passport erase
• Fix Passport freezing when using special characters
• When setting up Passport allow user to go back to update the firmware
  or to change the setup method
• Fix crash when importing multisig configuration without valid keys
• Display a warning when backing up Passport with a passphrase applied
• Use root XFP as the filename for the backup when a passphrase is applied
• Ensure extension accounts show the passphrase indicator
• Fix lockup on wrong PIN entry
• Filter keypad double-presses
• Extended the shutdown timer while scanning and displaying QRs
• Revert a regression in account header display
• Prevent multisig config import failing when a passphrase is present
• Fix a bug that would crash the file explorer if there were too many files on the microSD card

Verifying and Installing Passport Firmware

If you’d like to verify and install the latest version of Passport manually, you can follow our guide on the topic here: Firmware Update support page

Envoy version 1.0.8 is now live!

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Envoy – 1.0.8 – is now published on all your favorite mobile platforms! To download it, simply visit our download page or check for updates on your platform of choice.

Please note that there can be a significant lag from publishing to general availability due to Apple App Store and Google Play Store review policies and delays.

What’s changed

With version 1.0.8 of Envoy, we added in a new Tor status dialogue that informs you when there are Tor connectivity issues and allows you to quickly disable Tor temporarily if desired. We’ve also squashed a few bugs, updated BDK to the latest version, and improved scanning times with Passport from Envoy.

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

New Features

• Added a new Tor dialogue when there are Tor connectivity issues
  • We value your privacy very highly, and as such we have always defaulted Envoy to using Tor, an anonymity network, to prevent even us from being able to learn information about you. Unfortunately, Tor has been undergoing a serious attack for the last several months, severely impacting user experience when using Tor.
  • This new Tor dialogue detects when there are Tor issues (after automatically trying to reconnect multiple times) and allows you to temporarily disable Tor directly from the dialogue until the next time you open Envoy.
  • For more on our usage of Tor, the current issues, and the trade-offs inherent in choosing to disable it, visit our docs page on the topic.

Improvements

• Reduce PSBT size (and thus QR size) in Envoy, improving scan times on Passport significantly
  • Keep an eye out for Passport firmware v2.0.5 which will even further decrease scan times across the board!
• Update BDK to v0.24.0
  • For more on this release, see here.
• Show the address itself under the QR code when verifying addresses between Passport and Envoy
• Add a dedicated paste button next to the address field
  • Allows you to quickly paste addresses into the address field without relying on the OS’s paste function
• Better handling when the back button is pressed in Android
• Increase the number of addresses that Envoy will query for balances to better handle some advanced uses cases
• Improve all Envoy dialogue pop-ups to make it clearer when action is necessary
• Make connectivity indicator shield pulse red when a custom Electrum server is set and unreachable/unresponsive
• Limit account name length to 20

Bug Fixes

• Properly warn when Envoy is unable to fetch firmware and show current version
• Correct ordering of notifications on the activity screen
• Correct hyperlink to more info on firmware in the firmware update flow
• Redraw account and accounts cards when the exchange rate changes to properly show fiat balance
• Use hostname instead of IP address for default testnet Electrum server

Verifying Envoy on Android

If you’d like to take the optional additional step of verifying Envoy binaries on Android, follow our guide: Verifying Envoy on Android

Passport version 2.0.4 is now live!

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Passport firmware – 2.0.4 – is now live! To download it, simply initiate the update from Envoy to be guided through the process.

What’s changed

With version 2.0.4 of Passport firmware, we added the Extensions menu, allowing users to enable extra features on Passport with the flick of a switch, starting with the Casa and Postmix extensions. We also greatly improved the QR code scanning and display functionality and fixed several minor bugs.

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

New Features

• Add an Extensions menu to Passport’s settings
  • The extensions menu offers a simple way to enable extra features on Passport
  • For more information on the Extensions feature and all available extensions, see our docs here: https://docs.foundationdevices.com/passport/extensions
• Add Casa extension and account page
  • The Casa extension adds an additional account screen with extra, Casa specific features to make using Passport with the Casa platform easy. Video tutorial coming soon!
  • Verifying your Casa multisig with Passport and Sparrow – Blog Post
• Add Postmix extension and account page
  • The Postmix extension offers users the ability to mix directly to cold storage, but then subsequently continue remixing, for free, at any time in the future.

Improvements

• Improved QR code display and scanning
  • Improve the size and density of QR codes to better fill the screen
  • Remove vertical line from camera image when scanning QR codes
  • Remember last brightness setting when showing a QR code
  • Remember last pixel density setting when showing a QR code
• Improve microSD and file handling
  • Autorefresh file picker when microSD inserted/removed
  • Erase the PSBT file after signing
  • Allow user to go back up a level when there are no files in the current directory
• Improve user experience
  • Make delete key handling on Backup Code page more intuitive
  • Add low power warning dialog when battery hits 5%
  • Tell user when they are installing a developer-signed firmware update
  • Show new fingerprint (XFP) when switching passphrases
  • Show Clear Passphrase and Change Passphrase menus instead when a passphrase is already active
• Show brick warnings on 5 and 1 PIN code entry attempts remaining
  • Ensure that users properly understand that the device will be bricked after entering an incorrect PIN code 21 times
• Add several new/updated icons
• Add support to enter account numbers up to 2,147,483,646
• Improved paginated layout for seed words page
• Rename Testnet menu to Network
• Search “change” addresses for multisig address verification

Bug Fixes

• Bring forward bug fixes from Founder’s Edition code
• Fix Verify Address for all uppercase bech32 addresses
• Fix XFP missing crash
• Respect “Skip address verification” flag in wallet settings
• Respect “Force multisig policy” flag in wallet settings
• Fix multisig import and multisig address verification during connect wallet process
• Fix text alignment in mulitsig QR import screen
• Fix scrollbar margins in a few places
• Fix QR and microSD wallet import crashes
• Fix backspace bug when entering a 12 digit PIN
• Fix toggle switch right padding
• Don’t import duplicate multisig wallets (show error page)
• When Auto-Shutdown is set to Never, the selection now scrolls into view properly
• Fix Bitcoin URI parsing (when URI was followed by query params, parsing failed)
• Allow up/down keys to increase/decrease screen brightness on all QR code pages, not just animated ones

Verifying and Installing Passport Firmware

If you’d like to verify and install the latest version of Passport manually, you can follow our guide on the topic here: Firmware Update support page

Envoy version 1.0.7 is now live!

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Envoy – 1.0.7 – is now live on all your favorite mobile platforms! To download it, simply visit our download page or check for updates on your platform of choice.

What’s changed

With version 1.0.7 of Envoy, we added in a firmware update button to simplify the process of installing firmware updates after you’ve initially setup your Passport, squashed some pesky bugs, and overhauled our app to the latest Flutter release.

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

New Features

• Added a firmware update button to the home screen card for Passport
  • Now you can force a firmware update anytime, anywhere for your Passport device straight from Envoy’s home screen

Improvements

• Upgrade to Flutter 3
  • While this may not be immediately visible from a user’s perspective, it helps us cut down on bugs and improve our release workflow
  • Flutter 3 also enables us to more easily bring desktop support for Envoy in the future across all platforms, including Windows, macOS, and even Linux!
• Remove Google MLKit QR scanner
  • Removes a dependency on Google and an unwanted network call
• Change Postmix account color for consistency with Passport

Bug Fixes

• Fix camera initialization on CalyxOS
  • For more on CalyxOS, see their website here: https://calyxos.org/
• Fix BIP-21 parsing
  • For more on BIP-21, see here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0021
• Fix XFP endianness bug
• Fix certain transactions not showing in activity screen

Verifying Envoy on Android

If you’d like to take the optional additional step of verifying Envoy binaries on Android, follow our guide: Verifying Envoy on Android