Ethereum Foundation launches Universal Ethereum Signer app for Passport Prime
Image: UnchainedThe Ethereum Foundation is launching the Universal Ethereum Signer app on the KeyOS operating system for the Passport Prime device. Built by Ledger co-founder Nicolas Bacca with an Ethereum Foundation grant, the app gives Passport Prime owners a dedicated signer for Ethereum transactions. Users currently must sideload the signer manually until an app catalog arrives. The Passport Prime device retails for $349.
Key points
- The Ethereum Foundation is launching a Universal Ethereum Signer app on the KeyOS operating system for the Passport Prime device.
- The signing app was built by Ledger co-founder Nicolas Bacca with funding from an Ethereum Foundation grant.
- Passport Prime users must manually sideload the new signer app until an official app catalog arrives.
Why it matters
Passport Prime owners gain the ability to review and sign Ethereum transactions on separate, air-gapped hardware instead of trusting a phone or laptop.
Price context · ETH
At publication
$1,998.04
Now
$2,002.59
Change since
+0.23%
7 days · dashed line = publication
Sources · 2 publishers
Unchained
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Foundation CEO Says Ethereum Foundation Is Launching a Signing App for Passport Prime
Crypto Briefing
Tier 2
Ethereum Foundation launches Universal Ethereum Signer app on Passport Prime
Coverage timeline
- First reported by Unchained
- Also reported by Crypto Briefing
- CryptoVideos brief published
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