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Ledger’s Feature Fumble Is a Reality Check for Crypto
As French wallet-maker Ledger found recently, it's a struggle to maintain crypto's trustless ethos while increasing adoption.
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Screen grab from video purporting to show a user smashing a hardware wallet with a hammer and then setting it ablaze with a blowtorch. (@oklahodl1/Twitter)
Ledger Recover Fiasco Exposes Gap Between Blockchain Ideals and Technical Reality
After a video went viral of what appears to be a hardware wallet getting smashed with a hammer and then blow-torched into a charred mass, Ledger (and all of the crypto industr...
Screen grab from video purporting to show a user smashing a hardware wallet with a hammer and then setting it ablaze with a blowtorch. (@oklahodl1/Twitter)

Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier at Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Harry Murphy/Web Summit via Sportsfile)
Ledger's PR Struggle Reveals Uncomfortable Trade-Offs for Crypto Storage
In a series of media appearances, executives said the French wallet-maker would make part of its code open-source and add additional security protections.
Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier at Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Harry Murphy/Web Summit via Sportsfile)

Ledger CEO Addresses the 'Mistake' Surrounding Its Key Recovery Service Plans
Ledger CEO Addresses the 'Mistake' Surrounding Its Key Recovery Service Plans
Last week, Ledger announced a service called Ledger Recover, which will allow users to store encrypted backups of their seed phrases with a set of three custodians. This was f...
Ledger CEO Addresses the 'Mistake' Surrounding Its Key Recovery Service Plans

Ledger CEO on Fragility of Trust in Crypto Industry
Ledger CEO on Fragility of Trust in Crypto Industry
Ledger CEO and Chairman Pascal Gauthier discusses the complexity of the crypto space and the fragility of trust in the industry, reacting to the recent criticism the hardware...
Ledger CEO on Fragility of Trust in Crypto Industry

Ledger CEO Addresses Key Recovery Rollout Delay
Ledger CEO Addresses Key Recovery Rollout Delay
Hardware crypto wallet provider Ledger has pledged to accelerate their open-sourcing roadmap and delay the launch of its private key recovery service after criticism from the...
Ledger CEO Addresses Key Recovery Rollout Delay

Crypto Wallet Provider Ledger Delays Key-Recovery Service After Criticism
Crypto Wallet Provider Ledger Delays Key-Recovery Service After Criticism
Hardware wallet provider Ledger will postpone the release of its key recovery feature following harsh criticism from the crypto community, according to a letter from Ledger CE...
Crypto Wallet Provider Ledger Delays Key-Recovery Service After Criticism

Ledger Wallet (Amjith S/Unsplash)
Crypto Wallet Provider Ledger Delays Key-Recovery Service After Uproar
After criticism from the crypto community, the firm pledged to open-source the Ledger Recover code before releasing the controversial update.
Ledger Wallet (Amjith S/Unsplash)

Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier at Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Harry Murphy/Web Summit via Sportsfile)
Ledger’s Hard Lesson: Being Right Isn't Good Enough
Public communication doesn’t work like computer code. The French hardware wallet maker learned that the hard way.
Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier at Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Harry Murphy/Web Summit via Sportsfile)

Unpacking Ledger’s Controversial New Bitcoin Key Recovery Feature
Unpacking Ledger’s Controversial New Bitcoin Key Recovery Feature
Paris-based hardware wallet-maker Ledger announced a new key-recovery feature this week, allowing users to recover their private keys. But opponents say that the product isn’t...
Unpacking Ledger’s Controversial New Bitcoin Key Recovery Feature