Bitcoin wallet Android backup

Hardbit recently started shipping the Hardbit HB01 Bitcoin Hardware Wallet. The HB01 is a low cost offline, secure, cold storage solution for your bitcoins that still allows you to use them when you want. The Trezor wallet is just starting to ship pre-orders and Butterfly Labs has still not shipped their hardware wallet (or anything at all for that matter). This has left a huge gap in the market for a stand-alone solution to offline storage that is not a paper wallet or a complicated DIY method.

Hardbit has stepped into that gap with the HB01.

My first impression of the HB01 is that it is rugged and small. It also looks like a mini cell phone with a touch screen and camera on the back.

Size:

2.5″ Touch Screen

48 x 88 x 12.8mm

It comes with an extra 900 mah lithium battery. There is also a USB power cord and dongle to plug it in.

It does not come with a paper manual. There is a manual on the unit itself. The PDF is available in english on the Hardbit site. It is helpful but upon turning on the HB01 it walks you through setup very simply. easy to use during setup. As it is not transacting Bitcoin it also helps keep your Bitcoin safe. There is not an app for iPhone as we all know Apple is anti-anything-they-do-not-control.

The interface is clean and easy to use. The screen is easy to see and glare not an issue when scanning the QR code. In the directions, they stress making a secure password and also to make a backup. One of the ways that the HB01 works is to allow for a backup. This way if your HB01 is lost or broken you still have your Bitcoin. The ability gives a bit more of a sense of security when using the HB01.

Being that the HB01 is passworded, if stolen it would be extremely difficult for someone to steal your Bitcoin off the unit. In fact, before the thief could even get to trying to crack it, you could have used your backup to move your Bitcoins to a different wallet. I hope I never have to use this function, but it seems straight forward. You should be able to import the wallet backup directly into a standard Bitcoin wallet client.