Passport Founder’s Edition

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First-generation Passport hardware wallet introduced in 2020; no longer sold, while current Passport Core documentation remains applicable to Founder’s Edition devices on supported firmware.

Launch: 2020
Sales: end_of_sale
Support: supported
Variants: —
Confidence: high
Last verified: 2026-08-15

Material concerns

Custody and recovery assumptions

Active support, evidence verification, or product type is not a safety endorsement. Missing custody or recovery metadata is shown as unknown rather than inferred as self-custody.

Custody model: self_custody
Key-management model: device_held_bitcoin_seed
Independent recovery: Unknown / requires evidence review

Lifecycle

Product timeline

2020

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First-generation Passport introduced

Product: Passport Founder’s Edition

Foundation states that its first-generation Passport hardware wallet, later described as the Passport Founder’s Edition, was introduced in mid-2020.

Evidence: 1

Sources

Evidence

Passport is now Passport Core

Foundation · 2025-03-17

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Passport Core Home

Foundation

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