Security FAQ
Straight answers to the security questions we're asked most. For the full reasoning, see the security model, threat model, and verify-it-yourself pages.
Quick answers
The questions below map to the deeper pages in this Security Center. If you're doing enterprise due diligence, these plus the threat model and audit stance are designed to answer the common review checklist in one place.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Ownbit cold wallet more secure than a hardware wallet?
There's no simple "more secure." It's stronger on verifiability and freedom from vendor lock-in; a hardware wallet is stronger on physical key isolation. For high-value assets, spreading single-key risk across a MultiSig is sounder than betting everything on one device.
Where is my seed phrase stored? Is it uploaded?
Encrypted, on your own device, never uploaded. You can also generate it offline outside Ownbit and then import it, keeping the key's origin entirely yours.
Has Ownbit's code been audited?
Not a paid commercial audit, and none is planned. Instead: years of mature production use, security review with several leading AI models, and public on-chain contracts anyone can review.
With the Ownbit cold wallet, who do I actually still need to trust?
What you must trust is reduced to the minimum: open cryptographic standards, public contracts and encoding you can check yourself, and the offline device you manage by hand. You don't need to trust our brand or the goodwill of our team.
If Ownbit's developers wanted to act maliciously, could they steal my coins?
Not remotely — the air gap prevents it. The one theoretical path exists in every signing product; Ownbit bounds it with deterministic signing you can verify, external seed import you control, and an air gap that leaves only the signature channel.
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