This new Bitcoin, Crypto Wallet scans your blood vessels and requires no passwords

If you’re a crypto holder seduced by sleek design and fearful of a violent kidnapping in the near future, don’t worry: you may have just found the top item for your holiday wishlist.

A new company is aiming to disrupt the relatively cornered crypto hardware wallet market with a product it claims is much more secure, easier to use and easy on the eyes than its entrenched competition. Enter: the G-knot.

Produced by a team associated with an established Korean biometric security company firmthe G-Knot, a shiny, puck-shaped wallet with a touchscreen face, that fits in presale Today it’s all about the signature finger vein scanner.

A smooth indentation on the puck scans the rhythm of your blood flow and the vascular architecture of your finger, to establish a unique signature and unlock the wallet in a local process, powered by zero-knowledge proofs. A user then only needs to enter a two-factor authentication code to unlock a G-Knot smartphone app containing their various crypto wallets.

The G-Knot supports most leading cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB and XRP.

G-Knot’s finger vein scanning technology doesn’t require annoying PINs, seed phrases, or private keys to log in like other leading wallets. The technology is also much more advanced than other biometric security options on the market, such as fingerprints and iris scans, its makers say.

“What we’re doing is eliminating that one point where an opening sentence fails,” says Wes Kaplan, CEO of G-Knot. Declutter during a recent interview in Manhattan. “What we offer is a modern, friendly user experience that makes your finger the key to unlocking your digital assets.”

Before you ask, the G-Knot requires a blood flow to unlock, so the product’s launch shouldn’t unleash a wave of finger amputations across Western Europe. Every finger in the world also has its own distinct finger vein signature – which remains the same for a lifetime – so no threats from long-lost identical twins either.

Moreover, the company is currently under development multiple sig functionality for the G-Knot, meaning the wallet could soon offer an extra layer of security: one that is only unlocked when multiple users, from different points around the world, log into their own G-Knots at the same time.

The patented finger vein scanner that powers the G-Knot is already on the market. It is currently used to secure the Geneva headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union, the UN’s specialized agency for digital technology, among others.

But the technology has never been applied to crypto before. Kaplan thinks the pairing is natural – and that demand for the G-Knot will be high – given the recent golf by controversial kidnappings that have plagued crypto users around the world.

Still, the CEO said he hopes the product will redefine the way users interact with hardware wallets, by eliminating security fears and making cold crypto storage as easy as any other smartphone app.

“Safety should be an afterthought,” Kaplan said. “You should be able to enjoy the user experience instead of worrying about losing this code.”

Today G-Knot opens one presale for its aluminum-cased “Founder’s Edition” wallet, which will cost $299. The company is starting with a batch of 10,000 units, which are expected to ship in early January.

That price puts the G-Knot slightly above Ledger’s new $179, focused on style Nano Gen5 hardware wallet, and even Trezor’s $249 “quantum-ready” Safe 7 model.

But the company is betting that a promise of less stress — when it comes to both security and hardware issues — will resonate particularly strongly with crypto users this year.