Matej Zak, CEO of Trezor, and I sat down at their Prague office to discuss the new Trezor Safe 7 hardware wallet and much more.
Get to know Matej:
- Favorite food – Pasta
- Favorite movie – The Big Short
- Favorite book – Principles by Ray Dalio
- Hobby – Mountain climbing
Topics:
- Trezor’s new device – Safe 7
- Design and Security approach
- The future of self custody
- Preparing for potential quantum-computing threats to crypto security
- Does Trezor have plans to go public?
Links:
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Timestamps
01:05 Matej’s background
03:08 First encounter with Bitcoin
04:24 Crypto paradigm shift
05:47 Crypto’s growth and adoption
07:59 Importance of Self Custody
09:02 Educating people about self custody
11:24 UX learnings
16:55 Safe 7 Bluetooth and new design
19:00 Future of self custody
20:51 Using AI and roadmap
23:52 Open source code
26:09 Trezor IPO?
27:33 Ledger challenges
30:14 Crypto legislation and support different assets
35:01 Wrap up questions
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