BitBox02 Nova vs Blockstream Jade Core BitBox02 Nova leads by 10 points.
BitBox02 Nova scores 10 points above Blockstream Jade Core, led by secure element. BitBox02 Nova ranks #1 and Blockstream Jade Core #4 of 23 published hardware wallets. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
BitBox02 Nova81
vs
Blockstream Jade Core71
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #1 and #4 of 23
Secure element10/104/106.5+10.1for BitBox02 Nova+5.2 of 32
Net of the terms+10.1
Reproduced gap+10.1
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below8171+10.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
BitBox02 NovaScore 81EAL6+ secure chip and firmware rebuilt and matched, with Bluetooth — new in 2025, €175Strength: Secure element you can look up — 10/10Watch-out: First shipped in 2025, so it has a short record in buyers' handsBlockstream Jade CoreScore 71USB-C and Bluetooth signer at $99 with a per-unit Genuine Check — no secure element; the Jade Plus ($149) scores the sameStrength: Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10Watch-out: No secure element: someone holding the device faces the PIN oracle and your passphrase, not a certified chip
Quick facts
At a glance
3 of 5 rows read the same for both.
FactBitBox02 NovaBlockstream Jade Core
One-time priceSnapshotBitBox02 Nova, Multi edition, at €175.00 including 19% VAT on https://shop.bitbox.swiss/en/products/bitbox02-nova-79/, read 1 October 2026; no US dollar list price is published.Blockstream Jade Core: the US store's product data reads "price":"99.00" with no compare-at price (US dollars), read 2 October 2026 from https://store.blockstream.com/products/blockstream-jade-core.json?country=US.
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
Custody modelEditorialSelf-custody: the keys stay on the deviceSelf-custody: the keys stay on the device
Security postureSnapshotSecure element, EAL6+ certified; fully open source; no air-gapped signing.No secure element; fully open source; no air-gapped signing.
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
BitBox02 Nova
81#1 of 23
Leads
Pick it when
Pick BitBox02 Nova if secure element matters most — it scores 10/10 to Blockstream Jade Core's 4/10 there (weight 27).
Strength
Secure element you can look up — 10/10
Tradeoff
First shipped in 2025, so it has a short record in buyers' hands
Blockstream Jade Core
71#4 of 23
Pick it when
Blockstream Jade Core leads BitBox02 Nova on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
Strength
Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10
Tradeoff
No secure element: someone holding the device faces the PIN oracle and your passphrase, not a certified chip
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
BitBox02 NovaLeads
Choose BitBox02 Nova if secure element matters most
Secure element: 10/10 against 4/10 for Blockstream Jade Core (weight 27)
BitBox02 NovaScore 81EAL6+ secure chip and firmware rebuilt and matched, with Bluetooth — new in 2025, €175Strength: Secure element you can look up — 10/10Watch-out: First shipped in 2025, so it has a short record in buyers' hands
Blockstream Jade Core
Blockstream Jade Core leads BitBox02 Nova on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
Blockstream Jade CoreScore 71USB-C and Bluetooth signer at $99 with a per-unit Genuine Check — no secure element; the Jade Plus ($149) scores the sameStrength: Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10Watch-out: No secure element: someone holding the device faces the PIN oracle and your passphrase, not a certified chip
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 8612 of 12 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Secure element
by 6 of 10weight 6.5 of 86BitBox02 Nova leads
BitBox02 Nova10/10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade Core4/10 out of 10
Rebuildable firmware
weight 6.5 of 86Tie
BitBox02 Nova10/10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade Core10/10 out of 10
Genuine check
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
BitBox02 Nova7/10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade Core7/10 out of 10
Checkable keys
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
BitBox02 Nova10/10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade Core10/10 out of 10
Maker independence
weight 2.6 of 86Tie
BitBox02 Nova10/10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade Core10/10 out of 10
Fund-loss record
weight 2.6 of 86Tie
BitBox02 Nova5/10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade Core5/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86 · constant here
BitBox02 Nova14/20Blockstream Jade Core14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
BitBox02 Nova21.8/30Blockstream Jade Core17.9/30
BitBox02 Nova leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
BitBox02 Nova2.7/10Blockstream Jade Core2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
BitBox02 Nova3.2/8Blockstream Jade Core3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
BitBox02 Nova5.5/18Blockstream Jade Core5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose BitBox02 Nova unless the term Blockstream Jade Core leads on is the one you are buying.
Blockstream Jade Core leads BitBox02 Nova on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .
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Scored by Secure element you can look up · 27% (BitBox02 Nova 10/10, Blockstream Jade Core 4/10)
Scored by Firmware anyone can rebuild and match · 27% (BitBox02 Nova 10/10, Blockstream Jade Core 10/10)
Scored by Proof the device is genuine and unmodified · 12% (BitBox02 Nova 7/10, Blockstream Jade Core 7/10)
Scored by Key creation and signing you can check · 12% (BitBox02 Nova 10/10, Blockstream Jade Core 10/10)
Scored by Sign and recover without the maker · 11% (BitBox02 Nova 10/10, Blockstream Jade Core 10/10)
Scored by Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss · 11% (BitBox02 Nova 5/10, Blockstream Jade Core 5/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored, except Information failure, which the provider pages show as a fact.
Questions
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BitBox02 Nova scores 10 points above Blockstream Jade Core, led by secure element. Published scores, out of 100: BitBox02 Nova 81 (rank 1 of 23 hardware wallets), Blockstream Jade Core 71 (rank 4 of 23).
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