Cypherock X1 vs Keycard Keycard leads by 7 points.
Keycard scores 7 points above Cypherock X1, led by secure element, maker independence, and fund-loss record. Cypherock X1 ranks #15 and Keycard #10 of 23 published hardware wallets. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Cypherock X160
vs
Keycard67
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #15 and #10 of 23
Keycard scores 7 points above Cypherock X1, led by secure element, maker independence, and fund-loss record.
Cypherock X1 #15 of 2360
Keycard #10 of 2367
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termKeycard leads on 3 of 6 published criteria; Cypherock X1 on 1. The terms sum to the gap.
TermKeycardCypherock X1WeightPoints
Secure element10/103/106.5+11.8for Keycard+6.0 of 32
Rebuildable firmware5/1010/106.5−8.4for Cypherock X1−4.3 of 32
Maker independence8/104/102.6+2.7for Keycard+1.4 of 32
Fund-loss record10/108/102.6+1.4for Keycard+0.7 of 32
Net of the terms+7.5
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+7.5
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6760+7.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
KeycardScore 67An EAL6+ certified card with an open applet, €29 — no screen, signed from a phone over NFCStrength: Secure element you can look up — 10/10Watch-out: No screen: you approve what the phone or computer shows, so a compromised host can mislead youCypherock X1Score 60Seedless split across a vault and four cards — firmware rebuilt and matchedStrength: Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10Watch-out: DARKNAVY's 2025 exploit chain changed the vault firmware and took control of newly generated seeds; Cypherock names no fix, and the bootloader cannot be updated
Quick facts
At a glance
3 of 5 rows read the same for both.
FactCypherock X1Keycard
One-time priceSnapshotCypherock X1 Basic (one vault, four cards): the maker's store feed https://api-commerce.cypherock.com/api/products reads "price":99,"compareAtPrice":129, read 1 October 2026; the same feed names "currency":"USD" (read 28 October 2026).Keycard at €29.00 including VAT on https://keycard.tech/products/keycard, read 1 October 2026; the store prices in euros only and publishes no US dollar list price.
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, EAL5+ certified; firmware open source; no air-gapped signing.Secure element, EAL6+ certified; partly open source; no air-gapped signing.
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Cypherock X1
60#15 of 23
Pick it when
Pick Cypherock X1 if rebuildable firmware matters most — it scores 10/10 to Keycard's 5/10 there (weight 27).
Strength
Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10
Tradeoff
DARKNAVY's 2025 exploit chain changed the vault firmware and took control of newly generated seeds; Cypherock names no fix, and the bootloader cannot be updated
Keycard
67#10 of 23
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Keycard if secure element matters most — it scores 10/10 to Cypherock X1's 3/10 there (weight 27).
Strength
Secure element you can look up — 10/10
Tradeoff
No screen: you approve what the phone or computer shows, so a compromised host can mislead you
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Cypherock X1
Choose Cypherock X1 if rebuildable firmware matters most
Rebuildable firmware: 10/10 against 5/10 for Keycard (weight 27)
Cypherock X1Score 60Seedless split across a vault and four cards — firmware rebuilt and matchedStrength: Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10Watch-out: DARKNAVY's 2025 exploit chain changed the vault firmware and took control of newly generated seeds; Cypherock names no fix, and the bootloader cannot be updated
KeycardLeads
Choose Keycard if secure element matters most
Secure element: 10/10 against 3/10 for Cypherock X1 (weight 27)
Maker independence: 8/10 against 4/10 for Cypherock X1 (weight 11)
Fund-loss record: 10/10 against 8/10 for Cypherock X1 (weight 11)
KeycardScore 67An EAL6+ certified card with an open applet, €29 — no screen, signed from a phone over NFCStrength: Secure element you can look up — 10/10Watch-out: No screen: you approve what the phone or computer shows, so a compromised host can mislead you
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 7 of 10weight 6.5 of 86Keycard leads
Cypherock X13/10 out of 10
Keycard10/10 out of 10
Rebuildable firmware
by 5 of 10weight 6.5 of 86Cypherock X1 leads
Cypherock X110/10 out of 10
Keycard5/10 out of 10
Genuine check
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
Cypherock X17/10 out of 10
Keycard7/10 out of 10
Checkable keys
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
Cypherock X10/10 out of 10
Keycard0/10 out of 10
Maker independence
by 4 of 10weight 2.6 of 86Keycard leads
Cypherock X14/10 out of 10
Keycard8/10 out of 10
Fund-loss record
by 2 of 10weight 2.6 of 86Keycard leads
Cypherock X18/10 out of 10
Keycard10/10 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
Cypherock X114/20Keycard14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Cypherock X113.6/30Keycard16.5/30
Keycard leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Cypherock X12.7/10Keycard2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Cypherock X13.2/8Keycard3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Cypherock X15.5/18Keycard5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Keycard unless the term Cypherock X1 leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Cypherock X1 if rebuildable firmware matters most — it scores 10/10 to Keycard's 5/10 there (weight 27).
The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .
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Key failure: your own keys are made, shown or recovered unsafely.
Scored by Secure element you can look up · 27% (Cypherock X1 3/10, Keycard 10/10)
Scored by Firmware anyone can rebuild and match · 27% (Cypherock X1 10/10, Keycard 5/10)
Scored by Proof the device is genuine and unmodified · 12% (Cypherock X1 7/10, Keycard 7/10)
Scored by Key creation and signing you can check · 12% (Cypherock X1 0/10, Keycard 0/10)
Scored by Sign and recover without the maker · 11% (Cypherock X1 4/10, Keycard 8/10)
Scored by Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss · 11% (Cypherock X1 8/10, Keycard 10/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored, except Information failure, which the provider pages show as a fact.
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Keycard scores 7 points above Cypherock X1, led by secure element, maker independence, and fund-loss record. Published scores, out of 100: Cypherock X1 60 (rank 15 of 23 hardware wallets), Keycard 67 (rank 10 of 23).
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