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Keystone vs Blockstream Jade Keystone leads by 1 point.

Keystone scores 1 point above Blockstream Jade, led by secure element and genuine check. Keystone ranks #5 and Blockstream Jade #8 of 23 published hardware wallets. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

Keystone70
Blockstream Jade69
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #5 and #8 of 23
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot Evidence verified through 6 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-KEYSTONE-VS-BLOCKSTREAM-JADE-0ebc6c2f
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

Keystone leads by 1 point

Keystone scores 1 point above Blockstream Jade, led by secure element and genuine check.

Keystone #5 of 2370
Blockstream Jade #8 of 2369
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termKeystone leads on 2 of 6 published criteria; Blockstream Jade on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermKeystoneBlockstream JadeWeightPoints
Secure element5/104/106.5+1.7for Keystone+0.9 of 32
Genuine check5/100/102.9+3.7for Keystone+1.9 of 32
Checkable keys7/1010/102.9−2.2for Blockstream Jade−1.2 of 32
Fund-loss record7/109/102.6−1.4for Blockstream Jade−0.7 of 32
Net of the terms+1.8
Reproduced gap+1.8
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7069+1.0

Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.

Quick facts

At a glance

3 of 5 rows read the same for both.
FactKeystoneBlockstream Jade
One-time priceSnapshotKeystone 3 Pro at $149.00 on https://shop.keyst.one/products/keystone-3-pro, read 1 October 2026.Blockstream Jade Classic: the US store's product data reads "price":"67.00" with "compare_at_price":"79.00" (US dollars, sale and regular), read 1 October 2026 from https://store.blockstream.com/products/blockstream-jade-hardware-wallet.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, no listed certificate; firmware open source; air-gapped signing.No secure element; fully open source; air-gapped signing.
From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

Keystone

70#5 of 23
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Keystone if secure element matters most — it scores 5/10 to Blockstream Jade's 4/10 there (weight 27).
Strength
Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10
Tradeoff
None of its three secure-element parts (ATECC608B, DS28S60, MAX32520) holds a listed certificate

Blockstream Jade

69#8 of 23
Pick it when
Pick Blockstream Jade if checkable keys matters most — it scores 10/10 to Keystone's 7/10 there (weight 12).
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?

KeystoneLeads

Choose Keystone if secure element matters most

  • Secure element: 5/10 against 4/10 for Blockstream Jade (weight 27)
  • Genuine check: 5/10 against 0/10 for Blockstream Jade (weight 12)
Blockstream Jade

Choose Blockstream Jade if checkable keys matters most

  • Checkable keys: 10/10 against 7/10 for Keystone (weight 12)
  • Fund-loss record: 9/10 against 7/10 for Keystone (weight 11)
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 1 of 10weight 6.5 of 86Keystone leads
Keystone5 out of 10
Blockstream Jade4 out of 10

Rebuildable firmware

weight 6.5 of 86Tie
Keystone10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade10 out of 10

Genuine check

by 5 of 10weight 2.9 of 86Keystone leads
Keystone5 out of 10
Blockstream Jade0 out of 10

Checkable keys

by 3 of 10weight 2.9 of 86Blockstream Jade leads
Keystone7 out of 10
Blockstream Jade10 out of 10

Maker independence

weight 2.6 of 86Tie
Keystone10 out of 10
Blockstream Jade10 out of 10

Fund-loss record

by 2 of 10weight 2.6 of 86Blockstream Jade leads
Keystone7 out of 10
Blockstream Jade9 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
Keystone14/20Blockstream Jade14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Keystone17.7/30Blockstream Jade17/30
Keystone leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Keystone2.7/10Blockstream Jade2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Keystone3.2/8Blockstream Jade3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Keystone5.5/18Blockstream Jade5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order

Choose Keystone unless the term Blockstream Jade leads on is the one you are buying.

Pick Blockstream Jade if checkable keys matters most — it scores 10/10 to Keystone's 7/10 there (weight 12).

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

From the published order

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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Key failure: your own keys are made, shown or recovered unsafely.
    Scored by Secure element you can look up · 27% (Keystone 5/10, Blockstream Jade 4/10)
    Scored by Firmware anyone can rebuild and match · 27% (Keystone 10/10, Blockstream Jade 10/10)
    Scored by Proof the device is genuine and unmodified · 12% (Keystone 5/10, Blockstream Jade 0/10)
    Scored by Key creation and signing you can check · 12% (Keystone 7/10, Blockstream Jade 10/10)
    Scored by Sign and recover without the maker · 11% (Keystone 10/10, Blockstream Jade 10/10)
    Scored by Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss · 11% (Keystone 7/10, Blockstream Jade 9/10)
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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Keystone scores 1 point above Blockstream Jade, led by secure element and genuine check. Published scores, out of 100: Keystone 70 (rank 5 of 23 hardware wallets), Blockstream Jade 69 (rank 8 of 23).

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Reviewed Next review by Methodology v2026.10.18
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Reviewed means both products compared here was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.

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