Freedom Factory promotes AI verification of open-source hardware wallets with new quantum-resistant PQ1

Freedom Factory just dropped what it calls the world’s first quantum-resistant hardware wallet, and the most interesting part isn’t the quantum stuff. It’s the idea that you can take the device’s open-source firmware, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, and have an AI model verify it for you. The PQ1, announced on July 28, was built specifically for Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains. It’s priced at $179, with shipping expected in Q4 2026 and pre-orders already live. The device accepts payments in both crypto via daimo.com and fiat through Stripe. Open source meets AI verification The PQ1 is fully open-source, covering both firmware and hardware schematics. That alone puts it in rare company in the hardware wallet space, where competitors typically offer either closed systems or only partial access to their software frameworks. Users can independently verify the wallet’s firmware through an eight-word verification process, and Freedom Factory is actively promoting the use of AI models like Claude and ChatGPT as tools for that audit. In English: instead of needing to be a firmware engineer to check whether your wallet is compromised, you can ask an AI to do the heavy lifting. Post-quan...