Ballet Security: Helping Users Secure Over $1 Billion in Crypto Assets (1/2）

Today, no sooner do you buy the “latest” version of a product than a newer one launches, rendering yours outdated. This annoying cycle can significantly undermine trust—especially when financial security depends on constant updates and upgrades.

That’s why Ballet stands out. Since its debut in 2019, the crypto wallet provider hasn’t changed its core design or security model. Yet six years later, users are entrusting Ballet wallets with over one billion dollars in cryptocurrency. In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we’ll explore why Ballet’s design philosophy is vital to its approach to security. Part 2 will delve into Ballet’s guiding principles and technology to understand how its robust patented security model has stood the test of time.

Part 1: Ballet’s Design Philosophy

The physical design of a crypto wallet is integral to its security, influencing not just how it looks and feels, but how well it deters theft, ensures longevity, and ultimately protects valuable assets. Consequently, a wallet’s form is as critical to security as its internal technology. Here’s how Ballet’s design philosophy led to a secure hardware wallet unlike any other:

Human-Centered Design

Crypto security is complex, and not everyone will master it. Relying on memory alone is risky—user error remains the most common cause of lost crypto. Passwords and seed phrases provide protection but are often lost, forgotten, or mishandled because they don’t align with or account for the abilities, habits, and natural limitations of the average person.

Instead of expecting users to protect both a wallet and a separate seed phrase backup, Ballet keeps everything needed to access your crypto on the wallet itself—one item to protect, fewer items to lose.

The most intuitive solutions should build on users’ existing habits and preferences, rather than focus on edge cases. Ballet’s security model follows a human-centered design rooted in the familiar principles of physical security. As long as you maintain physical possession of your wallet, your crypto cannot be stolen electronically or locked away from you, making it safe, practical, and effective for people of all ages and abilities.

Convenience and Simplicity

Complexity severely undermines user safety and is one of the greatest barriers to mainstream crypto adoption. Overly complex security features are often misused—or ignored—leaving users no safer. An unfriendly user experience can lead to unforced user errors that result in lost funds. “Achievable security” is the only true security. Therefore, the best way to provide safe, stress-free crypto storage for mainstream users is to simplify the wallet experience. 

Ballet takes a “less is more” approach to wallet design, keeping everything on one straightforward device. The public address and encrypted private key entropy are attached directly to a chip-free metal card or coin as a tamper-evident two-piece sticker. The passphrase entropy is laser-engraved directly onto the device, then protected with a scratch-off strip. This allows Ballet wallets to be: 

• Cable-free: No plugs, no tangles.

• Battery-free: No charging, no drained power sources.

• Pairing-free: Works instantly via QR code—no Bluetooth or wireless setup needed.

• Update-free: No firmware, no bugs, no glitches.

• Maintenance-free: Load it and hold it.

This smarter, simpler, holistic design delivers not only best-in-class ease of use, but a seamless, secure, and convenient experience.

Strength and Durability

Physical strength and durability are essential for anything designed to store money. A crypto wallet’s weight and solid construction is an important reflection of the digital value it protects. Electronic components, by contrast, are inherently fragile, and aging parts can lead to functional failures and data degradation (“bit rot”) over time. 

The solution is maintenance-free wallets inspired by the best aspects of physical coinage. Ballet Cold Storage solutions are crafted from high-quality stainless steel, making them waterproof, shock-resistant, and resilient—so you can hold your Ballet wallet as long as you hold your crypto.

Elegance and Style

Style serves more than aesthetics—it supports and enhances security. Stylish, visually appealing items are instinctively cherished and protected, and are less likely to be lost. As physical bearer assets, it’s crucial for Ballet wallets to be kept safe like cash or gold. Therefore, Ballet products must be elegant, high-quality, and aesthetically-pleasing—worthy of the value they protect.

Ballet wallets are durable yet beautiful, crafted using premium materials and precision manufacturing. With timeless designs and minimalist style, Ballet wallets offer a look and feel reminiscent of high-end credit cards and collectible coins—so anyone would be proud to own or give one as a gift. 

Conclusion

The physical design of a crypto wallet is more than aesthetics—it’s a frontline defense. Durable, discreet, and tamper-resistant forms protect users as much as advanced software. By uniting thoughtful style with convenient function, Ballet wallets provide both top-notch security and usability. In part two, we’ll look at how Ballet’s guiding principles build on this foundation.

About Ballet

Ballet is a U.S.-based company dedicated to making crypto safe and accessible to all by specializing in beginner-friendly, self-custodial cryptocurrency cold storage solutions. Ballet’s secure, high-quality wallets feature a patented 2-Factor Key Generation process that requires no account setup, no passwords, and no seed phrases. To date, users worldwide are securing over $1 billion in crypto assets using Ballet wallets. 

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