📢 @BTCPrague starts tomorrow — and we’ll be at booth 23. If you're building hardware wallets, designing secure hardware, or you just care about where open source security is heading, let's have a chat 🤝. At Tropic Square, we believe hardware wallets need auditable security, not security-by-obscurity. Because the question is simple: can you really trust what you can't verify? With CRA raising the bar for hardware security across the segment, this conversation matters even more. #CRA #BTC #BTC2026 #Prague #FutureProofSecurity #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource #HardwareSecurity #OpenHardware

Major Milestone for Post-Quantum Cybersecurity We are proud to announce that @SEALSQcorp $LAES QS7001 Post-Quantum Secure Element has successfully achieved NIST SP 800-90B entropy source validation — a critical milestone on the path toward FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria EAL5 certification. csrc.nist.gov/projects/crypt… This achievement reinforces SEALSQ’s commitment to delivering trusted, quantum-resilient semiconductor technologies designed to secure the next generation of connected devices, digital identities, IoT ecosystems, satellites, and critical infrastructure. As quantum computing rapidly evolves, ensuring the integrity and unpredictability of cryptographic entropy sources becomes essential for the future of cybersecurity. The QS7001 represents a new class of secure hardware engineered to withstand both classical and quantum threats while meeting the highest international security standards. This milestone is more than a technical validation — it is a strategic step toward strengthening digital trust and advancing Europe’s technological sovereignty in cybersecurity and semiconductors. Congratulations to all our engineering, cryptography, and certification teams whose dedication made this possible. 🔐 The quantum era requires quantum-resilient security. #SEALSQ #PostQuantum #Cybersecurity #Semiconductors #QuantumComputing #IoT #DigitalTrust #FIPS1403 #CommonCriteria #Cryptography #SecureElement #PQC #Innovation

TROPIC01 is in the list of Secure Elements and TPMs supported by WolfSSL - alongside Infineon, NXP, STMicro, and other industry heavyweights. 😎 @wolfSSL is one of the most widely used embedded TLS libraries out there, trusted across automotive, IoT, aerospace, and beyond. For a chip built on the principle that security shouldn't be a black box, that's the kind of list you want to be on. Transparent, open-architecture secure elements are becoming a serious option for engineers who care about where their cryptographic operations happen - not just that they happen. :raised_hands: Thanks to the wolfSSL team for the collaboration. 🔗 Full list of supported keystores and secure elements in the link below. bit.ly/4v72yy6 #FutureProofSecurity #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource #HardwareSecurity #OpenHardware

AI is accelerating reverse engineering and vulnerability discovery. For connected devices expected to operate for 10–20 years, software-only security boundaries are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. Hardware-rooted security changes the model by isolating cryptographic keys and sensitive operations inside certified Secure Elements. In the AI era, resilient IoT security starts with hardware trust. Read more ↓ sealsq.com/sealsq-blog/why-h… #Cybersecurity #AI #IoT #SecureElement #HardwareSecurity #PQC #LAES

Hardware wallets are only as trustworthy as the silicon inside them. Yet most secure elements are black boxes - closed, unauditable, taken on faith. That's exactly the problem Tropic Square exists to solve. 🔓 We'll be at BTC Prague 2026 (June 11–13, Booth B46) - Europe's largest Bitcoin event - showing what a genuinely transparent, open architecture secure element looks like in practice. If you're building hardware wallets, embedded devices, or anything where security can't be a gut feeling, come talk to us. We'd love to show you what TROPIC01 can do for your next project. 🎟️ Grab a discounted ticket using our promo link before you come: btcprague.com/?promo_id=4048… See you in Prague. 👋 #BTCPrague #BTCPrague2026 #HardwareWallets #FutureProofSecurity #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource #HardwareSecurity #OpenHardware

‼️ Passwords are still getting phished and reused — even in 2026. On today’s #WorldPasswordDay, it’s time to anchor security in hardware-backed keys and phishing-resistant MFA. 👉️ TROPIC01 is an open, tamper-resistant secure element that stores keys, enforces PINs, and protects devices against side-channel and physical attacks — giving users stronger protection 🦾 for wallets, IoT, and identity devices. #Passwordless #Passkeys #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource #HardwareSecurity #OpenHardware

If you’ve picked up a TROPIC01 USB devkit, here’s a something simple to try. As pictured, with the device plugged in, it only takes a few commands to use it with OpenSSH and authenticate into a server. Instead of relying on a key stored on your machine, the authentication is handled directly by the hardware. The private key never leaves the device, and the chip signs the request internally, keeping it isolated from the machine it’s connected to. It’s a small demo, but a practical example of how you can use open, RISC-V-based hardware security with tools developers already rely on. bit.ly/4wc2gr4 #demo #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource

Check if the device has tamper-resistant hardware design. Buy only from official sources to avoid fake devices. Verify whether the wallet uses a Secure Element chip to protect private keys. #CryptoSecurity #SecureElement #HardwareWallet

We're heading to HANNOVER MESSE 2026! The world runs on insecure hardware, with security often just bolted on as an afterthought. At Tropic Square, we believe you can't trust what you can't inspect. That is why we built TROPIC01—the world’s first transparent, auditable, and open-source RISC-V secure element. Are you attending the linkedin.com/showcase/hannov… from April 20 to 21, and are you interested in hardware development? We want to meet you! 👉Why meet with us? Unlike traditional black-box chips, we invite your scrutiny. We encourage independent researchers and engineers to probe our chips, test our defenses, and push for continuous improvement. Let's connect to discuss: 🛡️ Integrating TROPIC01 to harden your industrial, IoT, or autonomous devices against physical attacks and glitches. 🛡️ Implementing secure boot, multi-vendor pairing, and physical tamper resistance. Will you be at the show? Send a DM linkedin.com/in/tomasprejda/ or linkedin.com/in/maxim-kostin… to 📆 schedule a time to meet up! Let's talk about building truly verifiable trust in your next hardware project. #HM26 #IndustrialTransformation #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource #hannovermesse

In case you missed it over the last month, the TROPIC01 GitHub has a new layout. Open code is only useful if it’s actually accessible, so we cleaned up the navigation and made it more production-ready. 👉️ C SDK Monorepo: The core C library now contains also examples for platform implementations (STM32, ESP32, Linux, Model) 👉️ A Clear Central Hub: The main tropic01 repo acts as a clean master index for datasheets, devboards, and integration resources. 👉️ Hardware/Software Isolation: Firmware devs and hardware engineers no longer have to navigate each other's files. Now you can spend less time hunting for the right files and more time actually prototyping. But don't trust us, verify it yourself: bit.ly/3Q0rqIW PS: Feedback and ideas for further improvements are always welcome! 😉 #github #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource

Being ☑️ selected as one of the Best Practice by ALLPROS.eu 👏 is another validation that our journey to true security, starting with trusted silicon, is the right one. 👍 It is an honor for the entire Tropic Square team that our hard work and enthusiasm are being recognized on a global level 🌍. We are never satisfied with "good enough" security, we consider this selection as motivation for our future work on our mission to build trust through verifiability and auditability, NOT obscurity. We are delighted. bit.ly/4cE87O9 #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource allpros.eu/

Drone security is still underestimated. This is our perspective based on conversations we had at #Xponential Europe, discussions with prospective customers, and practical insight from within our own team — including a colleague who builds drones. What stood out is that drone security is rarely just about secure communication. The bigger question is whether the device itself can be trusted. ❓️ Can you verify the identity of the device? ❓️Can you protect keys and credentials properly? ❓️Can you trust software updates, mission data, and communication with surrounding infrastructure? ❓️Can you prevent the device from becoming the weakest point in a larger autonomous system? While the article focuses on drones, the same questions increasingly apply to robotics, autonomous machines, and connected edge devices. 👉️ We put these thoughts together in our latest article to expand the conversation around what secure autonomous systems should really require. bit.ly/4sJtMcV Give it a read and tell us what you think — do you agree with this perspective, or is there something important missing from the discussion? #DroneSecurity #AutonomousSystems #EmbeddedSecurity #HardwareSecurity #IoTSecurity #DeviceIdentity #tropicsquare #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource

The EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is coming. Are your embedded systems and crypto implementations ready for the scrutiny? 🛠️🔐 We’re excited to announce that Tropic Square is an active partner in the new €4.2M EU-funded CCAT (Cybersecurity Certification and Assessment Tools) project! Alongside top academic minds and industry leaders across Europe, we are taking four advanced academic security tools - including SCRUTINY (for crypto hardware evaluation) and sec-certs (for embedded system certificates and vulnerabilities) - and turning them into accessible, open-source utilities for the real world. What is our role? As a start-up laser-focused on security hardware, we are driving the real-world feedback loop. We are making sure these tools aren't just academic concepts, but battle-ready solutions that pentesters, R&D teams, and device manufacturers can actually use to assess their own systems and navigate complex EU cybersecurity regulations (CSA & CRA). Let's break the black box of compliance. #TropicSquare #CCAT #Cybersecurity #HardwareSecurity #OpenSource #CyberResilienceAct #Pentesting #EmbeddedSystems #EU #HorizonEurope #TROPIC01 #SecureElement #security #hardware

One year ago, TROPIC01 existed as engineering samples with a basic SDK. Today, TROPIC01 is in volume production, shipping as a fully provisioned secure element and already powering hardware products, including Trezor Safe 7. Over the past year, we’ve significantly expanded the developer ecosystem: 👉Support for STM32, ESP32, and Linux environments 👉PKCS#11 module for broader cryptographic integrations 👉A stronger codebase with automated testing 👉New SDK tutorials to simplify integration 👉A fully reworked GitHub and documentation Why does this matter? Developers expect security infrastructure to behave like modern software: Searchable. Accessible. Automatable. Unlike traditional secure elements locked behind NDAs, TROPIC01 is fully documented and openly accessible. And in the age of AI-assisted development, that changes how quickly teams can integrate secure hardware. AI tools can read the documentation. Developers can experiment faster. Security researchers can verify implementations. We’re already collaborating with device manufacturers building products planned for the coming years. Open, auditable hardware security is no longer theoretical. The ecosystem is starting to form around it. #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource

How much can you really trust a black-box root of trust? At Embedded World 2026, our CEO Jan Pleskac (@jan_pleskac) sat down with @electronicspec to talk about why verifiable security matters — and why a root of trust you can actually inspect changes the whole equation. Because in security, one thing still holds: 💡 you can only trust what you can verify. And security is not a finite process — it’s an infinite game of constant improvement. In the conversation we cover: 👉 Securing the digital identity of both machines and humans in the connected era 👉 Why compliance-driven security was designed for a very different time 👉 Why future-proof security means openness and scrutiny, not closed black boxes 👉 How TROPIC01 uses an open-source RISC-V Ibex core to build a verifiable hardware root of trust Watch the full conversation below 👇youtube.com/watch?v=XBma_tak… #HardwareSecurity #RISCV #EmbeddedSystems #CyberSecurity #TropicSquare #ew26 #embeddedworld #OpenSourceHardware #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource

We are back at embedded world Exhibition&Conference ! 🚀 Come visit the Tropic Square booth 5- 272 at #EmW26 to see our latest innovations and the progress we've made over the past year. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since we won the Embedded World Award 🏆 in 2025, and we can't wait to show you how far we've pushed our secure open-source silicon since then. Stop by, say hi, and let's connect. We look forward to seeing you there! 👋 #ew26 #embeddedworld #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource

Honest questions ahead of Embedded World 🤔: Who do you actually trust in your device 🔒? Is certified hardware enough in the autonomous decentralized infrastructure ⚙️? Are we actually building secure systems 🛡️, or just systems that pass audits 📋? If you’re designing systems that need to stay secure for a decade ⏳ and want to join the discussion 💬, let’s catch up at the event 📅. We have free tickets 🎟️, if interested, send us a DM 📩 or check our event page :) tropicsquare.com/tropic-squa… #ew26 #embeddedworld #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource #security #HWsecurity #IoT #IoTSecurity #IoTDevices #HardwareSecurity #EmbeddedSystems #SecureIoT #Nuremberg

#ew26 #embeddedworld #OpenSourceHardware #TropicSquare #TrustedHardware #embedded #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource

Have you heard the story about 70% of secure elements in IoT devices being soldered on just for compliance, but not really plugged in? We heard it at hashtag#EmbeddedWorld 2025. And it perfectly captures how security is still treated in hardware. On the BOM? ✅ Compliance-ready? ✅ Architecturally integrated? ❌ Security still gets added late. Devices are already designed. Engineers get a few days to “do the security part”. So a secure element gets attached, not integrated. On paper, it passes. In reality, the trust boundary never changed. You can’t retrofit trust. You can’t secure what you can’t inspect. If this sounds familiar, let’s talk at @embedded_world 2026. 🎫 And if you want a free ticket, send us a DM. #tropicsquare #TROPIC01 #cybersecurity #secureelement #security #hardware #opensource #embedded