SafePal X1

The SafePal X1 is SafePal’s Bluetooth hardware wallet, launched alongside the S1 Pro in September 2023, according to a November 2023 SafePal post. Its product page lists Bluetooth 5.0, a 1.8-inch monochrome LCD at 128 x 64 pixels, a keypad of “12 laser engraved buttons” plus a D-pad, a 200 mAh battery charged over USB-C, and an “EAL6+ independent secure element”. SafePal’s store listed it at $69.99, VAT and duty excluded, on 14 October 2026, between the QR-signing S1 at $49.99 and the S1 Pro at $89.99.

Who is the SafePal X1 for?

It fits people who:

• want to approve transactions from a phone without a cable;
• would rather press physical buttons than use a touchscreen;
• plan to use the SafePal app or SafePal browser extension, the two companions SafePal lists.

It fits less well if you want:

• no radio link: the S1 Pro signs by QR code and, per SafePal, has no Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or NFC;
• long use away from a charger: SafePal rates the battery at 2 hours of continuous use on a full charge;
• a color screen: the X1’s screen is monochrome;
• Shamir (SLIP-39) backups or multisig: we found no SafePal documentation of either for this model.

Other Bluetooth-capable devices with datasheets here include the Ledger Nano X, listed at $99 on Ledger’s shop on 14 October 2026, the Blockstream Jade Plus and the Trezor Safe 7.

Is the SafePal X1 air-gapped?

Not by the usual definition. The X1 product page repeats the “100% air-gapped signing” highlight shown on the S1 Pro page, but its connectivity specification reads “High Speed Bluetooth 5.0”, and SafePal’s store comparison lists “Bluetooth” for the X1 against “QRcode” for the two S1 models. An air gap, in NIST’s definition, is an interface where any logical connection “is not automated”; a paired Bluetooth link is automated. If air-gapped signing is the point, see the S1 Pro and our air-gapped wallets guide.

Is the SafePal X1 Bluetooth connection safe?

The SafePal pages we checked do not describe how the X1 pairs, how the link is encrypted, or whether Bluetooth can be switched off. SafePal’s September 2023 launch letter says the published code “includes code used for the bluetooth interaction with the SafePal mobile software wallet”, so that part is open to review. The product page says the X1’s larger screen shows “more transaction details”, which is where you would compare the address and amount with what the phone shows; we have not verified what the X1 displays for each transaction type or how it handles a compromised phone.

Is the SafePal X1 open source?

SafePal says so, but its own launch letter is narrower. SafePal’s site menu calls the X1 a “Fully open-sourced bluetooth hardware wallet”, while the letter says: “Relevant parts of the major code for the X1 have already been made open-source in stages,” covering the Bluetooth interaction, signing and smart-contract approvals, and private key generation and storage. The code sits in a GPL-3.0 safepal-x1 repository whose commits are labelled with X1 firmware versions. We have not verified how complete the published code is, or whether it builds to the firmware SafePal ships.

The same letter says “audits for the X1 were completed by Keylabs”; we did not find a published report. It also describes the X1’s secure element as “CC EAL5+”, while the current product page says EAL6+. Neither names the chip.

Has the SafePal X1 been hacked?

We found no published attack on the X1. Two events involve the brand:

• February 2021, original S1. Kraken Security Labs found the S1’s tamper detection “at best, ineffective” and loaded older firmware without the device detecting it, but wrote that it was “not able to steal cryptocurrency from the wallet.” SafePal disputed that the findings were exploitable and said firmware V1.0.24 patched the downgrade. The research predates the X1 and does not establish an X1 flaw.
• August 2026, customer order data. SafePal reported an authorization flaw in an order-tracking plug-in that exposed names, email and shipping addresses, phone numbers and purchase details for about 39,798 customers who ordered between 2 March 2025 and 11 April 2026. It said seed phrases, private keys and wallet passwords were not part of the data, fixed the flaw, notified customers and took down over 30 phishing sites and links.

How do you back up and recover a SafePal X1?

In an August 2026 post, SafePal says the S1, S1 Pro and X1 create a 12- or 24-word recovery phrase under the BIP39 standard, from random data supplied by two chips, a secure element and an application chip, each with its own hardware random number generator. The store lists “PIN & Passphrase” support. SafePal’s help center says a lost device’s assets can be recovered “on any other BIP39/44 compatible wallet.” We have not tested that. If you set a passphrase, restoring the same wallet also needs that exact passphrase: under BIP39 every passphrase produces a valid but different wallet. We found no SLIP-39 support. See our seed phrase guide.

How do you update the SafePal X1?

Over a cable, not over Bluetooth. SafePal’s X1 upgrade page says “Plug your SafePal X1 into the PC, start the device and enter the upgrade mode,” then copy an upgrade.bin file to it, and says upgrading from a phone is not supported. On 14 October 2026 it listed version V1.0.35, dated 12 October 2026. The page also explains checking a downloaded firmware file against the SHA-256 ID SafePal tags to each version; downloads require the device’s serial number, so we did not see the ID for V1.0.35.

Which coins and apps work with the SafePal X1?

SafePal names the SafePal App and SafePal Extension as compatible and claims “200+ blockchains”. We found no Bitcoin-only edition and no model-specific multisig documentation.

What we could not verify

• The secure element’s part number, and whether its certification is EAL5+ or EAL6+.
• How Bluetooth pairing and encryption work, and whether Bluetooth can be turned off.
• The Keylabs audit report.
• Dimensions, weight and country of manufacture.
• Multisig and SLIP-39 support.

Read how we compile each datasheet in our methodology.