Daedalus Add Keystone Air-Gapped QR Support for Development Roadmap

Se7en Labs dey work on Keystone hardware wallet support for Cardano’s Daedalus wallet, according to public statement from Adam Dean and the team ratified development proposal. The planned integration go bring air-gapped QR transaction signing come Daedalus, so hardware wallet users fit authorize transactions without USB or Bluetooth data connection between the signing device and their computer.

Keystone support dey listed as deliverable inside the funded Se7en Labs proposal wey cover Daedalus maintenance and improvements for 2026 and 2027.

Keystone Support Don Already Enter Daedalus Roadmap

The update show publicly after Cardano DRep and Cardano Japan Council member Kyosuke Takatuki write say e hear say Se7en Labs dey consider add Keystone support to Daedalus.

Adam Dean reply directly for the thread:

“Not considering, in progress ☺️ Soon™️”

The integration still dey inside the ratified Se7en Labs treasury proposal, wey list “Keystone air-gapped QR signing support within contract period” among the planned Daedalus improvements.

As of August 8, no public GitHub issue, pull request, commit or branch wey reference Keystone don appear for the Daedalus repository. The funded roadmap establish Keystone support as development deliverable, while Dean statement indicate say work don already start.

No specific release date don announce. The funded Se7en Labs maintenance and development period go run from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027.

Air-Gapped QR Signing Go Expand Daedalus Hardware Wallet Options

Keystone hardware wallets dey use air-gapped architecture wey fit exchange transaction data through QR codes instead of to maintain direct USB or Bluetooth data connection with internet-connected computer.

Under the planned Daedalus integration, transactions fit dey prepared for the wallet and then transfer go Keystone for offline signing. The signed transaction data fit then return through the QR workflow before dem submit am to the Cardano network.

That workflow dey part of the planned integration and e never dey available for any released Daedalus version.

Daedalus don already support Ledger and Trezor hardware wallets. Keystone go expand those options with signing model wey design to remove the USB or Bluetooth data path from regular transaction authorization.

Keystone don already support Cardano (ADA) through multiple wallet applications, including Eternl, NuFi, VESPR and Begin, with integrations wey provide access to combinations of staking, DeFi and NFT functionality.

Se7en Labs Dey Expand the Daedalus Development Roadmap

The Keystone work follow broader change for how Daedalus dey develop and maintain.

Input Output announce for June say Daedalus dey move go specialist ownership model, with Se7en Labs taking responsibility for im roadmap. The team behind DripDropz don already dey work on Daedalus under Input Output contract before dem later ratify their treasury proposal.

The approximately 1.79 million ADA proposal cover Daedalus maintenance and improvements from September 2026 through August 2027. Keystone air-gapped QR signing na one of the planned deliverables, alongside additional hardware wallet work including Ledger Flex support.

Daedalus still remain Cardano full-node desktop wallet, wey dey locally synchronize and verify the blockchain instead make e operate through the remote backend model wey light wallets commonly dey use.

The planned Keystone integration no go change that architecture, but e go change how users fit authorize transactions. Daedalus go continue to provide local full-node verification, while Keystone go add physically separated QR signing path wey no require direct data connection between the hardware wallet and the computer.