--- description: Find out why Block Bitkey is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Block Bitkey: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d278926508b8538/698a8a23cabb1d44ade594b4/bitkey-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Safeguarding Bitcoin by [Jessica Klein](/author/jessica-klein/) ## Jessica Klein Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Block, the financial services company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, created Bitkey to let users more easily store bitcoin outside of web-based exchanges, which have historically been unstable (or even collapsed). To access your crypto, just unlock a physical device, made of Corian, with your fingerprint and tap it with your phone. The system has safeguarded methods to regain access should you lose your phone, the hardware, or even both, via “trusted contacts”—you can choose, say, your mom. Bitkey brings bitcoin “self-custody to the mainstream,” says Block’s head of hardware, Thomas Templeton. **Buy Now:** Block Bitkey on [Bitkey](https://fave.co/3YAsHbh "undefined") **Correction, Oct. 30** _The original version of this story misstated the material Bitkey is made from. It is Corian, not quartz._ These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094838/block-bitkey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094838/block-bitkey/"},"headline":"Block Bitkey: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:17:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:32.672Z","description":"Find out why Block Bitkey is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094838/block-bitkey/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d278926508b8538/698a8a23cabb1d44ade594b4/bitkey-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Klein","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jessica-klein/"}],"creator":"Jessica Klein","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d278926508b8538/698a8a23cabb1d44ade594b4/bitkey-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094838/block-bitkey/","name":"Block Bitkey: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```