Popular Bitcoin wallets risk losing support for new hardware devices as critical security bridge stops accepting new dev

A critical security bridge that enables communication between hardware wallets and popular Bitcoin wallet software has stopped accepting new developer contributions, raising immediate concerns that those wallets may not support future hardware devices. If the bridge remains unmaintained, wallet–hardware compatibility could fragment, forcing users to choose between unsupported devices, delayed feature adoption, or less secure custodial alternatives. For Bitcoin, this threatens self-custody usability and could slow hardware innovation adoption, indirectly increasing centralization and custodial risk.