Some of the additional comments I get in email responses from customers are so nice. "Thank you for hanging in there." "Thank you for all that you do." "Have a great rest of your weekend!" Bitcoiners are the best kind of people.

Update on the shop. 👇 TLDR: Wait time for new orders bumped to 12+ weeks; existing orders should go out much quicker; it's now taking significantly longer to get new orders of components in-hand. The full story: "So many people are building SeedSigners it is causing supply chain issues." I never thought I would be saying those words, but right now it's true. It's understandable that Zeros would be getting harder to find, it's a ton of computing power for ~$10 bucks, they're used for lots of other applications, and the Pi Foundation doesn't seem to put a ton of them out there. But the first real hint of other shortages was when my supplier for 240x240 Waveshare display HATs said there was a 3 week lead time from the factory (previously they've always shipped in less than week) and then when I checked back a couple days later it was a 5 week lead time. Thankfully we also have the SeedSigner PLUS hats to help with demand, but now the specific displays that are used in that design have a 3-week factory lead time -- those previously would also always ship out in a few days. The PLUS PCB also uses a specific female GPIO header, and those are now on backorder at the most popular circuit board fab company. Thankfully I haven't seen lengthening lead times for the camera used in SeedSigner builds; those are ubiquitous and I wouldn't expect it. With all of this in mind, I am extending the anticipated wait time for newly placed orders to 12 weeks or more (note that the wait time for orders currently in the queue will be significantly less). It seems crazy and hopefully the wait will end up being shorter, but I want to set realistic expectations for people choosing to get in line by placing a new order. I previously kept enough parts on hand for one or two hundred signers but now I'm that I'm trying to order parts for the full amount that is in the queue, it will take longer to get my hands on everything I need. I will continue to get them out the door as fast as possible. As always, ping me if you have a question. I continue to appreciate everyone's interest and support.

Our lead developer @KeithMukai has actually been dipping into his own bitcoin savings to continue work on SeedSigner, and our lead maintainer @newtonick works on the project pro bono as well. If you get value from @SeedSigner consider sending them a few sats via: (Note: I am intentionally not included in the donation workflow)