Yanartas

Yanartas is an open-source hardware security module (HSM). Yanartas is a secure storage for cryptographic secrets that is protected against advanced attackers including nation-state adversaries using an array of active tamper detection sensors. Unlike something like a smartcard or crypto wallet, the sensors of an HSM like Yanartas are always on and the attacks are detected the moment they happen.

The project includes developing the electronics, mechanical assembly, and software. The result of the project will be a set of open source hardware design files that will be shared publicly such that anyone can build their own device based on these designs.

Yanartas has been selected for funding by nlnet for the NGI Zero Commons call. Work on Yanartas will start in the second half of 2026 and will stretch into the middle of 2027. All project results will be linked here.