About CryptoCloaks — Bitcoin-Native. Colorado-Made. Built to Last.

CryptoCloaks was born from two obsessions: Bitcoin and 3D printing. What started as a one-man side project in Minnesota making Ledger Nano S mounts in December 2017 has grown into a full Colorado operation with a second shop in Florida, run by a team of actual Bitcoiners who use everything we make.

We were established at Block #496,801. We’ve built through two bear markets. We’re still here.

The Origin Story

Rick was a Senior Industrial Engineer at Jennie-O Turkey Store in Minnesota — designing production lines, solving manufacturing problems, running numbers. Good career. Wrong life.

In college, he’d fallen in love with 3D printing through a senior design project. When he found Bitcoin in 2017, the two passions collided. Nobody was making the accessories he wanted — precise cases for his hardware wallets, mounts that actually fit, products built by someone who understood the technology. So he made them himself.

The first product was a Ledger Nano S mount, designed and printed in December 2017. He listed it on Etsy. People bought it. More people wanted it. He launched an early version of the store, adopted BTCPay Server in 2018 (before most Bitcoin businesses had heard of it), and never looked back.

By 2019 he was at the Lightning Conference in Berlin, running the whole operation solo. By 2020 the team was growing. By 2022 he’d left Jennie-O, moved to Colorado, and CryptoCloaks was his full-time life.

The Bitcoin Grenade — The Accidental Icon

In early 2020, Rick designed the Bitcoin Grenade for the CryptoEcon conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. 120 units, meant to be handed out as conference swag. Getting them there wasn’t easy.

Vietnamese customs pulled the shipment. Officials were alarmed enough by 120 realistic-looking grenades that they brought in a Vietnam War veteran to physically inspect them and confirm they weren’t weapons. They cleared. Then COVID shut the conference down before it started. The grenades got distributed randomly. Bitcoiners loved them.

The Bitcoin Grenade has since been spotted in the hands of Max Keiser, Paris Hilton, Soulja Boy, and Tucker Carlson. It’s been featured in Bitcoin publications worldwide. It was never designed to be iconic. It just was.

It’s still our most recognizable product. Still made to order. Still the same design.

What We Make

Everything at CryptoCloaks is designed in-house and printed to order. We don’t keep warehouse inventory of injection-molded parts from a factory we’ve never visited. Every product ships from one of our two shops, made by people who mine bitcoin, run nodes, and actually use this stuff.

Bitcoin mining accessories — exhaust shrouds, fan adapters, space heater mods, stands and cases for BitAxe, Canaan Avalon Q, Nano 3S, Antminer, and Whatsminer
Hardware wallet cases and mounts — Coldcard MK3, MK4, Q, Ledger, Trezor, Blockstream Jade, SeedSigner, and more
Bitcoin art and collectibles — the Bitcoin Grenade, Bitcoin Honey Badger, Space Cat, and dozens of original designs
Seed backup tools — Blockmit washer jig, CryptoCloaks 1-inch stamping jig, and official American reseller for Seedor.io seed storage
Bitcoin merch — clothing, mugs, flags, and gear for people who want to wear the philosophy, not just hold the coin

All printed on professional Bambu machines. All shipped worldwide. Bitcoin accepted — and preferred.

Two Shops — Colorado and Florida

The main operation runs out of Colorado. The Florida shop is managed by Mopar, who’s been part of the CryptoCloaks team for over three years and runs 14 printers out of his location. Two shops means faster US shipping, more capacity for large orders, and real redundancy.

Bitcoin-Native Since Day One

CryptoCloaks has accepted bitcoin since 2018 — through BTCPay Server, self-custodied, on-chain and Lightning. We don’t use a payment processor. We don’t hold fiat on behalf of a middleman. When you pay in bitcoin, it goes straight to our wallet.

We also accept fiat. But bitcoin is how we think, how we price long-term, and how we save. We’ve been in bitcoin since Block #496,801. We’ve watched two bear markets come and go. We kept building through both.

As Heard and Seen In

Rick has been featured across Bitcoin podcasts, YouTube channels, and publications since 2021. Watch and listen below.

Tales from the Crypt #386 — Marty Bent

January 2023 — The S9 space heater mod, CryptoCloaks history, running a Bitcoin-based business.

Value Stack: A Bitcoin Podcast — Episode #36

April 2023 — Life story, Jennie-O background, 3D printing Bitcoin space heaters, sovereignty. 2 hours.

BTC Sessions — BTC CHAT #374

November 2023 — “Why Are We Bullish?” panel with Rustin (Simply Bitcoin) and Wicked Smart Bitcoin.

THE Bitcoin Marketing Podcast — Episode #11

October 2025 — CryptoCloaks brand analysis.

More Appearances

Bottom Shelf Bitcoin #70 — January 2023 — Space heater development, 3D printing for Bitcoin miners
Advance Tech Media Podcast #60 — February 2022 — CryptoCloaks founding story and company overview
Fun with Bitcoin Podcast E0031 — Early era — Bitcoin rabbit hole, Lightning shells, hardware wallet cases
Value Stack: A Bitcoin Podcast — January 2024 — Live from the CryptoCloaks print shop, building through bear markets
Bitcoin Q&A X Spaces (BitcoinCA) — September 2024 — Live community Q&A

Written Features

Bitcoin News — “CryptoCloaks: From Turkey Plants to A Full Time Bitcoin Business” (February 2025)
Citadel21 — “CryptoCloaks: Combining Passions” — written by Rick (2020)
21ism — Featured Bitcoin Design Artist, block02 (June 2021)
Fox40 / EIN Presswire — D-Central Technologies + CryptoCloaks Partnership (January 2024)

About Rick

Rick has been in bitcoin since 2017 — Block #496,801. Before CryptoCloaks was full-time, he was a Senior Industrial Engineer in food manufacturing. He brings that same precision to running a 3D print shop: tolerances, materials, throughput, quality control. It’s manufacturing, just for Bitcoiners.

“Every Bitcoiner should own a 3D printer.” — Rick, Bitcoin News 2025

“It’s self-sovereignty on a whole different level.” — Rick, Bitcoin News 2025

Never. Stop. Building.

Two bear markets in. The operation is bigger, the product line is wider, and the team is stronger than it’s ever been. We ship worldwide. We accept bitcoin. Everything is made to order in Colorado and Florida.

Never. Stop. Building.
— Rick, CryptoCloaks