bitcoin VS specter-desktop

install bitcoin core qt wallet as clearly stated by satoshi nakamoto https://bitcoin.org/en/download

I just downloaded bitcoin core but cannot figure out how to verify it before i begin running it. It shows there are keys on this site https://bitcoin.org/en/download but there are really no instructions for how to complete this process on this site https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#windows-10 not much help for beginners. I've been trying to dig for resources and one place said keys are here? https://github.com/bitcoin-core/guix.sigs/tree/main/builder-keys

You found the problem. https://bitcoin.org/en/download hasn't updated to the latest version.

Full node will let you query all the way back to the first blocks where satoshi put his famous first inscription "Chancellor of Finance announces 2nd bailout for the banks" or something liek that: https://bitcoin.org/en/download

The good news is that these can definitely be imported into Bitcoin Core, or swept into an Electrum wallet, and there's a chance that all, or at least some, of your bitcoin are held in that one address, so it's worth giving it a shot.

Dude download bitcoin core https://bitcoin.org/en/download and hold your own coins this is the ledger. You will own your own bitcoin.

Okay fastest and cheapest way contact your local miners…. Being honest go to your local miners and ask them. This gets around CEXs. Also download bitcoin core. https://bitcoin.org/en/download. Download this to a 1tb flash drive. Do not create a bitcoin wallet. When this is complete go buy a cheap laptop and this is going to be your offline network. Hook up the flash drive and create your wallet offline to the new laptop. Transfer the files. While doing this you are going to create two copy’s of your wallet. One offline and one online. When you contact the miners you will transcribe your wallet address. While that’s going on your bank has already arranged for funds to transfer from credit to the miners. Once the miners receive funds you while be sent the bitcoin. On your online laptop open up bitcoin core. Once you see your funds update the ledger. Unplug your flash drive and upload the flash drive to the offline network. You should see your bitcoin (:

The Bitcoin Core download page states:

https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow

You can for example use it to run specter-desktop (https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop) on top for example, to use your hardware wallet with improved privacy or even mix them together to create multi-sig setups.

Also, the functioning of your hardware wallet isn't dependent on this corporations still existing. There is various free and open source software that lets you manage your hardware wallet, and even combine them to make multi-sig wallets (https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop) . This lets you access all information via your own Bitcoin node, no third party system required, fully decentralized.

Take a look at Specter Desktop (https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop) , which is a web interface for Bitcoin Core that lets you use basically every hardware wallet directly with your node.

Specter Desktop v1.14.1 (Released: 08th December 2022) - https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases

Alternatively you can purchase multiple devices from different manufacturers and create a multisig wallet that requires multiple signatures from multiple devices. Wallet software like Specter-Desktop can help you with this. They also have a DIY signer https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy

What you can do is to use one or more of this hardware wallets with your own node and a software like specter-desktop (https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop) on top. This way you are completely self sufficient.

It is most likely an issue that is solved in the upcoming version of Specter; you might be interested in trying this prerelease, or wait for the official release: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v1.13.1-pre1

Specter runs in Electrum, but you can technically set it up to be run through a web browser, as long as you're hosting the service yourself.

Specter Desktop v1.9.4 - Release page - Upgrade guide UIUX: Overhaul of UTXO list, handling of locked UTXOs and scrollbar added to tx-table web component; + various bug fixes, chores and docs. See release page for full notes.