GlacierProtocol
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GlacierProtocol
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Ideas to store your keys
https://glacierprotocol.org/ - Very secure but time-consuming and expensive
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If you HAD to store your seed phrase digitally, what would be the best way?
- I'd use the Glacier protocol to create the seed and not the Ledger itself.
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PSA: My phone just guessed my private key. If you use mobile (phone) wallets, clear your text prediction cache.
Glacier Protocol might have adequate information to secure your cryptocurrency. Sure, the site says Bitcoin, but is, to my opinion and knowledge, applicable to anything related to cryptocurrency.
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This is honestly the most practical way to use a hardware wallet. Don't know why everyone uses theirs on the desktop?
I recommend learning https://glacierprotocol.org for a understanding of how to remain secure with general hardware.
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Seed Phrase Anxiety
I'd recommend following some of the work that's been done in this area, like the Tordl or Glacier wallet protocols to see some options.
- out of the loop: Why are people moving their coins from exchanges to private wallets?
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Cold Storage Strategy
Glacier Protocol (https://glacierprotocol.org/), but with Electrum instead of individual private keys.
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Cold Storage confusion
Hell, some people go pretty hardcore on self custody, look at this for example: https://glacierprotocol.org/
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What computer set up should I use for maximum security?
a) https://glacierprotocol.org/
- Might be a dumb question, but is there a way to store my BTC on something that isn’t a third party application? For example…
specter-desktop
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Don't rush straight to another hardware signing device, learn the basics of Bitcoin self custody first [Serious]
https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow
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Running a BTC node (Citadel) - now what?
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.
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What happens if Trezor, Ledger ect wont exist anymore?
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.
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Running Core as a wallet
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.
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📑 MiniBolt resources 📚 List of the MiniBolt core/bonus guides + latest versions
Specter Desktop v1.14.1 (Released: 08th December 2022) - https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases
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Why does everybody trust wallets so much?
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
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How safe is Ledger/Trezor really?
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.
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Ledger Error '0x6a80'
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
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Bitcoin Browser Wallet?
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.
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⚡ Raspibolt Monthly Rundown 🌕 May 16th, 2022 - Guide & software updates, new Github pull requests & issues and other news
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.
What are some alternatives?
Bip39-diceware - Generate a Bip39 Wallet Mnemonic using plain six sided dice and a coin
sparrow - Desktop Bitcoin Wallet focused on security and privacy. Free and open source.
metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews - Metal Bitcoin Storage Backup Device Stress Tests and Reviews
electrum-personal-server - Maximally lightweight electrum server for a single user
slips - SatoshiLabs Improvement Proposals
electrum - Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
algo - Set up a personal VPN in the cloud
seedsigner - Use an air-gapped Raspberry Pi Zero to sign for Bitcoin transactions! (and do other cool stuff)
TordlWalletProtocols - This repository documents various methods for securely backing up and storing bitcoins.
BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native
bitbox02-firmware - Firmware code of the BitBox02 hardware wallet
electrs - An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust