sparrow
Desktop Bitcoin Wallet focused on security and privacy. Free and open source. (by sparrowwallet)
robosats
A simple and private bitcoin exchange (by RoboSats)
| sparrow | robosats | |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | 134 | |
| 1,160 | 627 | |
| 4.7% | 2.2% | |
| 9.5 | 9.8 | |
| 3 days ago | 1 day ago | |
| Java | Python | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
sparrow
Posts with mentions or reviews of sparrow.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.
- Safe 3 and compatibility with Bitcoin wallets, sparrow, electrum and others
- Sparrow Wallet 1.7.7
- Bitcoin core wallet
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Desktop wallet with specific feature? (double spend)
I don't now if it will help you, but the latest SparrowWallet release lists
- Dedicated mobile bitcoin wallet with hardware support
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Is bluewallet the way to go here?
Exactly this. Blockstream Jade hardware wallet used with Sparrow wallet on a laptop with linux, to make transactions. Then Bluewallet for a watch-only wallet on your phone device.
- Cold storage with KYC BTC
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Have I lost my Bitcoin?
Its just well established, open source, well featured. While it is a wallet, here it just plays the role of interface. Yes, there are other apps for this, most notably Sparrow.
- Bitcoin beginner looking for the most secure cold storage wallet.
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Open source wallets
Sparrow has the best UI/UX in my experience, and it's completely open sourced. https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow
robosats
Posts with mentions or reviews of robosats.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.
- "Absolutely nothing we can do about it"
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Exchanges are the major problem!
Bisq, Robosats, HodlHodl, Peach, Vexl, CivKit (beta)
- Are there reliable OTC communities or mechanisms or is BTC remain as a enthusiasts' hobby forever?
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How to receive and withdraw Bitcoin without ID verification?
https://learn.robosats.com/ or https://bisq.network/
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Are there other exchanges like bisq?
Robosats, Peach, HodlHodl, Vexl, Civ Kit
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Easy way to buy with bank account or debit card for cold storage on trezor
https://learn.robosats.com/ or https://bisq.network/ are both popular If using a DEX like bisq you will need to have a small amount of btc to get started though https://bisq.wiki/Getting_your_first_BTC
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One of Europe's largest banks, Bank Santander publishes an introduction to Lightning, "A decentralised system to process high volumes of instantaneous micropayments and provides a solution to the scalability problem as it can support millions of transactions per second"
Robosats - P2P Lightning exchange over Tor
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How to buy bitcoin with no photo ID?
Bisq, RoboSats, Hodl Hodl, AgoraDesk, and LocalCoinSwap are some of the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanges that make it easy to find someone to buy bitcoin from (peer-to-peer) without KYC.
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How to implement lightning network while being 100% decentralized
Have a look at RoboSats https://learn.robosats.com
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Its time to learn how to use decentralized exchanges. Stop using centralized exchanges.
But there are also other trust-minimized no-KYC P2P bitcoin exchanges like Robosats, Peach, HodlHodl
What are some alternatives?
When comparing sparrow and robosats you can also consider the following projects:
specter-desktop - A desktop GUI for Bitcoin Core optimised to work with hardware wallets
bisq - A decentralized bitcoin exchange network
electrum - Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
kycnot - Don't get KYC'ed
joinmarket-clientserver - Bitcoin CoinJoin implementation with incentive structure to convince people to take part
bisq2
BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native
p2p-trading - Best practices for p2p trading groups
firmware - ❄️ Firmware and simulator for Coldcard Hardware Wallet
Sovryn-frontend - Frontend DApp for Sovryn trading and lending platform.
umbrel - A beautiful home server OS for self-hosting with an app store. Buy a pre-built Umbrel Home with umbrelOS, or install on a Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 5, any Ubuntu/Debian system, or a VPS.
P2P-Trading-Exchanges - Person-to-Person bitcoin Trading Exchanges