specter-desktop
A desktop GUI for Bitcoin Core optimised to work with hardware wallets (by cryptoadvance)
specter-diy
DIY airgapped hardware wallet that uses QR codes for communication with the host (by cryptoadvance)
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| 75 | 24 | |
| 787 | 431 | |
| -0.1% | 1.6% | |
| 6.4 | 6.0 | |
| 1 day ago | 24 days ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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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.
specter-desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of specter-desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-19.
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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.
specter-diy
Posts with mentions or reviews of specter-diy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-20.
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Do you know how to make your own hardware wallet?
Specter is another one that has had a lot of uptake https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
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Ledger co-founder and former CEO admits that governments can subpoena access to your funds when using the Ledger Recover service
https://seedsigner.com/ https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
- Built my Ledger replacement just in time
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What happens if Trezor, Ledger ect wont exist anymore?
You can even create your own hardware wallet if you want (https://seedsigner.com/) (https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy)
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This is completely insane. I don't think people realise how incredible this is. Bitcoins works.
You can build your own hardware wallet using SpecterDIY or SeedSigner . Both are great projects but I enjoy Specter the most.
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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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Compromised ledger
build your own specter device from parts off of the shelf... https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
- Hard Wallet
- Creating your own Hardware wallet
- How is a ledger safer than a seed phrase based software wallet?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing specter-desktop and specter-diy you can also consider the following projects:
sparrow - Desktop Bitcoin Wallet focused on security and privacy. Free and open source.
seedsigner - Use an air-gapped Raspberry Pi Zero to sign for Bitcoin transactions! (and do other cool stuff)
electrum-personal-server - Maximally lightweight electrum server for a single user
TXQR-Android - Based off of the principles in https://github.com/divan/txqr
electrum - Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
trezor-hardware - :wrench: Hardware design of Trezor
bitbox02-firmware - Firmware code of the BitBox02 hardware wallet
BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native
firmware - ❄️ Firmware and simulator for Coldcard Hardware Wallet
electrs - An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust
txqr - Transfer data via animated QR codes
specter-desktop vs sparrow
specter-diy vs seedsigner
specter-desktop vs electrum-personal-server
specter-diy vs TXQR-Android
specter-desktop vs electrum
specter-diy vs trezor-hardware
specter-desktop vs seedsigner
specter-diy vs bitbox02-firmware
specter-desktop vs BlueWallet
specter-diy vs firmware
specter-desktop vs electrs
specter-diy vs txqr