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electrumx
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Looking for attention on #475: Cake wallet doesn't work with Fulcrum electrum server
The issue initially cropped up because of a bug where I can't use electrumx (which works fine with Cake) with litecoind 0.21.2+. It looks like electrumx might be fixed soon but, except for it not working with Cake, I've really come to like using Fulcrum and wouldn't necessarily switched back if they worked together.
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Why does syncing a wallet to a public node happen almost instantly?
If you'd like OP, you can set up your own electrum server alongside your bitcoin node. There's a view options, someone already mentioned electrs, but there's also the original electrumx and fulcrum
- Electrum server for LTC node?
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Electrum to Electrumx
Take a look at https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx/tree/master/contrib/raspberrypi3 as reference.
- Is the Electrum server being maintained?
- API for hot 🔥 wallet
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Run an ElectrumX server if you want Electrum-VTC back
The backend server that Electrum wallet connects to is https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx/
- [software update/announcement] BYND is now supported on the main electrumx code base
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Is there an easy way to Create an Electrum Server on a Windows machine?
Look at DEAMON_URL, but in a more general since, just read all the documentation first.
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How to set up an Electrum Server on Windows machine?
Here you go: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx/ You'll need python 3.7 or later, and LevelDB https://github.com/google/leveldb Both available for Windows so it should work fine :)
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?
electrum-personal-server - Maximally lightweight electrum server for a single user
sparrow - Desktop Bitcoin Wallet focused on security and privacy. Free and open source.
electrs - An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust
electrumx - Alternative implementation of spesmilo/electrum-server
electrum - Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
LevelDB - LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values.
seedsigner - Use an air-gapped Raspberry Pi Zero to sign for Bitcoin transactions! (and do other cool stuff)
cake_wallet - The open source repository for Cake Wallet, a noncustodial multi-currency wallet, and Monero.com, a noncustodial Monero-only wallet. Need help? Check out https://guides.cakewallet.com
BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native
electrs - An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust