The Bitcoin Hole's avatar
The Bitcoin Hole
nostr@thebitcoinhol.com
npub1mtd7...qxas
Comparing Bitcoin software & hardware wallets, seed backup solutions, nodes & books: http://thebitcoinhole.com Twitter: @thebitcoinhole
Added new book to our Bitcoin books collection. "Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin" by @`npub1yezu4atsdgchvlyjz5efwks8n7ze2rssq674qe04m5pp8e5y32tqfdawc7` @`npub1jddnc9ma408dey575wcsqhg5jtc2n7765y4gdnnrswlwgqnnat7swe4s60` @`npub10afr060h0g3vf2ykynr6cvw2u7ta3tzpgjczfyufp420aeeen0xszf0xj0` image Find it and more Bitcoin books at:
A wallet descriptor, also called an output descriptor, defines the conditions for creating and spending transaction outputs within a wallet. This descriptor is a structured format that describes the characteristics of a bitcoin wallet. It provides a concise and standardized method for specifying the addresses a wallet can generate, import, and spend from. We added the support to backup/restore from output descriptors to our Software Wallets comparison. image
Pizza Day Discounts - Coinkite: 10% off all products - Keystone: 8% off on Keystone 3 Pro - CoolWallet Pro: 10% off with free shipping - Ellipal Titan 2.0: U$S 40 off Non Pizza Day Discounts (valid any other day) - Blockstream Jade: 10% off with coupon code 'thebitcoinhole' - Passport Batch 2: 3% off paying in Bitcoin - BitBox02: 5% off paying in Bitcoin - Ellipal: $5 discount with coupon code 'thebitcoinhole' - Cypherock X1: 20% off + 12% off using our BUY button or the coupon code 'bitcoinhole12' - SecuX: 15% off using buy link at our website - KeepKey: 10% off using the coupon code 'thebitcoinhole' - Prokey Optimum: 10% off with coupon code 'TheBitcoinHole' - Lattice1: 10% off with coupon code 'thebitcoinhole' - BC Vault: 10% off with coupon code 'thebitcoinhole' - Satochip: 5% off with coupon code 'thebitcoinhole-5%' - CoolWallet: 5% off with coupon code 'thebitcoinhole' - Tangem: 10% off using the coupon code 'thebitcoinhole' You can visit our website and compare more than 50 hardware wallets models.
Silent payments (BIP352) are a type of payment that can be made to a unique onchain address for every payment even though the receiver provided the spender with a reusable (offchain) address. This helps improve privacy. We added Silent Payment support at our hardware and software wallets comparisons. image
It's a good practice to not reuse Bitcoin addresses because of privacy and security concerns. When you use a Bitcoin address multiple times, it becomes easier for someone to trace your transaction history and identify your spending habits. That's why we added new info to our software wallets comparison: - Support to view the receive address as a text/QR - Support to display multiple receive address - Support to input a receive address and verify if it is part of the wallet - Support to scan a QR with a receive address and verify if it is part of the wallet image
Be careful about hardware wallets manufacturers claiming to be "100% air-gapped" but then requiring to connect their wallets to the USB for firmware upgrades. Lets, be clear. 100% air-gapped hardware wallets can sign transactions, create/restore a wallet and upgrade the firmware without connecting the device to a cellular network, wifi, Bluetooth, USB, or NFC. Air-gapped transactions is not enough, wallets need to also offer air-gapped firmware upgrades. We updated our website to have more correct data. image
Simple & Quick Self Custody advice. 1) Pick 3 hardware wallets (from different manufacturers) with the following requirements: - multi-sig support - 100% air-gapped - BTC-only - at least one with screen - source available - support to connect with third-party software wallets 2) Create a 2-of-3 multi-sig and properly backup the private keys and the wallet descriptor. We can help you to decide which wallets to buy/build: