Congrats. You are a dev right?
Building something to make Bitcoin self custody so simple, configurable and beautiful, that there’s no excuse to still be a slave.
Grateful to people, like nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aqnz0fd0, who share their valuable time giving critical feedback at the early stages.
https://www.bitcoinbutlers.com/concierge/master
It will be a platform to enable Bitcoiners to monetize their Bitcoin knowledge. No kyc, no bank account needed, just PoW and a Lightning address for those selected.
I will white label self custody tools:
- Seed Generation:
Metal Codex32
Seed picker cards
Entropia pills
- Seed in Use:
Metal Seed Signers (plus)
3D printed Seed Signers
Coldcard Q, Mk4, Blockstream Jade & Jade Plus, Passport
- Seed at Rest:
Custom single sig and multisig backup plates, can add Wars for partial or full wallet descriptors privately or for you to etch further.
One convenient spot, configure what you think is the best concierge document, share it with friends or family. I will make all of the content conditionally render, they can buy all the tools (if they want) and buy butlers and my time (if they want).
No more obscure payment amounts, unstructured content, limited options hidden behind 15-30 min exploratory calls.
Bitcoin self custody and concierge will be forever changed.
If you want to help, or follow along. You can see my NOSTR handle here:
nostr:nprofile1qqsxw5qspw70g7x7lk9fch588vh8nk8uz2es7l25exyy78tvxd4n8cgh4nk9c
Or watch me ship publicly week in and week out. Cheers Bitcoiners!
Discussion
Thanks Diyana! Yeah, I can build some things.
You welcome. I'd love to talk to you about it sometime, and ask you questions and hear about your inspiration and how you made it come to life. Would you be open to jump on a call and do that with me?
Yeah for sure. Hard to find time atm with becoming a new father, building this biz and working on FOSS tooling. Happy to DM though and chat & hopefully find a time.
Inspiration came from having previously worked at an exchange, teaching the team self custody. Then the clients, setting up their self custody documentation and helping with their website and e-commerce store. I saw many pain points.
That led to me wanting to start something with nostr:nprofile1qqstm84k2lp9knmvmf5gw88zvfvar7duvfpqfplryfystdn55ug2gkspz4mhxue69uhhwmm59ehx7um5wgh8qctjw3usz9mhwden5te0dehhxarj9enx6apwwa5h5tnzd9aqw98s86 - Sovereign University is what we were going to call it, where people came to us as a retreat and would help people self custody there amongst other Bitcoiner activities… but alas, he was set to create Vora with Jessie.
I then started working on Seed-e - a non-kyc backup key market place where you could buy BIP 32 xPubs via lightning on a reputational basis.. I will bring that idea back into the fold later.
For now, it was where does structured yet configurable tutorials (how, not why) intersect with concierge (butlers time) and an e-commerce store.
I saw all the previous pain points for a singular company to do this, let alone a pleb who wanted to offer this.
I had applied at a few companies that provide some of these services, but didn’t get what I was after. So I decided to compete and make the platform for the butlers by making the tool that I wanted for me.
All in the hopes of making self custody configurable, as straightforward as possible, convenient and affordable. It was a long time coming and pulls from a lot of lessons learnt.
Hold up hold up!!! I think I am putting a face to the name... Did we hang out in ES a few days with Eric and Jesse and Austin?
It really rubbed me the wrong way that you guys kept calling your project Sovereign University the whole time lol 😂 after I had told Erik I've owned that domain name for 11 years and a bunch of other sovereignty names since that's been my personal path and what's been germinating to get built and then he messaged me some weeks later to ask if I'd sell it. I told him it's unlikely. That was before we met in ES and the whole time you guys talked about your project using my own project's name 😤 and then months later I met with Jesse and he asked me again on behalf of you... so I got to vent about it. I'd assume he delivered the message. I am really glad you moved on. 😆
I am excited for what you are building and congrats on the baby!!! 🫂💖☺️
Yes lol
We had called it that for like 6 - 8 months before we found out you owned the domain, which is why I called it what that idea was called to us at the time. Seemingly great minds think a like when it came to names?
Anyway, yes, moved on in different directions with different names 🤝 hope you find a good use for your domain name!
Thanks re the baby! It’s so awesome!!!