In case you haven’t noticed, I’m still learning a lot about #bitcoin and wallets and all that. But I’m happy to announce that I’ve successfully set up my #blockstream #jade wallet.
Bonus: I stayed calm during the whole process
I guess now I’ll have to find the right moment to transfer my #btc ? 
In the words of nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 I think you just “leveled up”
1 step farther on your journey to self-sovereignty
I think I did level up indeed. I sure feel like I leveled up tho.
Next: make a watch only wallet on blockstream green I think. and wait for low fees or smth
Some advice:
Before transferring any large amount of #bitcoin make sure you test the wallet.
Make sure to also note down the firmware version, and see if you can track down the file for that firmware version to keep safe.
Send a small amount, wipe the device, and restore it. Do this a couple times to be safe. Once you're happy you can reproduce the restoring successfully, then you can use it.
Personally, I'd go as far as wiping the device and re-flashing the firmware also.
Enjoy!
Just realised it's uploading the firmware, so can assume you've got the firmware file (unless it's done via an app).
I updated the firmware earlier already via blockstream green. Should be good right?
https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/articles/19593319095193-Upgrade-Jade-firmware
Really unfortunate they don't make it easier for the average user to get local copy of the firmware - Can be done via the CLI method, which is mainly cloning the repo.
They say:
"Note: When using the command line method, technical users will have the option to save a local copy of the firmware version, which they can verify against the source code and upgrade using the file they have reviewed for authenticity."
My reasoning for suggesting it:
My thinking is, something could happen down the line in development that makes your wallet incompatible with your seed for whatever reason, so you'd want to rely the least possible amount on the software being publicly available and functioning as it is right now in the future. So you'd want to basically take a "snapshot" of what you have which is working right now.
Thx. I’ll check that out later ;)
How do you mean “test” the wallet?
I tried sending a small amount. But I didn’t want to pay a fee of 14€?! So I’ll wait a bit. But once I’ve sent that small amount I’ll wipe and restore the wallet to be sure my seed is correct and all that.
Can you re-flash the firmware? How?
Noice! .. at the moment, this is my preferred signing device .. 🤙🏼
It’s starting to grow on me too haha. But I’m still kinda figuring out #sparrow too
Feels nice to have that much control, but it’s also kind of a steep learning curve tbh
Sparrow is definitely worth the learning curve .. #Sparrow on desktop, #Jade signing device, and #Samourai mobile wallet is a great combo .. imho 🤙🏼
I’ve seen a bit about that whirlpool thing. Might do that with sparrow. But yea. That will take some time
Whirlpool is great .. play with it a little, with a relatively small amount, before committing to larger mixes .. but you'll be fine 🤙🏼
And then I still have to check out #nunchuk. Not sure why, but I think I prefer that above Samourai?
