Over the next few weeks, my “Bitcoin beginner” friend/colleague will move a decent amount of coin from an exchange to self-custody. I’m thinking we’ll start with Sparrow Wallet, to learn about key restoration and UTXOs (or is BlueWallet better for this?) and then to a HWW from there.
My question: should I make sure she installs a VPN on the computer first? Personally, I never do a Bitcoin transaction without a VPN enabled, but I don’t want to overwhelm a newbie with a digital privacy sermon, at the same time as our welcome-to-Bitcoin session.
nostr:npub1ltt9gry09lf2z6396rvzmk2a8wkh3yx5xhgkjzzg5znh62yr53rs0hk97y, how do you approach this question with your clients? nostr:npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka what about you?
Thanks frens 🙏🫂🫡
I would do this in phases to avoid overwhelming all at once. Expect lots of questions.
VPN first (mullvad or ivpn)
Then order a coldcard, or other suitable HWW direct and initialize
Setup Sparrow, preferably pointing to their own node, or yours over Tor, or a known "ok" public electrum server
Import Xpub from initialized HWW into Sparrow
Withdraw to an address shown in sparrow that came from the HWW.
That’s pretty much the plan! I’ll see if I can’t get her to set up the vpn ahead of time. She’s tech savvy at least as an end user, so shouldn’t be an issue!
