🔐 WhiteLightWallet: Keymangement for the new Generation of Bitcoiners
"The only wallet your kid and your cypherpunk uncle both want to use."
🌈 The Core Vision
WhiteLightWallet is a radical redesign of the user experience around Bitcoin seed phrases. At its heart, it is a 100% BIP39-compatible wallet using a 7-bit emoji encoding system and colour coding as a additionaly positional layer. It transforms a 12-word seed into 19 human-friendly emoji chosen from a base set of 128 carefully curated symbols.
Each emoji corresponds to exactly 7 bits of entropy. With 128 unique emojis (2⁷), we can represent a full 132-bit BIP39 seed+checksum using 19 emojis (19 × 7 = 133, with one bit discarded if unused).
This mapping allows:
Forward + backward compatibility with standard wallets (e.g., Sparrow, SeedSigner)
A deterministic, verifiable checksum (just like traditional BIP39), embedded in the last bits
Visual memorability & error-detection — perfect for kids, neurodivergent users, and visually-inclined plebs
❗ No magic behind the scenes. The emoji set is just a lens over the standard 2048-word BIP39 list. Same entropy, different lens.
🧠 Modes of Operation
🟡 YOLO Mode (For Kids & Explorers)
🔓 Single-sig wallet
🎮 Emoji-only UX with zero technical jargon
🔤 Can double as a digital ID (via Nostr nsec)
🤝 Parent can help recover but child feels responsible
🟠 Built for onboarding Kids and Gen-Z but also teaching Bitcoin as a native language
🛡️ Family Mode (Multisig Reality)
🧩 Full multi-key multisig wallet (2-of-2, 2-of-3 or 3-of-5 setups)
🔐 Designed for use with Sparrow Wallet & SeedSigner
🖨️ SeedSigner integration = full airgap cold storage, no compromise
💬 Each family member (even the youngest) can hold a shard, symbolically or functionally
✅ YOLO for learning. Family for sovereignty.
📟 Nostr Integration
Every WhiteLightWallet can optionally:
Derive a nsec (private key) directly from its seed
Use the same seed for Bitcoin spending and identity signing
Export the npub for chat, zaps, notes, or reputation
One wallet, one identity. One seed to sign them all.
🧠 The Emoji Mapping – How It Works (Simple Edition)
A 12-word seed phrase equals 128 bits of entropy. BIP39 appends a 4-bit checksum = total 132 bits.
132 bits ÷ 7 bits = 18.857 → round up = 19 emojis
We use a base set of 128 emojis (2⁷) to encode those 132 bits
Final emoji includes the checksum bits – if wrong, your seed is invalid
Back-conversion is fully deterministic and lossless
➡️ Just like 12 words, but cuter. And yes: You can switch back to words anytime.
📦 Cultural Editions (Optional Overlays)
WhiteLight Core = Color-coded, neutral emoji
🌟 Harry Potter Edition (in planning): 128 iconic items, spells, and symbols from the Wizarding World
🔥 Pokémon Edition (in planning): 128 creatures & objects
📥 These are just themes on top of the same 7-bit emoji logic
The key idea? Let kids grow into Bitcoin through the worlds they love. Secure, yet familiar.
👥 Community Curation Model
We’re not just building a wallet. We're co-creating a visual alphabet for financial sovereignty.
✅ The emoji set will be community-voted:
No violence, no politics, no hidden symbols
Universal symbols kids and boomers can recognize
Optional overlays: Harry Potter, Solarpunk, Nature, Fruits, Animals
Built by plebs, for plebs. Votable on Nostr.
🌐 Final Integration Goals
✅ Fully BIP39-compatible (Word ↔ Emoji roundtripping)
✅ Multi-platform (Sparrow, Specter)
✅ Airgapped support via SeedSigner
✅ QR printable version for MasterKeyCard backups
✅ Gamecards as Pokemon for physical paper wallet in kids style
✅ Digital Identity Ready (Nostr support)
✅ Open-source, community-owned
WhiteLightWallet isn’t just a product — it’s a protocol for freedom, disguised as fun. A bridge between the security of multisig cold storage and the intuitive beauty of emoji-based memory.
Because self-sovereignty starts young.
Because seed phrases don’t have to be ugly and complicated.
Because Bitcoin is for everyone.
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