if we want wider bitcoin adoption, we gotta fix self custody. all you fucking nerds know what to do with your keys and coins but 99% of the world has no clue what you're talking about. current self custody is way too overwhelming for most people. there are attempts like bitkey to make it easier but it still doesn’t feel like self custody. yes they open sourced their tool but here’s the same problem again: does 99.9% of the world know how to read open source code to verify the code? who’s the target? if bitkey’s for devs cool, but that’s not how we grow bitcoin adoption. we need self custody with visualized verification. that’s the missing piece. i wanna verify and trust the code without reading the code.
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More hardware garbage untested overpriced sick supply chain electronics aren't the answer I guess.
Been thinking and experimenting with lo tech easy solutions and it can be done.
current tech is tech for devs. we need tech for consumer.
totally agree.
In essence: they need a good source of entropy (easy and understandable, and not from some Blackrock chip plant) / dice, cards, whatever...
then a trustworthy tool to get the seed OFFLINE + checksum
I did a decent attempt here I think :
Litteraly writing down 12 words is the price you have to pay for sovereignty these days
how you generate and store them is what matters
This is spot on!!
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people need the bit key interface with coldcard level security