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We have long been working on testing desktop wallets but it's really tricky as there is just so many binaries floating around for what claims to be the same product. Even Bitcoin Core is showing 8 download options depending on your operating system or distribution channel preference:

With snapcraft obviously being tricky:

Either way, for desktop wallets, most of the time people have download links and want to verify those downloads, so Chris is working on a binary checker. It's still only a draft merge request and clearly needs a design but what it will enable is actually pretty cool:

https://a.nostr.build/DMmxAOaKtPYpb3M7.webm

WalletScrutiny calculates the hash of the file dropped onto it and if it's an apk, it also determines the appId which allows finding the right product. If the hash is known, the verdict is immediately displayed. If not, the page invites the user to upload the file for analysis.

The attestations for artifacts will live on nostr as signed events and nostr will also be used to advertise the existance of new binaries for reviewers.

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kiwilamb 1y ago

This sounds really neat. Great work team.

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POI 1y ago

Understandable! It would be nice, when funding allows it of course, to see a small selection being reviewed like Bitcoin Core, #Sparrowwallet and #Electrum for instance.

WalletScrutiny 1y ago

Funding is actually looking pretty good right now for achieving this tiny selection within months. If you want to help with funding to further expand our scope, donations are always welcome.

As for priorities with the many desktop wallets, we have not decided which ones to test first. Obviously Bitcoin Core is being tested intensely by others already but if you have ideas on how to prioritize desktop wallets, let us know. There is no easy popularity heuristic to go by. Google search results? Self reported downloads? Stars on GitHub? ... It's all sort of flawed.