I don’t understand how the crypto community trusts Telegram which is closed source, has substandard encryption, and actively cooperates with police. Signal isn’t perfect but it’s a hell of a lot better than Telegram. Transparent open funding from the US government and California tech money donations is a hell of a lot better than sketchy Russian and Middle Eastern funders.

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The crazy bitcoin security side of me can’t really use bitkey in its current state but damn it’s cool and easy to use. Feels like a more streamlined version of nunchuk. I wish it was a bit more transparent. Right now it’s completely opaque, you can’t see the multisig wallet descriptor. The rock could just be a fancy blinking light with for all i know.

It’s clearly an all-in-one solution. It doesn’t seem that it’s intended to be used as a standalone signer. I would totally use it if I could use it that way. Maybe thats coming in the future.

Right now you have to trust that the on-device key, bitkey, and their server is all securely separated. The whole point of multisig to me is to have compartmentalized trust, but bitkey seems to be using it mainly as a recovery scheme if you lose your device, since there is no seed phrase import step

I was at least able to verify that it is using multisig, but was only able to by sending a transaction, otherwise it’s all a black box and I have to trust them.

One thing you can’t deny is that if you trust that they have implemented everything the right way, it’s a very slick and simple solution for most people.

Would I recommend this for people looking to store their life savings? Probably not, at least not until it becomes more transparent.

What if instead of a mnemonic seed phrase, we just force you to type at least 50 characters, making you have to type in complete sentences you have to remember. Will people somehow still write the same phrases?

I need to learn Kotlin.

The amount of people who tell me they have force close issues on LND is staggering. Starting to think there is something seriously broken with it. Try CLN, it is a much nicer experience. channels actually stay open! I had some open for years.

Hey, Nostriches! I’m looking for links to buy some quality Bitcoin-related gifts 🎁 for Christmas.

Let’s build the ultimate repertoire together.

Bonus zaps for small businesses.

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should I make a sparrow wallet guide?

should it be text or video?

what should it cover?

Anyone got any good book recommendations from the past 12 months?

I hate the password nazis. At least 8 chars, at least one number, one punctuation, one uppercase... That's all crap. It leads to "MyPassword1."

We have known for decades that a better approach is to pick two or three or four random words. "sticker cube bead robot". That's easy to remember and a LOT better than "Mitzie1."

Nah, that's like saying that the previous rung on the ladder we're climbing was harmful. No, it was necessary. I'm not a Java/C# programmer anymore because there are better options (Clojure); but in 1995 there were no better options.

Do not devalue the path you walked -- it's the path that got you where you are.

There has been a very damagine meme circulating in software circles that Object Oriented Programming is obsolete and harmful. This is just plain silly. It is often promulgated by people who have recently adopted a functional programming language and have become functional zealots.

The best software designs are admixtures of the three major paradigms from the 50s and 60s: Structured Programming, Object Oriented Programming, and Functional Programming.