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Build your own airgapped, stateless bitcoin signing device for less than most hardware wallets. 🀘 Not set up for zaps, if you'd like to donate to our contributors please go to https://donate.seedsigner.com

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This is a **great** way to support Keith and some of our other technical contributors, AND to get a little SeedSigner swag for your Christmas tree. β€οΈπŸ’š

Just follow the link to the gist for more details, and then reach out to Keith directly on Telegram or Signal.

https://gist.github.com/kdmukai/dd076101ed8c4e9012ac98aba2c7fc9c

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The license draws no distinction between who is and isn't permitted to sell the software (big or otherwise). My biggest issue with it is the reliance on the company. Such a license is a disincentive for someone else to improve their code because it's for profit and the developers can't sell the improved version. In my opinion, this probably reduces the resources that would otherwise go into the code base, even if they came from a competitor. They could also be bought out (or somehow taken over) and leave us all as bag holders if the new company decided to abandon or taint the software somehow. A competitor couldn't step in and sell us a better version.

They aren't the only ones with such a model and they are more open than many other products and services. I think the problem people have is that they use the "open source" battle cry when, historically, that's meant FOSS. Some people have tried to change that culture and there's natural resistance. They should call it "source available" because that's what it actually is culturally.

I understand WHY they did this, but it's antithetical to FOSS (what most think of as open source) and I would have no interest in contributing to a for profit (I have no issue with profit) codebase (as an unpaid "open source" contributor) that I'm not allowed to sell myself. I think more people would work on it if that wasn't the case, but that's speculation. They chose to get pissed at people for doing what their own license permitted.

As for the hardware, I've had two different models fail within a year of purchase. I've used some of their competitors (those they've attacked) products without issue for years. The company, or at least some people in it, have piss poor attitudes that many people don't like. I've found myself in that boat as a former customer. Their support team is great though. They sent new devices. I want to be fair here.

Something like nostr:nprofile1qqs09jtvjlmyrxjn37zv70a89csegcz7rpyqjmnw29cveedhv7vagqqpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0x9u2rf , although imperfect, embodies the Bitcoin and open source ethos much better, in my opinion.

> Something like @SeedSigner , although imperfect, embodies the Bitcoin and open source ethos much better, in my opinion.

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SeedSigner v0.8.6, the "Bigger Picture" release is out!

TLDR:

. Support for larger displays

. 7 new language options

Link to the full release notes & binaries:

https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/releases/tag/0.8.6

Support for larger displays means on-screen text is easier to read and makes more efficient outgoing QR communication possible. The new display hat shown below incorporates one of these larger screens.

Seven new languages -- French, Chinese, Catalan, Dutch, German, Italian and Japanese -- mean many more people can now interact with a SeedSigner in their native tongue. The map below gives an approximation of what our updated language coverage looks like.

More languages are coming soon, including right-to-left languages (e.g. Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, etc.) that will add significant additional global coverage. If there is a language you would like to see in an upcoming release, there are relevant instructions in our release notes.

As usual, you don't have to take our word on what makes up the release binaries; our releases are reproducible and instructions to build your own binaries can be found at:

https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner-os/blob/main/docs/building.md

SeedSigner continues to be the work of a core group of volunteer contributors, as well as a growing collection of auxiliary technical contributors who engage with the project when their time/interests/skills align.

If you are getting value from the SeedSigner project, please take a moment to send some sats to our core technical contributors -- all tips, small and large, are **greatly** appreciated and go a long way to incentivize continued development:

https://seedsigner.com/donate/

Our project embodies what volunteer, collaborative, low time preference, open source, bitcoin-only, building "out in the open" looks like.

We continue to improve on our core concept of trust-minimized, self-sovereign cold storage out of love for bitcoin, & our fellow bitcoiners.

🚨 Announcing SeedSigner 0.8.5 !!! 🚨

Our first multi-language release, featuring EspaΓ±ol!

Keep reading and please see the attached images for additional details. πŸ‘‡

First off, how to activate the Spanish UI -- just update to this latest version, navigate to the "Language" option in the signer's settings, and from there you can now select Español as an option. 🧑

Work on this release has taken a meandering FOSS path, with nostr:npub1tv8gmfhalwnxxquxjzeh6gtdsdz6vg7vx0s3rt7s7uuw6aujh32qn77wn2 starting the initial effort more than 2.5 years ago -- nostr:npub177zfcmyscnl7805qtx7cn8v9607n3s9m096fl8nev5uzqdg6mruqshdp8e kept the flame burning for some time…

We immensely appreciate the instrumental help from Ronny Avenando, Max Apogee and nostr:npub12vdhd6ft2sfeq7jmlxcwk8penfjfqsz28n7n2ufw0tj0tjuwr0vsawdu57, two of whom also made their first PRs!

More western and English-similar languages should quickly follow (e.g. Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Czech, etc.). Other languages may take more time but work on them will continue...

Some translation teams have already been assembled, but if you would like to see if an effort to add a specific language has already been initiated (see image below)...

The comment below shared in our dev chat by our Project Manager nostr:npub1d9vusz3zdd3cp2nqfdhqv932a2e20nvkhnkngjmjepzs0fr72s2qdlzk2u says a lot about how we view the importance of this release. 🧑

A big thank you to our core contributors, and to ALL of the other people that played a role in this effort. πŸ™

If you'd like to financially thank our most active contributors, you can visit http://seedsigner.com/donate

To learn more about our vision for a community-built, secure DIY FOSS bitcoin signing device that's accessible to people all over the world, check out http://seedsigner.com, our GitHub repo (https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner), or visit our Telegram user community (https://t.me/joinchat/GHNuc_nhNQjLPWsS).

And last but not least, a teaser for what we're working on next... πŸ‘€

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Our contributors have built a top tier tool set for permissionless, self-sovereign saving, provided at no cost for the global bitcoin community.

The majority of the bitcoin industry is not incentivized to share what we've built -- please help us get the word out! 🧑 πŸ™

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