keep it simple 🧶

your #bitcoin is important, you got this far and now you don’t want to fuck it up

so keep it simple and run FOSS

never in the history of bitcoin has there been better or more accessible off the shelf tools

1) get your hands on some dirty cash and go buy an unlocked pixel 6 or above

2) use cash to buy a refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad from a computer repair shop and flash it with Linux Debian, just ask and they might do it for you

3) install Tor

4) install Sparrow Wallet & verify

www.sparrowwallet.com

5) use your Thinkpad to flash Graphene OS onto your Pixel Phone

https://blog.ronindojo.io/grapheneos/

6) buy a plug n play RoninDojo Tanto full node

www.ronindojo.io

7) install Samourai Wallet on phone

https://samouraiwallet.com/download

8) open Samourai Wallet, connect to Tor, pair to your own node, create a new wallet with a passphrase and wallet pin

9) write down your seed words in order, write down your passphrase and pin

10) confirm your seed words and passphrase in the wallet

11) write down your paynym

12) secure erase wallet and then restore from backups you just made to confirm

13) confirm paynym is the same

14) punch seed words and passphrase onto separate steel plates and store in separate safe hidden places

15) save an encrypted copy of your wallet onto a sd card via your wallet and store in a separate safe hidden place

16) exit wallet completely and reopen to double check your pin, that Samourai Wallet is connected to Tor and your node

17) open tor browser on laptop and pair Sparrow Wallet to full node

18) open Sparrow Wallet and add the Samourai Wallet seed and passhrase to confirm paynym is the same

19) write down the fingerprint of the wallet as another means of confirming the wallet has the correct passphrase

20) close and reopen Sparrow Wallet to confirm you can access wallet with correct passphrase, that the fingerprint and paynym match, that your node is connected and tor is running

21) Now write a very simple plan for your family to find and restore your seeds and passphrase in the event of your death

You now have:
an anonymous phone
an anonymous laptop
an anonymous mobile wallet
an anonymous bitcoin full node
an anonymous desktop wallet
an anonymous set of backups

Don’t over complicate it or use too many programs

Don’t create multi sigs or cold storage until you understand the trade offs

Most bitcoin is lost because YOU lose your seeds, not because of scams or hacks

Keep it simple #nostr


Very high quality actionable post. 👑
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Which ThinkPad would you recommend?


🧼 FREEDOM TECH MOBILE DEVICE

📲 PIXEL
NO SIM/ SILENTLINK
GRAPHENE
OBTAINIUM/FDROID
ORBOT/TOR
MULLVAD
AMETHYST
MINIBITS
SAMOURAI
ZEUS
MYSU
SIMPLEX
SCRAMBLED EXIF
NEW PIPE
NOTEPAD
UNEXPECTED KEYBOARD

SELF HOSTED ACCESS OVER TOR..

📟 RONIN DOJO TANTO
FULL NODE
WHIRLPOOL
MEMPOOL

🖥 START9 DIY SERVER
PRUNED NODE
CLN
MEMPOOL
MUTINY WALLET
ROBOSATS
NOSTR RELAY
SIMPLEX SERVER
VAULTWARDEN

#₿ #NOSTR


What do you think about Electrum? This is a great guide. I would like to expand or see an expanded version.


Ronin Dojo stack comes with electrs and fulcrum. I use fulcrum as indexer on Tanto full node. Super snappy on local network paired to Sparrow.


Are you sure 21 steps qualifies as simple?


don't be an easy target. like one hiker said to the other: "I don't have to be faster than the bear. I just have to be faster than you."


Qualifies as meme. Not sure you can get this level of self custody and utility of the network with any less steps.


Good hardware, good verified software and a network.


Onward 🫡


I have friends who were so intimidated by self custody that they never even unboxed their Trezors without being nudged repeatedly.


Sounds like they have difficulty learning new things. I look at this setup as the most robust basic setup for secure self sovereign interaction on the network. A phone, a node, a laptop and backups. Won't be dissapointed with this gear.


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This is a great breakdown, thanks


You are welcome. Happy to share what others have helped me learn.


You got me on FOSS and lost me on Buy a plug n play RoninDojo Tanto full node.

There are so many options of FOSS for a DIY Bitcoin/Lightning node.


Coffie on me ☕


This is about simplicity. You can certainly build your own. The RoninDojo Tanto is the best FOSS purpose built node on the market. Solid milled steel, fanless and has incredible uptime. You can and I do reccomend flashing your own sd card with verified software. The RoninDojo software stack offers users incredible tools, even acccess to them remotely over tor. Never before have such tools beem avaible off the shlef


simple ;)

even my programmer cooworkers are refusing this as too complicated.

fiat miners just scan they rectal map to open a bank account and pay with they card.

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Thank you!


WELCOME!