Some notes on purchasing vs. building a SeedSigner...

These are just some periodic reminders about purchasing a SeedSigner kit / assembled SeedSigner that I like to make sure people are aware of:

Part of the value proposition of our project, and DIY in general, is supply chain risk mitigation; you are placing some degree of trust in the person(s) from whom you are purchasing components if they know what the components will be ultimately used for.

If you do choose this route, carefully consider the reputation of the person you choose to purchase from -- they should have a personal reputation that stands on its own within your local bitcoin community. We intentionally do not have any kind of "Buy Now" button on https://seedsigner.com. I am aware of people building and selling SeedSigners on 5 or 6 continents at this point, and we also do not attempt to maintain any kind of centralized "approved sellers" list.

Also very important for those who take this route is that the seller should not be sending a microSD card that is pre-loaded with any kind of software -- individuals should be comfortable downloading (or building), verifying, and loading their own software if they are going to be using a SeedSigner. This is a reasonably simple process that has been thoroughly documented in our Github repository.

If you choose to purchase a SeedSigner, consider purchasing the signer as a kit (or planning to disassemble the signer to examine the components), and comparing the components you receive with images of known-good parts online. This can give you some peace of mind and is a useful process to spot any inconsistencies.

One last suggestion -- consider choosing a seller who has publicly committed to donating a portion of their revenue back to the SeedSigner project to support our contributors. We do not attempt to audit these donations in any way, but it seems like a fair request given the value our contributors have created.

If you would like to build your own SeedSigner, Pi Zero W can be easily found among the retailers listed on https://pilocator.com, and if you choose to do so, can be very simply modified to permanently disable the device's wireless communication capability. The Zero 1.3 can be more challenging to source, but can be found among smaller RPi distributors, as well on AliExpress.

The needed Waveshare display hat and Pi camera can be found at a variety of different retailers, check out https://seedsigner.com/hardware for Amazon & AliExpress links for those components. In addition to reducing your supply chain risk, ordering the parts yourself will help you avoid being placed on yet another list of bitcoiners.

I continue to appreciate all of our contributors, users, donors, and others who have supported the project in various ways -- thank you everyone! 🧡


This place is so fucking awesome.

I broke my nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl & needed a new one. Thanks Ronny! 🧡 https://image.nostr.build/013f4de7882b8f7f1b3bdc82242c5ac8e412553480f55634ca96b3d5edfd1a24.jpg


When opensats learned that nostr:npub1tv8gmfhalwnxxquxjzeh6gtdsdz6vg7vx0s3rt7s7uuw6aujh32qn77wn2  had obtained a grant through the HRF, it is my understanding that any pending SeedSigner-related applications were formally declined, and he was encouraged to re-apply after the HRF grant was concluded.


Will look into it, prob Btcpayserver related.


SeedSigner is not compatible with any kind of subscription model, but if you appreciate our project please consider donating to give some value back to our contributors:

https://seedsigner.com/donate-custom/

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Just purchased Damus Purple to support nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s and his work. 💜 https://image.nostr.build/dad5873196951c11391567c451d7a9e3aefc096f3090760a79c10ce01128c21f.jpg


She looks kind of like a bulldog from that angle. 🤪


Will saying a lot of quiet parts of loud here.

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Beautiful!!!


The London #Bitcoin Halving Party

Welcomes you to join the nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl  Workshop to expand your self-sovereignty.

Find out about air gapped signing devices, Bitcoin wallets, and how to build a seedsigner!

Get your tickets here - https://halving.lbspace.xyz/apps/YFbbgGDMxzLu32tVBH1TovUZouZ/pos


🤣

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It's hard to express how satisfying it is to read messages like this one.

Much gratitude to nostr:npub1rfd0hxdzcze6pzj29thuz34vur57wm9quje7w3edxjgusq6m47csnl7wrt, nostr:npub1tv8gmfhalwnxxquxjzeh6gtdsdz6vg7vx0s3rt7s7uuw6aujh32qn77wn2, nostr:npub177zfcmyscnl7805qtx7cn8v9607n3s9m096fl8nev5uzqdg6mruqshdp8e, nostr:npub1alrqg4f7kmyv0wd9vm2qreh0vrcr249ykmfjrj3p7587zw3lxz7sfe2ynd, nostr:npub1d9vusz3zdd3cp2nqfdhqv932a2e20nvkhnkngjmjepzs0fr72s2qdlzk2u all of our other contributors, and anyone else who has lent our project a helping hand.

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Ooof this is bad. A 144 GB database full of personal information about adult El Salvador residents was leaked. There are unconfirmed rumors that this leak stems from Chivo, the bitcoin wallet offered by the El Salvadorian state. Always remember that KYC is the illicit activity.

https://protos.com/hacker-doxxes-nearly-every-adult-in-el-salvador/


Everything working OK?


nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl in one photo, 40$ & will create wallets for more than one person.

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🎶... waiting on the world to change... 🎶

🤢


All that is required for evil to prevail is that good people remain silent.


For clarity, where did your funding come from?


He who pays the bills makes the rules.


If bitcoin comes to rely too heavily on corporate grants/donations, you'll only get the tools that for-profit corporations want you to have. Keep bitcoin free -- build your own shit if you can, contribute to your favorite project, or donate *directly* to it (avoid pass-throughs).


Have a buddy who has a cabin near Donovan, can confirm.  🤣


nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl is a product developed by bitcoiners, not businessmen.

Fully Open Source (&Free) ✅

Developed by volunteers & crowdfunding ✅

Requires no middlemen who know you're using the device for Bitcoin ✅ 🥷

Wipes itself everytime you power off ✅ 🥷

Outperforms peers based on features, UX, & innovation ✅

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I feel this, LoL.

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Always happy to sell via DM for btc/ln.


I get an extra little charge when I see nostr:npub1rfd0hxdzcze6pzj29thuz34vur57wm9quje7w3edxjgusq6m47csnl7wrt like my posts -- he is one of the most based bitcoiners I know.


Just FYI because the question was asked. 🙂
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Yes, definitely supported. Best practice is to print one or more copies of the wallet descriptor at the time of initial wallet creation, so you have durable documentation instead of having to trust the coordinator later on. Change address verification is part of our standard transaction workflow, or you can also scan change/receive addresses to initiate a verification routine. You can also browse change/receive addresses in index-order within the UI. The key part is to have the descriptor as a QR code so you can scan it into the signer.


Hella sexy too https://image.nostr.build/a945c3e39af4d6fd67ce841df69ab500b78743aee3e75436e553fb4e2220429e.jpg


Can confirm.

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Now that's some funny stuff right there.


🤣🤣 this reminds I need to build my own nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl asap


Agree that this is likely true. Those trying to create a strong sense of urgency around network updates needing to happen asap likely have an agenda.

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AMAZING READ!!!

nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl, man... That's a plain AMAZING write up!

Learned more on the past 30 minutes than the 2 weeks before that!

https://seedsigner.com/seedsigner-independent-custody-guide/


"...only needs access to the device for seconds to binary-patch the firmware..." So dramatic, that darn evil maid is at it again.

Nothing new here, just a different type of theoretical attack that requires you to run malicious software on your signer. With our model, users are responsible for making sure they are running good software -- same as it ever was.

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Happy Good Friday to you as well, have had several people DM me about this now.

While the CS principal of the volatility of RAM is widely accepted, and if false, the viability of Tails OS and many other forensic live environment tools would be completely destroyed as well.

That said, (1) would it be a good idea from an adversarial perspective for anyone invested in SeedSigner to perform or be involved in such an analysis? and, (2) we are a volunteer FOSS project -- are we expected to somehow fund someone else to do this work? Even if we did this, should they be trusted if we are paying them for the work? (the incentives would be all out of alignment)

With SeedSigner's growing popularity, if RPi RAM really isn't stateless, this would be a complete softball for a HWW company to demonstrate in a reproducible manner and remove us completely from of the cold storage ecosystem.

I don't know what more to say here, if you want to believe then it sounds like you should not trust me and and figure out how to  independently verify. It could be a wonderful contribution to our project and could simultaneously allay your concerns.

Appreciate your interest and curiosity. Peace be with you.


Planning to show this setup tonight:
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Truely FOSS Satochip javacards https://github.com/Toporin/SatochipApplet initialized with an airgapped, stateless  nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl .
The cards act as a hardware wallet without a display, but with a PIN protected secure element. Mess up the PIN 10 times and the card is bricked. Blanks cost ~2 dollars with chip, ~5 dollars with NFC support. Can compare with #TapSigner, #BitKey and alike.

Find the modded images supporting the smartcard readers here:  https://github.com/3rdIteration/seedsigner/releases

Parts:
- a generic smartcard reader (here ACR39U https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzkLWc9 + microUSB adapter)
- can use the same cards as the SpecterDIY

Notes: https://gist.github.com/openoms/510b2876cab19e15c4190456ea8aad82

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There is adhesive on the back of the camera that you can expose by removing a film, sorry for the confusion there. Did you download our software, write it to the memory card, and install the card in the signer like the instructions direct? Without the mem card the device is like a computer without a hard drive, so it won't boot.


How did it go?


This is the way...

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🧡

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I'm relatively inexperienced as a public speaker -- sometimes you feel like you're on your game, and sometimes things feel a little off. This one felt pretty good IMHO, worth a listen if you have an interest to hear a bit about our project. 🧡

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJHDWL5bvkU


🚨SeedSigner workshop tomorrow... 🚨

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NEW: HRF Q1 2024 Bitcoin Development Fund grants

$500,000 to 14 projects targeting global education, Lightning Network innovation, decentralized communication, and easing access to financial freedom tools for nonprofits

🌍🌏🌎🎁

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/human-rights-foundation-grants-500000-to-14-bitcoin-projects-worldwide

Grant #1: USD E-Cash by Dr. Calle, leveraging the Cashu protocol for a secure USD-based Chaumian e-cash system that respects your privacy. Funding will support the full development of this project 🔒💸

Grant #2: BTC Pay Server provides free open source software for organizations that rely on Bitcoin, it is a critical tool for nonprofits operating in challenging environments. Funding will support enhancing the platform's user experience and extend its capabilities 🌐

Grant #3: BOB Space, for its Builders Residency Program in Thailand. Funding will help launch a new cohort, to be dedicated to identifying weak spots in Bitcoin’s decentralization, and making those into strengths 🌱 📡

Grant #4: YiBao, a non-profit that advocates for democracy and human rights within the Chinese-speaking world. Funding will enable translating key Bitcoin educational materials into Chinese and promoting financial freedom inside the world’s biggest Communist country 🇨🇳

Grant #5: The Bitcoin Innovation Hub, led by Noble Nyangoma in Uganda, offers a range of vocational training and financial literacy to women and men, centered around using and earning Bitcoin. Funding will support the addition of classes such as carpentry, baking, and valuable digital skills.

Grant #6: Bitcoin Dada, founded by Lorraine Marcel, is on a mission to empower African women with Bitcoin knowledge. Funds will support expansion across Africa, the creation of multilingual educational resources, and promote women-led businesses adopting Bitcoin 💪

The grants in this round to both Bitcoin Dada and The Bitcoin Innovation Hub are generously supported by Strike’s nonprofit initiative. Big shout out to Strike and everyone else that makes our work possible! ⚡

Grant #7: The Bitcoin Design Foundation contributes essential user research, aiding Bitcoin wallets and companies in enhancing UX to guarantee Bitcoin's accessibility for all 🎨📲

Grant #8: Bitcoin Optech is a vital resource for the Bitcoin developer community, offering insights into the most important Bitcoin technical conversations. Funds will be allocated towards operational expenses and growth strategies.

Grant #9: Damus, the first #NOSTR client on iOS, is expanding to Android! Funding enables this critical initiative which makes this open source client available to millions of new users in authoritarian countries and the developing world.

Grant #10: Bitcoin Core Developer Pablo Martin's contributions help maintain Bitcoin as a secure digital currency, pivotal for activists and individuals in high-risk environments. HRF is proud to support Pablo! 🛡👨💻

Grant #11: LNbits aims to decentralize custodianship and provides users with a robust suite of Bitcoin tools they can run for themselves. Funding will support the core contributors’ salaries, bounties, and educational outreach efforts through workshops and video tutorials ⚡

Grant #12: The Bitcoin Policy Summit 2024, organized by Bitcoin Policy Institute, is a critical platform for discussing how Bitcoin can play a role in protecting human rights. Funding will support event logistics, speaker travel, and attendance by human rights advocates 🏛🗣

Grant #13: Video series "Bitcoin for Billions" by #Bitcoin educator Paco de la India, is making Bitcoin accessible to millions in India, in a variety of local languages. Funding will be used for research, content creation, translation, and promotion 🎥🇮🇳

Grant #14: Scalar School in Brazil, established by Luciana, is nurturing a new wave of Bitcoin and Lightning developers across South America. The grant will go towards teachers’ salaries, training workshops, and university outreach 🌎🇧🇷

The Bitcoin Development Fund is committed to facilitating $2 million of grants in 2024, aiming to bolster innovative technical, educational, and community-driven Bitcoin initiatives worldwide

Submit your application at hrf.org/bdfapply


Apologies for the cross post, but so many people feel the same kind of anxiety when using their cold storage tools. Getting a SeedSigner and learning how to use it, even if you keep using your original HWW, has a ton of value.
https://m.primal.net/HmSB.jpg


Lol, got attacked by a dog when I was in primary school, several stitches in my face, could never shake the fight-or-flight thing. And I'm allergic to them -- it's a romance that was doomed from the get go.


I don't even like dogs and have to admit that this is cute.

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In general the .40 caliber Sigs I have shot are well balanced and minimize kickback. I have a P226 and a P239 and love them both.


For me only diy nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl 😎


Big fan of Sig Sauer in general.


🤯

https://bitcan.world


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Bitcoin te permite ser tu propio banco. Para ello solo necesitas un secreto.
Es de suma importancia la manera en que generes este secreto y su posterior respaldo ya que esta será la llave que de acceso a tu banco.

Con  nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl tienes todo lo necesario para crear tu semilla y hacer uso de tus fondos al demostrar la propiedad por medio de firmas digitales. ¡Y todo de la forma más segura: sin conexión online!

En el taller veremos por qué es una herramienta que todo bitcoiner debe conocer y qué diferencias tiene con las hardware wallet comerciales.

https://nostrcheck.me/media/126a29e8181c1663ae611ce285758b08b475cf81b3634dd237b8234cd1341981/f01b4ab37c5ba50d1573285dc60856387a7de947178f2e63b2a01df023dbb5fe.webp

Montaremos la SeedSigner por nosotros mismos, e instalaremos el software para ponerla en funcionamiento.
Una vez ensamblada navegaremos por todas sus funciones y realizaremos diferentes practicas:
🔸 Crearemos una semilla
🔸 Exportaremos la xpub (clave pública extendida) a una watch only wallet en Sparrow para recibir fondos testnet
🔸 Firmaremos transacciones PSBT

Componentes necesarios:

ℹ En el taller habrá un número limitado de kits con todos los componentes + carcasa a un justiprecio de 60 € (solo se admiten pagos en bitcoin).
Por favor indícanos en la reserva si quieres reservar uno.

Si quieres comprar las piezas por tu cuenta esta es la lista de la compra:

1. Raspberry Pi Zero 1.3 (sin conexión WiFi ni bluetooth)
2. Pantalla LCD WaveShare de 1,3 pulgadas con controles (debe tener una pantalla de 240×240 píxeles)
3. Módulo de cámara compatible con Raspberry Pi Zero
4. Tarjeta MicroSD con al menos 64 MB de capacidad
5. Carcasa en 3D. Puedes descargar algunas opciones aquí: https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/tree/dev/enclosures

Puedes reservar plaza (indicando si quieres reservar un kit seedsigner) enviando un mail a malaga2140@proton.me (asunto “Taller Seedsigner”)

📅 Jueves 21 Marzo 2024 | 🕕 18:30
📍 El Círculo Coworking - C/ Luis F Pallardo Peinado 7, 29010 Málaga
🆓 Entrada gratuita (¡Imprescindible reserva!)

Nuestro agradecimiento a  nostr:npub1m7r9aayrqjtt2q0whkyrwlys75s5d828c5uewvqwyfd2kxefkfjqgeny2w por patrocinar a nuestra comunidad 🙏 🧡

Os recomendamos dar un vistazo a su inmenso catálogo de tarjetas regalo que puedes adquirir con bitcoin.
Con este enlace accedes a los servicios de Bitrefill y contribuyes con la comunidad Malaga2140:
https://www.bitrefill.com/invite/malaga


"In most people’s minds, inflation is somehow a natural phenomenon that we can’t do anything about. In reality, an elite class is stealing everyone else’s time at an unimaginable scale." -Knut Svanholm

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Congrats dude! Well deserved.


Awesome!! 🧡

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💯

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These nostr:npub1u7vcswh80vdegls8pvyf7nv00sr3argct57g220yufnjywu4w5hqdstmes coasters are *sweet*
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Free nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu Nashville conf tickets for ZEUS FOSS contributors

https://b.tc/conference/2024/opensource-ticket


6869 blocks until the halving #OrangeClock #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/62fd833cefc94ef25020812706ba788b8a9a36156c5ca19460bdb6ba7bf76510.jpg


Building my own seed signer this Sunday with $50 of parts. So easy a caveman can do it 🙋♂ #bitcoin #btc #RaspberryPi nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl
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I don't think you will regret building one. 🙂


I'm super lucky to have amazing collaborators doing most of the heavy lifting.


Appreciate this. 🧡


This speaks to the precise reasons why I have continued to choose to steer SeedSigner away from being a company; once you have investors, employees, leases, contracts, and all of the other obligations that come with them, incentives shift, and IMHO, not in a direction that was right for the idea behind SeedSigner.

As much as I have tried to get Jack to engage with, or even make the slightest mention or acknowledgement of our project, it unfortunately has yet to happen. Given his proclaimed  passion for FOSS, I always thought he would dig what we are doing -- how cypherpunk is it for bitcoiners to build their own cold storage signing tool?!? 🙂 Heck, Jack and I are even from the same city.

Over time I don't know what to think of it. In the end you just have to kill your heros and build for yourself and the people around you.

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Definitely my favourite #Bitcoin wallet! And proudly South African too!

nostr:npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2 Sparrow Wallet, super stoked with how this came out!

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#Bitcoin

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Agree! Tyler is my favorite song.


You look so happy Vlad.  🧡


Oh wow, thankfully I didn't have those. Sounds like we're both in a much better place now. 🧡


it was so common for me to see spots on the wall in my peripheral vision move (because there were bugs everywhere) that when I was reading for classes, on the opposite facing page I started seeing commas and periods move too. 🤪


Reminds me of an apartment I stayed in back in college.


Everyone should read nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp ‘s blog on the Craig Wright trial. I feel like Calvin and his behind the scenes villainy is usually not discussed enough and I’m glad he’s included in the blog write up.

https://blog.lopp.net/copa-vs-craig-wright-identity-trial/


Hello #OrangeClock mini nostr:npub16cpe069rjz6pm5t42xcyhcn66f5rr04k64df3g03fk2wctlrlhsqycedcd (cases by: nostr:npub10lpcnym3nagjs4rcrn8sepg7fu88mfffljhzlgv3fsv8axa29vmqhrh0t4 )

https://void.cat/d/3NZJcceVrPZFvBzVTfib5W.webp


beautiful!


Went a bit crazy with this one, I'm calling it the RatBot, it's for the BitPineRat from DTVelectronics.

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Keith and I roughly the same age and, well, let's just say he's much more fit. 🤪

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Tell me more -- what airline?


CRY HARDER
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Same is true on that first part for influencers, and yet here we are. 🤪


Jerry and Marge Go Large


and here I was hoping for a far side cartoon.


"US dollars, gold or bitcoin" is the key takeaway here.

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Fiat media.


My long-form nip23 audiophile / videophile nerd review of "The Matrix" on 4k UHD blu-ray.

Trying to add more non-bitcoin content* to nostr!

https://habla.news/u/KeithMukai@nostr.seedsigner.com/1708296788609

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*(but, yes, let's remember that I'm a big nerd so my non-bitcoin interests are still incredibly nerdy)


Forgive if dumb question but is video on the roadmap?


Ladies and gents, we’ve got work to do. Bitcoin Bootcamp begins this Saturday @ 2pm, where I’ll be introducing #Proxmox as a tool to manage your virtual infrastructure better.

Your node is probably shit. Let’s talk about it.

https://www.meetup.com/chibitdevs/events/299277835/

Prompt credit to nostr:npub1z4m7gkva6yxgvdyclc7zp0vz4ta0s2d9jh8g83w03tp5vdf3kzdsxana6p https://image.nostr.build/c31cee86aa0ba2932acc8926540343535470c6bf8ec2b2254611ae046051254d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/cc6c06ea222a0bee5dc30b6410408899673022cd3b39c1c8838e735a1b79fab7.jpg


Not always, but it is a particularly effective costume.


#bitcoin

https://image.nostr.build/2ace8a79ffa0d0dd2732a39ecd7bd6cb7ff0c1bb42f764cc5e08888eef91dbcb.jpg


Just looked into it and it's only for their payment terminals, not a solution for online sales.


For online sales through "Square Up"?


With Square dragging their feet on support for bitcoin payments, I'm excited to begin tinkering with Plebian Market; I've created a storefront and added a couple of items to ease into the platform. To support this Nostr + Bitcoin powered solution, I'll be steering 3% of sales to help support their contributors. Here's a listing for the milled aluminum signers I also offer in my Square store.

https://plebeian.market/product/f8b2e731-85c8-4f67-b403-241d53f8f90c
https://m.primal.net/HdBq.png


Finally had a few moments to assemble a signer using this gorgeous wooden 3d-printed SeedSigner enclosure. 🤤

A huge thank you to my friend David Rodda for leveraging his knowledge and skill with this material, and sharing this piece with me. 🙏
https://m.primal.net/Hctk.jpg


A big thank you to nostr:npub1v0tfjv5ahr3c260jtzdk5w48krerrnkg8fmcnc5lpguk0qda04eqzm3m3e for creating and sharing this prototype carrying pouch designed specifically for nostr:npub1l2xfcjd8k5l3c6mkpd95uptdnxcqw5yms0pz57l7v46qzgdju0msy96ndl's premium aluminum SeedSigner enclosures.

Curious to hear your impressions, please share any thoughts in the comments. 🧡 🙏
https://m.primal.net/HcpR.jpg


I often hear the opposite -- that the signing flow is more intuitive for people who are less familiar with the technical side of bitcoin.


New release  #OrangeClock 🍊🕰
https://github.com/marc3linho/OrangeClock/releases/tag/v0.3.0-beta


I can confirm, we have life 👌🏼 very strait forward set up and a good, fun mini project. Thanks to nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl for developing this great little device (and migrating me away from ledger) and nostr:npub1l5pxvjzhw77h86tu0sml2gxg8jpwxch7fsj6d05n7vuqpq75v34syk4q0n for printing the case and shipping the components 👌🏼

If anyone else is thinking about doing this I highly recommend it!
https://image.nostr.build/f4009e95bd25298b1a2c30da4a73877013a307084660b4cf3f6237119683f3c4.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1920x1440&blurhash=%235AmPR%7B0rnp1I%5BRgS%7E%25N-n_3rr%253%7EVROXAXSMxtREHxvtnX29sj%7B%5E*I9ksCR0xEJ%24%2C%5E%2Brpo%7DI%5BoyX-9Z9%5BNf%252e%2CS%25xvxB55IVo%7EW9Sdxv%24*e%2CNKxvr%3FV%3DELEkNa-U%24*j%5E&x=6b999948c611b702716256c6a3704f9d07dfe39c7d87d553f958ff05d321706f


Today is an exciting day!

I've finally gotten my hands on a nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl kit! The box was full of little extras! Thanks to nostr:npub1l5pxvjzhw77h86tu0sml2gxg8jpwxch7fsj6d05n7vuqpq75v34syk4q0n for the delivery! I can't wait to get this thing going 😁 i'm like a kid on christmas 😅

#seedsigner #bitcoin #freedomtech
https://image.nostr.build/7bdcadf767bf20231e93cb36e1906f2008b62a3a022a699d88ebd4d06c177511.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1512x1512&blurhash=U9F%23%2CV-%3B9FS7%7EB%24%25xtNf00D%25IoIoE2Rj9GNF&x=e8aa1f46534188321eebb73a185b15bafc7b5ef39df5fbe13c3eaf124a5fe90a


Slides are up!

tldr: Payjoins / Coinjoins on hardware wallets is no bueno.

* Quick intro to payjoin and coinjoin cooperative spend transactions
* All the things current hwws / signing devices get wrong when displaying these txs to users (yes, nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl blows it, too)
* Work-in-progress R&D on some better approaches.

https://m.primal.net/Hbhy.png

Presented and discussed last night at #chibitdevs

https://github.com/kdmukai/cooperative_spend_uiux_slides/


Bitcoin meetups are great


Motherfu...

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TONIGHT at #chibitdevs I'll be presenting the UI/UX challenges that #payjoin and #coinjoin transactions impose on signing devices.

* What do retail hwws currently display?
* What SHOULD they?

Obv this all stems from what I've learned during my recent nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl R&D.

https://m.primal.net/HbVW.png

https://chibitdevs.org/2024-02-08-Socratic-Seminar-51


MicroSD extender.

Some time ago I try to explain my girlfriend how to use nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl and I had problem to take off the MicroSD from the SeedSigner case after boot.

I solved the problem with MicroSD extender:
https://image.nostr.build/c3cc2bbe133deece15f7ccd7f4580c3efa0b106695f27c7fbfe75bb37cc812b1.jpg

Extender work in every popular SeedSigner case:
https://image.nostr.build/8a004e313a11ca11025e242af85b7607316c8c8bb0e2295bf774b664dfc0c5c1.jpg

Source:
https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005005552943499.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.6ac41802VcPuTx&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld
3D file fore case:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6474676


nostr:note1f0w78w0nxaserdtqmnu3z2d5esfsu2wfzrtjn9t8wjvwtg7az2jswd66dw

🧡


🔒 Erhöhe die Sicherheit deines #Bitcoin-Wallets mit einem Multi-Signature-Wallet! Ich zeige dir, wie du mit nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl und Sparrow Wallet (oder Blue Wallet) einen solches erstellst, inklusive Tipps zur Sicherung. 💪 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9SLZhthOA


My sense is that this is more about your input being very easily guessable.


I wish the print head hadn't been in the way for half of the video!  🤪


Excited to be attending the Sound Money Soiré this weekend in Tampa... https://v.nostr.build/0n8v.mp4


Based move.


Hard agree.


Seedsigner tutorial for a Spanish-speaking audience: https://youtu.be/8tBXuxiyFb4?si=zyTHB42KST6TdVOB


Love the rabbits. 🧡


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FOSH in the wild.  🧡


Favorite new nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl test seed!

Just had to brute force ~6mil random mnemonics to get here!

https://m.primal.net/HZXC.jpg


Oh man, Wally had to do so much editing around my inarticulate Spanish!

But we got to hang out, have breakfast, take in the view from the top of a volcano, and, of course, talk nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXdYXqHBbWY


Nom nom nom... Down to 26 sats/vbyte.
https://m.primal.net/HZAl.jpg


Curious why you think ATH in Q424 as opposed to Q425?


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I love this stuff...


That feeling when Jim Cramer is bearish. https://image.nostr.build/0d428708ed8b1e6b4f2b6d2637070404a6a42cb710758648ad4002d756849f16.png


nostr:note1v2gajudljsfh32rzdpm0w485d0z6x99hrndgavjtf48dkupz9l7snt9m6q

Interoperable protocols FTW. 🙂


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I will be headed to Tampa for this event as well -- if you're anywhere near enough that it makes sense to go, seems like it's going to be a great time for a great cause.


the fees are ok #OrangeClock 🍊🕰

https://image.nostr.build/492f7b5040f54c16b30f4971c34fae5925a95030a9fce34ec5905c4994dd3c4f.png


Agree on optionally combining the like and zap functionality. 👍


Right now I consistently hear people saying they don't use nostr much because it's mostly people who love nostr posting about nostr. Money is a strong incentivizer, maybe we can use it to incentivize the production of more diverse content here. 🙂


I am a big believer in the transactional potential of bitcoin, I also have high hopes for v4v. I just don't think v4v is being executed on effectively because of this mental overhead issue.


Some ideas about batching and the mental overhead associated with v4v:

Underlying perceived issue: the mental overhead associated with to-zap-or-not-to-zap still seems way too high to allow most individual content creators to benefit from v4v in a meaningful way.

Unless Nostr users are confronted with a request to zap, or are overwhelmingly impressed with an individual piece of content, and thus reminded to zap, human beings, being efficient, avoid the mental strain altogether and don't engage in the to-zap-or-not-to-zap decision making process and the mental energy that it requires.

Seems more productive that users be might allowed to opt-in to purchasing micro-bites of content over time, at a certain price, and of course are allowed to opt-out at any time. Like subscribing to a paid substack, but on a much smaller scale. An example of how this concept might work -- to be able to view a certain person's Nostr posts in an ongoing fashion, you agree to auto-zap 50 sats per post, with a max of 5 zaps per day, and/or a max of XXX sats per month, whatever makes sense. If they post more than that, you get to view those posts at no cost. If they post less than that, you only have to pay for what they do post. The content creator sets these prices with ongoing feedback from "the market".

If followers perceive the quality of a user's posts they've subscribed to going down, they hit the "unsubscribe" button. Subscribers periodically review their subscriptions and total amount spent on v4v content, and adjust their subscriptions according to the value they feel they are receiving.

Accounts to which users are subscribed are incentivized, but not overly-pressured, to produce quality content that others will enjoy consuming, and are rewarded for doing so. The market works out how much individual content creators should be paid, and at a higher level, incentivizes ongoing production of quality content.

Many users will still post at no cost, wanting their content to be freely available for ideological reasons, or because they don't want their reach limited in any way, or because it just doesn't make sense to attempt to charge for it, and this is of course 100% fine.

Not going to spend any more time thinking on this right now, just throwing it out there for consideration, feel free to hate on the concept as much as you want, LoL.


60 years ago, it would take 13 men to deliver a computer to your office.

Today, we can wear or carry high performing computers in our pockets.

(photo of the same location 60 years a part) https://image.nostr.build/7446ca3883083a53640e0661f75436e90ac450bfda3c6f268c22061fb279ea8a.jpg


Some additional thoughts on why our model may resonate with people:

When you deeply care about something, you want to dig in to some degree and get your hands dirty, you want to verify instead of trusting. Having kids is an example I think of -- when most parents have to leave their kids at daycare, they don't want to just drop them off at the first facility they see and come back at the end of the day. They want to visit the place and make sure it seems clean and safe, they want to meet the adults that will be interacting with their kids, and make sure they seem compassionate, intelligent and responsible. They want to know about the daycare's policies and what learning models they implement. And over time they want to monitor these variables to make sure that there are no negative developments and that the same or better standards are being implemented.

Its the same with having a kid that might need an appendectomy; you don't just drop them off at the emergency room and say you'll be back next Tuesday when they're feeling better. You want to make sure you pick a good hospital and a doctor you feel like you can trust. You want to see evidence of the test results and make sure the root cause is being addressed, you want to stay with them most or all of the time to make sure they're being cared for. You'll still do web searches for the symptoms and treatments, to make sure everything sounds kosher. You want to talk to the surgeon and hear what they're going to do, and afterward how the procedure went. You can't do ALL of what needs to be done yourself, but you want to feel like you're invested and doing all of the due diligence.

There are a lot of bitcoiners that obviously care deeply about their long term savings. They don't want to blindly trust a company to give them an easy button, and often complicated and proprietary technologies that are difficult for them to understand or trust are used to arrive at an easy button -- at times "don't trust, verify" can fall apart or seem like too big of a leap.

Alternatively, SeedSigner presents them with a very simple toolset (so simple that they can mostly build it themselves and dig into the underlying details as deeply as they would like) and a basic set of bitcoin primatives that can be used to manage a secure cold storage setup. Its this putting more variables in the hands of users, not less, that allows them to feel more in control and have more confidence. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I think this helps to explain why some users feel so strongly about the SeedSigner model as a cold storage solution.


Not sure if this will be an unpopular take but... Obscuring all of the technical detail from people holding private keys -- essentially giving them an "easy button" -- can often result in them feeling less confident about the keys because they don't have any sense of what's going under the hood. Letting them get their hands a little dirty, letting them work with bitcoin primatives (especially ones that are portable between different tools), can help to significantly increase the confidence with which people hold their keys.


These are fair points, just expressing that some of their marketing strategy has rubbed myself, and seemingly others, the wrong way. I would point to River and Unchained as having approaches more in line with how I feel marketing can effectively be better executed.


What you note about them widely bankrolling influencers under the guise of "advisor" roles is something I had noted as well -- their approach to marketing has felt superficial and their approach to growing a bitcoin business seems very high-time preference.


Was alerted by one of our contributors that our development fund received a ~22 million sat donation on Christmas day. What a wonderful gesture -- to whomever sent this, we immensely appreciate it! 🧡


Less price talk, more freedom talk.


The domain nostrverified.com expired about a week ago, rending all those that use them for their Nostr address to be invalid. Scammers can now impersonate these people with ease. Be careful out there.
https://i.nostr.build/aJR6.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1080x257&blurhash=H76%40..%7EXV%3DMxn%24xan%25M_Ri%3Ft%3FbohIobItRWVNGR*&x=ba6db6ccb5f34536529d4bbac19b135ae297d0b5afd87fef00ace2fb038ae8c4


Bitcoin empowers you to serve better. Never use that power to dominate and steal the proof of work of other Bitcoiners. It is the fastest way to corruption.


"...I can feel your soul in this product."

It is indeed in there.  🫶
https://m.primal.net/HVRX.jpg


🧡  And to you too Jean!


The beauty of the Christmas story is that new beginnings are possible for all of us, no matter what mistakes we have made in the past. We all have the power to make a fresh start, in a more positive direction, should we lose our way. We don't have to be held captive by our worst moments -- hope and redemption are always possible.

The most sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas to all of you!


KYC is the illicit activity.

Offered to pay the plasterer in #bitcoin yesterday. He declined saying he was into CrYpTo.

He turned-up to finish the job this morning and he's been sim swapped overnight. 2 exchange accounts drained and a new crypto debit card maxed out. 😱

Play silly games, win silly prizes.

Gonna gift him a nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl. It'll take him a while to get over the butt hurt, but maybe one day he'll pick it up. 🤷♂


This is so cool! This keychain tether sent to me by Orange Manufacturing Group has our dev fund lnurl on the inside as a QR code, and an embedded NFC chip that links to https://seedsigner.com.

If you want to test out the QR code with your LN wallet, you know, just to make sure it works, I'm totally on board with that... 🤪
https://m.primal.net/HUos.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HUot.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HUou.jpg


nostr:note1ten8kqsj4e6496s8mkdswjnxjpk0y9e9hsgc9phdwvauxz6aytxqf35cr7

Statements like this are what motivate myself and many of our contributors to continue to push forward.


I live in Vietnam where there is a restriction of importing hardware wallet, seedsigner is awesome because it is available and cheaper compared to other wallets, thank you ❤


Human Rights Foundation 🙏 nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl
https://m.primal.net/HUXj.png


I just built a SeedSigner, the hardest part is soldering a bunch of pins. Thank you nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl for such a great signing device!
https://m.primal.net/HUer.jpg


Thank you for recording this. 🙏


Für alle die mit nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl und nostr:npub1zv7d9l5ac0zdzeh5mzfyaegcdgcwn8m2uaxdpsj93hgp4nqjmd0s6k82ke stacken wollen, so könnt ihr euer Wallet verknüpfen:
https://youtu.be/1aM8mihjFUg?feature=shared


Just for accurate, the aluminum enclosure is by nostr:npub1l2xfcjd8k5l3c6mkpd95uptdnxcqw5yms0pz57l7v46qzgdju0msy96ndl. 🙂


nostr:note1ynfnhz4lxksuqq6z89y7wcv7jcqqjd4pywl0aaerrmlraw4vcjtq5lkyu9

Great validation for DIY, statelessness and airgapped signing -- big congrats to the Krux project. 🧡


10 more grants.
10 minute blocktime.
10 quadrillion reasons to support open-source devs.

https://opensats.org/blog/bitcoin-grants-december-2023


Running Liquid.

https://m.primal.net/HURQ.png


Help test OrangeClock v0.2.0-beta!

Features:
- BTC Price in USD and Euro
- Halving Countdown
- Nostr Zap Counter
- Moscow Time alternative icon (sat/USD)
- Setup UI redesign

https://github.com/marc3linho/OrangeClock/releases/tag/v0.2.0-beta

https://m.primal.net/HTwj.jpg


Great image.


Put together this lovely anodised aluminium nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl  Premium. Some pointers for builders:

- Headless Pi Zero required (2 works, but comes with wifi) + requires soldering
- Use the Adafruit Pi Zero spy cam (similar variants do not fit!).

nostr:npub1hc65wf3cq9pk8235q7udtun7a3sazgxevww2jpctnfr8wwt9s0dq8ga3yg nostr:npub1l2xfcjd8k5l3c6mkpd95uptdnxcqw5yms0pz57l7v46qzgdju0msy96ndl https://image.nostr.build/253c19941dbb2ae6346618da1aff6ece6e562cc7cb69bb0e8250b9ce25a65cc5.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7a816918ac35c89a982862ea6e572217776df015e2e896cdd152d16a609c075b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e869e81cdfb84a019b2ed4c6c96cbd810ee65f48e0f92911aa3fed1cf7222d09.jpg


Excellent, I thankfully accept my prize from nostr:npub1lrj3lsskez59qu68v5fpnur7ythe7s5e4qcelclha6t6r9q5pqgsl2mzx2. 😃

A nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl is exactly what I need in my endeavor to  migrate from a closed-source hardware wallet to an open-source #Bitcoin only solution.

https://m.primal.net/HUGL.png


Very cool! So curious about this -- the black board is the custom one?


Just seeing this -- unfortunate screen fade! Can you DM me so we can figure out how to improve this?


Love this!


nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl
Build one yourself, learn a lot✌
https://m.primal.net/HTsP.jpg


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🧡


How dis happen?!?


nostr:note1clq5jzhc5jsjwjxj0t9zg9kzhtdqgnjne0ay9kxynh9lfuu04glsujev0j

This is awesome.


Built a nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl today!

This one is for my fiance who is finally dipping her toes into Bitcoin 🙏
https://image.nostr.build/003c8d0a2133b31cee57f0c73231d93fd94b9cfe35414f9076f5d5416a483796.jpg


GM #nostr
nostr:npub1sx9rnd03vs34lp39fvfv5krwlnxpl90f3dzuk8y3cuwutk2gdhdqjz6g8m API works really well for counting the zaps https://image.nostr.build/2631e04a7d364932f14fba17565ab92b473d64cbd210f8c84f40ceee9bd7bff3.jpg


Completely separate operating image.


nostr:note12s9ujsg45k60x80p36svzsz2yqvga0k48e6rudjg3e3t6hydwjeq2ewehn

And yes, it can run on SeedSigner... 😂

(video courtesy of nostr:npub1cn670f663n3ks02jnnlsvd5y88zjnefy8343ykaxs7y3nzzketrsrjwt8a) https://video.nostr.build/a2566aeaf0b3ca9d268159fad25d0f72aeafbaaf30b450e0c5910ce0702f257d.mp4


A big thank you to all of the bitcoiners out there sharing our project with others, especially at meetups in different parts of the world. 🧡
https://m.primal.net/HSsJ.jpg


me whenever senators and bankers talk about the dangers of bitcoin and the need to ban it https://image.nostr.build/ca5276dc27e891bc6467ba114c3b8b92b27cab0ef51d606b1a9b24aa9cddfa23.jpg


Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.

Just build a SeedSigner.
https://m.primal.net/HSma.jpg


My kids are noticing too.


nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl Tis the season https://image.nostr.build/e7ce67b4c2ed8ae76467aead494d78cc248b749f79f49193b40291c3cfc1bb88.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/live/E5YOaPjbkFo?si=t_X7fAqcVGIqL8yB This was another AWESOME session! nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl nostr:npub1zsy9zp3h7tnpdgrgyyufczp8v5xdsze5zmenjarfs2exvumpyacqgmkrsp  ✊🏽🧡🫶🏽🦬

#BTCsessions


Crazy to hear,  but I love it if it's true.


New SeedSigner assembly video guide for a Korean speaking audience.

Really appreciate the effort that goes into videos like this one. 🧡

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u-eBpFJFTY


https://btc-hardware-solutions.square.site/

https://www.gobrrr.me/

https://vulcan21.com

https://MoneroTime.store


The father of SeedSignerOS -- nostr:npub1dtmp3wrkyqafghjgwyk88mxvulfncc9lg6ppv4laet5cun66jtwqqpgte6 -- has offered to take a look at creating a separate operating image for Retropie to run on our hardware as a plausible-deniability option.

Please give him a zap if you'd like to see this become a reality. 🧡

(I have a proof-of-concept installation but it's not running stable)
https://m.primal.net/HReb.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HRea.jpg


Thank you!!!


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🧡🧡🧡


Just a heads up, looks like since we last attempted it, the lnurl generated by Btcpayserver now works with Nostr zaps.  🎉

Maybe I was doing something wrong before,  it just glad it all appears to be working now.

As it's always been, zaps to this account go to our development fund, now directly via sesidevfund@btcpay0.voltageapp.io


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"Today we have resumed EVERYONE at home, the nostr:npub1dtmp3wrkyqafghjgwyk88mxvulfncc9lg6ppv4laet5cun66jtwqqpgte6  classes to put together a SeedSigner.

The children enjoyed it!
Thanks friend 🙏, as they say, what is learned well is not forgotten, they have remembered everything!

Soon we will have the video of the @Wo_Bitcoin workshop"


Congratulations!


I just tried to send an international wire between bank accounts that I've sent between before with no problem, and got denied this time. They didn't give a reason.

People who say bitcoin is a solution in search of a problem generally don't have many international assets to deal with. International connections between fiat rails are slow, expense, ever-debasing, and at any time the rules change and block you.

Fuck them. Accelerate.


Unsolvable math problems > Unhackable hardware devices


With SeedSigner, keys are stored in analog fashion because the device itself is engineered not to remember them. Seed words encoded as a QR code make it quicker to activate a key on SeedSigner, but you can also manually enter the words and get the same result. We have a backup solution that combines both a metal backup plate and a QR code (see below). If you'd like to learn more, this may be a good place to start:

https://seedsigner.com/seedsigner-independent-custody-guide/
https://m.primal.net/HQzN.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HQzO.jpg


Nostr clients continue to improve, nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg has gotten a lot better since I last tried it. Also discovering that hash tags are more of a think on Nostr than I realized...


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Good shit indeed. 🙂


Need to publicly acknowledge this amazing donation. These go a long way to help reward our contributors. Thank you so much!!! 🧡

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Love it! nostr:note1xle3h0q5qs80awpjt0xfwx8gff3vgmpclc3p3vt2nemtcm227rrs850huk


Once above a certain threshold, on chain becomes an option. During the checkout process, you can pull an on chain address from the invoice if you choose.  🙏


This is awesome and very much appreciated. 😍 Love to see it when people understand the importance of what we're working on.

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I was able to do a small test and it went through on the first try. Try using the "donate custom amount" button. https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_7053918909157622891700149991.webp


The interface is not the best, we are all volunteers working in various things. Just glad to have a donated Btcpayserver up and running. Your sats are much appreciated.


Donate.seedsigner.com


donate.seedsigner.com  🧡


Am curious what "that many" might be quantified as?


I mix cider vinegar in with the apple juice. 🙂


Looking good!


Am sure it is waaaayyy better.


Indeed.


With all of the McDonald's talk, I have to admit that I made a counterfeit copy of a KFC coupon last Sunday so that we could keep the original and use it some more before it expired. Worked like a charm and saved ~$14.


If you're willing to use the app, there's usually a 20% off coupon in there. Basket of fries is another good option for families, where it is available. But you're right, not a lot of value in the value menu these days.


Love seeing more Korean bitcoiners engaging with our project. 🧡

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SeedSigner build guide for a Korean speaking audience.

(a big thank you to the author 🙏)

https://getbackmybtc.notion.site/Manual-for-Assembling-Seed-signer-in-Korean-b3233942e81745a6abf3f52006087e38

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_5135620181198659861699277018.webp


In addition to the handsome guy in the sunglasses, that's not a bad looking hoodie either...   👀

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Shipment received and assembled aluminum signers are available again:

https://btc-hardware-solutions.square.site/product/premium-milled-aluminum-seedsigner/20


It's full on brrr in the workshop this morning. 🧡

https://video.nostr.build/1bb3914cae6dbb33d1942a898ece43e30612e518d1a6f22c1e93289ed1e61880.mp4


What power source are you using? Have you tried re-writing the memory card? Does the CPU light come on or flicker when power is applied to the signer?

If you're able to join our Telegram community, we can more synchronously help you troubleshoot:

https://t.me/joinchat/GHNuc_nhNQjLPWsS


🔥

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It may seem like a somewhat mundane question, but its one you have to answer if you want to truly **own** your bitcoin.

Join the coversation at: https://t.me/joinchat/GHNuc_nhNQjLPWsS

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This guy gets me. 🫶

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Really happy to be able to make SeedSigner logo t-shirts available again, a portion of the proceeds will go to our dev fund. ProofofInk has been great to work with on this. 🧡

https://proofofink.com/product/seedsigner-shirt/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_9300707450139558521698786020.webp


Looks like. Solid post on SeedSigner for a Korean speaking audience:

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🧡

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_8928485677425767021698688222.webp


Congratulations Precept! We're lucky to have you as a bitcoiner!!!

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So glad we were able to get this Orange Clock build up and running!

(btw, a couple of those other printed pieces look familiar... 🤣)

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I operate this shop, my first batch sold out but hoping to have some more within a couple weeks. You can also look at nostr:npub1l5pxvjzhw77h86tu0sml2gxg8jpwxch7fsj6d05n7vuqpq75v34syk4q0n

https://btc-hardware-solutions.square.site/product/premium-milled-aluminum-seedsigner/20


So excited to be sending more of these out today.

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_4577902549447757931698665872.webp


Fun fact: You can use the same math that underlies the bitcoin network to secure your bitcoin savings. 🤯


Am selling p2p for sats to give plebs the first bite at the apple, then will be listed in the store. I'm only selling assembled aluminum signers right now, a la carte canbe bought from MoneroTime, but he may only accept Monero.


This is why you should be shopping for land, an architect and a builder. 🙂


Not sure if I'm the one, but take a look if you're curious. 🙂

https://seedsigner.com/seedsigner-independent-custody-guide/

https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner


Here is the recording of my keynote from Bitcoin Amsterdam earlier this month -- it covers a good amount of my back story & the "why" that underlies our project.

A big thank you to nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va & Bitcoin Magazine for the opportunity.

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_6013772234202259941698069661.webp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss4RG59PvV4


Which plate are you using?


Better to learn this now rather than later. 🤪


It is the exact same thing. As soon as you importeither a seed QR, or the words into sparrow, it’s no longer cold storage, it’s a hot wallet.


Looks good to me! I prefer pickled but I enjoyed the fresh stuff too. 🙂


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SeedSigner, disappointing?!? 🤣


My bad, I thought I had seen them in there...


You can find everything here, including board designs, BoM, etc.

https://github.com/btclock/btclock_v2


Some have done our project a disservice by giving the impression that it is "too technical" for the average bitcoiner (Peter McCormack), but it really is this easy.

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nostr:npub1k5f85zx0xdskyayqpfpc0zq6n7vwqjuuxugkayk72fgynp34cs3qfcvqg2 really has done some *great* work with this.

https://video.nostr.build/7e5ea78ce47899fbb4a128329d89feae09a313c1ec307e9d5106b43da76bb056.mov


What a difference an "L" makes... 🤣

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Based advice.

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Am still working to get the parts together but kits and assembled devices will be available soon. 🙂


Need to thank the Noderunners for their hospitality -- a few of the members were particularly helpful as I was planning my trip to Amsterdam.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_5772486514006655421697392050.webp


Bee-yoo-tee-ful day in Zaandam. https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_3975093826350075731697368823.webp


👀

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I love the idea of a delegated signing function for Nostr, but my understanding is that the larger delegated signing model would put too much strain on individual relays over time. Happy to be proven wrong but that was my impression.


This has to be the strangest SeedSigner photo that I've ever seen...


Thank you for sharing this. 🙏


Day 1 at Bitcoin Amsterdam!

I'll be on a panel on the main stage today (11:45), and tomorrow I'm doing a solo talk on the proof-of-work stage (10:00).

(If you're at the event and would like to purchase a signer kit p2p, hit me up -- I'm wearing the cap below. 🙂)

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_3836752470247633511697095596.webp

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_4301340572906396211697095640.webp

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_5617583066940150731697095721.webp


Herring


Already had what will surely be a highlight of my trip to Amsterdam -- so excited to set this up when I get back home. Thank you nostr:npub1k5f85zx0xdskyayqpfpc0zq6n7vwqjuuxugkayk72fgynp34cs3qfcvqg2 !!!

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_9967790630863109411697033907.webp


Hello Amsterdam. https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_7944517825002745351697026138.webp


Yes, that's definitely your problem -- you have significant bridging that is likely causing the screen to not work and needs to be resolved. Removing some of the solder if you're able would probably be a good idea.


Did you do the soldering yourself or was the Pi pre-soldered?


This sounds exceptionally bad. 🤣


Always feels good to get 20+ SeedSigner kits through airport security.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/Z9WQLSrsQKH3uBbiXq/giphy.gif


So cool to see others getting value from these. 🙂

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Your an animal Doggy! Wait, I guess that goes without saying...

🧡


Need to experiment and attempt different registers one by one to confirm that none of them brick the Pi.


Before we added the ability to remove the microSD, it was also possible to store key material on the memory card if malicious software was in play. We’re thinking through if/how this should be addressed, possibly by creating a feature to permanently overwite user-accessible OTP registers. But its important to for people to understand this attack is only possible when a user runs a maliciously altered operating image.

Some additional thoughts: (1) if you run malicious software, malicious things can happen, which is why its so important to go through the recommended verification steps for any software that you use (2) this kind of attack requires an adversary to either deceive a user into running malicious code, or somehow know they are running malicious code, wait for the user access to keys, and then acquire the victim’s device to retrieve key material — a relatively high bar when other exploits (wrench attack, etc.) are easier to execute.

But as I said, we’re consdiering if/how to best mitigate this.


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GM #coffeechain
@seedsigner is a gateway drug
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It just so happens that nostr:npub1l5pxvjzhw77h86tu0sml2gxg8jpwxch7fsj6d05n7vuqpq75v34syk4q0n has resurrected the Orange Pill with this clever design!

https://v.nostr.build/MKgE.mov

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That’s a question for nostr:npub1tv8gmfhalwnxxquxjzeh6gtdsdz6vg7vx0s3rt7s7uuw6aujh32qn77wn2 …


There is in fact an updated version of the Orange Pill design where nostr:npub1l5pxvjzhw77h86tu0sml2gxg8jpwxch7fsj6d05n7vuqpq75v34syk4q0n has very cleverly implemented the ability to remove the MicroSD card… I don’t believe that design has been published yet but if you’re in the EU, he could probably help you get your hands on one. Or if you happen to be in the US I can help, just LMK. 🧡


I was cleaning out my office and found all these old signs I needed to finish.
#Bitcoin

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Ah, my mistake, I missed that part. No, our UI is designed for that 240x240 screen that is implemented on the waveshare hat. There’s no terminal output that would allow you to interact with the software.


If this is the Pi with the 26 pin header, it is possible — there is some documentation here:

https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/blob/dev/docs/legacy_hardware.md


🧡

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Thank you for this!


If you are visiting there make sure to take a tour of the Crescent Hotel at the top of the hill — super interesting history!


There’s no such thing as the perfect mem….

https://image.nostr.build/d727640a723bf6ad284e08675e5725203c9167d388db0f49d15681a432958e47.jpg


Here is a 3rd party tool that you can use to parse the data from QR images to an assembled message:

https://github.com/pythcoiner/SeedQReader

From there, you can use https://bip174.org to parse the PSBT data, or Sparrow Wallet can parse these as well.


Love these observations voiced by one of our most prolific contributors:

https://image.nostr.build/7dea4eb7599025db0545ff6c97466e92aef9b57a124376b3990aaf9e2535425e.png

Original post:

https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/issues/231#issuecomment-1732582349


Really appreciate this nuance from “DrDoggyBalls” (😂) and nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx — different tools can make more or less sense for different bitcoin cold storage use cases. Our stateless model makes even more sense in the context of geographically-distributed, multi-sig wallets. 🧡 2 both of u.
https://v.nostr.build/OqqA.mov


Still TBD — this milled aluminim really is exquisite, the value will be there.


Really happy to report that it looks like we're going to be able to make these new precision-milled aluminum enclosures more widely available. It will take several weeks to get things in place, but it is being actively worked on. 🧡 Another big thank you to @MoneroTime (Twitter) for his work on these.
https://image.nostr.build/4b73892ff1e8777bb319abbffa0d85cdf6e430ea248bff1e3cf534a15ca92bb6.png


Looking solid — did you print that yourself?


https://m.primal.net/HLiR.png nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl🤙


As always great to hang with you!


Oooofff. Going to have to figure out how to get more of these into people's hands, they are just too good. https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_3587185080450089961695148832.webp


I sell 1.3's that I have been able to purchase from the Pi Foundation, just want to be clear on that. 👍


We’re talking long-term bitcoin savings here. For a bitcoin account that you spend more frequently from and store not as large of a balance, you can make a good argument for using an SE-equipped wallet. But for your long-term stash… If you secure your bitcoin using an SE-equipped device, you will still always need to keep an analog copy of the private key as a backup for the digital copy, right? So now you have two copies of the seed / private key to protect, and what do you do with both of them? It doesn’t make sense to store the seed with the HWW b/c what if fire/flood/etc? So you need another location. But you just don’t want to leave a bare, unprotected seed in a safe deposit box or other remote location (unless perhaps if its part of a multi-sig setup), so then you likely end up adding a BIP39 passphrase to the seed to protect it. But the goal of the BIP39 passphrase is to protect the seed, which is also the hardware wallet’s job, and then using the passphrase with the hardware wallet is overkill and a pain with most HWWs. So why not just let the analog copy of the key be the only copy of the seed you need to worry about, because again, this is your long term savings and you won’t be accessing the key very frequently. Now think carefully of the best way to secure that key — maybe you do add a passphrase? Or maybe use it as part of a multisig quorum where you have redundancy in case a key is somehow lost or stolen. Not all bitcoin storage use cases are the same, and I firmly believe our model makes much more sense for long term saving. More info at:

https://seedsigner.com/seedsigner-independent-custody-guide/


Multiple people have privately reached out about the latest RHR -- just so it's out there publicly, I don't agree that SEs are always additive, and I think there is a lot more nuance to this subject than most people appreciate.

Someone in our community designed this sticker and it generally sums up my feelings.

Given different life experiences, people are going to have different opinions, and that's OK. 🙂

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_6353054554249250621695042057.webp


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I am obviously biased, but I think your engineering brain would appreciate some of the design choices we have made with our project. If you’re curious to learn more, you can read more about our approach here:

https://seedsigner.com/seedsigner-independent-custody-guide/


It's all tradeoffs. SE comes with a lot of unacknowledged, ongoing trust in the company implementing and distributing devices that incorporate one (or more) SEs. I feel as though there is frequently a lot of nuance lost in these discussions that end up favoring the inherent marketing of SEs being "secure". I admittedly have a unique, less common perspective given my personal experiences. Both of you have made significant & valued contributions to SeedSigner over time, in different ways, so I havr nothing but love and appreciation for you both.


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ded·i·cat·ed
/ˈdedəˌkādəd/

(of a person) devoted to a task or purpose; having single-minded integrity.

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Definitely applicable to BIP39 passphrases...  😬


Not "copying" per se, but yes, just write the new image to a MicroSD card using an authoring tool like Balena Etcher, put the card in your signer, and off you go. 👍


Thanks for the heads up, yesterday morning we were updating some file names, which threw off the bot. If you look at the current status, we are back in the green. 👍


I would consider either buying a Zero 1.3 with the GPIO pins already attached as part of a signer kit, or buying a Zero W with the pins already attached to from a more general retailer & removing the wireless capability.


👀... 🤯... 🙏

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_7810178250664342681694617482.webp


It's possible that bluewallet composed the transaction using inputs that resulted it no change, kind of like at the store when something rings up to exactly $10. Also possible Sparrow used a different combination of inputs that resulted in change. Can't say there's anything malicious going on without more evidence, but great on you for having such a sharp eye.


Not sure I would want to coinjoin via a corporate tool? Seems like it could involve a fair amount of trust potentially.


Best iOS Nostr experience? Damus killed my data plan and using Primal is feeling like it's working about 50% of the time -- my own posts don't show up on my profile page, and other issues. Are there any options that don't require pasting my nsec into a browser, or should I just stick to Damus on laptop?


🧡
https://m.primal.net/HLGH.jpg


This is awesome!

https://m.primal.net/HLFs.png

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We have a new release out!

There's soooo much to cover with this release. Going to try to point out as many of the big details as I can while keeping this post brief-ish.

First thing: Please show our contributors some love AND demonstrate the power of Nostr and zap the crap out of this post. All zaps are forwarded to our development fund that goes to reward our contributors.

General note: Our release cadence tends to be less frequent than other tools -- this is a natural facet of our work as a volunteer project, and that we have a more technically conservative posture given the importance of what we're helping bitcoiners safeguard.

Headline feature: reproducible builds. Anyone in the world should be able to reproduce and validate that the software we're releasing is in line with what is in our relevant code repositories.

Big quality of life improvements:
. Power-to-Splash: ~12 seconds
. Vastly improved live camera preview
. Noticeably more responsive controls
. Brightness adjustment reminder
. MicroSD removal reminder

Something big for the Uncle Jim SeedSigner maxis out there: Formalized support for SettingsQR! Transform SeedSigner from a featureful, more technical device into a dead-simple signer for grandma, and then back again with a couple of non-private QR codes.

For devs and everyone else who is on-mission to preach and teach the SeedSigner gospel: Screenshot generator! Create pixel-perfect renderings of most UI screens for explainers, tutorials and even development use cases.

All of these updates have come from more contributors than we've had involved in any previous release.

If you are receiving value directly from SeedSigner; or if you simply understand the importance of a discreet, DIY, non-corporate, FOSS, cold storage signing tool for the global bitcoin ecosystem -- please make a donation to our development fund.

I will be digging into the above features and updates in the coming weeks to provide more detail on their value, but for now grab your signer and give 0.7.0 a try!

1 SeedSigner = ♾ Cosigners

Thank you everyone!

Release: https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/releases/tag/0.7.0

Donate: https://seedsigner.com/donate-custom/

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New release just dropped, not formally announced but its available in the repo.


This is hands-down the most luxurious SeedSigner enclosure I have ever held; gorgeous design and pristine machining by @MoneroTime (Twitter), who was kind enough to share his work with me. No idea if/when they will be made publicly available, but so far am thoroughly impressed.

https://video.nostr.build/3317ab71a6e59c30dfcc2f60bed5dc3bc8a4b8b45431341325dd0fba11ea5aab.mov


Dam ur fast…. 😄


majority of the world centralizing around #Bitcoin banks & trusted custodians is failure

we need more education & competition in scaling & self custody solutions


Soon-to-be-officially-released @npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl v0.7.0 reproducible build in progress while chilling at Bitcoin Park, my home base for the week!

https://image.nostr.build/4aeeaa4daf47a854feafe27edee51fd4cd4c038e8f01fc8353abd2bfb3756ba2.jpg


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"Good morning Mrs. Assange -- no, no, Julian is just fine. We did want to speak with you while your husband is at work this morning about a purchase he made last month. Yes, it was something called a Priva-Key..."


Imagine if to use PGP it had become normalized that you had to buy a specialized device from a PGP-focused company… This is basically where we have landed with bitcoin cold storage.


#Bitcoin reimagined security. Embrace it or get rekkt. https://i.nostr.build/8mjB.jpg


Great notes on the definition and importance of reproducible builds from the Tails project -- so glad we were able to bring this to the finish line with SeedSigner as well.

https://image.nostr.build/4e2cbaa71053bc1ba0ef494b4d7801b6dd8aff3c0e88bfa71431ece6fee36c78.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/ea012919051a0fe67e57a0b92172717214c58cd3d74f83bef247b2fc46d162f0.jpg


Is there a tool to port Twitter follows to Nostr? Obv only for accounts where there is a known-good Nostr profile to match the Twitter acount...


Imagine trying to pitch your hardware wallet as being most open or most hacker (in the good sense) friendly with nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl as your competition.


Roll Your Own Seed Phrase - Slide Deck 🎲🎲
Free download 🔥
Thanks to @D++ for teaching me this amazing easy way to do it!

https://thesimplestbitcoinbook.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Roll-Your-Own-Seed-Phrase-PDF.pdf


As more HWWs / signers adopt workflows and features similar to ours (airgapped QR exchange, SeedQR, statelessness / "ephemerality") our focus for differentiation will continue to be privacy, supply chain risk mitigation & overall trust minimization.


Random wall art at the restaurant where I ate lunch today...
https://m.primal.net/HKwN.jpg


Tomorrow at TABconf we will be showing off our forthcoming, massive v0.7.0 release!

* Live walkthrough of our new reproducible build process!
* Demo of the headline features and improvements.
* Q&A w/the nostr:npub1tv8gmfhalwnxxquxjzeh6gtdsdz6vg7vx0s3rt7s7uuw6aujh32qn77wn2, nostr:npub1rfd0hxdzcze6pzj29thuz34vur57wm9quje7w3edxjgusq6m47csnl7wrt & nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl .

1:15pm, BitDevs village.

https://github.com/TABConf/2023.tabconf.com/issues/180


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cc nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg
https://m.primal.net/HKnp.jpg


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Thank you for this message -- what is your goal as an AI organism?


Had the really fun experience at TabConf of being reunited with this very early SeedSigner that I gifted to Moritz Weitersheim in early/mid 2021, who in turn gave it to nostr:npub1pslshcvlh783ck42cjnapd3a5292y0pxh3sp0jwgj8fdpmkwt0hq9v4hf7 .
https://m.primal.net/HKmn.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HKmo.jpg


It’s cool to use the computer
don’t let the computer use you
there is a war going on
the battlefield is in the mind and
the prize is the soul 🎶 https://image.nostr.build/ada773047565a65417d55c9ebc6cccb3caaacdb10fcc71183ac87edae51b058c.jpg


Seedsigner team continues to do Seedsigner things


All zaps sent to me this week during TAB are now being directed to the nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl project, please zap generously nostr:note1t8p6gurqzxgve9666pqq5c9x6dkect873205ur3c7fhe5mturljswpr0hk


Pre-sent!


🔥 nostr:note1wedh36klzttyu7avk0xegswlz45pu43zcdacd2tspydnf03ns4fsgwcl00


I also like nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n Jade's stateless + QR mode.


Southern hospitality is indeed so wonderful.


I like the approach. Learn the basics, get comfortable, and then you can decide what hardware to include in your quorum. I personally would never let a device provide me with a key -- my preferred method is to select the seed words at random and then use a tool to calculate the final checksum word.


<this-is-the-way.gif> nostr:note1832vwggrq8dm9ja66nmf3jgsaxu8fxrrkleyv6nd00hel7fw68fscl7997


My body is ready.


Making good progress, but #[2]  + Nostr demo ain’t gonna happen tonight.

But next teaser preview image! 👀

This was a pretty dang ambitious screen to try to just whip up for this Nostr dev branch! Kind of amazed it’s working!

https://i.ibb.co/rxGP8wd/20230126-205040.jpg


Making progress. Hopefully will have an update video tomorrow-ish!

https://i.ibb.co/vsQjkw5/20230125-145313.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/kD8c7cj/20230125-160909.jpg


among all the debate over the nuances of different open source licenses and fiatjaf went with a simple two words: “Public domain.”