Moved to selfhosted

I just moved btchodl.xyz from the VPS where it had been previously hosted to self hosted on a server at my place, If you could and advice if you notice major issues with speed, links not working, or anything acting weird, etc, you could use the contact form from the website or just email me…

ColdCard MK4

ColdCard MK4

Quick Unpacking and Comparison Hello again today we are going to take a quick look at the new version of Coinkite ColdCard hardware wallet the MK4, so a couple weeks ago I received my new MK4 that I had ordered during the pre-order window back in January, this post is mainly like an unboxing just…

PROJECT: Citadel Node

PROJECT: Citadel Node

On this post we are going to be building a Bitcoin node and we will be using Citadel as the stack provider, here is more about Citadel from their Github: “Citadel is modern, mostly open source and soon to be fully FLOSS Bitcoin Node implementation originally based on Umbrel, but we have moved most of…

Introducing BTCwares.com

Introducing BTCwares.com

When I found Bitcoin it became an obsession I wanted to learn as much as I could about it so started reading, listening to podcasts got into twitter and continue learning from where these people had been in their bitcoin Journey thru this process I learned about the Seedsigner and Blockmit projects among others, but…

Software Wallets

Software Wallets

A software wallet is used to hold value, is much like a regular wallet with the difference that a regular wallet does hold your physical fiat currencies be USD, EURO, YEN etc. and the Bitcoin software wallet does not hold actual Bitcoin, Bitcoin exists on the ledger also referred to as blockchain your software wallet…

PROJECT: SeedSigner build

PROJECT: SeedSigner build

On this post we will be building a SeedSigner an off line, air-gapped bitcoin transaction signing device with off the shelf components for around $50. Price will vary depending on where you get the parts and when as currently prices for everything are just rising like crazy. Parts requirements and prices: Raspberry Pi Zero version…