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SeedSigner: Air-gapped DIY Bitcoin Signing Device

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It is jointly managed by 5 key stakeholders in the SeedSigner project and earmarked to support the work of our developers!

Un-installed Twitter from my phone today; was consuming too much time / energy.

"If you want nice things, build it or support someone who does." 💯 View quoted note →

If you didn't have a solid reason to go to @tabconf (there are already many) here is another; @Easy is an amazingly talented UI/UX designer.

GitHub

UX Design for FOSS: SeedSigner Case Study · Issue #78 · TABConf/6.tabconf.com

Link to presentation: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGUs34sgIU/iGk3NlCWCPbDWmH8U8redw/view What is this talk about? How UI/UX Design impacted the S...

SeedSigner unfortunately left out of this one. 😕 View quoted note →

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If for-profit companies are able to effectively shout down and sideline open source projects, without any real merit to their assertions, what the fuck are we even doing here?

If you're within reasonable driving distance of Lake Satoshi in Michigan for their annual event this weekend (or even within slightly unreasonable driving distance), definitely do it.

Lake Satoshi

Lake Satoshi - MI,USA

Welcome back, Bitcoiners! The Annual Lake Satoshi Retreat Returns 8/10/2024 ! Tickets available now on the Oshi App.

Really appreciate Mike for showing me around today, he has a *great* group of bitcoiners I got to meet who are helping put things together.

Pushing back in ways like this is probably the only way it stops. View quoted note →

Research and responsible disclosures are important and appreciated, but nothing fundamentally novel here -- as with previously demonstrated exfiltration attacks, this requires running a modified version of our software with malicious code inserted. Trade-offs, all the way down. View quoted note →

Interesting game theory... View quoted note →

Appreciate this. 🧡 View quoted note →

Back from Nashville, and after a little reflection, I need to reiterate a message I frequently put out there: kill your heroes. Most of the people talking about the moon, laser eyes, power law, get on zero, digital energy, strategic national reserve, etc. etc., or who are telling you to buy this device or use that service are **buying and selling your attention to make themselves richer** -- they generally do not have your best interests at heart. Think for yourself and don't fall for marketing. Educate yourself about bitcoin, discuss it with people you respect, think critically about the risks, and then, if it makes sense to you, make a sensible investment in it with reasonable expectations, while keeping your larger financial situation and your personal priorities in perspective. I am a believer in bitcoin in spite of, not because of, all of the wild assertions, influencers and aggressive social marketing out there, and it has taken me 11 years to get to where I am. Be careful our there anon, don't buy the hype.

A key part of this is the FOSS movement -- please DIRECTLY support open source projects and devs. If billionaires, VCs, and for-profit companies provide the majority of the funding, you're just going to get the tools that billionaires, VCs and for-profit companies want you to have. And if you donate via donation bundling orgs, you are going to get the tools that the bundlers want you to have. I will say it one more time: DIRECTLY support the tools that are important to you.

SeedSigner: Air-gapped DIY Bitcoin Signing Device

Donate - SeedSigner: Air-gapped DIY Bitcoin Signing Device

It is jointly managed by 5 key stakeholders in the SeedSigner project and earmarked to support the work of our developers!

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