Bitcoin doesn't have wallets.
It has clients and signers.
Get on with the program
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Yeah, it feels like certain descriptions have been standardised for too long to change it to the more accurate ones.
We should all use the term timechain as well, as to separate our association further from bLoCkChAinlN tEcHnOlOgY hucksters.
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“Wallet” is what the fiat name we gave to bitcoin
While we are at it, why do they call it an address? Every normies thinks of an address as a static piece of information. You don't create new.mailing addresses every time you want a package delivered. You don't give out a new email address every time you want to correspond with someone.
Why not invoice id?
but the whitepaper…
Oh shit, there’s no “wallet” in the whitepaper is there ?
The term “wallet” will always be confusing AF to new peeps.
address always confused me
quoloquialy = colloquially
Please also add "public locks" and "private keys". I've never met a newbie who understood the concept of having a public key AND a private key.
I know it's never going to happen because it's so widespread, also outside of bitcoin, but a man can dream!
Yea wallet is pretty boomer name for a stack of UTXOs 😅 Still I think the term “hardware wallet” is written pretty deep. How would you encourage others to change the terminology?
Generally like this… but a “Bitcoin Node” is still also a “Bitcoin Server” in many ways 🤔
WTF is this then?
Lol
ignorance was bliss on this one. guess that extra wallet.dat file can be deleted.
jk everyone. don't delete it!
Wallets just convert entropy into signatures
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Yea true, but the word "wallet" seems to be excessively used too, be it whatever hardware devices or whatever clients/apps. In fact, they're existed to hold our keys or sign transactions for the sake of convenience. But again the word "wallet" is needed for the new peeps and may be confusing at the beginnin', totally agree.
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Hey @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞, There's a typo in the copy; "localy" should be "locally". Nice page. Dig.
saw your x post. dumb question: hOw dO I tag you ?
@DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 your X post intrigued me. zap zap
a SeedSigner probably explains the concept of signer best though, weird to not see it there
This is great. If something does two of the functions in this bitcoin stack (e.g. Client+Signer) what term do you prefer to use?
Better world if apple embraced #bitcoin
Wallets is easier to explain for newbies though
Are those wallets? Of course not! That'll be dumb.
They are called digipass, authenticator, or signer.
Would you call those ones wallets? Of course not! That's dumb.
