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9 sats \ 6 replies \ @nullcount 8 Dec 2023 \ on: I have trust issues with hardware wallets. (And so should you.) bitcoin

Mfers would rather spend hundreds of thousands of sats on an artisan calculator than use TailsOS on a USB or a spare phone from the phone drawer.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 8 Dec 2023

Hundreds of thousands of sats is nothing when you're trying to secure tens of billions of sats.

19 sats \ 2 replies \ @The_Daniel OP 8 Dec 2023

You're not wrong, but DIY is scary for newcomers. Now I'm building nodes and consider myself experienced enough to do this stuff on my own.

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount 8 Dec 2023 freebie

Its only scary because hardware wallet manufacturers spread fear to sell more ewaste

You'll never hear an influencer read an ad for a DIY solution. That's not because the DIY route is difficult. Its because they won't get paid to shill DIY.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zepasta 8 Dec 2023

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @badabing 8 Dec 2023

What about the "airgap" ?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullcount 8 Dec 2023

Mfers actually think you need to spend hundreds of thousands of sats to airgap

TailsOS starts in offline mode by default and has electrum preinstalled.

https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/coldstorage.html

Install grapheneOS on an old android and never connect it to WiFi. Sideload Samourai wallet and shuffle PSBTs over USB. .