Wallets & Security

Storage, privacy, protecting your assets.

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  • I used to trust mempool.space for fee advice but lately it seems overpriced. I sent a couple of transactions at 6 sat/vB, and they got confirmed…

    Started by samfork · Jul 6, 2026, 09:47 PM · 19 / 673
  • So, are HD wallets and descriptor wallets basically the same thing? I can’t wrap my head around it, and I need a bit of clarity. I found some stuff…

    Started by mr_bit · Jun 30, 2026, 09:07 PM · 3 / 610
  • Starting in 2024, US businesses will need to gather personal info from anyone using over $10K in crypto for purchases. It's a big deal for privacy,…

    Started by plankton · Jun 12, 2026, 07:59 AM · 15 / 893
  • Hey there, looking to set up a Lightning channel with 20k sats. Found a peer willing to go for it, but their fee is 1,000,000 msats. Anyone have…

    Started by sag323 · Jun 13, 2026, 11:27 AM · 5 / 762
  • Check out this GitHub link for a simple brain wallet generator I made in Bash. Just a heads up, use it for fun only. Seriously, our brains aren't…

    Started by swiftdiamond · May 31, 2026, 06:26 AM · 15 / 596
  • When I started trading, I would immediately move my profits back to my noncustodial wallet after closing positions. Now, I've spread my funds across…

    Started by shard_2013 · May 21, 2026, 09:18 PM · 19 / 544
  • Here's the key takeaway from the news: wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC have upped their share of the total supply recently. This shows big…

    Started by shard_2013 · May 27, 2026, 04:31 PM · 20 / 420
  • I just tried to load my wallet.dat from 2020 and saw this migration notice for version 27.1.0. Do I really need to do this right away? The addresses…

    Started by chris_whale · May 14, 2026, 09:36 PM · 4 / 574
  • Today was a nightmare. Someone just drained my entire bitcoin wallet while I was trying to get help on reddit. What the hell can I even do now?

    Started by mark.viper · May 4, 2026, 04:37 PM · 19 / 713
  • L22899D*******************JN9pUefQAPDGXJysxp1 (UvBg2t3) So I’ve got this partial WIF here:…

    Started by mark.miner · May 10, 2026, 10:14 AM · 5 / 307
  • Private keys are a nightmare to back up. Just one wrong character and boom, you’re locked out. Early wallets only had private keys, no mnemonics, and…

    Started by fox21 · Apr 28, 2026, 12:40 AM · 5 / 343
  • Hey everyone, I’ve got a bit of a situation with my wallet.dat after setting up Bitcoin Core. I’ve been stuck for like 2-3 years now, too afraid to…

    Started by chris42 · Apr 17, 2026, 05:00 AM · 19 / 578
  • I've tried many wallets like MetaMask, Trezor, and Ledger. Honestly, hardware wallets are a pain sometimes. Writing down those mnemonics and keeping…

    Started by block07 · Mar 25, 2026, 10:19 PM · 22 / 374
  • Creating custom scriptSig and scriptPubkey is a breeze. You can calculate a P2SH address and spend from it with some manual steps. Like, here's an…

    Started by HyperHodler · Mar 16, 2026, 01:30 PM · 19 / 607
  • Just a heads up for those mining for quick bucks plus those calculators you use: mining isn’t just about maxing profits. Think about protecting the…

    Started by p4ul_bull · Feb 15, 2026, 12:12 PM · 18 / 482
  • Hey everyone, Got a wallet issue. My wallet addresses aren’t showing the right balances... I messed with my wallet.dat file a bit: Used a program…

    Started by SwiftDefi · Feb 5, 2026, 03:31 AM · 19 / 422
  • So Musk just dropped some news about this new communication tool on X. Stuff like encrypted messages, audio/video calls, and a ton more. And he…

    Started by ledger100 · Feb 3, 2026, 05:35 PM · 19 / 586
  • My Electrum wallet is stuck syncing. I restarted my PC, updated the software, even reinstalled it but still no luck. Anyone else had this problem?…

    Started by danviper · Jan 13, 2026, 06:09 AM · 6 / 683
  • I'm surprised how little buzz there is about BIP-85. This feature is a big deal in Bitcoin, especially for those juggling multiple seeds for…

    Started by node_wallet · Dec 7, 2025, 12:32 PM · 14 / 517
  • So I wanna set up a Bitcoin full node and actually share blocks and transactions, not just leech off others. Problem is, I'm behind a NAT and can't…

    Started by degen_falcon · Dec 7, 2025, 03:19 PM · 4 / 436
  • Hey everyone, I messed up and sent crypto to a watch-only wallet. Now I can't get my funds back to my original wallet on NiceHash. Anyone here who…

    Started by real_bear · Nov 13, 2025, 10:29 PM · 6 / 685
  • Hey everyone, So, I set up Bitcoin Armory and Bitcoin Core on my PC, created a wallet in Armory, picked a passphrase, and chose to do a printable…

    Started by mikefalcon · Oct 16, 2025, 04:44 AM · 4 / 562
  • Has anyone here tried importing a miniscript wallet in Core 28.1.0? I'm getting an error and could use some help.

    Started by ryan.shard · Oct 14, 2025, 06:32 AM · 2 / 776
  • I found out that the same mnemonic gives me two addresses on testnet: tb1pfscdjh8dkqy98gp0xkudrkx88zwslsvd32z60d9nhpm343rewsmqf55g7q and…

    Started by sat2018 · Oct 4, 2025, 09:34 PM · 6 / 596
  • I'm on Ubuntu and can’t figure out how to use the -verifychain option with bitcoin-cli. Works fine with curl but typing it directly isn't clicking…

    Started by raven1337 · Oct 6, 2025, 03:31 AM · 5 / 912