Wallets & Security

I just restored my Bitcoin wallet from a wallet.dat file using an old Windows Vista PC with Bitcoin Core 16.3. It has some balances, but I need to…

Backing up your seed phrase is routine but man, a small mistake can cost you big time. I wrote down my seed phrases and thought I was safe. Months…

Hey all. I’m stuck here. Been at this for about two days now trying to get mempool to work with my node and I messed up the Bitcoin explorer. Now I…

I heard air-gapped devices are the best for cold storage. They keep your Bitcoin safe from malware, phishing, keyloggers, etc. But I’m left with some…

I’m testing with a testnet wallet and having issues when I try to use the importdescriptors command with the output from listdescriptors false.…

Happy new month everyone! So here’s the deal. I'm using Trust Wallet on my phone and it doesn’t give me a private key, just the 12 mnemonic words.…

Exchanges make big bucks with their fees and listing costs, but how do wallet devs cash in? Seems like creating a non-custodial wallet is free... so…

I've noticed some people think cold storage is only for those who have a ton of Bitcoin. Makes no sense to buy a storage device worth more than your…

Hey guys, I’m here for some help, if there’s any chance of saving my wallet. I was using Trust Wallet’s Chrome extension in a separate profile.…

Just sent the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin tx to mainnet using a new dual-signature method. Pretty excited about it!

Hi there I recently found an old wallet on my ancient laptop. Used to have Bitcoin Core but totally forgot the password. It shows over 1 BTC on the…

So guys, I found this old master key for a Bitcoin wallet from 2013. Not really good with this vintage stuff, it used to be with schildback.wallet.…

Hey everyone, I just got a weird notification trying to take out Bitcoin from Trust Wallet. Thought it was my mobile network, but that’s not it. It…

Hey guys, Been tossing around an idea for a Windows app and really need some honest opinions before diving in. Here's the plan: A 2FA tool for cold…

Hey guys, Quick question for ya. I’m in the US and whenever I move my Bitcoin between my accounts, like from Coinbase to my wallet, do I have to pay…

Hey guys, saw some crazy buzz online. Anyone got the scoop? Apparently, there's a new token dropping on July 4th, and the word is Trump has a fat…

I’m trying to use the NBitcoin library for sending raw transactions and making wallets. Do I need to have a full Bitcoin Core node for it to work or…

I set up my user and password but I keep getting this error. bitcoin-cli migratewallet error: Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication…

Why are people always talking about mempool.space for transaction fees? I’m trying to figure out how to get my BTC transferred fast.

I just got this pop-up on my Mac: "Allow 'Bitcoin-Qt' to find devices on local networks? This will let the app connect to and get info from devices…

How do I make my 2013 wallet usable? I’m on Debian, thinking of compiling Bitcoin Core. Gonna need to sync my full node with 2 laptops one airgapped…

Got this fatal error: "A fatal error has occurred. Bitcoin Core can no longer continue to run safely and will soon exit". Anyone else facing this?

Hey everyone, I've been checking out how Bitcoin stores data in those blk*.dat files, and I see they usually sit around 128 to 134MB. How did they…

So I have this BTC transaction stuck for almost 3 months now. I’ve reached out to everyone I could think of. Cashapp sent it back with a super low…

Hey everyone. I’m trying to get back into my Bitcoin wallet, specifically to recover my private key. Been working on this for three years, and I lost…