This is something that is being discussed all the time especially on newbie forums. It really needs to be careful very carefully. A friend had the idea to achieve 2 out of 3 protection from my wallet seed by storing the seed in the following way: Location 1: seed words 1-8 and 9-16 Location 2: seed...

Q - Hi Andreas. I store my crypto on a Ledger. Listening to Trace Mayer this week has me concerned that this is not safe enough. Trace says you need Bitcoin Core for network validation, Armory for managing the private keys and a Glacier protocol for standard operating procedures and a Purism laptop ...

Becca asks why does it take it so long to download the blockchain? I do have a fast internet connection and I could download 200GB in less than a hour. What Becca is talking about is what’s called the initial blockchain download or IBD which is the first synchronization of the Bitcoin node or any ki...

LTB Episode 378 - The Petro inside Venezuela & Schnorr Signatures We’re currently using the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) which is a specific way of doing digital signatures with elliptic curves but not the only way. Schnorr signatures have some unique characteristics that make...

Does running a Bitcoin full node attract hackers to my home network? Q - Does running a Bitcoin full node and/or a Lightning node at home attract hackers to my IP address and home network? Also could it reveal ownership of Bitcoin and attract physical attacks? Are preconfigured full node starter ki...

This is a transcript of submitted evidence to the Parliament of Canada's Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Here is a [video]( The opening remarks can be found [here]( Another transcript may appear [here]( but who knows. An additional transcript can be found [here]( final report: ...