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1  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: A free, simple, and secure alternative to hardware wallets on: December 26, 2024, 09:36:16 PM
Thanks everyone for the feedback

I put up a warning on the repo and set it up to autolaunch electrum on boot. I also uploaded an iso under releases on github

Yes, this approach is similar to running electrum in Tails OS on an offline. But it doesn't include any extra software, just electrum. Partly I do this since I already use nix for other projects, so this was simple for me to do. I'm much more comfortable with software than hardware and don't want to learn how to verify hardware. The durability point was relatively minor, but I don't want to re-buy specialized hardware when it breaks while I always have old computers lying around

You can still use a TRNG to generate the seed words with this if you want
2  Bitcoin / Wallet software / A free, simple, and secure alternative to hardware wallets on: December 20, 2024, 07:15:54 PM
Hardware wallets seem to be the default suggestion for secure storage. I have two issues with this approach:

-It's difficult to verify what's actually implemented on the device. They're so niche, fragmented, and complex that I doubt there's enough verification

-Hardware wallets have only been around a few years. It's not clear how durable they are

Instead, I've been using my own software focused strategy that's simple enough to verify yourself. I figured I'd make it publicly available now

Here's the repo with code and more details, https://github.com/abandon-ability-able/electrumLiveCD

I'd appreciate any feedback

-AAA
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