Hardware Wallets

Let’s talk about hardware wallets. For the uninitiated, a hardware wallet is a device which keeps your Bitcoin safe while also keeping them easily accessible. There are a few trusted varieties so far. Trezor and Ledger are the two I have experience with personally. Hardware wallets work by storing your private keys in a secure chip in the device. When you use the device, your unsigned transaction is sent from the computer to the wallet which then signs the transaction with your keys and sends it back....

July 24, 2020 · 4 min · David Rinaldo

Running a Bitcoin Full Node

I learned about Bitcoin in 2013. I watched it for a while before I entered the market in 2014. I dabbled in day-trading (bad idea, just don’t if you like sleep at all…) I even wrote a Python trading bot back in the day that made some decent profits before my 24 year old self got nervous about playing with more money than I’d ever had at once and turned it off....

June 13, 2020 · 7 min · David Rinaldo