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I took a quick look (just of the first few screens), and here's a few sentences/phrases that I think could be simplified. Maybe ask AI to put them in "everyday" language.
Define your personalized security setup in one minute with total confidentiality.
Helps calibrate the necessary budget and security complexity.
I need a large screen or a very airy interface
Validate Selection (just say Next)
Select all devices likely to handle transactions. The proposed hardware will be compatible with all.
No, Sedentary Storage
Looks interesting. Some feedback:
- I would simplify the language. It use more complex language than necessary
- The "i" for the info box is visually confusing. At first glance, it looks like it might be one of the options
- the Previous button (should be "back") could be made easier to find
One of the most important things for people learning about bitcoin and self custody is practice - practice with small, zero-risk amounts of bitcoin.
I think it's best if the practice comes before purchase of a hardware wallet, or deciding on a security setup. That's why I wrote the book Bitcoin, Hands-On: 28 “learn-by-doing” exercises to master the basics of managing your own Bitcoin, including wallets, transactions, and self custody.
I do provide some information about hardware wallets, but I don't recommend any until a bunch of practice transactions have been made (I have the readers use Sparrow Wallet and Blue Wallet).
It's a little tough, now in a bear market where there's no buzz about Bitcoin, to be motivated to continually work and improve.
So my New Years resolution this year is to work on promoting/marketing/improving my book Bitcoin Hands On at least 3 times a week, in some capacity.
Love it, thank you!
I find that what a lot of people have anxiety about is the nuts and bolts of self custody. How to set up a wallet safely, practice transactions, recover, things like that.
That's why I wrote my book
Bitcoin, Hands On! 28 “learn-by-doing” exercises to master the basics of managing your own Bitcoin, including wallets, transactions, and self custody
I go through the basics of bitcoin self-custody using software like Sparrow and Blue Wallet. It's what I wished that I had when I was first starting out, because I made some serious mistakes.
If you're interested I'll send you the PDF. Also I'd be thrilled to come on your show to talk about the book.
I just started an x account for the book (https://x.com/Bitcoin_HandsOn). I'm new to x, but people have told me it's useful/critical, so I'm trying it out. But it's so distracting, I'm inches away from blocking it.
Every single last one! Except if I remember right, there was one that was half finished...or maybe it was in the form of letter, something like that. Lady Susan, I think? I didn't finish that one.
But all the rest, yes. It's amazing how she's able to stay relevant, even now.
I wrote the book Bitcoin, Hands-On (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4SZSCH8). It's all about how to manage self-custody with bitcoin, step by simple step. I'm working on the next book now.
I'm looking to expand marketing to TikTok. Maybe we could work together?
The Bitcoin Standard - yes, a thousand times.
The others - haven't read them.
I would start with the article A Bullish Case For Bitcoin, by Vijay Boyapati.
https://vijayboyapati.medium.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-part-1-of-4-94087a70d9e8
An astoundingly good longish article. I'd read it before The Bitcoin Standard.
In the bitcoin bubble that we're all in, it's easy to think that bitcoin self custody is easy. But for the vast majority of people, it's a real stretch. There's the new concepts and new tech, AND the fact that making a mistake can have serious consequences in terms of losing money.
Yet it's not at all inherently too difficult. It just needs to be learned step-by-step, like you learned how to use a bank account, credit card, how to invest in the stock market, etc.
That's why I wrote the book Bitcoin, Hands-On: 28 “learn-by-doing” exercises to master the basics of managing your own Bitcoin, including wallets, transactions, and self custody.
And making wallet software easier and more intuitive is great. However one of the main concepts that needs to be understood in bitcoin is that you are NOT chained to your wallet software. You have your private key, you can use it wherever you want.
Have you been following SatSigner, do you know what's going on with the product? The website is very sparse, and the link from above doesn't work.
I will probably sign up for the beta, but it's Nostr only...I would have to dust off my Nostr knowledge from 2 or 3 years ago.
I'm thinking of incorporating it my new book MORE Bitcoin Hands-On, if it's ready in time. From the little I know, it looks interesting.
This is specifically using random picks from the BIP 39 word list. And there's a spanish version as well. If you're just picking random words from your head, it's likely very poor entropy.
But as anon posted above, I made a mistake in assuming that the BIP 39 seed phrase and the EFF long word list are the same. Actually the EFF long word list is about 3 times as long as the BIP 39 word list, and so the entropy is much higher with the EFF long word list.
I still think the BIP 39 word list is better because it's much more common and familiar. But, I'll definitely need to review the entropy numbers carefully before I include this as an exercise in my book MORE Bitcoin Hands-On.
Ah, thanks very much for that clarification. That definitely makes a difference.
I seem to remember some website where there was a table of how much security X bits of entropy gave you. Do you happen to know a good one?
For instance, a 6 word BIP 39 seed phrase gives you X bits of entropy and it would take a supercomputer X amount of time to crack. A 12 word BIP 39 seed phrase would give you Y bits of entropy, and would take X amount of time to crack.
The whole point is that the seed phrase provides ZERO entropy. Those phrases (all the no entropy ones, like "action" repeated 12 times) are constantly scanned, and if anyone were to put bitcoin onto one of the addresses linked to the private key associated with that seed phrase, it would immediately be swept away.
You can actually restore that seed phrase into Sparrow, just for fun, and see all the transaction on it. I guess people accidentally (?) send sats to an address associated with that key. And...immediately it's swept away.
However, with the seed phrase AND the passphrase, you have a different private key. And that private key will have much better entropy. Not as good as 12 words, but good enough for a lot of purposes.
On the theory/history side
On the practical side
I wrote a book Bitcoin, Hands-On: 28 “learn-by-doing” exercises to master the basics of managing your own Bitcoin, including wallets, transactions, and self custody. It goes through a lot of exercises that teach these practical basics.