Hi Stacker News,
We’ve all been there. A friend finally decides to buy Bitcoin, asks "How do I secure it?", and we freeze.
Do we send them down the rabbit hole of multisig? Do we recommend a simple hardware wallet? Do we scare them off with steel plates and air-gapped computers?
The honest answer is always: "It depends on your situation." But beginners don't know how to analyze their situation.
I built MySecureBTC because I wanted a tool that acts like a patient, paranoid security expert—without the jargon.
The idea is simple: You answer a few human questions (about your tech comfort, your risks, your inheritance plans), and the tool builds a complete, tailored security protocol for you.
It doesn't just list products. It defines your ideal security architecture (Single-sig vs Multisig, Decoy strategies, Inheritance planning) and recommends specific OpSec habits.
It also filters through a database of 23+ hardware wallets and 20+ metal backup solutions to find the exact tools that match your constraints.
It is 100% free, runs offline in your browser, and the code is source-available.
I’m not selling anything. I just want to improve the self-custody onboarding experience and spread awareness.
My request to you: As experienced bitcoiners, please try to "break" the recommendations. Pretend to be a complete newbie, a high-net-worth individual or a digital nomad and see if the tool gives you advice you'd actually agree with.
Demo video attached below: https://m.stacker.news/124273
Link: https://www.mysecurebtc.com/
Code: https://github.com/dwidoo/MySecureBTC
Thanks for helping me refine this.
Dwidoo
You've built an interesting tool. I went through it a few times with different personas. It looks very nice and made reasonable recommendations, but I think one area you could improve it might be to link to the actual products, or even better, to link to tutorials for each step.
For instance, here, it generates a security protocol, but it doesn't suggest which software I should use to manage it (except for perhaps the reference to Nunchuk / Casa which was in French for some reason?). It might be nice to have some links to Nunchuk or just a little more about the various options that are available.
The backup suggestions are extensive and pretty good, but I want it to tell me more about my software options. (Maybe I am just missing where that is, though).
Thank you @Scoresby , this is a really useful feedback.
I thought about the links to the products and to be honest, as a source of revenue with affiliations ; I also put this on standby because for those who use the tool in offline mode will not be able to use the links.
More details / tutorials are a good idea, I will definitely add this if the tool is used and gets awareness.
I am a French native speaker, so this is a good catch, I will fix the English translation for Nunchuck/Casa.
What do you mean by "I want it to tell me more about my software options" ? Could you please elaborate ?
This is really nice. Bookmarked
Thank you for the kind words.
Looks interesting. Some feedback:
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).
The strength of your approach is in making security contextual. A tailored protocol based on human questions not just product reviews is the kind of thinking that can prevent both under securing and over engineering. Beginners often face decision paralysis because the spectrum between convenience and robustness is not clearly mapped. Your tool appears to provide that mapping in a transparent way which is key for trust.
It is particularly valuable that you included operational security habits in addition to hardware or backup solutions. Hardware is only a component of security. The habits determine whether the hardware’s potential is ever realized.
One suggestion worth exploring is incorporating an educational follow up for each recommendation so the user not only sees the answer but understands why it fits their profile. That level of transparency can accelerate learning and adoption.
Great work!
I really appreciate the encouragement, thank you.