Hey Stacker friends 👋
After some serious trial and error, I finally got Specter Desktop v2.1.1 running smoothly on Start9 – and yes, it works with Bitcoin Core v28! This was a missing piece for many who wanted to run the latest Bitcoin Core while using Specter for multisig and hardware wallet setups.
🛠️ What I did:
Forked Start9Labs/specter-startos
Updated Specter to v2.1.1
Switched to the new start-sdk build process (since embassy-sdk is deprecated)
Adapted the Makefile accordingly
Verified everything with a successful build and sideloaded .s9pk on my Raspberry Pi
🧪 The Result:
Works like a charm!
Integrated with Bitcoin Core v28
Pull request submitted: #56 on GitHub
Repo: Funman2/specter-startos
💡 Why this matters:
Specter is one of the best tools for managing multisig setups with hardware wallets. Getting it to work with modern Bitcoin Core versions on Start9 opens up a lot of flexibility and keeps sovereign stack users up to date.
🤝 Help wanted:
Test the .s9pk if you’re running Start9
Review the PR
Contribute to further improvements (e.g. Electrs support, UI tweaks)