Sparrow has left the nest!
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Craig Raw 🐦
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Craig Raw 🐦
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#Bitcoin @SparrowWallet GPG: E946 1833 4C67 4B40 Nostr: #npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2
- There is still a scam ‘Sparrow Wallet’ app on the @Apple App Store, despite myself and others having reported it weeks ago. Worse, you have to install it to report it. Always go to the wallet’s website to find the link to download it. App stores will not protect you.
- 🔥 BIP 329 has just been merged. It's a standard for the import and export of transaction, address and other wallet labels. If you've ever been frustrated trying to transfer your labels from one wallet to another, ask for implementation of this BIP!
- Another scam “Sparrow Wallet” app on the @Apple app store (id 6477822491). Despite the app store photos this is the screen presented on launch. There is no iOS Sparrow app.
- Introducing Lark. Lark is a Java port of HWI, a library used by many wallets to communicate over USB with with hardware wallets like @COLDCARDwallet, @Ledger, @Trezor, @BitBoxSwiss and @BlockstreamJade.
- Love this succinct explanation of why all currency security derives from energy consumption by ZmnSCPxj. Bitcoin’s is simply more direct, measureable and therefore efficient.
- By far the most relevant issue affecting Bitcoin today👇Yesterday, @zackbshapiro broke the news that a Brady letter showed that FinCEN told prosecutors that Samourai Wallet wasn't a money transmitter, yet the DoJ pressed such charges anyway. I sat down with Shapiro to discuss the matter in detail. (Link to video in comments.)
- Web browsers are designed to download and run arbitrary code from the internet. They are a poor fit for wallets. Use native applications with reproducible builds.What we're seeing today is a (digital) supply chain attack against code that is used by many crypto projects. JS library attacks aren't new, but this one seems worse than usual because the library is "hot loaded" rather than pinned to a version with an integrity check hash.
- Sparrow has left the nest! Sparrow is a powerful desktop Bitcoin wallet, supporting: 1. Single and multisig wallets on all script types 2. Hardware wallets in USB and airgapped modes 3. PSBT 4. Transaction editor with script syntax highlighting 5. More! sparrowwallet.com
- From many conversations I had at #Bitcoin2022, it’s clear that there is a) increasing understanding that privacy needs to be built into the tools we use, and b) increasing response from those building the tools to add privacy features such as coinjoin.
- Broadcast pool is a proposed feature for Bitcoin Core which would allow a node to keep a separate record of transactions sent directly to it from a wallet for broadcasting. This provides two key benefits 🧵We need this Bitcoin Core feature github.com/bitcoin/bitcoi… My motivation is helping people migrate wallets without consolidating UTXOs and without doxing with timing analysis. It's very simple and useful. @bitcoinoptech @HRF
- To be clear, I am not opposed to CTV. The proposal itself is now well reviewed and has the potential to provide solutions in scaling, privacy and security (often with considerable accompanying complexity).What do you prioritize anon? Some spook ctv or securing Bitcoin
- Updated Electrum server performance report: sparrowwallet.com/docs/server-pe… The tl;dr? Fulcrum, a previously untested implementation, has emerged a clear winner: • 300x faster than Electrs loading wallets • 2-3 days to build the index on an RPi4 • Low CPU utilisation serving queriesAn important factor for any #Bitcoin wallet is loading transactions from the blockchain. @SparrowWallet is no different, depending on the address indexes provided by projects such as Electrs and ElectrumX. They are not the same! A comparison: sparrowwallet.com/docs/server-pe…sparrowwallet.comServer PerformanceA comparison of popular Electrum server implementations
- Every Bitcoiner should read this thread. Practice using RBF to change the destination address of your transaction. Mistakes are always possible, and unless you are ready, the outcome is final.Just sent a life changing amount of sats to the wrong address. Recovered them with rbf cuz the mempool was full. Gonna go die from the heart attack I just had. It was nice knowing you all.
