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Helm wallet

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Announcing my latest pet project, Helm Wallet.

I believe there’s a huge gap between the ease of use of Wallet of Satoshi and the self-custody of Phoenix. To minimize this gap, I created a new web app, a wallet that has the self-custody of Phoenix and is easy to use as WoS.

Helm is a Liquid wallet that uses Boltz submarine swaps to disguise itself as a Lightning wallet that even your grandma can use.

But it has a cost.

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Buy gift cards with Liquid

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Buy gift cards from The Bitcoin Company and pay with Liquid BTC:

  • Buy gift card (includes VISA)
  • Capture Lightning (LN) invoice
  • Call Boltz and make LBTC => LN swap
  • User pays LBTC with Marina wallet
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What is Nostr

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3 minutes read

#nostr

Nostr stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”. It is a decentralized social network protocol that aims to create a censorship-resistant and user-empowered alternative to existing social media platforms.

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Explaining SIGHASH

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Sighash, short for Signature Hash, is a concept within the Bitcoin protocol that determines which parts of a transaction are signed. It plays a crucial role in ensuring the security and integrity of the Bitcoin network.

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Maximum target hash

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Do you know which Bitcoin constant is this?

26,959,535,291,011,309,493,156,476,344,723,991,336,010,898,738,574,164,086,137,773,096,960

Maybe in its hexadecimal format?

0x00000000FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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