Bitcoin intro
I am often asked for a recommended ‘good bitcoin setup’. This is what I currently recommend. Also see Secure & sovereign Bitcoin in 25 Easy steps:
Core Setup
- Find old laptop & Buy 1TB SSD
- Install Linux (wipe old data) with disk encryption
- Set strong laptop password
- Install bitcoin core & start sync
- Install specter desktop
- Create wallet through specter and backup seed
- Send a test amount of bitcoin to the wallet, delete the wallet and recover from backup
+ Mobile & More Mixing
- Buy the ronin dojo hardware
- Setup the ronin dojo using the guide
- Download Samourai Wallet
- Pair your wallet to your ronin dojo by scanning the QR Code
- Store your seed & passphrase
- Buy BTC and receive it to whirlpool
- Mix & leave mixing
- Spend from Samourai Wallet post-mix
+ Hardware Wallet
- Buy a coldcard from the manufacturer
- Ship to non-home address
- Pay with mixed coins from samourai wallet
- Setup hardware wallet using specter
- Check backup
- Send coins to your coldcard for long term cold storage