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Anyone looking for a software able to run the full Bitcoin blockchain and with a digital wallet for Bitcoin transactions
About Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core is programmed to decide which block chain contains valid transactions. The users of Bitcoin Core only accept transactions for that block chain, making it the Bitcoin block chain that everyone else wants to use. It is these users who keep Bitcoin decentralized. They individually run their own Bitcoin Core full nodes, and each of those full nodes separately follows the exact same rules to decide which block chain is valid. There's no voting or other corruptible process involved: there's just individual software following identical rules—"math"—to evaluate identical blocks and coming to identical conclusions about which block chain is valid. Bitcoin Core ensures every block and transaction it accepts is valid, increasing not only your security but also helping prevent miners and banks from taking control of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Core provides exclusive privacy features that can make it hard for anyone to link you to your transactions.
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Fully Noded
Self-sovereign, secure, powerful, easy-to-use wallet that utilizes your own Bitcoin Core node as a backend. Providing an easy-to-use interface to interact with your nodes non-wallet capabilities. Fully Noded wallets are powered by PSBT's and descriptors. Fully Noded acts as an offline signer using your node as a watch-only wallet as well as giving you full unfettered access to every wallet.dat in your nodes .bitcoin directory. C-Lightning compatible for instant, unfairly cheap payments. Fully Noded offers an intuitive yet powerful interface where the home screen displays stats about the Bitcoin network as seen by your node, the active wallet tab offers a powerful but simple wallet experience that allows you to utilize single signature and multi-signature wallets. Generally, the way it works is Fully Noded uses a Bitcoin library called LibWally to sign transactions locally and create private keys locally. Your node simply acts a watch-only wallet.
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Specter Wallet
Secure your Bitcoin, verify your transactions, and protect your privacy. Specter Desktop is FOSS-free open-source software under the MIT license. It exists to empower you, to hold your own keys, and follow self-sovereign best practices. Your Bitcoin node, on your hardware, paired with your signing devices, creates secure wallets for bitcoin self-custody. A multi-sig scheme offers a high degree of security, a single-sig cold storage wallet is safe for smaller amounts and convenient to operate. Define your optimal setup and use Specter desktop to coordinate the wallet best suited to your needs. Leverage the powerful functionality of Bitcoin Core, the solid foundation for a secure set-up. Rely on your own node to verify transactions and protect your privacy. One-click to install Bitcoin Core directly from Specter Desktop, and get your node set up quickly. QR codes enable a fast and intuitive signing experience via PSBT. SD cards and USB-connected devices are also supported.
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Cosmostation
Explore networks built with the Cosmos-SDK with Mintscan. Block Explorer for exchanges and everyday users. Sign transactions locally on a secure & convenient GUI. Decentralized mobile wallet for Tendermint-based chains. Connect your hardware wallet for secure transactions. Decentralized web wallet for networks built with the Cosmos SDK. Defistation is a DeFi leaderboard and analytics website. The metrics and charts displayed on Defistation allows you to gain insight into the growing trends and movements in decentralized finance. Impenetrable structure to prevent various attacks on our validator node. 24/7 monitoring of malicious traffic coming in and out of our nodes. Private network connected with other trusted partners. Currently reviewing implementing HSM, a physical computing device that safeguards digital keys for strong authentication. With HSM, validator private key is stored physically and is never programmatically exposed.
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Electrum
Securing Bitcoin payments since 2011, Electrum is one of the most popular Bitcoin wallets. Electrum is fast, secure and easy to use. It suits the needs of a wide spectrum of users. Be safe from malware Use two-factor authentication by Electrum and Trustedcoin. Electrum is free software. Released under the MIT License. Anyone can run an Electrum server. No single entity controls the network. Electrum supports hardware wallets: Ledger, Trezor, Keepkey. Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your computer. Your funds can be recovered from a secret phrase. Electrum is fast, because it uses servers that index the Bitcoin blockchain. You can export your private keys and use them in other Bitcoin clients. Electrum servers are decentralized and redundant. Your wallet is never down. Electrum Wallet verifies all the transactions in your history using SPV. Keep your private keys offline, and go online with a watching-only wallet.
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Bitcoin Core
bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/
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