Month: July 2023
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Bitcoin and the Open Source Revolution
Open source started with the free software foundation, founded to defend the rights and freedoms of software users. Today, open source software is being used and developed by billions of individuals, and across all industries. Just like the free software foundation that inspired the more pragmatic open source movement, Bitcoin too started as an ideologically-driven…
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What are BIP 39 seed phrases?
The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal or ‘BIP’ 39, was introduced in 2013 with the aim of creating a common standard for easy and safe wallet backups. Today, almost every Bitcoin wallet is compatible with BIP 39 seed phrases, and as such it is important for users to understand what they are and how to use them.…
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How can BIP 39 passphrases help secure your bitcoin?
Passphrases are a feature of BIP 39, the standard that describes how to convert raw wallet seeds into easy to read seed phrases. What is a passphrase? A passphrase is an extra word used to encrypt your BIP 39 seed phrase. This ‘word’ can be any string and may contain lower or upper case letters,…
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