Keith Mukai

Non-toxic b i t c o i n maxi; Lead @SeedSigner dev; FOSS, nostr; gymnastics coach; former English teacher. I will correct your shitty grammar.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

🤯🔥 OMG! I HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO BITCOIN CORE!!! 🔥

Up until about a month ago I did NOT think this would ever be possible. Bitcoin Core's world-class C++ is just FAR beyond my skills.

But a whole team of amazing people & chance encounters led me here.

🧵👇

[Bitcoin Merges @BitcoinMerges]

kdmukai's first merged PR: https://t.co/u4YZamgCBh
Congratulations! 🎉🍾🎆

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@blackcoffeebtc Check your dog's poop. They love to chomp on loose bitcoin that they find lying around the house.

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I'm seeing an uptick in scared posts about Ledger screens dying.

The screens CAN be fairly easily replaced. No soldering or other electronics wizardry required.

But note that your bitcoin is NOT "in" the device. The device means NOTHING; your mnemonic backup is what matters.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

PSA: don't rely on ANY hardware wallet to be your sole long-term storage.

Someone once told me their plan was to bury a hww and not touch it for 20 yrs. You CANNOT assume that hardware will keep functioning.

Long term backup = mnemonic seed phrase. Period.

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@CraigSwann1 I'm not superstitious, but... you probably just signed a death warrant for that old Nano S!

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@design_sats Really? SeedSigner just by its very nature kind of makes it clear just how little the actual device matters.

I tend to have my dev device(s) plugged in 24/7. I've never had a screen wear out. They ARE easy to break if you push directly on the glass, though.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

PSA: don't rely on ANY hardware wallet to be your sole long-term storage.

Someone once told me their plan was to bury a hww and not touch it for 20 yrs. You CANNOT assume that hardware will keep functioning.

Long term backup = mnemonic seed phrase. Period.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@joshman @CryptoCloaks I don't know how usage or LACK of usage affects these OLED screens' aging/failure rates, but I wouldn't assume that the backup that is just as old as the "live" one will be in any better shape.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@tomasi1303 What's the phrase, "eternal September"?

Will always have an influx of people new to self-custody. And plenty who did it but never understood what they were doing.

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@JoeNakamoto Paco at a combo funeral + wedding would be incredible. Sounds hard to plan, though.

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@MinimalStructur You'll get better help in the Telegram group.

It's linked here:
https://t.co/LNMX94mZkT

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@Ryan884200 @SeedSigner @jevidon has been brainstorming improvements.

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@theFreshmaker99 True.

Whenever possible, have things delivered to work, a meetup space, PO box...

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@matijaoe I don't know if they tend to degrade gracefully or all of a sudden or either and it just depends.

But all of these screens WILL fail. Blind guess is that anything over ~5yrs is on borrowed time.

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@FooteBrendan Don't really have the time for that. But I would guess there are already walkthroughs on YouTube.

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@ratoshi21 Still way better than that woman trying to breakdance in the Olympics.

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But really, the only reason to salvage it is to save money vs buying something new and expensive.

For the nth time: the device does not matter.

https://t.co/mjD8RlxIfA

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@CopernicusSon6 A given seed might happen to live in a particular device. But you can load that same seed into any other device via your mnemonic.

Realizing the device itself IS NOT YOUR SEED is a huge mental shift that clears up so many concerns over hardware that WILL inevitably fail.

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The screens are somewhat fragile. So just order a bunch at a time. I used aliexpress.

https://t.co/QhjbZD6ggx

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The good news is that each individual replacement screen is super cheap.

So if you do need to do a replacement, just order plenty of extras to allow for screwups. I had ordered 5.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@sesi_the_man 4 plates.

3x 2:45
1x 2:25

Total: ~10:40

I'll kick off a test print over the coming days and see how it turns out.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@im_JoeFi @denverbitcoin https://t.co/a7OF3fgDhx

https://t.co/W81kVwadkK

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@sesi_the_man Modded the script a bit. So now it's 3 prints. First two plates are 3hrs 40min each.

Third plate is 3hrs 8min.

Still a long time, but total print time would be 10.5 hrs.

[Keith Mukai @KeithMukai]

@sesi_the_man The default 0.6mm nozzle settings weren't able to preserve all of the lettering detail.

But these tweaks look like they work.