Storing Your Seed Phrase Safely: Paper vs. Metal Explained What would you do if your house burned down and your bitcoin seed phrase was written on paper? Most people don’t ask themselves that question, until it’s too late. A seed phrase is a sequence of 12 or 24 words that grants full access to your bitcoin wallet
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Bitcoin Basics
Important, August 2026: A bug has been found in the Coldcard firmware that causes seeds generated on the device prior to version 5.6.0 to be weaker than intended. Please update your Coldcard MK4 to version 5.6.0 or later before generating a seed. If you have already generated a seed, you will need to generate a new one:
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Hardware Wallets
Which solo miner should you choose if you want to start mining at home? That’s the question I’ve been asked most often in recent months. Three open-source devices in three distinctly different price ranges. They all do the same thing: mine Bitcoin blocks without a pool managing the reward for you. But they do it in very different ways, with very different hashrates,
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Solo Miners
Comparing Bitcoin and hardware wallet: Jade Plus, Trezor Safe 7, or Passport Prime? An honest look at open source, air-gapped, bitcoin-only, screen, and key protection.
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Hardware WalletsImportant, August 2026 In July 2026, it was discovered that Coldcards had been generating seeds for years that were weaker than intended. Updating is therefore especially important now. But please note: a firmware update does not fix an existing seed. If your seed was generated on a version older than 5.6.0 (Mk4 and Mk5) or 1.5.0Q (Q), then after the
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Hardware Wallets
Bitcoin food and drink sounds like a gimmick. It’s not a gimmick. BitcoinStuffStore offers four products where Bitcoin isn’t just printed on the packaging, it’s part of the story: the flavor, the occasion, or the philosophy behind the product. Below are all four options you’ll find in our bitcoin food category
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Gifts
Giving a Bitcoin Gift: Original Ideas for bitcoiners Giving a Bitcoin gift is easier than you think: from digital options to a physical product that’s a perfect fit for the bitcoiner in your life. Or rather: what do you give to a bitcoiner who already knows everything, but still gets excited about a gift that suits
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GiftsLooking to buy a Hardware wallet in the Netherlands? Compare the Blockstream Jade Plus, Trezor Safe 7, and Foundation Passport Prime. Available for immediate delivery; pay with bitcoin or iDEAL.
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Hardware Wallets
Setting Up the Bitaxe Gamma: Complete Wi-Fi and Pool Setup How quickly can you go from unboxing to your first hashrate? Setting up the Bitaxe Gamma takes 10 to 15 minutes: connect to Wi-Fi, configure the pool, and watch your first GH/s go live. This open-source bitcoin miner project runs on Bitmain’s BM1370 chip and uses AxeOS, a web interface that runs on
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Bitaxe Setup, Solo Miners
Performing a Bitaxe factory reset may sound drastic, but in practice it’s routine. Whether you’re setting up a new Bitaxe, restoring your miner to factory settings, or recovering from a failed firmware update: after a Bitaxe factory reset, you’ll start with a clean slate. This is the complete guide to setting up your Bitaxe after
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Bitaxe Setup, Solo Miners