Episode 30: Hardware Wallet Integration in Bitcoin Core and the Hardware Wallet Interface (HWI)

Episode 30: Hardware Wallet Integration in Bitcoin Core and the Hardware Wallet Interface (HWI)

Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss hardware wallet integration into Bitcoin Core, one of the ongoing projects that Sjors regularly contributes to himself.

Hardware wallets are a popular solution for storing private keys offline, to minimize the risk that hackers gain access to the corresponding coins. They are used in combination with regular software wallets to sign transactions in such a way that the private keys never leave the device.

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