Bitcoin Wallets Articles

BIP 388 Wallet Policies for Descriptor Wallets made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

Bitcoin Core 26 importmempool guide covering untrusted files, entry times, fee deltas, unbroadcast metadata, validation, monitoring and rollback.

Bitcoin Core 26 getprioritisedtransactions guide covering fee deltas, mempool presence, persistence, mining policy, reconciliation and safe operator use.

Bitcoin Core dumptxoutset RPC made simple. See what the feature does, where its limits sit and which checks node or wallet operators should make.

Bitcoin Core descriptorprocesspsbt RPC made simple. See what the feature does, where its limits sit and which checks node or wallet operators should make.

Learn how to buy Bitcoin in the UK with a risk-first checklist covering FCA checks, fees, payment methods, custody, scams, records and secure withdrawal.

Bitcoin Core 25 migratewallet guide covering its experimental boundary, automatic legacy backup, encrypted wallets, split outputs, verification and rollback.

BIP 352 silent payments explained: learn reusable payment codes, unique Taproot outputs, sender input keys, wallet scanning and privacy limits.

BIP 93 codex32 guide covering Draft BIP32 seed encoding, 13-character checksum, error correction, 2-to-9 thresholds, up to 31 shares and recovery tests.

BIP 329 guide to JSON Lines wallet-label export, typed references, optional origin and spendable fields, privacy controls, validation and migration testing.

BIP 389 guide covering Draft path tuples, receive/change expansion, lockstep key derivation, duplicate rejection, checksums, exports and compatibility.

Bitcoin Core 23 restorewallet guide covering backup paths, wallet naming, startup persistence, warnings, rescans, duplicate restores and recovery verification.