Any chance you folks are planning on adding encrypted passphrase QR as a feature? That would be fantastic.
I updated my backup Amigo to the latest Krux beta binary by odudex, and holy cow is that sucker FAST! Krux was already snappy, but the latest binary on a Maix Amigo is screaming fast. It boots fast. Response to clicks is crazy fast. Fast fast faster than fast.
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Krux has undergone such huge improvements over the past year that maybe it's good to have a new thread for it? Maybe not. I don't know.
Dude, your post is not readable at all, please reduce the size of those images to much smaller size, and edit your post... 
Hey! Yes the creator Jeff left the project to Odudex and I since "it's such a well-oiled machine now", and we've been doing our best to keep this DIY project alive and thriving.
Is Jeff still active and contributing anything, or he left the project for good?I was always confusing Jeff and Odudex and I was thinking this is the same person, plus there are some other guys who are talking about Krux in forum
PS
I saw Crypto Guide released new VIDEO instructions for building and verifying Krux from the source code.
They told Odudex and I they were going to take a step back and eventually come back, but then changed their mind and said they're leaving for good and gave over the keys to Odudex and to make releases on github. No Jeff started it, and then Odudex and Co took over.
Yes we are very grateful for his videos, especially the latest one covering reproducible builds!
Krux has undergone such huge improvements over the past year that maybe it's good to have a new thread for it? Maybe not. I don't know.
Dude, your post is not readable at all, please reduce the size of those images to much smaller size, and edit your post... Sorry! I didn't know that. I'll fix it when I have a minute. EDIT: Fixed!
Krux has undergone such huge improvements over the past year that maybe it's good to have a new thread for it? Maybe not. I don't know.
Dude, your post is not readable at all, please reduce the size of those images to much smaller size, and edit your post... Hey! Yes the creator Jeff left the project to Odudex and I since "it's such a well-oiled machine now", and we've been doing our best to keep this DIY project alive and thriving.
Is Jeff still active and contributing anything, or he left the project for good?I was always confusing Jeff and Odudex and I was thinking this is the same person, plus there are some other guys who are talking about Krux in forum
PS
I saw Crypto Guide released new VIDEO instructions for building and verifying Krux from the source code.
It's the first time I've heard about this device, but no Bluetooth and 200mAh battery, in addition to Bitcoin signing firmware, is a good thing and worth trying. I am surprised that in this article https://selfcustody.github.io/krux/getting-started/ electrum was not mentioned even though it can work with BIP-39 mnemonic.
It is better to improve your method of generating entropy https://selfcustody.github.io/krux/getting-started/usage/generating-a-mnemonic/
It is better to improve your method of generating entropy https://selfcustody.github.io/krux/getting-started/usage/generating-a-mnemonic/
Krux has undergone such huge improvements over the past year that maybe it's good to have a new thread for it? Maybe not. I don't know.
I'm a huge fan of Krux. I mean, come on now... look at this thing:
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PU0Qz.jpeg
That UI is dead simple, which means it's easy to use. It runs on Maix Amigo hardware, which has a large touchscreen and can be found for as little as $50.
Air gapped.
Stateless.
Seed QR - with encryption!
Passphrase QR - no more typing!
It's easier to load a seed and passphrase on Krux than it is to enter the PIN to unlock a Trezor/Ledger/ColdCard.
Let's load a seed:
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PUlf2.jpeg
Note that where it says "From Storage," they mean from a micro SD card. Not only can you save seeds to micro SD... you can save encrypted seeds. And you can scan a QR of the encryption key. Don't have a QR for your decryption passphrase? In the Tools menu, there's an option to make one.
Here's an encrypted Seed QR I made as as an example. And here's the key to decrypt it:
Krux can make and scan passphrase QRs too.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaHeZ.jpeg
The Maix Amigo's large touchscreen makes everything you'd do with a hardware wallet so much easier.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaMIN.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/Pam7a.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaPUo.jpeg
Want to make a SeedQR? It's easy, especially thanks to the large screen.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/24/PaNfW.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/Panf3.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaCKw.jpeg
Does Krux do Testnet? You bet. "Network" means Bitcoin Mainnet or Testnet.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaUAP.jpeg
I especially appreciate that the word "test" stays on the screen when you're using Testnet, to help avoid making any mistakes. Well done!
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PauUG.jpeg
If somebody made high end hardware for this and released it for $200, the hype would be insane.
Krux is a fantastic project. Pair it up with BlueWallet or Sparrow as a companion app, and you've got a killer combo.
EDITED to add: Hopefully I don't come off as too much of a fanboy for this project... but I don't really care if I do. I'm a diehard Bitcoiner, and I hate seeing people lose their coins due to poor hardware wallet design. Some hardware wallets hide the passphrase feature. Others only show portions of addresses, or they expect the user to scroll through an address on a tiny screen, which makes transactions less safe. But having a huge screen that shows you everything makes safety easier. The ability to scan passphrases removes potential for typos, which makes safety easier. Encrypted seed QRs make safety easier. This stuff matters.
I'm a huge fan of Krux. I mean, come on now... look at this thing:
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PU0Qz.jpeg
That UI is dead simple, which means it's easy to use. It runs on Maix Amigo hardware, which has a large touchscreen and can be found for as little as $50.
Air gapped.
Stateless.
Seed QR - with encryption!
Passphrase QR - no more typing!
It's easier to load a seed and passphrase on Krux than it is to enter the PIN to unlock a Trezor/Ledger/ColdCard.
Let's load a seed:
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PUlf2.jpeg
Note that where it says "From Storage," they mean from a micro SD card. Not only can you save seeds to micro SD... you can save encrypted seeds. And you can scan a QR of the encryption key. Don't have a QR for your decryption passphrase? In the Tools menu, there's an option to make one.
Here's an encrypted Seed QR I made as as an example. And here's the key to decrypt it:
Quote
hidden pass word inside
Krux can make and scan passphrase QRs too.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaHeZ.jpeg
The Maix Amigo's large touchscreen makes everything you'd do with a hardware wallet so much easier.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaMIN.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/Pam7a.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaPUo.jpeg
Want to make a SeedQR? It's easy, especially thanks to the large screen.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/24/PaNfW.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/Panf3.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaCKw.jpeg
Does Krux do Testnet? You bet. "Network" means Bitcoin Mainnet or Testnet.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PaUAP.jpeg
I especially appreciate that the word "test" stays on the screen when you're using Testnet, to help avoid making any mistakes. Well done!
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/09/23/PauUG.jpeg
If somebody made high end hardware for this and released it for $200, the hype would be insane.
Krux is a fantastic project. Pair it up with BlueWallet or Sparrow as a companion app, and you've got a killer combo.
EDITED to add: Hopefully I don't come off as too much of a fanboy for this project... but I don't really care if I do. I'm a diehard Bitcoiner, and I hate seeing people lose their coins due to poor hardware wallet design. Some hardware wallets hide the passphrase feature. Others only show portions of addresses, or they expect the user to scroll through an address on a tiny screen, which makes transactions less safe. But having a huge screen that shows you everything makes safety easier. The ability to scan passphrases removes potential for typos, which makes safety easier. Encrypted seed QRs make safety easier. This stuff matters.
We really appreciate your enthusiasm to the project! Your picture thread last time was great content for us to share, so if you would like to do an updated one with all the new features that would be most welcomed. There is a lot to unpack from the first major release, and now this one, and we are going to try our best to produce content in the coming months, but any help is greatly appreciated. We are a FOSS project after all though with our own lives on FT-jobs, and don't have any budget for this, so we do our best to be present customer service-wise with our English and Brazilian Telegram chats, but we are definitely lacking content-wise. We're aware and would like to address it moving forward. Our docs are excellent, but most users appreciate visual content I feel as it's easier to digest and appreciate when you're learning something new which involves being hands-on with the new technical information.
Basically, if it's not clear already, we are open to community members joining our team whom have experience in content-production to cover all our great features and functionality. It's not a necessity, but over time as the project grows it will become one. Especially since we have a focus on having as much multi-language support as possible in order to help as many Bitcoiners as possible globally, eventually we will need community moderators of sorts for each community. Our Brazilian community is more active than our English one, probably because most of our devs are from there lol, but it's lacking solid content community members can share as an official source. Currently, there are many amateur content-educators in that community trying to make a name for themselves using our FOSS project. There's nothing we can do about it and we understand that's the nature of FOSS, but I think it stems from not having a solid source of official visual content on our site, github, and social media pages. Anyways, thanks for your content, and enthusiasm, so far!
Hello Bitcointalk forum!
Hey there Are you the official representative for Krux?
I know several members who are active talking about Krux, and I created first Krux topic few years ago, but we can redirect all discussion here if you want.
This is the old topic:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/krux-diy-hardware-wallet-5350905
That would be great if we could corral discussion into one thread here! That way it's easier for us as a team to manage.
Krux has undergone such huge improvements over the past year that maybe it's good to have a new thread for it? Maybe not. I don't know.
I'm a huge fan of Krux. I mean, come on now... look at this thing.
That UI is dead simple, which means it's easy to use. It runs on Maix Amigo hardware, which has a large touchscreen and can be found for as little as $50.
Air gapped.
Stateless.
Seed QR - with encryption!
Passphrase QR - no more typing!
It's easier to load a seed and passphrase on Krux than it is to enter the PIN to unlock a Trezor/Ledger/ColdCard.
Let's load a seed:
PIC.
Note that where it says "From Storage," they mean from a micro SD card. Not only can you save seeds to micro SD... you can save encrypted seeds. And you can scan a QR of the encryption key. Don't have a QR for your decryption passphrase? In the Tools menu, there's an option to make one.
Here's an encrypted Seed QR I made as as an example. And here's the key to decrypt it:
Krux can make and scan passphrase QRs too.
The Maix Amigo's large touchscreen makes everything you'd do with a hardware wallet so much easier.
If somebody made high end hardware for this and released it for $200, the hype would be insane.
Krux is a fantastic project. Pair it up with BlueWallet or Sparrow as a companion app, and you've got a killer combo.
EDITED to add: Hopefully I don't come off as too much of a fanboy for this project... but I don't really care if I do. I'm a diehard Bitcoiner, and I hate seeing people lose their coins due to poor hardware wallet design. Some hardware wallets hide the passphrase feature. Others only show portions of addresses, or they expect the user to scroll through an address on a tiny screen, which makes transactions less safe. But having a huge screen that shows you everything makes safety easier. The ability to scan passphrases removes potential for typos, which makes safety easier. Encrypted seed QRs make safety easier. This stuff matters.
I'm a huge fan of Krux. I mean, come on now... look at this thing.
That UI is dead simple, which means it's easy to use. It runs on Maix Amigo hardware, which has a large touchscreen and can be found for as little as $50.
Air gapped.
Stateless.
Seed QR - with encryption!
Passphrase QR - no more typing!
It's easier to load a seed and passphrase on Krux than it is to enter the PIN to unlock a Trezor/Ledger/ColdCard.
Let's load a seed:
PIC.
Note that where it says "From Storage," they mean from a micro SD card. Not only can you save seeds to micro SD... you can save encrypted seeds. And you can scan a QR of the encryption key. Don't have a QR for your decryption passphrase? In the Tools menu, there's an option to make one.
Here's an encrypted Seed QR I made as as an example. And here's the key to decrypt it:
Quote
hidden pass word inside
Krux can make and scan passphrase QRs too.
The Maix Amigo's large touchscreen makes everything you'd do with a hardware wallet so much easier.
If somebody made high end hardware for this and released it for $200, the hype would be insane.
Krux is a fantastic project. Pair it up with BlueWallet or Sparrow as a companion app, and you've got a killer combo.
EDITED to add: Hopefully I don't come off as too much of a fanboy for this project... but I don't really care if I do. I'm a diehard Bitcoiner, and I hate seeing people lose their coins due to poor hardware wallet design. Some hardware wallets hide the passphrase feature. Others only show portions of addresses, or they expect the user to scroll through an address on a tiny screen, which makes transactions less safe. But having a huge screen that shows you everything makes safety easier. The ability to scan passphrases removes potential for typos, which makes safety easier. Encrypted seed QRs make safety easier. This stuff matters.
Hello Bitcointalk forum!
Hey there Are you the official representative for Krux?
I know several members who are active talking about Krux, and I created first Krux topic few years ago, but we can redirect all discussion here if you want.
This is the old topic:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/krux-diy-hardware-wallet-5350905
Hello Bitcointalk forum!
With our latest v24.03.0 release (https://github.com/selfcustody/krux/releases) having been leaked already by excited contributors and project supporters, we wanted to officially start a thread here and introduce our FOSS bitcoin wallet project. That way our devs can focus on building, and our internz can focus on managing users via social media.
For those that haven't heard of the project yet, I suggest you check out our excellent documentation https://selfcustody.github.io/krux/getting-started/ as well as our Twitter page @selfcustodykrux
The crux of it, pun intended, is a bitcoin hardware signer which consists of open-source firmware that transforms 1/5 (soon to be 6) off-the-shelf Kendryte K210 devices, such as the Maix Amigo, M5StickV and more, into versatile Bitcoin transaction signers. Bitcoin was meant to be used without trusting middlemen, and in the spirit of DIY that is why we build Krux.
For all the info on our latest release as it's too much to list, check out the thread here: https://twitter.com/selfcustodykrux/status/1768569044175650904 or of course, the release notes on github: https://github.com/selfcustody/krux/releases/tag/v24.03.0
With our latest v24.03.0 release (https://github.com/selfcustody/krux/releases) having been leaked already by excited contributors and project supporters, we wanted to officially start a thread here and introduce our FOSS bitcoin wallet project. That way our devs can focus on building, and our internz can focus on managing users via social media.
For those that haven't heard of the project yet, I suggest you check out our excellent documentation https://selfcustody.github.io/krux/getting-started/ as well as our Twitter page @selfcustodykrux
The crux of it, pun intended, is a bitcoin hardware signer which consists of open-source firmware that transforms 1/5 (soon to be 6) off-the-shelf Kendryte K210 devices, such as the Maix Amigo, M5StickV and more, into versatile Bitcoin transaction signers. Bitcoin was meant to be used without trusting middlemen, and in the spirit of DIY that is why we build Krux.
For all the info on our latest release as it's too much to list, check out the thread here: https://twitter.com/selfcustodykrux/status/1768569044175650904 or of course, the release notes on github: https://github.com/selfcustody/krux/releases/tag/v24.03.0
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