How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
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How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
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Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#2What kind of security concern would there be with using JS to implement your wallet? Or building the wallet yourself as opposed to a solution with updates and whatnot?
Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#3Initially did not see anything thanks to Ghostery + RequestPolicy. Since all the JavaScript disablers tend to trigger the haterade dispensers, I also checked to see whether or not they had anything in place for the search bots:
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Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#4Initially did not see anything thanks to Ghostery + RequestPolicy. Since all the JavaScript disablers tend to trigger the haterade dispensers, I also checked to see whether or not they had anything in place for the search bots: https://www.google.com/#q=site:helloblock.io+how+to+build+a+... > Your search - site:helloblock.io how to build a bitcoin wallet - > did not match any documents. Too bad, as 'building a bitcoi…
Building static pages using a javscript framework seems to be the new thing. Doesn't really make sense to me - this page is hardly dynamic (as opposed to a single page app).
Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#5What kind of security concern would there be with using JS to implement your wallet? Or building the wallet yourself as opposed to a solution with updates and whatnot?
This introduction appears to be geared toward experimentation rather than production use. However, using JS server-side with node would be solely dependent on the implementation (the same as using any other language). Client-side (in-browser) adds all the usual client-side JavaScript crypto caveats¹.
Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#6Initially did not see anything thanks to Ghostery + RequestPolicy. Since all the JavaScript disablers tend to trigger the haterade dispensers, I also checked to see whether or not they had anything in place for the search bots: https://www.google.com/#q=site:helloblock.io+how+to+build+a+... > Your search - site:helloblock.io how to build a bitcoin wallet - > did not match any documents. Too bad, as 'building a bitcoi…
Building static pages using a javscript framework seems to be the new thing. Doesn't really make sense to me - this page is hardly dynamic (as opposed to a single page app).
There's also a block explorer - https://helloblock.io/latest
Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#7What kind of security concern would there be with using JS to implement your wallet? Or building the wallet yourself as opposed to a solution with updates and whatnot?
Looking at the two popular web wallets as an example. Blockchain.info and Coinbase. Blockchain.info is a client-side wallet implemented in JS Keys are encrypted client-side and encrypted keys stored in the server. There are good good benefits there because if blockchain.info is hacked, your keys are still with you and not compromised (Different story if the server starts serving malicious JS though)
The server-side wallet approach means that if their hot wallets gets hacked, all the funds will be gone.
Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#8I thought several times about building a bitcoin wallet but I'm just too worried that I'll get something wrong and either lose a key or accidentally make a transaction that loses coins so decided not to risk it even for my own use. I'd frankly be terrified to let anyone else risk their own money on something like that without extreme levels of code review etc.
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Re: How to build a Bitcoin Wallet
#10These kind of handson tutorials are awesome. You can just copy/paste and run the code inside the browser console and see your transaction propagate to the network. I wish more tutorials were as easily 'runnable'.