Whoa! I keep circling back to a simple truth about hardware wallets: most people want something auditable and plainspoken, not a flashy black box. Users who prefer open and verifiable systems are picky for good reason. My instinct said “go with the open option,” but I also wanted real-world usability—so I poked, tested, and pushed

Wow! I know — wallets sound boring at first. But stick with me. SPV (Simplified Payment Verification) wallets are the quiet workhorses of the Bitcoin ecosystem, the lean desktop clients that let you move sats quickly without running a full node. My first instinct was to dismiss them as second-best, but then I started using