Be your
own bank

Opinionated guides that cut through the noise to help you easily self-custody your Bitcoin.

Why Self-Custody?
A Guide For Every Level
Whether you're stacking your first sats or securing generational wealth.
Mobile & Desktop Wallets
Get started with Blue Wallet, Green Wallet, or Sparrow. Generate your keys and take possession of your bitcoin in minutes.
Hardware Wallet & Node
Level up with a Coldcard hardware wallet and your own Bitcoin node. Standards-based security and real privacy.
Multisig Setup
2-of-3 multisig with multiple signing devices, steel seed backups, and geographic separation. Protect generational wealth.
Explore the Blockchain
Live analytics from a self-hosted full Bitcoin node with full transaction index.

The Bitcoin Observatory
50+ charts, live block data, protocol analytics, and BIP signaling
Live Readings
Real-time block height, difficulty, mempool, hashrate, and halving countdown.
50+ Charts
Block metrics, fee analysis, SegWit and Taproot adoption, mining pools, and transaction trends.
Embedded Data
Runes, Ordinals, BRC-20, OP_RETURN protocols, inscription fees, and miner coinbase messages.
BIP Signaling
Monitor miner signaling for active Bitcoin Improvement Proposals in real time.