>be me
>anons talking crypto again
>99% of the tools they shill are VC bloatware or spyware in disguise
>decide to make a list of actual useful tools for people who touch grass
>Mempool.space
because you should actually look at the mempool before rageposting about fees
shows what's going on
not some rainbow-colored NFT dashboard
>Bitcoin Core + Electrum + Sparrow
if you’re not running your own node or using wallets with coin control, do you even Bitcoin?
Electrum for boomers, Sparrow for Chad privacy enjoyers
Core if you like waiting 3 weeks to sync but trust nothing
>KYCP.org
check if your BTC address is doxxed to Coinbase or some shady chain analysis firm
free and open source
great for seeing how wrecked your privacy already is
>bitcoinqrcodemaker.com
https://www.bitcoinqrcodemaker.com/
generate clean BIP21 QR codes without giving your info to some sketchy API
no tracking, no cookies, no Google spyware
just paste your BTC address and it does what it says
also has an API for turbo nerds and merchants
>Nostr clients
because Twitter is dead and your dopamine belongs on decentralized relays
still early, still weird, but we’re vibing
>Uptime Kuma + Umbrel/Start9/etc.
if your Bitcoin stack isn’t monitored with pings and green bars, are you even trying?
self-host everything
avoid SaaS like the plague
>Meanwhile, normies using Binance and wondering why their funds are “temporarily suspended”
>mfw they never learned "not your keys, not your crypto"
>mfw they think a QR code needs 17 trackers and 4 cookie popups
>mfw we’re gonna make it anyway
Stay sovereign, stay stateless.
Stack tools, not bags.