How to pay BitPay Invoices with a Hardware Wallet

BitPay is an example of a Bitcoin service where you take something fantastic and render it nearly unusable through aggressive insolence. They take the concept of bitcoin addresses wrapped in QR codes which everybody understands, and replace them with a different kind of code that wraps the bitcoin address with some additional data (order number,… Read More How to pay BitPay Invoices with a Hardware Wallet

How to Withdraw from NiceHash with Zero Fees

NiceHash users know that withdrawing bitcoins from their local wallets, especially when small amounts are involved, has always been costly. Thankfully, it is now possible to withdraw your NiceHash balance to another wallet without paying a single satoshi. In late 2017 NiceHash announced a partnership with Coinbase that would allow NiceHash customers to withdraw directly… Read More How to Withdraw from NiceHash with Zero Fees

How to Claim Bitcoin Gold (BTG) from Electrum Wallet

As I recently found out, claiming Bitcoing Gold from Electrum wallets by importing the seed is not possible because Electrum use a custom algorithm for deriving the seed words that is not compatible with the ‘industry standard’ BIP39. However, I discovered a way to claim BTG from Electrum using the Coinomi wallet and bitaddress.org. It requires a… Read More How to Claim Bitcoin Gold (BTG) from Electrum Wallet