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If @SeedSigner had a touchscreen...

@robin_linus Going to brag a little on our UI/UX designer @easyuxd -- I consistently hear wonderful things about the @SeedSigner UI. Built with love and given away for free for the greater good of the bitcoin community. 🧡 x.com/bitcoin_design…

I’m so proud of this work, and of the @SeedSigner team. The coolest project I’ve ever worked on, with the best group of people. Thank you to @bitcoin_design and especially @GBKS for the idea and the help publishing it. I hope others find it meaningful.

Huge contribution from @pythcoiner to Kern: Simulator 🚀

@odudex @HRF Yes! Congrats, @odudex!!

Huge thanks to @HRF for the support. We'll make DIY self-custody even more powerful and accessible.

@Yashraj__ @HRF @SeedSigner Thanks!

@easyuxd @HRF @SeedSigner Very cool. Congrats!

I’m very grateful to the @HRF for their ongoing support of the @SeedSigner project, and for this grant to help me improve the onboarding experience. 🙏

@KeithMukai @mike_tolkachev @SeedSigner Guess the good ol’ days of spending months architecting a Python UI are over.

While @mike_tolkachev has already figured out how to make this dev board more @SeedSigner safe by physically deactivating the wifi module... Claude already figured out, basically on its own, how to get my 2048 game up and running on it! This board kicks ass!

@KeithMukai @SeedSigner 🚀

Holy cow, is this thing exciting. esp32-P4: 👍 Pretty powerful microprocessor. 👍 High speed MIPI 480x800(!!) touchscreen display. 👍 High speed MIPI camera. ☹️ Onboard wifi/BT. 👀 $43!! My new leading candidate for a next-gen MicroPython @SeedSigner.

Making all these breakthroughs on the @SeedSigner microcontroller port has been amazing, but now... I'm backporting the NEW stuff to our original hardware! This is all deep tech nerd stuff. But trust me, it's a BIG f'n deal.

@odudex Will do. I see your progress on the roadmap, very impressive.

@easyuxd Thank you @easyuxd! It has a lot of elements inspired by your tips. Let me know if you'd like some help spinning up a Kern device, I would really appreciate it! The project is at a very dynamic and fun phase.

Starting to harden kern. In the first phase, the creation of a PIN, which also uses OTP memory to generate a hardware related tamper detection "identicon" and words. This will later pair with OTP based secure boot, flash encryption and air-gapped SD card updates.

Kern + multisig Experimenting with smarter and smoother flows

This is what I've been working for the last several days; it is easily my favorite signer enclosure of the ones I've created in terms of the aesthetics, the form factor, and the usability of the controls. Read on if you'd like a little more "inside baseball" on this design. 👇 I heavily borrowed from the compact "Push Case" that @Kayth21 shared in the @SeedSigner github repo (github.com/SeedSigner/see…) and of course have to credit the nym called "Black Coffee" for the idea to incorporate Nintendo-themed design elements (Black Coffee created a similar design a few years ago that was available for purchase for a brief period of time, and is still frequently asked about). Kayth really refined the idea of a fixed-position thumbstick topper in his push case design, as well as masterfully handled board spacing and the microSD card port. His button design is also very clever, with the lower button covers fitting around the circuit board buttons. Because of the fine tolerances between the components, I had to make some adjustments for the parts to render properly on my printers, and also modified his clamshell-style assembly to work with my drop-in approach. The DPAD topper works surprisingly quite well, especially for an FDM-printed part. The right button stack are snug with hardly any play. The memory card can no longer get lost inside the enclosure and can still be grasped with your fingers for removal. And Kayth's handling of the camera holds it perfectly centered in its respective port. This is also the first time I've offered a protective case with a printed-signer, and the grey/red color combo makes for a great initial presentation. I'll eventually also be offering a non-themed version in different colors but wanted to get this one out there immediately because it made me think of Christmas mornings when I was a kid. I was 8 years old when the original 8-bit Nintendo became available in the states, and spent many hours at a friend's house in front of a huge console TV playing the original Super Mario Brothers, before getting a system of my own a year or so later. Designers inevitably leave little bits of themselves in their work, and I'm particularly proud of this model. ❤️🩶🖤

@odudex 🤩

@easyuxd Passphrase...

ESP32P4ing

@odudex Nice, it does fit well! Yeah, having a separate screen could be more scalable. Plus, the user is in a review/transcribe mnemonic mode here. But it’s a trade-off: more focused screens means more screens overall.

@easyuxd It doesn't look bad on this square device IMO, but wouldn't be the case in a small phone form factor, where a "Next" would be needed.

@odudex I wondered how that screen would fit a 24-word key and the dropdown(s). It might be worth exploring something like “Next” instead of “Load” and then a separate Options screen to fit everything?

@easyuxd Thank you @easyuxd, for the valuable advice you've been giving. There are ideas and concepts you've provided yet to be implemented. On key info, I now added a passphrase editor button, later intend to add policy and script type drop-downs, might be challenging to keep it clean.

#DIYbitcoinhardware past, present, and future. The OG @SpecterDIY. @SeedSigner, @selfcustodykrux, @BlockstreamJade. Sprinkled in a bunch of failed dead-ends (my specialty!!). And some absolutely killer coming soon™️ new options. The revolution is MUCH closer than you think.