All self-custody tools
Every self-custody tool in the directory. Filter by category or search by name.
Ashigaru Wallet
An open-source, self-custodial Android Bitcoin wallet built for privacy by design. It supports Zerolink Whirlpool coinjoins, BIP47 PayNym reusable payment codes, connection to your own Dojo node over Tor, coin control with labelling and freezing, batch spending and a decoy stealth mode. Released under GPLv3.
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core is the reference implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, and its site hosts release notes, security advisories, RPC documentation for every recent version and contributor guidance. It is the primary source for anyone running or building on their own full node.
Bitcoin Keeper
Bitcoin Keeper is an open-source mobile wallet built around multisig self-custody, developed by BitHyve. It lets users assemble vaults from multiple hardware and software signers while retaining full control of their keys.
Bitcoin Safe
Bitcoin-Safe is free and open-source desktop software for managing bitcoin cold storage wallets, built on the Bitcoin Development Kit. It requires a hardware signer and provides a modern interface for single-signature and multisig cold storage across Windows, macOS and Linux.
Bitkey
Bitkey is a bitcoin-only 2-of-3 multisig wallet combining a hardware device, a mobile app key and a server key, so there is no seed phrase to write down. The design includes built-in inheritance and recovery flows while the owner keeps control of spending.
BlueWallet
BlueWallet is an open-source mobile and desktop bitcoin wallet that includes a Multisig Vault feature alongside standard and watch-only wallets. Keys never leave the user's device, so the vault is fully self-custodial.
Casa
Casa provides multi-key self-custody for bitcoin using keys spread across several devices and locations, so no single device failure loses access. Plans add white-glove security guidance, inheritance planning and recovery support while the customer keeps control of their own keys.
Electrum
Electrum is a long-running open-source bitcoin wallet that supports multisig wallets, splitting the permission to spend coins between several wallets. It also supports cold storage with watch-only wallets, hardware devices and third-party multisig service plugins.
Krux
Krux is open-source firmware that turns off-the-shelf Kendryte K210 devices into airgapped bitcoin transaction signers, commonly used as one of the signers in a multisig setup. It also provides tooling for creating, encrypting and recovering mnemonic backups.
Liana
Liana, built by Wizardsardine, is a bitcoin wallet whose spending policies include timelocked recovery paths so users are never locked out without handing keys to a third party. A free open-source community edition runs against your own node, while Liana Business adds hosted infrastructure, policy design and PSBT signing coordination for organisations.
Nunchuk
Nunchuk is a multisig wallet and bitcoin inheritance platform that operates without KYC and is built on open standards so wallets can be recovered independently of the company. Its assisted multisig plans add on-chain or off-chain timelock inheritance protocols, key health checks and guided claims for heirs.
RoninDojo
Open-source node software built around Samourai Wallet's Dojo backend, providing a full node with Tor enabled by default, a management interface called RoninUI and transaction analysis tools. RoninDojo does not sell hardware; it runs on hardware you supply such as a Raspberry Pi 5, Rock5b+ or an x86 machine.
Sparrow Wallet
Sparrow is a desktop bitcoin wallet with full support for single-signature and multisig wallets across common script types. It connects to your own node or a public server and works with hardware signing devices, keeping all keys under the user's control.
Specter Desktop
Specter Desktop is an open-source interface for Bitcoin Core focused on multisignature setups with airgapped signing devices. It supports major hardware wallets including SeedSigner, Specter DIY, Blockstream Jade and Coldcard.
Theya
Theya is a bitcoin custody platform offering multi-key vaults for individuals, families, businesses, funds and advisors. Vault configurations such as three-key setups let the account holder retain keys while managing members, policies and balances from one dashboard.
Wasabi Wallet
An open-source, non-custodial desktop Bitcoin wallet for Windows, Linux and macOS built around trustless multi-party transactions routed over Tor. It implements the WabiSabi coinjoin protocol along with coin control and labelling.
Alby Hub
A self-custodial Lightning node you run yourself, either on your own hardware or in Alby's cloud, which connects to hundreds of Lightning and Nostr apps through Nostr Wallet Connect.
AnchorWatch
AnchorWatch pairs its Trident Vault bitcoin custody technology with optional Lloyd's of London insurance. Customers can choose a Flagship model where they hold their own private keys alongside AnchorWatch, or a multi-institution model that distributes keys across three institutions.
BitBox02 (BitBox / Shift Crypto)
A Swiss-made USB-C hardware wallet whose firmware is developed in the open on GitHub. It is sold in a Bitcoin-only edition and a multi-asset edition, and uses a dual-chip design with a secure element plus a microSD backup card.
Bitcoiner Guide
Bitcoiner.Guide is run by Ben, known online as Bitcoin QnA, and offers written guides plus personalised one-on-one mentorship on self-custody, cold storage, nodes, multisig and inheritance planning. The site has been publishing sovereignty and privacy resources since 2017.
Blockstream Jade
Blockstream's open-source Bitcoin and Liquid hardware wallet. It supports fully air-gapped operation by scanning and displaying QR codes with its camera and screen, and can also connect over USB or Bluetooth.
COLDCARD Mk5
Coinkite's compact Bitcoin-only signing device, the successor to the Mk4, with a numeric keypad, a 1.54-inch Gorilla Glass screen, NFC and MicroSD-based air-gapped workflows. Firmware is published openly and the device supports PSBT and multisig.
COLDCARD Q
The full-featured COLDCARD, with a QWERTY keyboard, a large screen, a built-in QR scanner, dual SD card slots and AAA battery operation so it can run entirely off-line. Bitcoin-only, with the same security features as the Mk5.
Foundation Passport Prime
Foundation Devices' second-generation air-gapped signer, made in the USA. Beyond Bitcoin signing it adds a password manager, a Nostr event signer and a security-focused app environment, and pairs with Foundation's Envoy mobile app.
Lightning Terminal
Lightning Labs' web interface for running and managing your own lnd Lightning node, with channel and liquidity management tools. You keep custody of node funds.
SeedSigner
A free, open-source DIY project that turns an air-gapped Raspberry Pi Zero plus a camera and small screen into a stateless Bitcoin signing device. All communication with the host wallet happens through QR codes, and no seed is stored on the hardware between uses.
Unchained
Unchained offers collaborative custody bitcoin vaults in which the client holds their own keys alongside Unchained as one cosigner. The company layers financial services on top of that vault structure, including trust vaults, a bitcoin IRA, trading, loans and inheritance planning.
Keystone 3 Pro
An air-gapped hardware wallet that uses three separate secure element chips and signs entirely over QR codes, with no USB or Bluetooth data path required. Firmware is published as open source.
OneKey Pro
OneKey's flagship air-gap capable cold wallet with a fingerprint sensor, camera for QR signing and open-source firmware. It supports Bitcoin alongside a wide range of other chains.
10x Security Bitcoin Guide
The 10x Security Bitcoin Guide walks a non-coding but tech-savvy audience through setting up bitcoin storage with no single point of failure using multisig. Its premise is that a fault-tolerant setup lets you survive one or more catastrophic mistakes that would be fatal in a single-key system.
Base58
Base58 is a bitcoin protocol school offering online and in-person courses that run from beginner fundamentals to application development and advanced research topics. Tracks cover wire protocols, transaction construction and developer basics.
Bisq
An open-source desktop application forming a decentralised Bitcoin exchange network. Trades are peer-to-peer with funds held in 2-of-2 multisig rather than by an exchange, and the application routes over Tor with no account signup.
BitBar Seed Phrase Backup Wallet
A Swiss-engineered hexagonal metal bar with grooves on all six sides that hold pre-engraved letter tiles, so no stamping tools are needed. Weighs 515g, works with 12 or 24-word BIP39 phrases, and ships with over 2,000 tiles. BitBar also sells polymer backup cards and special-character tile sets.
BitBox Steelwallet
Two engraved stainless steel sheets from Swiss maker Shift Crypto, holding up to 24 recovery words at 12 per sheet. An automatic puncher is included and only the first four letters of each BIP39 word need marking. Made in the EU with a two-year warranty.
BitBox Steelwallet Pro
Shift Crypto's heavy-duty reusable backup, built from thick stainless steel with a screw closure and tamper-evident sticker. Because it uses rearrangeable character tiles rather than punched marks, the stored phrase can be updated at any time.
Bitcoin Core PR Review Club
The Bitcoin Core PR Review Club is a monthly club that reviews Bitcoin Core pull requests in a public IRC channel on the first Wednesday and Thursday of each month. It exists to help newer contributors learn the Bitcoin Core codebase and review process, and past meeting notes are archived on the site.
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Where should I buy a hardware wallet?
Directly from the manufacturer. Devices bought through marketplaces can be tampered with.