Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | Proton Wallet is open source and has been audited by a third-party firm, the company said
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Proton isn’t reinventing the wheel with this crypto wallet. But it’s another solid option for people looking to create a crypto wallet for the first time. However, cryptocurrencies tend to be a polarizing topic, so let’s see if Proton Wallet doesn’t hurt Proton’s brand image in the future.
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Minimal Viable Product. They shiped it with only one coin to avoid having to spend too much time on implementing every possible coin protocol. But they says that they will add more of them in the future, and, maybe, even fiat currencies.
I would prefer a privacy conscious alternative to Google Wallet first, then add the crypto stuff, but that's just me
What does a privacy conscious version even look like?
Some things simply aren’t legal anymore like buying crypto without identification.
You can still do it, it's just more annoying.
Problem is, as they said in their bloc post, that to handle real money they have to get the required authorisation from the Swiss bank authority.