Don't trust, verify
Your node, your xPub
- Out of convenience, most users operate a light-weight wallet which relies on a third party for network access.
- Most users run a light-weight
- When running your own node, you do not need to trust anyone, including your wallet provider. Your node stores the entire Bitcoin blockchain and you verify and enforce honesty yourself.
- Connect without relying on third parties.
- You don’t need to upload your xPub to a public server you do not know if you should trust.
- Create and broadcast your own transactions.
- Listen for transactions to your own wallet without notifying anyone else.
- BlockSettleDB scans the entire Bitcoin blockchain and resolves every valid transaction, along with all incoming zero-confirmation transactions. Having the entire Bitcoin blockchain scanned means a wallet or an address can be added and used in seconds instead of minutes.
- If a rules proposal is implemented to which you do not agree, you can choose to not update your node with the new ruleset. Opt-in optionality determined by the software you run.