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Bitcoin Wallet

Bitcoin Wallet is an open-source desktop Bitcoin application designed to give new users a simpler way to manage keys and transact. It uses hierarchical deterministic keys, a 12-word BIP-39 seed phrase and SegWit addresses by default. ElectrumX provides its synchronization backend; transactions support three built-in fee levels and fiat-denominated amounts.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when a simple desktop workflow for Bitcoin keys and transactions fits your needs, or when you are following the repository's documented development and build process.

Who it is for

  • People beginning to use Bitcoin who want a focused desktop wallet.
  • Developers who want to build the documented Electron application from its Vue-based repository.

Documented uses

  • Manage Bitcoin using hierarchical deterministic keys and a 12-word recovery phrase.
  • Create transactions with default SegWit addresses, selectable fee levels and fiat-denominated amounts.
  • Install dependencies and build or serve the application from its source repository.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and lists an MIT license. Its README documents a Yarn-based Electron build workflow.

  • The README describes three built-in fee levels and fiat-denominated transaction amounts.
  • The project explicitly prioritizes simplicity and says multisignature, Lightning and RBF features do not fit its intended scope.
  • The documented quick-sync backend is ElectrumX.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up and build the Bitcoin Wallet desktop application

Install project dependencies and build the desktop application for production.

Before you start

  • The project repository
  • Yarn

Steps

  1. Run yarn install to install dependencies.

  2. Run yarn electron:build to compile and build for production.

Expected outcome

Generated binaries are placed in the `dist_electron` folder.

Guide limitations

  • The documented steps do not cover installing or launching the generated binaries.
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16 October 2026
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bitcoin-dot-org/Bitcoin-Wallet · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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