🧠 BTC NYC Class: Beginner's Class — How to Build a Bitcoin Hardware Wallet¶

📅 Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
📍 Location: Fat Cat Fab Lab, 224 West 4th Street, New York, NY, 10014

🗒️ Details¶

This office-hours-style build session is capped at five seats so every attendee gets hands-on support from the instructors.

✅ Reserve your spot by purchasing a ticket: luma.com/anehazs7

🧩 Overview¶

Hands-on workshop where students design, assemble, and provision a beginner-friendly Bitcoin hardware wallet from commodity parts.

Commercial devices can run $90–$200; this session shows how to get the same security benefits with inexpensive hardware you control end-to-end.

We'll show you how to source affordable components, load the open-source Jade SDK firmware, and practice secure wallet operations end-to-end. This class is beginner friendly—if you can follow step-by-step instructions, you can build a wallet.

You'll leave with the confidence to:

Understand how hardware wallets secure your Bitcoin.
Spin up additional devices cheaply to split savings across multiple wallets.
Practice seed generation, backup, and recovery until it feels natural.

🧰 Materials / Hardware¶

LilyGo T-Display kit with Jade-compatible firmware support — choose a ticket that includes the hardware, or purchase your own 16MB With Shell (K164).
Parts list for any supplemental components (secure element, enclosure, cabling).
Required tools (e.g., soldering iron, screwdriver set).
Software links for firmware flashing, drivers, and validation utilities.

This class is beginner friendly! Setting up and using a hardware wallet is much easier than you'd think.

💬 Community / Links¶

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