Cool experiment - But why released an unpolished product? This is a weird trend, like ya’ll went from developing like snails (still waiting on Proton Calendar for iPadOS) to releasing new expansions faster than even the most micro-transaction hungry video game developers. Docs, Scribe (which a lot of AI skeptics are still getting a hang of, deeply appreciated but AI-branding x black box data usage takes some getting used to. Also not a new product, more an expansion for email) and now… a Bitcoin Wallet?

Very cool but since the norm for Google-centered users/digital citizens is a (perhaps illusory) degree of separation of personal and financial organization, having it as part of the Proton Suite instead of a well-integrated but separate service (or for the option to be like Scribe) is a hard pill to swallow (especially since it’s Bitcoin).

Personally very glad to see them roll out this feature. Bitcoin offers pretty decent privacy out of the box, especially with lightning. Like using any technology, using it in a fully private and anonymous way requires some attention to detail. The ability to send/receive BTC from other users knowing only their e-mail address is pretty cool. And the self-custody element is critical.

Makes sense, a lot of alternatives are sketchy and I think many people don’t realise that Bitcoin transactions are by no means private by default.

This is the same “private” company which has been ignoring over 2000+ people’s votes for Monero support. It’s ironic how they are now making a cryptocurrency wallet for bitcoin.

What a terrible, stupid, and useless idea.