miljan

We are going to sunset the custodial wallet service on April 30, 2026. Until then you can use that wallet or migrate to the new one anytime.

You seem concerned about “surveillance and top-down control” yet you offer a YOLO custodial service without any legal basis. You just decided one day you’ll custody people’s money?! And despite being such a privacy advocate, you didn’t go with hosting a Cashu mint, but the old school “I’ll monitor all my users’ activities”. Rizful suffers from the worst type unaccountable control and surveillance risk possible. Many such services have been shut down or have rugged their users. People are incomparably safer on Spark than with Rizful.

Quick note on why we chose Spark and Breez for the new Primal Wallet. Let’s start with our requirements. We need a simple, reliable, zero-config spending wallet that just works out of the box. Anything less than that is a non-starter for our target audience of casual social media users. Those who have used Primal’s custodial wallet over the past couple of years will agree that we were able to meet these requirements. The big tradeoff was that, in order to legally offer a custodial service, we had to KYC our users, impose balance limits, and deny service in certain regions where we didn’t have a license to custody funds. Building on Spark via the Breez SDK enabled us to deliver a wallet that is a strict improvement for our users: no KYC, no limits, and available globally. It’s interoperable with other Spark-based wallets — so you can use the same seed phrase in Primal, Wallet of Satoshi, Cake Wallet, and others. This undeniably gives a lot more agency to our users. There is ongoing debate about what constitutes “real” self-custody. Spark uses a federation of operators and provides unilateral exit. From a legal standpoint, this clears the self-custody threshold. That said, nothing matches the self-sovereignty of holding bitcoin funds on-chain. Primal is a spending wallet, not meant to hold large amounts. We always encourage our users to store their savings in self custody on-chain. I believe the wallet we shipped with Primal 3.0 offers the best set of tradeoffs available today. The good news is that our new wallet architecture enables us to easily add support for Ark, Cashu and other protocols in the future. If you have specific suggestions for how we could do better by our users; if you think there’s a better way to legally deliver a simple, reliable, zero-config spending wallet that just works, let us know and we’ll be happy to explore it.

Email support@primal.net and we’ll hook you up.

Ah got it. Twitter has a custom emoji set, so they can tweak it anytime they like. We simply use what's available in the OS.

We are releasing only to Premium/Pro users today. If you don't already have access, just email support@primal.net and we’ll provide the 3.0 build.

I don't think we have any flag selections in our UI. What specifically are you referring to?

Primal 3.0 is here! This major upgrade includes a brand new wallet: no KYC, no limits, all regions supported. New in Primal 3.0: - Spark wallet - Polls (regular & zap-based) - GIF button - Smooth onboarding - Faster feeds IMPORTANT: We’re rolling Primal 3.0 out to Premium and Pro users first as a thank you for your support. ♥️🫂 General availability is coming in the next couple of days. Premium/Pro user but don’t see it yet? Email support@primal.net and we’ll provide the 3.0 build. Please try it and let us know how it hits!

don’t push your luck

The new wallet has a local db of your transactions. We copy them over from the old wallet.

We've been riding on your coattails this entire time Daniel. 🫡

The new wallet will replace the existing custodial Primal wallet. Primal 3.0 supports both wallet types, but we will be sunsetting the custodial wallet service on April 30, 2026. We made wallet migration in Primal 3.0 extremely easy: one click transfers your balance and transaction history to the new spark-based wallet. You keep your existing Primal lightning address. The new wallet is a strict improvement for our users: no KYC, no limits, and available in all regions. It’s interoperable with other spark-based wallets: so you can use the same seed phrase in Primal, Wallet of Satoshi, Cake Wallet, and others. Stay tuned for more details next week…