10101 a numeral palindrome and the binary representation of 21, hinting towards the 21 million possible bitcoins. With ItchySats we brought noncustodial CFD trading successfully to bitcoin. But we have seen some limitations in scaling ItchySats to new users. With 10101 we continue the journey of ItchySats and as always…

ItchySats is now available on Citadel — a Bitcoin/Lightning node distribution for Raspberry Pi and Debian/Ubuntu. Citadel is proudly Free and open-source software (FOSS). ItchySats is a peer to peer Bitcoin derivative exchange. It allows you to trade BTC/USD and ETH/USD CFDs with zero counterparty risk. Trades are fully collateralised on…

Since the Umbrel 0.4.11 release ItchySats is a available in the Umbrel app-store! If you already have Umbrel you find ItchySats in the Umbrel app-store at: 👉 http://umbrel.local/app-store/itchysats 👈 If you don’t have Umbrel you can get it here. If you want to use ItchySats without Umbrel you can read…

The Vision: Reach for the moon? We reach for the stars! We are building the first fully non-custodial, peer to peer Bitcoin DEX. — A “fully non-custodial, peer to peer Bitcoin DEX” — What does that mean? Non-custodial: No platform, no middle man — just you and your keys. Peer to peer: Trading partners are connected directly, no centralized instance. Secured…

🔔 TLDR: We will shut down ItchySats on 19.04.2023 00:00 UTC. Your personal node on Umbrel, Raspiblitz, etc can still be started but you will not be able to trade anymore. Any position will be closed automatically and your funds will end in your wallet. Please make sure to withdraw…

Bitcoin is self-custodial money — you are in control. But the trading solutions on top are controlled by powerful middlemen — they are in control. There’s a difference in accepting the market risk of a trade and the trading platform running away with your funds. The latter is platform risk…

With our latest release 0.7.0 we are proud to present you a binary to run ItchySats on Windows or macOS (intel, arm)- no need for a RPi anymore. ItchySats is a trading tool for the self-sovereign Bitcoiner. If that doesn’t sound like you (yet), give it a go! We believe…

With its latest update to v1.8.0 RaspiBlitz, the most popular DIY distro for self-sovereign Bitcoiners, has integrated ItchySats. ItchySats is a peer to peer Bitcoin derivative exchange. It allows you to trade BTC/USD CFDs with zero counterparty risk. Trades are fully collateralized on the Bitcoin blockchain and secured using DLCs. …

ItchySats 0.4.12 ships with Umbrel 0.4.18. Binary users can already upgrade to the latest release or docker container. Umbrel user will have to wait for Umbrel 0.4.18 to be released. What’s new? ItchySats 0.4.12 is all about improving stability. It also includes a few small user interface updates. Noteworthy updates from the…