Like me, you're probably more comfortable on a CLI. Here's a quick way to use docker to set up a Bitcoin Wallet and trade Bitcoin for free on Testnet with Electrum. You can use the same tools to manage your real Bitcoin wallet too.

Setup

Make sure you have Docker for your OS ( Mac, Windows, Linux)

Run the electrum-cli docker image

Electrum is a python-based Docker wallet with a both a gui and good cli. I've put together electrum-cli, a lightweight Alpine-linux Docker image with Electrum signed and installed with jq.

docker run -it tonymet/electrum-cli

Create a wallet

First …

I was chatting with a buddy who was moving his web sites from dedicated hosting to AWS. Let's just say the FTUE isn't great. That triggered a quick brain-dump of what you should do when you first get started with AWS.

• understand pets v cattle. In aws all resources should be "cattle", not pets. Periodically terminate instances to test this.
• activate cloudtrail (in all regions). Use Loggly to index cloudtrail (free or ~$20/mo)
• create restricted IAM users. Never use your root acct. Activate MFA.
• Use IAM ec2-instance roles instead of stored credentials whenever possible.
• Get familiar with IAM management …