Comparing seed phrase metal backup solutions feature by feature
Inside the items directory, there is a JSON file for each seed backup gadget, with all the data about it. To collaborate (adding missing data, fixing wrong data or adding a new item), just fork the repository and send a pull request with the changes.
Before sending the pull request, please run the following commands to format the JSON:
cd scripts/
node json-format.js
The following is a sample of the JSON format:
{
"id": "item-id",
"name": "Item Name",
"purchasable": true,
"category-name": {
"feature-name-1": {
"value": "YES",
"flag": "positive",
"supported": true,
"texts": [
"Optional contextual text describing the feature"
],
"links": [
{
"title": "Optional contextual link referencing official documentation",
"url": "url"
}
]
},
"feature-name-2": {
"value": "Experimental",
"flag": "neutral",
"supported": true
},
"feature-name-3": {
"value": "NO",
"flag": "negative",
"supported": false
}
}
}JSON fields:
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | true | The item id. It matches with the JSON file name. |
| name | string | true | The item name. |
| category-name.feature-name-1.value | string | yes | The visible feature value. For example: "YES", "NO", "Experimental", etc |
| category-name.feature-name-1.flag | string | no | The flag of the item feature. Possible values: "positive", "neutral" or "negative" |
| category-name.feature-name-1.supported | boolean | no | If the feature is supported by the item. This is used to filter by this feature |
| category-name.feature-name-1.texts | array of strings | no | Official Texts with info about the feature |
| category-name.feature-name-1.links | array of objects | no | Official links with info about the feature |
| category-name.feature-name-1.links.title | string | yes | The title of the link |
| category-name.feature-name-1.links.url | string | yes | The url of the link |
On each pull request, the JSON files are verified to be sure they are valid and well-formatted. You can run the following command inside the scripts directory to format the JSON before sending a pull request:
node json-format.js
All the features supported:
| Category | Category Id | Feature | Feature Id |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Information | basic-information | Price | price |
| Basic Information | basic-information | Discounts | discounts |
| Basic Information | basic-information | Amazon Official Store | amazon |
| Company | company | Brand | brand |
| Company | company | Headquarters | headquarters |
| Company | company | Website | website |
| Company | company | Blog | blog |
| Company | company | X (Twitter) | |
| Company | company | Nostr | nostr |
| Company | company | YouTube | youtube |
| Payment Methods to buy the device | payment-methods | BTC On Chain | btc-on-chain |
| Payment Methods to buy the device | payment-methods | BTC Lightning | btc-lightning |
| Payment Methods to buy the device | payment-methods | Alt Coins | alt-coins |
| Payment Methods to buy the device | payment-methods | Credit/Debit Card | credit-debit-card |
| Size & Materials | size-materials | Weight | weight |
| Size & Materials | size-materials | Dimensions | dimensions |
| Size & Materials | size-materials | Materials | materials |
| Size & Materials | size-materials | Water-proof | water-proof |
| Size & Materials | size-materials | Fire-proof | fire-proof |
| Size & Materials | size-materials | Stress tests | stress-tests |
| Backup Compatibility | backup-compatibility | Output Descriptor | output-descriptor |
| Backup Compatibility | backup-compatibility | 12 Words BIP39 | bip39-12-words |
| Backup Compatibility | backup-compatibility | 24 Words BIP39 | bip39-24-words |
| Backup Compatibility | backup-compatibility | Shamir Backup SLIP39 | shamir-backup |
| Backup Compatibility | backup-compatibility | Hexadecimal Strings | hexadecimal-strings |
| Backup Compatibility | backup-compatibility | ASCII Strings | ascii-strings |
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