This application is a simple desktop Bitcoin wallet that has the following features:
- Simplified payment verification, so it syncs directly from the peer to peer network.
- It's a BIP 32 hierarchical deterministic wallet.
- Supports backup/restore from 12 "wallet words" in the standard fashion as seen in Hive, BreadWallet, etc.
- Password encryption (scrypt)
- Cross platform JavaFX app that can be bundled into native Mac/Win/Linux packages
- Twitter Bootstrap style theming, some nice animations
- QR codes
- Bundled Tor client
- Can run on main network, testnet, local regtest mode etc.
It is not designed to be used directly. Instead it's meant to be forked by developers and used as a base for the development of real wallets. A great use case is to build contract based apps. It's been used as the foundation of:
- Lighthouse, a crowdfunding wallet
- Bitcoin Authenticator, a wallet that supports two-factor auth
- BitSquare, a decentralised Bitcoin exchange
- ... and more
