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wallet-of-satoshi

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Wallet of Satoshi Pty Ltd

  • Name: Wallet of Satoshi Pty Ltd
  • URL: https://www.walletofsatoshi.com/
  • Category: Bitcoin-and-Lightning wallet operator / region-gated custody company / Spark-packaging payments company
  • Tags: bitcoin-ecosystem
  • Summary: Wallet of Satoshi clears the bar for a company note because the practical control surface is not only a simple Lightning wallet exists; it is that a named operator decides which regions get custodial versus self-custody onboarding, which third-party rails sit underneath the self-custody and stablecoin paths, how support and recovery are handled, what fees and balance limits apply, and where transaction and compliance workflow live. The project note remains useful for the product shell; this note is for the legal and operating perimeter that actually chooses the custody model and packaged dependencies users inherit.
  • What it does:
    • Operates the Wallet of Satoshi iOS and Android Bitcoin-and-Lightning wallet with region-dependent custodial and self-custody modes
    • Decides whether users are onboarded into custodial service or Spark-backed self-custody based on region, and exposes in-app switching where both models are supported
    • Packages third-party rails into the wallet stack, with self-custody powered by LightSpark’s Spark network and stablecoin / swap functionality relying on Flashnet and Brale
    • Maintains the support, recovery, fee, balance-limit, transaction-history, and refund workflow around the wallet service
    • Publishes the legal, privacy, and service terms that define when Wallet of Satoshi or its providers hold keys, what data is retained, and which regulatory/privacy regime the company claims to operate under
  • Key claims:
    • The official site footer identifies the operator as Wallet of Satoshi Pty Ltd with ACN 630 329 690, which is a useful grounding signal that this is a named Australian company boundary rather than only an app brand
    • The disclosure document says onboarding assigns a custody model based on region, with custodial service prioritized where available and self-custody used otherwise; in regions supporting both, users can switch in-app
    • The disclosure says custodial accounts are wallets where Wallet of Satoshi or its designated service providers manage private keys and funds on the user’s behalf, while self-custody accounts leave key control with the user
    • The disclosure says Spark, developed by LightSpark, underpins self-custody functionality, while Flashnet facilitates USDB/Bitcoin swaps and Brale is the issuer of USDB; that makes the company note useful because the operator chooses and packages these dependencies rather than merely exposing a neutral wallet shell
    • The privacy policy says Wallet of Satoshi Pty Ltd is a provider of digital payment services covered by Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), may share information with service providers and legal authorities, and stores custodial transaction history on its secure systems
    • The disclosure also sets explicit custodial balance and transaction caps plus fee policy, reinforcing that the company boundary controls meaningful economic and operational defaults beyond the app UX
  • Whitepaper: No separate company whitepaper is the point here. The strongest primary materials for this pass were the official homepage, disclosure document, and privacy policy collected in ../whitepapers/wallet-of-satoshi-company-primary-sources-2026-08-07.md.
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Protocol / company boundary

  • Keep wallet-of-satoshi focused on the user-facing product shell: simple Lightning payments, the Spark-wrapped self-custody path, merchant receive tooling, and the practical wallet-mode comparison.
  • Keep this note focused on Wallet of Satoshi Pty Ltd as the named operator that decides regional custody availability, manages custodial keys and history where offered, chooses third-party self-custody and stablecoin dependencies, and defines the support / compliance / privacy perimeter around the service.
  • That split matters because what does the wallet app feel like? and which company controls the custody mode, packaged rails, and legal operating shell? are related but not identical questions.

Control surface

  • Practical leverage sits in regional custody gating, in-app mode switching, fee and balance-limit policy, support and refund workflow, transaction-history retention, and the choice to package Spark, Flashnet, and Brale inside the default user path.

  • Even where the product now offers self-custody, the company still shapes which third-party rails feel native, what jurisdictions see which mode first, and how much user activity remains visible to the operator or its providers.

  • Read Wallet of Satoshi Pty Ltd as the named custody-and-payments operating shell around the wallet, not as a neutral Lightning primitive.

  • Last reviewed: 2026-08-07 UTC

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