A privacy-first macOS dashboard for Bitcoin Core, watch-only wallets, mempool activity and Bitaxe mining.
Balance, node health, mempool and mining — one calm view of everything you run.
You run a node because you don't outsource verification. Your monitoring shouldn't outsource it either. Bitcoin Core Monitor reads directly from the infrastructure you already trust — yours.
Every number on the dashboard comes from your own Bitcoin Core over RPC. No block explorers, no third-party indexers.
Balances, transactions and diagnostics stay on your Mac. Credentials live in the macOS Keychain — nowhere else.
Watch-only by architecture. The app imports public descriptors and can never hold a private key — there is no code path for it.
Node, ElectrumX, mempool, Bitaxe miner — the whole stack you operate, monitored from one native window.
Live status of the node you depend on.
Follow your stack without exposing it.
Know when to move — and when to wait.
Your lottery miner, on the same screen.
One click and the numbers disappear.
Realtime wallet data from your own indexer.
Bitcoin Core Monitor is built by removing capabilities, not adding them. It cannot spend, sign, or broadcast — so a compromise of the app can never become a compromise of your bitcoin.
"Bitcoin belongs on hardware wallets, not in software wallets."
That conviction shaped every line of this app. A monitoring tool should let you see your bitcoin without ever being able to touch it. Bitcoin Core Monitor watches addresses derived from the public descriptors of your signing devices — Jade, Ledger, or any descriptor-based wallet — while the keys never leave the hardware they live on. If this Mac were stolen, infected, or seized tomorrow, your bitcoin would be exactly as safe as it was yesterday.
Designed for the glance you give it every morning — and the depth you occasionally need.
No — and it can't. The app imports only public output descriptors and verifies via Bitcoin Core that every wallet has private keys disabled. If a connected wallet ever stops being watch-only, the app pauses polling and warns you.
No. There is no signing, no PSBT support, and no broadcast capability anywhere in the codebase. Spending stays where it belongs: on your hardware wallet and the software you've chosen for it.
No. There is no account, no login, no backend. The app talks to your node, your ElectrumX server and your Bitaxe — all infrastructure you control.
Yes, watch-only. You import the public descriptors or xpubs from devices like Blockstream Jade or Ledger. The app monitors the addresses; the keys never leave the device.
Yes, over your own WireGuard tunnel. The app detects the tunnel and applies a strict transport policy: RPC credentials are never sent over untrusted networks without your explicit consent.
Your Bitcoin Core node, your ElectrumX/electrs server, and optionally your Bitaxe miner. Market price data is fetched from public APIs and can be disabled entirely — your node data never touches a third party.
Yes. If your node exposes Bitcoin Core RPC and (optionally) an Electrum server, it works — locally or over your VPN.
Because pasting your addresses into someone else's website links your identity, your IP and your balance in someone else's database. Your node already knows everything an explorer does — without telling anyone.
Yes. The documentation includes a threat model listing every external call the app can make, and the diagnostics panel shows connection state in real time. Privacy Mode additionally redacts hosts and endpoints from view.
No. No exchange integrations, no candlesticks, no portfolio hype, no tokens. It's a monitoring tool for people who hold bitcoin and run infrastructure — nothing else.