Why Bitcoiners Need Merka

Bitcoin taught us the importance of eliminating trusted third parties. Yet, many Bitcoiners still rely on cloud providers or third-party services to run their nodes, manage backups, or store sensitive data. This reliance introduces unnecessary risks and compromises the very sovereignty Bitcoin promises.

Merka was built to solve exactly this problem—providing Bitcoiners with infrastructure as sovereign as Bitcoin itself.

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The Bitcoin Sovereignty Stack

Merka integrates Bitcoin infrastructure directly into your own hardware, ensuring complete autonomy and privacy:

Self-Hosted Bitcoin Node

Merka runs a robust, spam-resistant Bitcoin full node by default, ensuring you always have a reliable, private, and censorship-resistant connection to the Bitcoin network.

Local Transaction Indexing

Merka includes a local transaction indexing system, providing full visibility into your transactions without relying on external APIs or third-party explorers. Your financial privacy remains intact.

Private Mempool Explorer

Explore transactions, fees, and blocks privately and locally. No external service sees your queries or knows your interests.

Decentralized Mining Coordination

Merka provides decentralized mining templates, allowing you to coordinate mining operations privately and securely, without third-party dependencies.

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Secure by Design: Protecting Your Bitcoin Infrastructure

Merka’s security model is built specifically to protect sensitive Bitcoin infrastructure:

Immutable Operating System

Merka runs on Talos OS, an immutable, minimal operating system with no shell, no SSH, and no package managers. The attack surface is radically reduced because the tools attackers rely on simply don’t exist.

Secure Secret Management

All sensitive credentials are managed through HashiCorp Vault, providing centralized secret storage, fine-grained access control, and complete audit trails. Your Bitcoin node’s keys and credentials are never exposed in plain configuration files.

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Robust Backup and Recovery for Bitcoiners

Merka ensures your Bitcoin infrastructure is resilient and recoverable, even in catastrophic scenarios:

One-Bundle Recovery

Bitcoiners understand the importance of simple, secure backup schemes. Merka’s disaster recovery requires exactly one thing: your CRB (CosmicRocks Recovery Bundle).

The CRB contains everything—S3 endpoint, credentials, and the SSE-C encryption key. Boot a new device, paste your CRB, and your entire infrastructure restores itself.

Zero-Knowledge Backups

Your backups use SSE-C (Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys). Even the S3 storage provider cannot read your data without the key embedded in your CRB. True sovereignty over your backups.

Velero-Based Backup System

All cluster state—configurations, secrets, persistent data—is continuously backed up to S3-compatible storage. Automatic scheduling, retention policies, and integrity verification.

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Why Merka Matters for Bitcoiners

Bitcoiners understand the importance of sovereignty, privacy, and security. Merka extends these principles beyond money, applying them directly to your infrastructure:

• ✅ Fully self-hosted Bitcoin node
• ✅ Local transaction indexing and mempool exploration
• ✅ Decentralized mining coordination
• ✅ Immutable OS and secure secret management
• ✅ Deterministic, human-survivable recovery
• ✅ Zero third-party dependency

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Take Back Your Bitcoin Infrastructure

Bitcoin sovereignty doesn’t stop at holding your keys—it extends to every aspect of your digital life. Merka empowers Bitcoiners to run their infrastructure with the same uncompromising standards Bitcoin itself demands.

Merka: Infrastructure as sovereign as your Bitcoin.