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core+gui: BBQR-only QR transfer, disable Audio when modem plugin unavailable

- Drop BALQR / BC-UR v1 / v2 wire formats, keep BBQR only (animated_qr,
  qrtransfer, dialogs); remove the settings "QR Code Size" selector and
  persist the export-dialog size choice instead.
- Disable the Audio transport radio button in the import/export dialogs
  when the audio_modem plugin (or its amodem dependency) is unavailable.
- Refresh translation catalogs (bal.pot, es_ES, it_IT).

2026-10-03 13:00:23 -04:00

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Wallet Compatibility

BAL (Bitcoin After Life) builds and signs Electrum transactions using Electrum's own wallet and signing infrastructure. Its compatibility therefore depends on the wallet type in use.

Wallet type	Status	Notes
Standard wallet (single-signature, seed-based)	✅ Supported	Primary, fully tested target
Hardware wallets (Ledger, Trezor, Coldcard, BitBox02, Jade, KeepKey, etc.)	✅ Supported	Any hardware wallet supported by Electrum itself
Multisig wallets	❌ Not yet supported	Known limitation identified 2026-07-18. Support is planned for a future plugin release.
Electrum TrustedCoin (2FA) wallets	❓ Unknown / unsupported	Known limitation identified 2026-07-18. It has not yet been determined whether or when this will be addressed.

What "not supported" means in practice

For multisig and TrustedCoin (2FA) wallets, BAL's behavior has not been verified and should be considered unreliable. Do not rely on BAL to protect an inheritance set up on one of these wallet types until this document is updated to mark them as supported.

Electrum version compatibility

See README.md for supported Electrum versions (currently 4.7.2 and 4.8.0).

QR wire-format compatibility

BAL exports/imports wills as QR codes using BBQR:

Format	Wire appearance	Interop target
BBQR	`B$<enc><type><N><n>…`	Coinkite BitKit / Coldcard's BBQR animated-QR mode

Import auto-detects the format of each scanned code; out-of-order and duplicate BBQR frames are handled. Interop has not yet been cross-verified against third-party libraries (bbqr, Coldcard firmwares).

Reporting compatibility issues

If you find a compatibility problem not listed here, please open an issue on this repository describing the wallet type, Electrum version, and the exact error or unexpected behavior observed.