# 5 Essential Apps I use everyday *With real-world examples* By [Nahiko's Bookmarks](https://paragraph.com/@nahiko) Β· 2024-09-22 --- ![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/callout/information-icon.png) Estimated read time: 2 minute 35 seconds. GM everyone ! I have tried countless apps in my web3 journey. Here's a list of my top 5 apps I use every day, from NFT accounting to my favorite Wallet ! * * * Family ------ Built by [@benjitaylor](https://x.com/benjitaylor) and acquired by [@avara](https://x.com/avara) (aave + lens) [@Family](https://x.com/family) is the best mobile wallet. That's it. The UX is amazing, everything is easy to understand, easy to do, and oh so beautiful. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8c55b91d7f195581306a43118c76f965.gif) Look at how fluid it is 😍 It's also packed with very interesting features (goodbye metamask) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4bee4e1591404aa2708841a0bd740a6b.png)](https://twitter.com/family) [Family](https://twitter.com/family) [@family](https://twitter.com/family) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/family/status/1768379809292530090) Messaging has arrived in Family! Engage in end-to-end encrypted chats with any wallet address, powered by [@xmtp\_](https://twitter.com/xmtp_) . Send text, voice, images, and video messages. Save media, customize your chats, and easily send transactions directly within conversations. ![πŸ’¬](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4ac.png) ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1768379596423286784/pu/img/TZjzd0mQNPEFj1dV.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 466](https://twitter.com/family/status/1768379809292530090)[ 21:52 β€’ 14 Mar 2024 ](https://twitter.com/family/status/1768379809292530090) ![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/callout/tip-icon.png) Why I love Family: It's packed with great features and amazing UX. Simple, just works flawlessly. Metabase -------- I've already mentioned in a few posts that I use [@metabase](https://x.com/metabase) to visualize all the data I have (collectors, sales, churn, taxes, etc.) But I've never said why: * **Data is invaluable**, _ex: How can collectors bid on your work if they're sleeping while the auction ends ? Wouldn't happen if you knew the timezones your main collector base is in._ * **OWN your Data**. Data is 21st Century's gold. Keep your gold at home. _ex: Metabase (and NocoDB) can help you store data (it's like a big Excel file, but better, and allows easy visualization)_ Here's how I use Metabase to track my revenue from sale to bank (makes audits so much easier btw): ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/cdd3a9564cc73009701d84287338bfe0.png) ![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/callout/tip-icon.png) Why I love Metabase: It can be self-hosted (no internet needed) and makes it easy to graph your data Arkham ------ So, where does this Metabase data come from? I tried many websites to get data, and [Arkham](https://x.com/ArkhamIntel) has the best data in my opinion: * It's spam-free (can be filtered) * It has metadata attached (like the wallet's Opensea/Twitter username) * It has only "financial" transactions, meaning it's perfect for accounting (no contract deployments etc.) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ad3ffbbe199460a4a9d44b57cb8ca711.gif) How I use Arkham to retrieve transaction data ![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/callout/tip-icon.png) Why I love Arkham: handles spam filtering for you, and keeps only financial transactions. AI based tagging of wallets is very cool too. (They also have an API for easy bulk downloads) Ardrive ------- [Ardrive](https://x.com/ardriveapp) (and its competitor [Akord](https://x.com/AkordApp)), is the best tool for artists to put their art on arweave (or even update existing NFTs _wink wink_ KnownOrigin) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8c2209bdcb87ba7387983b31fe3ba1b3.gif) 404 on the transaction took 2 minutes to resolve, but the rest was really fast ! ![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/callout/tip-icon.png) Why I love Ardrive: It's basically Google Drive for Arweave. Easy to use, cheap, relatively fast ! Bitwarden --------- Don't lie to me. I know you store your seed phrase inside a .txt on your desktop. Today this ends. Today you download [Bitwarden](https://x.com/Bitwarden) (or [Vaultwarden](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden) if you want to self-host it like me) and store your seed phrase there _(or even better you buy a Hardware Wallet)_ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/cb1491d45833660f9d762f2ee55f1f66.png) Don't store your private keys/seedphrase in unencrypted files anymore. Please. ![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/callout/tip-icon.png) Why I love Bitwarden: It has every password manager feature you might need, it's open-source and self-hostable (via Vaultwarden). Do I need to say more ? * * * **_The following part of the newsletter is exclusively for subscribers, they get to see the tweets I bookmarked this week !_** Exceptionally this week, everyone has access to my bookmarks ! πŸ˜‹ [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e3aa287241b465aa569cc0593a6e4f8f.jpg)](https://twitter.com/eli_schein) [Eli Scheinman](https://twitter.com/eli_schein) [@eli\_schein](https://twitter.com/eli_schein) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/eli_schein/status/1835765411675054519) No one will believe this has artistic merit if we keep displaying work like this: ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/15883bd63d719cad0b4a3253a90344db.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 286](https://twitter.com/eli_schein/status/1835765411675054519)[ 21:39 β€’ 16 Sept 2024 ](https://twitter.com/eli_schein/status/1835765411675054519) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/af1931fa2a5af05c4c80c9268c8a0969.png)](https://twitter.com/BrendanEich) [BrendanEich](https://twitter.com/BrendanEich) [@BrendanEich](https://twitter.com/BrendanEich) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1836979362647990322) Wow. I knew someone who was there, but who left for OpenAI. [kibty.town/blog/arc/](https://t.co/Q40JWymPbl) (orange site link: [news.ycombinator.com/item?id=415972…](https://t.co/Xysi32dvU4)), read till the very end. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c954c9202293c1e6f84a552a80ccae65.jpg) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/43cfe1e314d8d437dc2b67b301100d53.png)](https://twitter.com/AnnoyingComma) [Annoying Comma Etc,.](https://twitter.com/AnnoyingComma) [@AnnoyingComma](https://twitter.com/AnnoyingComma) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/AnnoyingComma/status/1836973665906291014) You seen this vuln. in Arc browser: [news.ycombinator.com/item?id=415972…](https://t.co/EFQHAZYoco) . Reveals a lot about their seriousness. [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 37](https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1836979362647990322)[ 6:03 β€’ 20 Sept 2024 ](https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1836979362647990322) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d6fc8a38d70609081f540ec90144eb08.jpg)](https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_) [𝕭𝖏ø𝖗𝖓 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖆𝖑](https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_) [@\_nonfigurativ\_](https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/1835563022401569151) ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1835562913924366336/img/0F0nCOr8qvkpf8Dz.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 304](https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/1835563022401569151)[ 8:15 β€’ 16 Sept 2024 ](https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/1835563022401569151) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4a863e86543cd15e107299465ba60f8f.jpg)](https://twitter.com/0xjustadev) [0xjustadev.eth (⛽️,πŸ“‰)](https://twitter.com/0xjustadev) [@0xjustadev](https://twitter.com/0xjustadev) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/0xjustadev/status/1833973930043822455) Wei required for counter claim: 1000000100000 Wei supplied with counter claim: 1000000000000 You were 0.0000000000001E off on your counter claim so it never flipped claim winner to counter. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6b07c04722b0b76cda3247adc07d8c64.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 280](https://twitter.com/0xjustadev/status/1833973930043822455)[ 23:00 β€’ 11 Sept 2024 ](https://twitter.com/0xjustadev/status/1833973930043822455) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3bdc94d5f9f9470e10ae885c72cc1f6b.jpg)](https://twitter.com/figure31_) [Loucas Braconnier](https://twitter.com/figure31_) [@figure31\_](https://twitter.com/figure31_) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/figure31_/status/1835766756012704003) Print bigger ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0af9b5f9ccbe123e2ba6ad45242a6aae.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 33](https://twitter.com/figure31_/status/1835766756012704003)[ 21:44 β€’ 16 Sept 2024 ](https://twitter.com/figure31_/status/1835766756012704003) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/518d1a883e637d25a0eef80927c7ed58.jpg)](https://twitter.com/marka_eth) [marka](https://twitter.com/marka_eth) [@marka\_eth](https://twitter.com/marka_eth) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/marka_eth/status/1836235382721253467) the history of art is happening right now, right here people have called yigit's piece just another copy/derivative others will look at this "scratch" and go wtf but those paying attention now, and undoubtedly future art lovers, see the marvel that is happening here inspiring [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ef1860950d1390a3e0efcf327a81a31b.jpg)](https://twitter.com/takenstheorem) [Takens Theorem](https://twitter.com/takenstheorem) [@takenstheorem](https://twitter.com/takenstheorem) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1836226105021267999) How'd I scratch [@YigitDuman](https://twitter.com/YigitDuman)’s "Rothko on Pennies"? Some notes ![🧡](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9f5.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/55c4abfcdf474d833dbbff7ddeb77d11.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 93](https://twitter.com/marka_eth/status/1836235382721253467)[ 4:46 β€’ 18 Sept 2024 ](https://twitter.com/marka_eth/status/1836235382721253467) * * * Well I sure hope you enjoyed this issue and the peak into my personal toolbox ! Any tools you think should be in this list ? Drop a comment/response ! 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