Q: What is Orange Way Books? A: Orange Way Books is an open-source, zero-knowledge, double-entry accounting platform for Bitcoin businesses. Books are encrypted on your device with Argon2id + AES-GCM before being uploaded; the server stores only ciphertext. Q: How is Orange Way Books different from QuickBooks or Xero? A: QuickBooks and Xero store your books in plaintext and are not Bitcoin-native. Orange Way Books is zero-knowledge (the vendor mathematically cannot read your books) and treats sats and BTC as first-class currencies with per-transaction historical exchange-rate snapshots. Q: How is Orange Way Books different from Bitwave or Cryptio? A: Bitwave and Cryptio are crypto sub-ledgers that sync into QuickBooks or NetSuite as the general ledger. Orange Way Books is a complete double-entry GL on its own — and unlike those products, the vendor cannot read your data. Q: Is Orange Way Books free? A: Yes. Orange Way Books is free for individuals, free to self-host, and licensed under Apache-2.0. A paid team tier is on the roadmap. Q: Can Orange Way Books really not read my books? A: Correct. Your vault password derives a key on your device using Argon2id; that key encrypts every sensitive field with AES-GCM before upload. The server only ever sees ciphertext. Q: Does Orange Way Books support IFRS and US GAAP? A: Yes. Both IFRS and US GAAP frameworks are supported and can be selected per organization. Q: Can I self-host Orange Way Books? A: Yes. The entire stack is open source under Apache-2.0 and can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure.
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