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BR080: Nostr Rising 03 - Relays & Scaling ft. Fiatjaf, Mike Dilger & Pablo18 Oct 202400:51:30

I'm joined by guests Fiatjaf, Mike Dilger & Pablo to discuss nostr communities.

Chapters

(00:00) – Introduction to Nostr protocol and event signing

(02:15) – Relay management and costs in Nostr ecosystem

(05:30) – Scaling concerns and misconceptions about relay overload

(09:11) – Importance of public key identity management

(12:18) – Challenges in moderation and decentralized governance

(15:40) – Defining the roles of clients and relays

(20:19) – Lightning integration for payments in Nostr

(25:00) – Need for better developer tools for relay management

(29:45) – Cross-platform interoperability between Nostr and Mastodon

(35:20) – Censorship on Mastodon and the Fediverse

(40:05) – Scalability and reliability improvements during user influxes

(44:10) – The idea of creating more experimental and niche relays

(47:25) – Vision for integrating specialized relay functionality into clients

(49:31) – Concept of Yahoo Pipes for Nostr relays data aggregation tools

(50:09) – DVMs and the evolution of decentralized systems

(51:00) – Closing remarks



Links & Contacts:

BR079: Nostr Rising 02 - Communities ft. Rabble, Alex Gleason, Hodlbod & Pablo16 Oct 202401:02:50

I'm joined by guests Rabble, Hodlbod, Alex Gleason & Pablo to discuss nostr communities.

Discussion Topics
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Nostr and its evolving landscape
- 00:01:35 – Comparison between TCP/IP and Nostr as flexible protocols
- 00:05:45 – Nostr’s decentralized development and innovation without permission
- 00:12:20 – User experience challenges in decentralized systems
- 00:18:10 – Importance of experimentation and building tools for Nostr
- 00:21:55 – Differences between digital and physical communities
- 00:25:10 – Discussion on the long tail of communities in Nostr
- 00:29:00 – How Nostr helps niche groups and the growth of communities
- 00:32:50 – Balancing decentralization and user experience
- 00:38:10 – Ham radio community’s adoption of Nostr
- 00:42:55 – Importance of building discoverable and easy-to-join communities
- 00:47:30 – Nostr as an open, super-app platform similar to early Facebook
- 00:52:00 – Final thoughts on Nostr’s role in fostering decentralized communities
- 00:57:55 – Nostr’s network effect and social graph integration
- 01:00:04 – Future potential and excitement about Nostr communities expanding
- 01:01:28 – Nostr’s organic growth and fostering more community engagement
- 01:02:07 – Closing remarks and thanks to the guests

Links & Contacts:

BR070 - Nunchuk, Bitcoin Core, Push Tx, COLDCARD, BDK, RGB, Kraken Hack, Fedimint DNS Outage, Spending Condition Verification + MORE ft. Schmidty & Rijndael26 Jun 202401:42:00

I'm joined by guests Mike Schmidt & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:10 Check out previous episode on OP_CAT
  • 00:02:42 New Hardcase for COLDCARD Q
  • 00:02:53 Coinkite looking for a Sales Rep & Social Media Specialist

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:04:18 Security researcher leveraged flaw in recent UX on Kraken
  • 00:10:08 LockBit Threatens to Leak Fed Data
  • 00:10:50 Fedimint DNS issues
  • 00:17:08 Bitcoin Core vulnerability disclosure policy discussions report
  • 00:21:32 DoS disclosure: LND Onion Bomb
  • 00:25:06 BitcoinLink critical vulnerability
  • 00:27:40 DISGOMOJI: Linux malware controlled through emojis
  • 00:28:11 Physical attack in London
  • 00:29:36 Cryptocurrency influencer and three other people kidnapped in Montreal
  • 00:30:16 Compromised address: 0.5 bitcoin lost to fees

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:31:40 COLDCARD WIP release
  • 00:43:40 bbqr-ffi
  • 00:45:31 Nunchuk
  • 00:54:30 Bitcoin Core
  • 00:57:27 BDK
  • 00:59:06 Rust Payjoin
  • 00:59:25 Umbrel
  • 00:59:28 Bisq
  • 00:59:32 WasabiWallet
  • 01:00:11 Joinstr
  • 01:01:21 Seedhammer
  • 01:03:02 Labelbase
  • 01:04:47 Blockstream Green
  • 01:05:33 Peach
  • 01:05:43 ESP-miner

Project Spotlight

  • 01:06:40 Brollups
  • 01:07:02 Stratum.work
  • 01:07:33 Satonomics
  • 01:07:45 Volt
  • 01:08:11 Mempool Research
  • 01:08:59 Moosig
  • 01:09:22 SLIP-39 Wallet "Seed" Generation & Backup

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:10:42 SimpleX
  • 01:10:45 Tails
  • 01:11:05 Tor Browser

Project Spotlight

  • 01:11:11 OpenCoordinator
  • 01:11:23 Librechat

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:11:36 Core Lightning
  • 01:11:44 LDK
  • 01:11:49 Phoenix
  • 01:11:50 Mutiny Node
  • 01:11:53 RGB
  • 01:13:07 Lightning Terminal
  • 01:13:10 Ride-The-Lightning
  • 01:13:15 minibits-wallet
  • 01:13:20 Clams Remote
  • 01:13:24 BitBanana

Project Spotlight

  • 01:13:30 Storm.pub
  • 01:13:39 Ecash by sound
  • 01:16:02 Nutmix
  • 01:16:07 DotNut

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:21:12 rust-nostr
  • 01:21:13 Primal
  • 01:21:15 Damus
  • 01:21:18 Amethyst
  • 01:21:19 Coracle
  • 01:21:20 nos.social
  • 01:21:22 Oxchat
  • 01:21:24 Voyage
  • 01:21:25 Mostro
  • 01:21:26 Citrine

Project Spotlight

  • 01:21:29 Notedeck
  • 01:21:37 Keypub
  • 01:23:00 Relay Runner
  • 01:23:04 Nostr Pay

Boosts

  • 01:23:56 Shoutout to top boosters @vake, @pippellia, @wotsit, @apemithrandir, @bencoin & @zdoxed

Audience Questions

  • 01:25:34 "When we have covenants, is the address type different depending on the spending conditions?"

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:30:44 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 01:33:46 Grokking Bitcoin is now open-source

• Protocol

  • 01:33:52 Bitcoin Core #29325

• Lightning

  • 01:34:00 Multicoin app Cake Wallet to integrate Lightning payments

• Business & Finance

  • 01:34:09 Blink Wallet Vouchers
  • 01:34:13 RobinHood to acquire Bitstamp

• Funding

  • 01:34:38 Open Cash Association
  • 01:34:42 OpenSats announces support for Calle
  • 01:34:48 Brink's grant committee welcomes Cory Fields
  • 01:34:55 Invincible Privacy Group

• Mining

  • 01:36:36 Wilson Mining announced the opening of its own FPPS
  • 01:36:43 Foundry Hardware
  • 01:36:48 Bitdeer to acquire Desiweminer
  • 01:37:02 Bitmain announces Antminer S21 XP Hydro
  • 01:37:15 Marathon Digital Holdings launches 2-megawatt project in Finland

• Privacy

  • 01:37:22 Proton transitions to non-profit
  • 01:37:26 Nigerian financial institutions to request customers social media handles as part of KYC

• Government & Political

  • 01:37:34 Vote postponed for EU regulation Chat Control 2.0

• Events

  • 01:37:42 Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town

Reads

• 01:37:51 Top recently published reads:

  • The emerging Bitcoin modular ecosystem by Alex Bergeron
  • Cashu: a vision for a Bitcoin powered ecash ecosystem by Shinobi
  • Mircea Popescu and MPex by Beautyon

Links & Contacts

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-70

BR069 - Cat is out of the bag? OP_CAT ft. NVK, Andrew Poelstra, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael21 Jun 202402:25:25

I'm joined by guests Andrew Poelstra, Rob Hamilton, and Rijndael to discuss OP_CAT.

Discussion Topics

  • 00:00:50 Guest introductions
  • 00:01:13 Overview of OP_CAT
  • 00:02:47 History of OP_CAT
  • 00:08:48 Technical explanation of OP_CAT
  • 01:00:31 Issues with existing complexity
  • 01:02:05 OP_CAT versatility and product market fit
  • 01:06:07 Complexity of interactive protocols
  • 01:10:05 Analogies, historical challenges and solutions
  • 01:19:27 Risks and safe engineering of OP_CAT
  • 01:24:03 Bitcoin economics and technicals vs Ethereum
  • 01:38:39 Drivechain history, economic incentives and attacks
  • 01:51:59 What you can do with OP_CAT
  • 02:00:59 Script restoration
  • 2:09:40 Activation strategies
  • 02:23:00 Closing remarks

Links & Contacts

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-69

BR068 - Casa, Harbor, Wasabi, NFC Push Tx, Wrench Attacks, BBQr + MORE ft. Lopp, Paul, Rob & Ben06 Jun 202401:53:08

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton, Ben Carman, Future Paul, and Jameson Lopp to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:01 Coinkite is looking for a Production Manager
  • 00:01:39 BBQr reminder

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:04:53 Flaw in password manager RoboForm
  • 00:08:24 Japanese exchange DMM hacked
  • 00:11:34 GitHub warns of SAML auth bypass flaw
  • 00:16:35 Whatsapp vulnerable to traffic analysis
  • 00:17:21 Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems
  • 00:18:12 Lopp's list of known physical bitcoin attacks

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:41:36 Casa wallet descriptors
  • 00:51:47 BTCPay Server
  • 00:51:52 Specter
  • 00:53:07 Electrum
  • 00:53:35 Nunchuk Desktop
  • 00:58:24 Bitcoin Keeper
  • 00:58:32 Green QT
  • 00:58:42 Bisq2
  • 00:58:45 Wasabi Wallet
  • 1:01:24 Labelbase
  • 1:03:39 ESP-miner

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:03:45 Satsie Zines
  • 1:06:28 NFC Push Tx
  • 1:10:44 Meshtastic BitcoinCore Bridge
  • 1:14:30 Ginger Wallet
  • 1:15:11 cargo-checkct

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:15:23 SimpleX

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:15:50 Pushtx
  • 1:16:15 lofextra

Lightning

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:17:27 Mutiny node

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:17:27 Harbor

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:25:17 Primal iOS

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:26:00 SIGit
  • 1:27:14 git-remote-nostr
  • 1:27:35 Corny Chat
  • 1:28:11 Tidal Nostr Login

News & Noteworthy

• Business & Finance

  • 1:32:22 HodlHodl blocks access to Lend

• Funding

  • 1:33:16 Peer-to-Peer Rights Fund Launched
  • 1:33:28 Unchained and the University of Austin launch first long-term endowment fund held in bitcoin
  • 1:33:35 Human Rights Foundation bounties
  • 1:33:40 Spiral supports newest grantee Sean Giligan in building ValidiTEE
  • 1:33:45 Bitcoin Design Foundation grants support to two more contributors

• Mining

  • 1:34:05 Concept for solderless ASIC chip modules

Links & Contacts

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-68

BR067 - Primal, Spectre, Boardwalk Cash, Silent Payments, ecash regulatory risks, nostr bootstrapping + MORE ft. Fiatjaf, Miljan & Odell23 May 202401:57:00

I'm joined by guests Fiatjaf, Miljan, & Odell to go through the list.


Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:02:34 Ebury
  • 00:03:55 Zero-day in D-Link router
  • 00:05:07 LLMjacking
  • 00:10:43 Bluetooth as a border surveillance technology
  • 00:31:38 Google patches Chrome vulnerability

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:33:28 Sparrow Wallet
  • 00:35:11 electrs
  • 00:35:24 Specter Desktop
  • 00:38:54 BlueWallet
  • 00:39:12 Blockstream
  • 00:39:52 Robosats
  • 00:39:59 BoltzExchange
  • 00:40:13 Wasabi Wallet
  • 00:44:32 Stack Wallet
  • 00:44:40 GroupHug

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:47:13 Penlock
  • 00:47:33 utreexod
  • 00:47:51 Meshtastic BitcoinCore Bridge
  • 00:48:39 silentpayments.xyz
  • 00:49:02 blindbitd
  • 00:49:10 Silentium
  • 00:51:50 BlueWallet Silent Payments
  • 00:51:53 BitEscrow Developer Playground
  • 00:51:58 BitVMX

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:55:07 Unleashed.Chat
  • 00:58:28 SimpleX

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:58:52 OpenXrypt

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:01:58 Mutiny
  • 1:02:02 LDK
  • 1:02:11 scaling-lightning
  • 1:02:16 Phoenixd
  • 1:02:20 Breez SDK
  • 1:02:24 minibits-wallet
  • 1:02:44 Bull Bitcoin bullbitcoin-mobile
  • 1:04:01 nutstash-wallet
  • 1:04:02 Fedimint
  • 1:04:06 Aqua Wallet
  • 1:04:11 LNp2p Bot

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:04:18 Cashu.Me
  • 1:04:34 Alby releases AdBlockPlus and uBlock
  • 1:07:36 Prism introduces Boardwalk Cash

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:20:45 Primal android-app

Boosts

  • 1:46:45 Shoutout to top boosters: @garykrause_, @vake, @dubravko, @pippellia, @marinaspin, & @righthandson

Tech Tip of the Day

  • 1:48:28 How to turn on Advanced Data Protection for iCloud

Links & Contacts

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-67

BR066 - Mutiny, Secp256k1, Sparrow, COLDCARD, Microstrategy DIDs, NIP-104, FOSS Dev Funding, Mining Centralisation + MORE ft. Steve Lee, Future Paul, Odell & Rijndael08 May 202402:21:22

I'm joined by guests Steve Lee, Future Paul, Odell, & Rijndael to go through the list.


Housekeeping

  • 00:02:49 Coinkite needs a technical writer

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:32:32 SATAn
  • 00:35:45 Mullvad
  • 00:37:28 Federal officials warn of CISA exploitation
  • 00:43:23 Coordinated attacks on Docker Hub via malicious repositories
  • 00:44:11 Cuckoo
  • 1:37:15 Critics fear Signal may be compromised after Katherine Maher appointment

Quick fire discussion topics

  • 00:16:16 Ossification
  • 00:18:39 Dev funding

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:48:24 Sparrow Wallet
  • 00:50:04 COLDCARD
  • 00:52:16 Secp256k1
  • 00:57:51 Umbrel
  • 00:58:10 Blockstream Green
  • 00:58:23 BlueWallet
  • 00:58:34 Nunchuk
  • 1:03:58 Theya Inc. Bitcoin wallet
  • 1:06:46 10101
  • 1:06:52 BTCmap-android
  • 1:07:10 Braiins Toolbox

Project Spotlight

  • 1:07:18 BBQr-rust
  • 1:08:40 Awning
  • 1:09:47 GroupHug
  • 1:09:54 Hodlboard

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:10:25 Unleashed.Chat

Project Spotlight

  • 1:10:40 Emessbee

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:20:24 LND
  • 1:20:47 Mutiny Node
  • 1:33:39 Breez SDK
  • 1:33:46 Blockstream Green iOS
  • 1:34:29 BoltzExchange boltz-backend
  • 1:35:35 SwissBitcoinPay
  • 1:35:39 LNp2p Bot
  • 1:35:45 Geyser

Project Spotlight

  • 1:36:10 clArk
  • 1:36:28 Helm Wallet

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:40:16 Primal
  • 1:42:50 nos2x
  • 1:43:32 Mostro

Project Spotlight

  • 1:43:46 Iris Docs
  • 1:43:53 ROASTr
  • 1:44:09 Magstr
  • 1:44:28 NostrDVM
  • 1:44:49 NosDrive

Boosts

  • 1:53:22 Shoutout to top boosters: @apemithrandir, @loke, @jcdenton, @vake, @2ndbreakfast, @bendthefed & @tmakerman

Tech Tip of the Day

  • 1:54:58 ASCIImoji

News & Noteworthy

• Lightning

  • 1:55:38 Ocean launches Lightning payouts

• Nostr

  • 1:56:40 NIP-104
  • 2:00:50 LightningTipBot and ln.tips are retiring

• Funding

  • 2:06:27 OpenSats receives an additional donation of $21M
  • 2:09:21 OpenSats grants long-term support for Shashwat Vangani
  • 2:09:29 Spiral grant renewals


Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-66

BR065 - Samurai Arrests, New BIP Editors, Block Template Centralisation, CATVM, Juice Jacking Attack, OpenJS takeover attempt, BadUSB vulnerability, FixedFloat exploit, + MORE ft. Rob, Ben & Rijndael26 Apr 202402:01:35

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton, Ben Carman, & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:16 Q shipping updates
  • 00:02:29 OpenSats receives $1M donation
  • 00:02:57 BIP Editors
  • 00:12:33 CAT, txhash given BIP number
  • 00:12:01 We have an amazing newsletter

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:13:33 Juice jacking attack Mobile Hacker
  • 00:15:32 BadUSB vulnerability Hackaday
  • 00:17:57 FixedFloat announces another exploit
  • 00:21:49 GitHub comments abused to push malware
  • 00:23:01 Apple issues notifications to iPhone users
  • 00:23:35 Braiins warns user not to update stock firmware
  • 00:24:59 CiberInteligenciaSV publishes Chivo wallet ATM code
  • 00:25:26 T-Mobile employees targeted by SIM swap scheme
  • 00:25:58 Looking at the Merkle branches
  • 00:33:52 Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:56:47 CATVM

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:13:01 Bitcoin Core
  • 1:15:40 Sparrow Wallet
  • 1:26:15 BDK
  • 1:28:01 Umbrel
  • 1:28:34 Raspiblitz
  • 1:29:09 Bisq2
  • 1:29:12 Ledger app-bitcoin-new
  • 1:30:27 COLDCARD Q and Mk4 codebases merged
  • 1:31:51 Labelbase
  • 1:32:15 Blue Wallet
  • 1:32:42 Bitcoin Keeper
  • 1:32:54 Wasabi Wallet
  • 1:33:18 10101
  • 1:33:26 AgoraDesk
  • 1:33:31 SwissBitcoinPay
  • 1:33:38 Plebwork
  • 1:33:40 Bull Bitcoin Fee Multiple
  • 1:33:51 Kraken Wallet

Project Spotlight

  • 1:34:23 Safety Net by Wizard Sardines
  • 1:37:54 Sentrum
  • 1:38:04 zkCoins
  • 1:38:11 Basio by ismyhc
  • 1:38:24 TxPusher
  • 1:38:37 Satoshi7B
  • 1:39:44 SafeMiner

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:39:55 SimpleX

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:40:03 Mutiny Node
  • 1:41:03 Mutiny StartOS
  • 1:41:51 Phoenix
  • 1:42:06 Nutshell
  • 1:42:13 Zeus
  • 1:42:40 Alby js-sdk
  • 1:42:44 Aqua Wallet
  • 1:42:47 eNuts
  • 1:43:00 Fountain
  • 1:43:04 BoltzExchange
  • 1:43:10 Loop

Project Spotlight

  • 1:43:17 lnaddrd
  • 1:43:22 Fewsats
  • 1:43:26 pyl402
  • 1:45:00 Constellation

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:45:39 NDK
  • 1:45:43 rust-nostr
  • 1:45:46 Primal
  • 1:47:34 Damus
  • 1:47:40 Amethyst
  • 1:47:41 Nostur &
  • 1:47:44 nos.social
  • 1:47:46 Gossip
  • 1:47:47 linktr-nostr
  • 1:47:48 Mostro

Project Spotlight

  • 1:47:56 Blossom

Boosts

  • 1:51:21 Shoutout to top boosters: @vake, @qxotk, @jcdenton, @dubravko, @cantillionaire & @michaelmatulef

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 1:52:57 Nunchuk
  • 1:53:31 LND node
  • 1:53:36 MiPrimerBitcoin launches 2024 edition of their education program
  • 1:53:42 Craig Wright Discontinues Tulip Trading Case

• Lightning

  • 1:54:02 Zaprite introduces the Mutiny connection
  • 1:54:05 Voltage integrates Mutinynet
  • 1:54:36 Braiins introduces Lightning payouts
  • 1:54:43 Blockstream launches Liquid Wallet Kit

• Funding

  • 1:55:09 OpenSats grants long-term support to three nostr developers
  • 1:55:22 The Human Rights Foundation establishes the Finney Freedom Prize
  • 1:55:26 Neutronpay secures $1.5 million in funding

• Mining

  • 1:55:34 Ocean announces the whitepaper of their TIDES payout system

• Government & Political

  • 1:58:00 FBI probed Atlanta 2022 CoreDev event

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-65

BR064 - xz Utils Backdoor, LoLRa, Mutiny, HWI, COLDCARD Q, Krux, Labelbase, BitVM Bridge Risks, BIP editors discussion, Coinbase X Lightspark + MORE ft. Alex B, Harry, Paul & Craig10 Apr 202402:19:41

I'm joined by guests Alex B, Harry Sudock, Future Paul, and Craig Raw to go through the list.


Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:01:02 xz utils backdoor
  • 00:17:35 LoLRa project
  • 00:42:13 Nunchuk
  • 00:25:53 BitVM Bridges Considered Unsafe
  • 00:43:06 Breez under DDoS attack

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:45:53 Bitcoin Core
  • 00:46:27 Coldcard Q
  • 00:52:39 HWI
  • 00:55:59 BDK
  • 00:56:17 Nunchuk-desktop
  • 00:56:35 Nunchuk-android
  • 00:56:49 Liana
  • 00:57:21 Krux
  • 00:59:29 Blockstream Green
  • 00:59:44 Blue Wallet
  • 00:59:56 Brainbow
  • 01:00:07 Bitcoin Keeper
  • 01:00:18 Bisq
  • 01:00:21 Citadel
  • 01:00:25 Labelbase

Side Discussion

  • 1:02:27 SimpleX versus nostr
  • 1:06:20 Mutiny integration with nostr
  • 1:14:15 Social contracts and Duty of care
  • 1:16:35 Importance of money and economic responsibility
  • 1:17:04 Fair versus unfair distribution

• Software Releases & Project Updates (Cont.)

  • 1:20:43 Boltz-web-app
  • 1:20:53 AgoraDesk

Project Spotlight

  • 1:21:02 Wizard Sardines' Antoine Poinsot
  • 1:22:34 Cypher.Space
  • 1:22:42 Spend-sats

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:22:46 Unleashed.chat

Project Spotlight

  • 1:23:05 Hushline

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:23:34 CLN
  • 1:23:47 Phoenixd
  • 1:23:52 Breez SDK
  • 1:23:54 Mutiny Node
  • 1:35:49 Fedimint
  • 1:36:38 Zeus

Project Spotlight

  • 1:37:06 LNCast

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:38:51 NDK
  • 1:39:21 Primal
  • 1:39:39 Amethyst
  • 1:41:20 Mostro

Project Spotlight

  • 1:41:29 NostrSync
  • 1:41:37 Nostr Signer
  • 1:41:41 X to Nostr

Side Discussion

  • 1:42:24 Infighting and toxicity
  • 1:52:09 Bitcoin politics
  • 1:54:23 Incentives and game theory

Boosts

  • 1:58:10 Shoutout to top boosters: @qxotk, @dubravko, @conorchepenik, @benthefed, @TheWildHustle, @plebhodl, @zdoxed, @undefined & @monk_cactus

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 2:05:54 Bitcoin script and BitVM development
  • 2:05:55 HRF launches Bitcoin integration webinar
  • 2:06:00 Umbrel has approved and integrated
  • 2:06:07 Google starts indexing Bitcoin data

• Lightning

  • 2:06:25 Coinbase Selects Lightspark for Lightning
  • 2:06:29 Amboss launches

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-64

BR063 - Mutiny, NDK, Phoenixd, Alby, Cashu multinuteral payments, Casa Inheritance, Unchained, GoFetch & ViaBTC Vulnerabilities + MORE ft. Rob, Ben & Pablo29 Mar 202401:31:35

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton, Ben Carman, & Pablo to go through the list.

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:01:27 GoFetch
  • 00:04:38 Vulnerability discovered in ViaBTC's SPV mining code
  • 00:06:07 SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacks

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:07:31 Electrs
  • 00:07:37 BDK
  • 00:07:48 UmbrelOS
  • 00:08:03 Nunchuk-android
  • 00:08:09 Agora Desktop
  • 00:08:14 RoboSats
  • 00:08:19 Rust Payjoin
  • 00:08:26 ESP Miner
  • 00:09:22 Labelbase
  • 00:10:15 Brainbow
  • 00:10:28 BTC Pay Server
  • 00:11:10 Blockstream Jade firmware
  • 00:11:26 Blockstream Green
  • 00:11:36 Trezor
  • 00:11:56 Ledger app-bitcoin-new
  • 00:13:32 Casa Inheritance
  • 00:21:28 Unchained iOS app
  • 00:23:58 The Bitcoin Company remittance API

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:24:19 Teleport transactions
  • 00:24:40 dead-man-switch
  • 00:24:59 BitCan
  • 00:26:41 Bitcoin-qr
  • 00:27:40 Speed Wallet
  • 00:27:52 MicroBolt

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:30:13 Unleashed.chat
  • 00:32:01 SimpleX

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:32:43 Mynymbox

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:32:55 Mutiny Node
  • 00:41:30 Acinq releases Phoenixd
  • 00:43:04 Alby lightning-browser-extension
  • 00:46:27 Nutshell
  • 00:46:34 10101

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:46:41 Multinuteral payments
  • 00:48:20 NLightning
  • 00:48:47 Hedgehog by Super Testnet
  • 00:49:19 Boltz client
  • 00:49:25 sats4ai
  • 00:50:23 PayPerQ
  • 00:51:33 L2.watch

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:56:12 NDK
  • 00:57:48 Highlighter
  • 1:01:08 primal-web-app
  • 1:01:20 rust-nostr
  • 1:01:24 Nos.social
  • 1:01:28 Coracle
  • 1:01:31 0xChat

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:03:26 Citrine

Boosts

  • 1:04:52 Shoutout to top boosters: @jcdenton, @zdoxed, @geneeverett & @satori.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 1:07:55 BIP324 proxy for light clients

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 1:08:03 BitGo introduces replace by fee

• Lightning

  • 1:10:23 Musqet

• Nostr

  • 1:10:30 Nostr.org
  • 1:10:37 Damus Purple

• Business & Finance

  • 1:10:41 MicroStrategy Surpasses 1% of Total Bitcoin Supply

• Funding

  • 1:11:15 HRF grants $500'000 to 14 projects worldwide
  • 1:11:18 OpenSats announces newest grantee Bruno Garcia

• Mining

  • 1:11:28 Stratum
  • 1:11:40 Marathon Digital Holdings Releases Industry-Leading Bitcoin Mining Firmware and Control Board

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-63

BR062 - Sparrow, Mutiny, COLDCARD Q, Bisq, Krux, OP_CAT Vault Prototype + MORE ft. Paul, Craig & Rijndael15 Mar 202402:26:40

I'm joined by guests Future Paul, Craig Raw, & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:03:42 Signal usernames launched
  • 00:04:12 COLDCARD Q is now shipping

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:05:16 "AJ Towns censoring on Delving Bitcoin to cover Bitcoin Core backdoors?
  • 00:13:43 LNbits Demo Server to Disable Cashu Extension

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:21:09 Sparrow Wallet
  • 00:36:28 ColdCard Q
  • 00:50:57 BDK
  • 00:51:22 Krux
  • 00:58:11 Electrum
  • 00:58:24 Blue Wallet
  • 00:59:30 Bitcoin Keeper
  • 00:59:34 Joinmarket Clientserver
  • 01:00:36 Boltz Web App
  • 01:01:11 Jam
  • 01:01:21 Bisq
  • 01:07:37 Nunchuk
  • 01:07:44 Agora Desktop
  • 01:07:47 Bitcoin Tribe
  • 01:07:49 Nix-Bitcoin
  • 01:07:53 10101
  • 01:08:02 ESP Miner
  • 01:08:22 Orange Clock
  • 01:08:29 Citadel
  • 01:08:32 Wasabi Wallet
  • 01:08:58 Blockstream Green QT
  • 01:09:13 Trezor

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:11:03 Hack0
  • 01:12:08 Bitcoin Fees
  • 01:12:15 Workit
  • 01:12:37 Branta

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:19:35 Unleashed.chat
  • 01:20:14 Simplex Chat

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:20:36 Phoenix
  • 01:21:05 Zeus
  • 01:21:19 CLN
  • 01:21:26 Eclair
  • 01:22:01 Fedimint
  • 01:22:07 eNuts
  • 01:22:26 Mutiny Wallet
  • 01:33:09 Mutiny Node
  • 01:33:28 lnbits
  • 01:33:31 Fountain
  • 01:33:37 BitBanana
  • 01:33:41 Validated Lightning Signer
  • 01:35:47 LNp2p Bot
  • 01:35:50 Alby js-sdk
  • 01:35:59 Polar
  • 01:36:02 Aqua Wallet

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:36:06 Slice
  • 01:36:16 sats.mobi
  • 01:36:22 cln-lightning-liquidity
  • 01:36:37 CYPHER

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:36:47 Primal
  • 01:37:49 Coracle
  • 01:38:02 Amethyst
  • 01:38:14 Nostr Nests
  • 01:38:21 Nos.social
  • 01:38:25 Mostro
  • 01:38:28 Plebeian Market

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:39:20 Chesstr
  • 01:39:28 cascdr
  • 01:39:37 Wikifreedia
  • 01:41:37 Satcom
  • 01:41:48 Noogle

Boosts

  • 01:42:33 Shoutout to top boosters: @mix, @qxotk, @dubravko, @bendthefed, @tym, @plebhodl & @piez.


Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-62

BR061 - eNuts, COLDCARD Q, SimpleX, Nutshell, Minibits, npub.cash, NDK, Primal, Nsec.app +MORE ft. Calle, Pablo & Ben21 Feb 202401:37:28

I'm joined by guests Calle, Pablo & Ben Carman to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:56 New BitcoinTreasuries distribution chart
  • 00:02:07 Unleashed.chat
  • 00:05:15 BBQr.org/PSBT adding PSBT maker
  • 00:08:28 eNuts

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:17:51 Linux being secure is a common misconception
  • 00:19:50 Public disclosure of a block stalling bug in Bitcoin Core affecting LN

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:20:35 COLDCARD Q
  • 00:22:40 Libwally-core
  • 00:22:54 Nunchuk Android
  • 00:23:19 BlueWallet
  • 00:25:18 Agoradesk
  • 00:25:28 Zaprite
  • 00:25:42 Blockstream Green
  • 00:26:17 BTC Map Android
  • 00:26:22 Umbrel OS

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:27:55 BitScript
  • 00:28:48 Avalon Nano 3
  • 00:28:58 Flash

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:31:13 SimpleX Chat

Project Spotlight

  • 00:34:51 Pear Runtime

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:36:57 Lightning Protocol Dual Funding
  • 00:37:03 lnbits
  • 00:37:25 Nutshell
  • 00:52:46 Mutiny Node
  • 00:53:17 Mutiny StartOS
  • 00:53:58 Torq
  • 00:54:03 Bitcoin Tribe
  • 00:54:10 GetAlby SDK
  • 00:54:15 10101
  • 00:54:31 lightning-terminal
  • 00:54:37 Clams Remote
  • 00:54:43 Stacker News

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:55:08 npub.cash
  • 00:58:46 Banco
  • 00:58:54 PlebDashboard
  • 00:58:59 Compliance

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:59:34 NDK v2.5
  • 01:00:51 Primal
  • 01:02:01 Coracle
  • 01:06:58 Amethyst
  • 01:07:37 rust-nostr
  • 01:08:41 Nostur
  • 01:09:35 Nostrudel
  • 01:12:40 0xchat
  • 01:14:03 Mostro
  • 01:14:10 plebeian-market
  • 01:14:16 nostr-zap

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:14:22 Nsec.app
  • 01:20:12 Tunestr
  • 01:20:17 resolvr
  • 01:20:27 Whynostr
  • 01:23:47 Satcom

Boosts

  • 01:24:51 Shoutout to top boosters: 🏆 @apemithrandir, @juansgalt, @qxotk, @vake, @user30394172 & @mix

News & Noteworthy

• Privacy

  • 01:28:28 Apple PWA ban

• Development

  • 01:30:39 Matt Corallo human readable names BIP
  • 01:32:38 Bitcoin Dev Mailing List moves to Google Groups

• Lightning & L2(+)

  • 01:33:08 Exodus is shutting down operations in the US

• Events

  • 01:34:17 Summer of Bitcoin 2024
  • 01:34:20 Bitcoin Film Fest and Halvening celebration I'm joined by guests Calle, Pablo & Ben Carman

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-61

BR078: Nostr Rising 01 - Permissionless Algos ft. JB55, Hodlbod & Miljan14 Oct 202400:49:09

I'm joined by guests JB55, Hodlbod & Miljan to discuss Permissionless Algos in the first episode of Nostr Rising.

Discussion topics
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to decentralized algorithms and Nostr's open network
- 00:01:01 – Users’ control over algorithms and content feeds
- 00:03:01 – Challenges of building permissionless systems without tracking users
- 00:05:01 – Feed marketplace concept and its impact on content discovery
- 00:08:01 – Importance of user feedback in developing decentralized platforms
- 00:12:01 – AI agents and bots assisting with content curation
- 00:15:01 – The value of human-created content versus bot-generated content
- 00:17:31 – AI's role in building decentralized apps on Nostr
- 00:20:01 – Future of algorithms and personalized content on decentralized networks
- 00:24:01 – Curation and community-driven feeds as an alternative to centralized platforms
- 00:28:01 – Nostr’s potential to disrupt big tech and centralized institutions
- 00:30:01 – Open network and emergent properties of user-driven content
- 00:33:01 – Role of lists and curated social clusters in enhancing user experience
- 00:36:01 – Encouragement for users and developers to participate in Nostr
- 00:40:01 – Final thoughts: the power of decentralized networks and AI collaboration
- 00:42:31 – Closing remarks and a call to action for Nostr’s growth and adoption

Links & Contacts:

BR060 - Sparrow, Tor Connect, NDK, AQUA Wallet, Linux vulnerability, Faketoshi trial + MORE ft. Rob, Craig, Pablo & Odell08 Feb 202401:55:38

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton, Craig Raw, Pablo & Odell to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:02:39 Coinkite is hiring a web designer
  • 00:04:05 Orange and Purple Piling in CR
  • 00:11:08 Faketoshi Trial

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:16:22 Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits
  • 00:25:15 Breaking Bitlocker
  • 00:27:31 Interesting ORCHESTRA type attack against noobs
  • 00:46:42 Mastodon critical vulnerability

Bitcoin

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:47:31 Net enable v2transport
  • 00:48:05 Sparrow Wallet
  • 00:53:16 HWI
  • 00:53:48 libwally-core
  • 00:54:02 BDK
  • 00:54:54 BlueWallet
  • 00:55:15 Nunchuk Android
  • 00:55:32 Parmanode
  • 00:55:46 Timechain Calendar
  • 00:56:09 Clark Moody Dashboard
  • 00:57:26 Geyser

Project Spotlight

  • 00:57:34 Tor Connect
  • 00:59:47 BitEscrow
  • 00:59:51 Dosh
  • 01:01:14 Citrea

Privacy Software

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:03:43 Unleashed.Chat
  • 01:05:17 Simplex Chat

Lightning & L2(+)

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:06:34 Zeus
  • 01:06:44 mutiny-node
  • 01:06:54 mutiny-startos
  • 01:07:04 Breez SDK Core
  • 01:07:11 Boltz Exchange
  • 01:07:16 10101
  • 01:07:46 Loop
  • 01:08:00 Torq
  • 01:08:03 lnp2pBot
  • 01:08:07 AQUA Wallet

Project Spotlight

  • 01:19:02 awesome-cashu
  • 01:19:11 Superposition
  • 01:19:24 Note Duel
  • 01:19:29 nutband

Nostr

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:20:35 Damus
  • 01:20:38 Primal
  • 01:20:47 civkit-node
  • 01:20:51 Snort
  • 01:20:55 Amethyst
  • 01:20:59 nos.social
  • 01:21:03 Lume
  • 01:21:07 YakiHonne
  • 01:21:13 Formstr
  • 01:21:22 Makeprisms
  • 01:21:25 Plebeian Market
  • 01:22:05 NDK
  • 01:22:54 Shipyard DVM

Project Spotlight

  • 01:24:16 StartOS

Boosts

  • 01:25:18 Shoutout to top boosters: @jcdenton, @qxotk, @user611667864309866, @piez, @zdoxed, @plebhodl, @user30394172

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-60

BR059 - Quantumcats, Bitcoin Truths, COLDCARD, Mercury Layer, Statechain, nsecbunker, Trezor Hack + MORE ft. Harry, Pablo & Rijndael25 Jan 202402:16:35

I'm joined by guests Harry Sudock, Pablo, & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:05:20 EU official reseller
  • 00:12:20 No Bullshit Bitcoin
  • 00:12:39 SeedXOR
  • 00:36:14 Quantumcats.xyz

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:46:19 Trezor announces security breach
  • 00:47:54 Disclosure of past vulnerability in Core Lightning
  • 00:49:09 Scam Bitcoin Wallets Are Still Reigning Free on Apple's App Store
  • 00:50:36 GitLab warns of critical zero-click account hijacking vulnerability
  • 00:51:51 OP_CAT is the vulnerability

Bitcoin

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:06:47 Coldcard Edge Firmware
  • 1:11:55 Sparrow
  • 1:13:26 Electrum
  • 1:13:53 Robosats
  • 1:14:51 BlueWallet
  • 1:15:18 Agora Desk
  • 1:15:28 ESP-miner
  • 1:18:55 Nunchuk Desktop
  • 1:19:06 BitcoinTreasuries.net
  • 1:22:52 Parmanode
  • 1:23:01 Trezor

Project Spotlight

  • 1:23:30 GroupHug Server
  • 1:23:40 Semaphore

Nostr

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:24:11 nsecBunker
  • 1:27:35 nos.social
  • 1:27:37 rust-nostr
  • 1:27:40 nostr-wallet-connect
  • 1:27:42 Mostro
  • 1:27:44 nostream
  • 1:28:13 Amethyst
  • 1:28:20 Coracle

Project Spotlight

  • 1:29:39 Nostr NFC Art Cards
  • 1:29:54 Flash
  • 1:30:14 Nostr image host
  • 1:30:29 Hermes
  • 1:30:37 stargazr
  • 1:30:43 Dmpling
  • 1:30:49 Flockstr

Privacy Software

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:35:07 Unleashed.chat
  • 1:36:05 SimpleX Chat

Lightning & L2(+)

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:36:36 Phoenix
  • 1:37:03 rust-lightning
  • 1:37:08 Mutiny Node
  • 1:39:30 Alby
  • 1:40:14 Wallet of Satoshi
  • 1:40:19 Clams Remote
  • 1:40:26 Fountain Android
  • 1:40:30 Mercury Layer
  • 1:43:16 Plasma Core Lightning Wallet
  • 1:43:19 Bitcoin Connect
  • 1:43:22 Blockstream Green
  • 1:43:24 Swiss Bitcoin Pay
  • 1:43:27 Mash
  • 1:43:30 Stackernews
  • 1:43:53 Peerswap

Project Spotlight

  • 1:44:03 Aqua Wallet
  • 1:44:05 Fiatlink
  • 1:44:06 OPAGO Lightning POS Terminal
  • 1:44:10 Nutband
  • 1:44:35 Autonode
  • 1:44:48 BitcoinVoucherBot
  • 1:44:55 Satsforads
  • 1:44:58 Lightning Weather App
  • 1:45:57 Marina Wallet

Boosts

  • 1:46:01 Shoutout to top boosters: @garykrause_, @apemithrandir, @qxotk, @vake, @wartime.

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-59

BR058: NDK, Vuln BTCPay & TrueType, Unleashed.chat, Faaans, Nostr DDoS +MORE ft. Craig, Pablo, Odell04 Jan 202402:04:28

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Pablo, & Odell to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:10:34 Unleashed.chat
  • 00:13:11 OpenSats
  • 00:13:30 Faaans

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:22:10 Nostr DDoS Attack
  • 00:28:40 4-year campaign backdoored iPhones
  • 00:42:50 A critical security vulnerability has been found in LNbank

Bitcoin

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:45:59 Electrs
  • 00:50:55 Ocean block templates
  • 00:51:29 libsecp256k1
  • 00:54:13 Wasabi Wallet
  • 00:54:24 Nunchuk
  • 00:54:44 Electrum
  • 00:55:35 BlueWallet
  • 00:55:48 Smart Vaults
  • 00:59:30 Peach
  • 00:59:41 Hodl Hodl
  • 00:59:45 SatoshiGPT
  • 00:59:54 Blockstream Green iOS
  • 1:00:20 Trezor

Project Spotlight

  • 1:01:40 The Bitcoiner Test
  • 1:05:06 Bitcoiner Freelance
  • 1:05:13 TopBuilder
  • 1:07:07 Rhino Bitcoin App
  • 1:07:17 Orange Clock
  • 1:07:48 Economically Unspendable Bitcoin UTXO Calculator
  • 1:20:46 Loan shark

Lightning & L2(+)

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:21:46 Alby
  • 1:27:03 Fountain
  • 1:27:45 Mutiny Node
  • 1:32:14 boltz-web-app
  • 1:32:17 LNDg
  • 1:32:22 Amboss
  • 1:32:28 Swiss Bitcoin Pay app
  • 1:32:33 lnp2pBot
  • 1:32:40 Mercury Wallet
  • 1:32:42 Cashu Nutshell

Project Spotlight

  • 1:32:57 Bitcoin Connect
  • 1:32:59 Sulu

Nostr

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:33:10 NDK
  • 1:35:28 rust-nostr
  • 1:35:30 nostr-wallet-connect
  • 1:35:33 Primal
  • 1:37:06 Amethyst
  • 1:37:10 Mostro
  • 1:37:11 yana

Project Spotlight

  • 1:37:46 Flare
  • 1:37:49 delphi.market
  • 1:38:14 Arc Map (mapstr)

Privacy Software

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:38:31 SimpleX Chat

Project Spotlight

  • 1:41:37 Meshtastic

Boosts

  • 2:00:20 Shoutout to top boosters: @winthrop, @vake, @dubravko, @piez, @agichoote, @tym.

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-58

BR057 - Core, COLDCARD, CTV UASF, TXHASH, Frostsnap, Vulnerability HELL +MORE ft. Schmidty, Rijndael21 Dec 202302:02:51

I'm joined by guests Mike Schmidt & Rijndael to go through the list.


Housekeeping

  • 00:06:34 OpenSats announce 10 new grants

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:13:40 Ledger vulnerabilities
  • 00:27:26 Keystone License has been changed
  • 00:29:22 A critical vulnerability has been found in LNBank
  • 00:31:01 In March 2021 the FBI raided USPV, broke open every single box in the vault
  • 00:35:04 Shakepay Customer Information Leaked
  • 00:36:23 Controversial Ocean upgrade fixes long-standing vulnerability exploited by modern spammers

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:11:37 Bitcoin Core
  • 1:19:07 COLDCARD Mk4
  • 1:22:38 Frostsnap prototypes first look
  • 1:29:32 BTC Pay Server
  • 1:29:47 Liana
  • 1:30:23 Keeper
  • 1:30:29 rust-payjoin
  • 1:31:18 Mempool.space
  • 1:31:30 NerdMiner
  • 1:31:42 AgoraDesk
  • 1:32:05 Blockstream Green
  • 1:32:18 Samurai Dojo
  • 1:32:26 Ronin Dojo
  • 1:32:59 RoninUI

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:33:40 The #Hashtub
  • 1:34:45 Coinselect

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:35:00 lnd
  • 1:35:04 lnbits
  • 1:35:08 Zeus
  • 1:35:13 Phoenix Android
  • 1:35:26 ldk-node
  • 1:35:35 lightning-terminal
  • 1:35:39 Mutiny Wallet
  • 1:37:36 Breez SDK Core
  • 1:37:41 taproot-assets
  • 1:37:48 10101
  • 1:41:20 Ride The Lightning
  • 1:41:25 Stacker News
  • 1:41:32 Alby
  • 1:41:42 BitBanana
  • 1:41:45 Thunderhub
  • 1:42:08 River Link
  • 1:44:02 Cashu
  • 1:44:13 eNuts
  • 1:44:27 Minibits

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:45:07 PlebDevs Course II
  • 1:45:14 ShockWallet
  • 1:45:16 Ark Developer Hub
  • 1:45:21 Elements Academy

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:46:30 NDK
  • 1:46:46 Unleashed.chat
  • 1:51:07 Primal
  • 1:51:58 Amethyst
  • 1:52:08 Snort
  • 1:52:11 Coracle
  • 1:52:13 Nos.social
  • 1:52:15 Yana
  • 1:52:18 Nostree
  • 1:52:21 Civkit
  • 1:52:44 Plebeian Market
  • 1:52:52 Mostro
  • 1:52:57 nostr-webhost
  • 1:53:01 nostr-universe
  • 1:53:04 0xchat

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:53:09 Nostr Tech Weekly

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:54:48 SimpleX Chat

Boosts

  • 1:55:01 Shoutout to top boosters: @vake, @qxotk, @dubravko, @agichoote, @cantillionaire.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 1:56:38 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters


Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-57

BR056 - Breez, Mutiny, Unleashed.chat, 56 BTC hack, Ocean.xyz + MORE ft. Roy, Carman & Rijndael01 Dec 202302:06:25

I'm joined by guests ⁠Roy⁠, ⁠BentheCarman⁠ & ⁠Rijndael⁠ to go through the list.


Housekeeping

00:01:51 OpenSats long-Term Support For Will Clark

00:01:57 Unleashed.chat


Vulnerability Disclosures

00:03:28 Ledger user lost BTC after upgrade

00:08:20 Attacker managed to steal almost 56 BTC while paying 83.7 BTC fee

00:15:50 New BLUFFS attack lets attackers hijack Bluetooth connections

00:18:15 Wallet of Satoshi shuts down to US users

00:18:16 Nodeless.io has been shut down


Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:36:35 Sparrow

00:37:04 Florestra

00:38:26 Nunchuk

00:39:08 Libwally Core

00:39:40 Citadel

00:39:46 Blockstream Green iOS

00:39:58 Blockstream Green Android

00:40:23 HODL HODL

00:40:33 ESP-Miner

00:40:50 Peach


• Project Spotlight

00:41:03 Apollo II home miner

00:42:27 BBQr

00:55:18 OCEAN

01:02:56 bitcoinminiguides.com

01:04:52 libreriadesatoshi.com

01:05:05 Truevote


Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:05:22 Breez

01:20:30 Phoenix

01:10:26 Mutiny Wallet

1:19:04 Mutiny Node

01:20:43 Alby

01:20:55 alby-js-sdk

01:21:03 Blixt Android

1:25:26 BitBanana

1:25:35 10101

1:28:08 CLN

1:28:20 lnbits

1:28:29 lnd

1:28:40 Cashu Nutshell

1:31:06 eNuts

1:31:27 Stacker News


• Project Spotlight

1:31:32 acceptln.com


Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:31:57 NDK

1:34:27 rust-nostr

1:34:32 Damus

1:34:36 Amethyst

1:34:43 YakiHonne

1:34:48 Nosotros

1:34:52 Coracle

1:34:55 Yana

1:35:03 Nostree.me

1:35:11 Nos.social

1:35:19 Spring

1:35:27 0xchat


• Project Spotlight

1:35:41 Kind0.io

1:35:49 dtan.xyz


Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:36:30 Simplex Chat


• Project Spotlight

1:38:40 CBDC Tracker

1:38:44 GPT4All


Boosts

1:40:43 Shoutout to top boosters: @apemithrandir, @vake, @dubravko.


Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

1:41:22 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters


News & Noteworthy

• Lightning

1:52:00 Lightning Address in a Bolt 12 world

1:52:04 ZBD and Beamable Launch a Joint Starter Kit


• Privacy

1:52:15 Six OFAC-sanctioned transactions missing


• Funding

1:52:22 Bitcoin Design Foundation

1:58:01 Spiral


Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-56

BR055 - Sparrow, SATSLINK, Vulnerability Hell (RPI, ESP32,26₿ gone)+MORE, Craig Raw, Odell, Rijndael15 Nov 202301:54:59

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Odell & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:03:36 Subscribe now to have early access to Bitcoin Firday Deals
  • 00:03:59 SATSLINK official announcement video from nostrasia

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:10:42 A phishing email is being sent out impersonating Blockstream
  • 00:12:19 A Fake Ledger Live app in Microsoft Store stole $768,000 in crypto
  • 00:12:52 The Apple AppStore for iOS has published a range of fraudulent bitcoin wallet apps
  • 00:17:01 Secure boot bypass on ESP32 achieved by swapping the CS line, despite the absence of fault injection
  • 00:19:33 Every single Raspberry Pi 5 is given a unique identification number
  • 00:25:35 25 BTC hacked from self-hosted password manager

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:55:29 COLDCARD Edge
  • 00:34:35 Sparrow
  • 00:58:01 Liana
  • 00:58:49 Electrs
  • 1:01:07 Blockstream Green
  • 1:01:16 Nodeyez
  • 1:01:32 Padawan Wallet

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:08:24 Bitescrow
  • 1:09:33 Bitcoindev.org
  • 1:09:40 bitcoin-scriptexec
  • 1:11:14 Seedle39
  • 1:11:40 Opcode Explained
  • 1:12:06 Cubit
  • 1:15:14 BitChimney Space Heater

Lightning

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:15:37 Blixt
  • 1:15:52 Zeus
  • 1:16:04 Phoenix
  • 1:16:14 Mutiny Node
  • 1:16:29 LN Wallet APIs/LSPs
  • 1:23:01 Torq
  • 1:23:05 BitBanana
  • 1:23:09 10101
  • 1:23:13 Minibits
  • 1:23:20 rust-lightning
  • 1:23:49 Wallby
  • 1:23:58 Alby + Zaprite

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:24:19 LNESIM
  • 1:24:25 cipherchat.app
  • 1:24:48 Lifpay Bitcoin Lightning wallet
  • 1:24:53 getbit.money
  • 1:25:02 Plasma

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:25:45 rust-nostr
  • 1:25:59 Damus
  • 1:26:04 Primal
  • 1:26:20 Amethyst
  • 1:26:28 Nos.social
  • 1:26:31 Highlighter
  • 1:26:42 Mostro
  • 1:26:48 Current iOS
  • 1:27:02 0xchat
  • 1:27:06 Lume

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:27:14 Nostr Assets
  • 1:33:03 Flockstr
  • 1:33:43 Nostter
  • 1:33:50 Nostr
  • 1:34:34 nostrudel

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:34:39 StartOS
  • 1:35:54 Unleashed Chat

Boosts

  • 1:42:13 Shoutout to top boosters: @hgw39, @apemithrandir, @vake, @mrmr, @dubravko, @heidisov, @sovereignindividual

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 1:43:27 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

  • 01:49:30 Quickfire rundown of Bitcoin news

Reads & Resources

  • 1:52:22 Top recently published reads and useful resources

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-55

BR054 - Cashu, Mutiny, ChatBTC, BitVM, Smart Vaults, lnbits + MORE ft. Carman, Calle & Rijndael20 Oct 202301:39:20

I'm joined by guests Ben Carman, Calle, & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:02:39 OpenSats
  • 00:03:07 Bitcoin.Review Substack
  • 00:03:31 SATSLINK
  • 00:05:37 Bitcoin Black Friday

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:06:36 The Lightning Network remains vulnerable to replacement cycling attacks.

Bitcoin

Software Releases & Project Updates:

  • 00:10:00 Bitcoin Core
  • 00:10:14 P2P
  • 00:10:26 Fees
  • 00:10:31 RPC
  • 00:11:19 Robosats
  • 00:14:37 Samurai
  • 00:15:45 BTCPay Server
  • 00:16:20 Peach
  • 00:16:35 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
  • 00:17:18 Trezor
  • 00:17:50 Wasabi
  • 00:19:01 Citadel
  • 00:19:19 BISQ
  • 00:19:29 BlueWallet
  • 00:20:38 Nodeyez
  • 00:20:50 Samurai Sentinal
  • 00:21:32 RoninDojo
  • 00:21:54 Botlz
  • 00:22:04 Smart Vaults
  • 00:28:01 Mutiny
  • 00:28:43 Orange Pill App
  • 00:28:52 Oshi

Project Spotlight:

  • 00:30:02 PlebBook
  • 00:30:21 Theya
  • 00:30:44 Tapleaf circuits
  • 00:32:33 esp-miner
  • 00:33:08 chatbtc
  • 00:37:16 Bitcoin TLDR
  • 00:37:42 BitVM Online

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 00:38:13 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

Lightning & L2(+)

Software Releases & Project Updates:

  • 00:44:29 LDK
  • 00:47:29 lnbits
  • 00:49:30 Alby
  • 00:52:06 Breez SDK
  • 00:52:16 Cashu
  • 00:57:53 Zeus
  • 00:59:05 10101
  • 1:00:17 Fountain
  • 1:00:27 mutiny-node
  • 1:03:51 Taproot Assets
  • 1:08:16 lightning-terminal
  • 1:08:23 Torq
  • 1:08:30 Ride The Lightning
  • 1:09:13 Voltage Cloud
  • 1:10:05 Stacker News
  • 1:10:16 Nayuta Wallet
  • 1:10:23 Alby JS SDK
  • 1:10:25 scaling-lightning
  • 1:10:34 THNDR
  • 1:11:30 Polar

Project Spotlight:

  • 1:11:38 Triible
  • 1:11:49 Bijli
  • 1:11:56 Plasma

Nostr

Software Releases & Project Updates:

  • 1:12:34 NIP-41
  • 1:23:07 Snort
  • 1:23:10 Coracle
  • 1:23:13 Amethyst
  • 1:23:14 Lume
  • 1:23:15 Amber
  • 1:23:15 Gossip
  • 1:23:17 0xchat
  • 1:23:19 Listr
  • 1:23:24 Spring

Project Spotlight:

  • 1:23:34 PlebAI
  • 1:23:37 Nostr Playground
  • 1:23:45 memestr
  • 1:23:56 shopstr
  • 1:24:01 Hostr
  • 1:24:05 Shipyard
  • 1:24:07 NoStress Comments Plugin

Privacy Software

Software Releases & Project Updates:

  • 1:24:43 Keet

Boosts

  • 1:25:08 Shoutout to top boosters: @vake, @apemithrandir, @flotsamjetsam, @ideaslut, @dubravko, @michaelmatulef.

News & Noteworthy

Competitions, accelerators and hackathons:

  • 1:27:55 Outlier Ventures' Bitcoin Base Camp accelerator is open for applications

Hyperbitcoinization:

  • 1:29:51 Choice IRA Sats Mode Launched
  • 1:29:55 President of Madeira announces creation of Bitcoin business hub

Hypernostrization:

  • 1:30:55 Twitter/X have started testing “Not A Bot”

Mining:

  • 1:31:11 Volcano Energy and Luxor Technology Corporation unveil "Lava Pool"
  • 1:31:17 MDK Progress Update

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-54

BR053 - Start9, BIP-324, AssumeUTXO, COLDCARD, SATSLINK, Krux +MORE ft. Matt Hill, Odell & Rijndael05 Oct 202302:07:54

I'm joined by guests Matt Hill, Odell, and Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:02:04 SATSLINK

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:13:28 Deep-TEMPEST: a deep learning method that recovers great quality images from unintentional electromagnetic emanations of HDMI.

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:20:07 Bitcoin Core
  • 00:30:43 Start9
  • 00:37:29 COLDCARD
  • 00:46:16 Trident
  • 00:49:47 Specter Desktop
  • 00:53:24 Blockstream Green iOS
  • 00:53:40 BTC Pay Server
  • 00:53:50 Jam v0.1.6
  • 00:58:29 The Bitcoin Company
  • 1:04:23 Krux
  • 1:08:18 Trezor
  • 1:14:23 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
  • 1:14:36 Samurai Dojo
  • 1:14:49 Peach

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:15:11 MegaWatt added the TAPSIGNER as 2-factor authentication method for their app
  • 1:16:12 Building a community members only card with SATSCHIP for all Julio Collectors
  • 1:17:13 BIP39-XOR
  • 1:17:55 BIP-329 Python Library
  • 1:20:52 ParmanodL
  • 1:21:22 ParmaZero
  • 1:21:34 UTXOracle

Lightning & L2+

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:24:45 LND
  • 1:29:14 Mutiny Node
  • 1:29:25 Mutiny Wallet
  • 1:34:46 Breez
  • 1:35:35 Phoenix
  • 1:38:27 Alby
  • 1:40:24 eNuts
  • 1:40:32 Minibits
  • 1:40:56 BitBanana
  • 1:41:12 Torq
  • 1:41:19 10101
  • 1:41:50 River
  • 1:42:03 Gigsats
  • 1:42:17 lnprototest
  • 1:42:25 Fedimint

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:42:36 Proxnut
  • 1:43:01 Cashu LNURL

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 1:43:15 NDK
  • 1:43:22 rust-nostr
  • 1:43:26 Damus
  • 1:43:33 Primal
  • 1:43:40 0xchat
  • 1:43:59 Snort
  • 1:44:31 Amethyst
  • 1:44:34 Coracle
  • 1:44:36 Nos.social
  • 1:44:37 Nostur
  • 1:44:39 Gossip
  • 1:44:40 Lume
  • 1:44:41 Agora Social
  • 1:44:43 nostrss
  • 1:44:45 Spring - The Nostr Browser
  • 1:44:46 Amber

• Project Spotlight

  • 1:44:49 Exit.pub
  • 1:48:50 ZapThreads
  • 1:48:57 $Prism
  • 1:49:03 Yana
  • 1:49:07 formstr

Boosts

  • 2:01:58 Shoutout to top boosters: 🏆 @grantgilliam, @apemithrandir & @vake

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 2:04:02 ZeroSync have succeeded in creating an instant light client sync
  • 2:04:12 MARA Pool mined an invalid block at 809478 on mainnet
  • 2:04:21 GPUtopia

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-53

BR052 - Convenance, Introspection, CTV and activation impasse ft. JamesOB & Rijndael29 Sep 202302:09:27

I'm joined by guests James O'Beirne⁠ & Rijndael to discuss CTV.


Discussion Topics

  • 00:01:23 Guest intros
  • 00:01:58 Recap
  • 00:03:10 Technical overview of covenants
  • 00:14:41 Watchtowers
  • 00:16:16 Use cases for vaulting & scripts
  • 00:21:53 Use cases for vaulting & scripts
  • 00:26:10 Covenants as a solution to third party
  • 00:27:42 Covenants and censorship risks
  • 00:33:24 Covenants and censorship risks
  • 00:34:07 Risks of major Bitcoin changes
  • 00:39:39 Cryptographic improvements of CTV
  • 00:40:14 Quantifying the scale of change in code
  • 00:46:52 TX hash
  • 00:49:04 Simplicity of CTV
  • 00:50:19 The consensus deadlock
  • 00:55:34 Social coordination and activation
  • 01:05:55 Speedy trial - good or bad for Bitcoin?
  • 01:16:00 Problems with Bitcoin core defaults
  • 01:18:18 The politics of changing Bitcoin
  • 01:23:36 Testing for consensus
  • 01:28:37 State sabotage
  • 01:31:56 Moving forward with activation
  • 01:36:48 State of development and economic
  • 01:53:04 Bitcoin.Review going late night call
  • 01:54:04 Next steps
  • 01:59:58 Bitcoin politics closing summary
  • 02:01:38 Closing thoughts


Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
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  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-52

BR051 - Sparrow, COLDCARD, LND, Florestra, Swan Custody Risk, 20BTC Whoopsie + MORE ft. Craig & Rob14 Sep 202301:57:23

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw & Rob Hamilton to go through the list.


Housekeeping

  • 00:01:47 Opensats

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:03:13 Coldcard Donjon Faults SE2 on Mk4
  • 00:07:24 $500,000+ fee Bitcoin transaction
  • 00:12:12 DoS: Fake Lightning Channels
  • 00:15:11 Fortress, BitGo & Ripple customer funds controversy

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:25:04 COLDCARD
  • 00:28:11 Sparrow
  • 00:32:46 libsecp256k1
  • 00:35:12 Liana
  • 00:35:37 BTC Pay Server
  • 00:36:22 Florestra
  • 00:39:33 Robosats
  • 00:39:45 10101
  • 00:40:07 MyCitadel
  • 00:40:25 Bitcoin Tribe
  • 00:41:42 Nunchuk
  • 00:45:03 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
  • 00:45:17 Labelbase
  • 00:48:23 libwally-core

Feature Request Interlude

  • 00:48:46 Simplex integration with Sparrow

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates (Cont.)

  • 00:53:39 Smart Vaults
  • 00:56:05 Parmanode
  • 00:59:15 Nodeyez
  • 00:59:28 joinmarket-clientserver
  • 01:00:17 RoninDojo
  • 01:02:07 RoninUI
  • 01:02:17 Peach
  • 01:03:46 Machankura/8333.mobi
  • 01:03:57 RGB
  • 01:04:27 Seedsigner

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:05:00 Smaug
  • 01:05:24 bitaxeUltra

Lightning & L2+

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:07:06 LND
  • 01:13:08 CLN
  • 01:13:27 mutiny-node
  • 01:15:23 Mutiny Wallet
  • 01:15:32 Bitbanana
  • 01:16:40 Breez
  • 01:16:50 Alby
  • 01:17:01 Fountain
  • 01:17:14 Wallet of Satoshi
  • 01:17:26 lnbits
  • 01:17:31 Nayuta Wallet
  • 01:17:36 Spark Wallet
  • 01:17:41 Satimoto
  • 01:17:47 eNuts
  • 01:18:44 Minibits
  • 01:18:57 Stacker News
  • 01:19:06 Zaprite
  • 01:19:14 Orange Pill App
  • 01:19:22 Emeralize

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:22:28 The Split Kit
  • 01:22:36 ZapLocker
  • 01:22:44 SimLN
  • 01:22:55 Satogram
  • 01:23:05 LNPlay.live

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:23:46 NDK
  • 01:25:07 Snort
  • 01:25:16 Amethyst
  • 01:25:59 Coracle
  • 01:26:04 Current
  • 01:26:09 Lume
  • 01:26:14 Spring - The Nostr Browser
  • 01:26:19 Amber
  • 01:26:30 Mostro

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:26:51 Ditto
  • 01:27:00 nostr-matrix
  • 01:27:29 Favvy

Boosts

  • 01:29:06 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @ahanniga, @apemithrandir, @wartimepsycho, @dubravko

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:29:33 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 01:39:40 CLBOSS
  • 01:39:58 Support for Mercury Wallet to be discontinued by Mercury Layer

• Lightning & L2

  • 01:40:32 Scaling Lightning roadmap
  • 01:40:41 New LSP FlashSats announced
  • 01:40:49 PeerTube Videos with Lightning plugin
  • 01:40:55 Paid search engine Kagi now Accepts Bitcoin (Lightning)
  • 01:41:00 Bastien Teinturier opened a PR to the bLIPs repo with proposal to Remotely control your LN from your favorite HSM

• Funding

  • 01:41:15 Vulpem Ventures announces an open-source Bitcoin development grant to Burak of $25,000

• Mining

  • 01:41:25 Oman planning to invest $1.1 Billion in Bitcoin mining
  • 01:42:06 Nodal Power raises $13 Million seed round to build renewable energy power plants at landfills

• Business & Finance

  • 01:42:15 NEW: Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z-backed nonprofit acquires Qala
  • 01:42:34 Elon Musk's X Has Licenses in Multiple U.S. States to Process Payments, Including Crypto
  • 01:42:43 Coincorner teams up with Lolly to bring Bitcoin to Lolly tills and kiosks
  • 01:42:52 Bull Bitcoin expands to Costa Rica
  • 01:44:07 Ripple acquires Fortress Trust

• Hyperbitcoinization

  • 01:45:39 Revolut integrates Bitcoin segwit addresses and on-chain withdraw/receive
  • 01:45:56 Coinbase LN integration is official

• Shitcoin Clownery

  • 01:46:23 KYC/AML Compliance Protocol Proposed by Vitalik Buterin
  • 01:51:29 Worldcoin Meltdown

Reads & Learning Resources

  • 1:51:42 A list of our top recently published reads.

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-51

BR077 - BIP85 Drama, Bitcoin Core, secp256k1, DATUM, Jam, Krux, Twelve Cash, NomadNet, Salt Typhoon Hack + MORE ft. Rob & Paul10 Oct 202401:37:36

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton & Future Paul to go through the list.

Housekeeping
00:00:59 Nostr Rising dropping soon!
00:02:32 COLDCARD Tutorials
00:02:35 European Coldcard reseller Coldhodl

Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
 00:02:50 BIP85 Drama
 00:13:35 Delving Bitcoin
 00:14:46 Bitcoin Core


Bitcoin
 • Software Releases & Project Updates
 00:19:57 Bitcoin Core
 00:24:03 secp256k1
 00:33:04 BDK
 00:34:23 Electrs
 00:35:53 Nunchuk
 00:36:26 Mempool
 00:36:42 Blockstream Green
 00:37:15 Krux
 00:38:58 Coinbase
 00:39:17 BoltzExchange
 00:39:22 Jam
 00:42:57 libwally core
 00:43:02 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
 00:43:13 Braiins Toolbox
 00:43:20 LiveWallet
 00:43:30 The RoboSats Federation


• Project Spotlight
 00:43:46 DATUM
 00:47:31 BDK Swift Example Wallet
 00:48:29 Decoding Bitcoin
 00:48:42 Twelve Cash
 00:51:29 Kyoto Bitcoin Light Client
 00:51:48 Bitcoin script editor & visualizer
 00:51:53 WeSatoshis
 00:52:19 UtxoPocket
 00:52:28 Simple Proof


Vulnerability Disclosures
 00:52:43 Supply chain attack
 00:53:29 Backdoored backdoors
 00:56:37 Decade-old Linux vulnerability
 00:58:14 Perfctl
 00:59:05 Google raises privacy concerns
 00:59:34 American's personal information leaked


Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
 • Software Releases & Project Updates
 1:00:19 SimpleX
 1:00:48 Sideband
 1:01:05 reticulum-meshchat
 1:01:16 NomadNet


• Project Spotlight
 1:11:18 Privacy Index
 1:11:25 DarkIRC


Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
1:11:46 Diamond Wallet
1:11:53 LNUnit
1:11:58 PLEBNET-Wiki
1:12:03 Matrix-Lightning-Tip-Bot
1:12:14 Predyx
1:12:18 Fedimint Web SDK
1:12:21 Fedimint Observer
1:12:23 NWC Tester


• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:12:38 Ark
1:13:17 Lightning Terminal
1:13:33 LNDg
1:13:43 BTCPay
1:13:45 Shockwallet
1:13:51 minibits
1:13:55 clboss
1:14:01 LNMarket
1:14:12 Star9Labs


Nostr
• Project spotlight
1:14:23 Khatru
1:14:29 Nostr Mixer Relay
1:14:36 Comet
1:14:44 Dart Nostr Development Kit
1:14:48 Nostr-fetch
1:14:49 ONOSENDAI
1:14:56 Nowser
1:15:03 Route96
1:15:06 Ghost relay
1:15:09 Grain
1:15:14 Chronicle
1:15:16 Notestack
1:16:14 Atomstr
1:16:24 Nostr Metadata Updater
1:16:28 Minestr
1:16:36 GM Relay
1:16:44 NostrSMS


Audience Questions
 1:19:25 - "Can you explain why the usage of libsecp256k is one of the most important choices in writing Bitcoin code, for this of us who are not cryptographers and do listen to the end? And answer in as non-engineery a way as possible?" -drianmalcolm


Boosts
1:25:53 Shoutout to top boosters drianmalcolm, Ape Mithrandir, Chris, seedor_io, podconf, vake & btconboard


Tech tip of the day
 1:31:21 Changesets


News & Noteworthy
 • Bitcoin
 1:31:56 Bitkey partners with Robinhood


• Tradfi
 1:32:33 BlackRock


• Security
 1:34:44 NIST


• Government & Political
 1:35:08 Bank of Canada pauses plans


Reads
 1:35:29

Links & Contacts:

BR050 - Libsec Panel ft. Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael08 Sep 202301:52:29

I'm joined by Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael to discuss libsecp.


Discussion Topics

  • 00:01:13 Guest intros
  • 00:04:18 Importance of libsecp
  • 00:11:21 Why libsecp was invented
  • 00:15:44 The process of adding Schnoor
  • 00:17:14 Tools and testing
  • 00:25:43 Most interesting thing writing the library
  • 00:34:05 Wrappers and vendors integrating libsecp
  • 00:41:31 Side channel attacks
  • 00:44:35 Testing
  • 00:48:38 Hacspec
  • 00:51:31 Signature types in research
  • 00:52:51 Cross input aggregation
  • 00:55:08 Deciding on what is included in the libsecp release
  • 01:06:10 Are there enough contributors?
  • 01:09:12 Musig2
  • 01:10:28 Governance
  • 01:13:32 Funding
  • 01:14:09 Contributing
  • 01:19:50 Security proofs for FROST
  • 01:20:37 Nested musig FROST proofs
  • 01:26:58 Nonce sharing
  • 01:31:14 Demystifying libsecp


Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-50

BR049 - Nostr Filters & Censorship Panel ft. Fiatjaf, Hodlbod & Vitor Pamplona05 Sep 202301:53:40

I'm joined by Fiatjaf, Hodlbod, and Vitor Pamplona to discuss Nostr Filters & Censorship.

Discussion Topics

  • 00:03:05 Guests' thoughts on censorship
  • 00:13:25 Handling censorship in the nostr design
  • 00:28:59 Scaling nostr and content curation
  • 00:45:44 Portability of nostr
  • 00:49:26 Non-social uses for nostr
  • 00:53:14 Content discovery
  • 00:57:26 Labels and filtering
  • 01:10:15 Influencing clients on content filtering features
  • 01:15:28 NIP concerns
  • 01:28:32 Reflections on nostr
  • 01:44:47 Bonus chat: SimpleX & nostr - private DMs

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-49

BR048 - Nostr: Coracle, Damus, NDK, Snort, Primal, DVMs + MORE ft. William Casarin, Pablo & Hodlbod01 Sep 202301:44:33

I'm joined by guests William Casarin, Pablo, and Hodlbod to discuss the latest updates in Nostr.


Stats

  • 00:02:19 Stats rundown from Primal

Software Releases & Project Updates

• NIPs

  • 00:03:23 NIP-72
  • 00:14:49 NIP-79

• Clients

  • 00:16:08 Coracle
  • 00:19:36 Damus
  • 00:23:58 Amethyst
  • 00:24:29 Snort
  • 00:31:14 Iris
  • 0:31:31 Nostr.kiwi
  • 00:31:57 njump
  • 00:35:32 Nostur iOS
  • 00:36:37 Lume
  • 00:37:51 Primal

• Development Kits

  • 00:47:40 NDK

• Libraries

  • 00:53:37 Rust Nostr

• Other

  • 00:54:18 Highlighter
  • 00:57:20 Swarmstr
  • 00:58:07 Data Vending Machine - Service Provider
  • 01:04:30 Stemstr is [now live
  • 01:04:40 Amber
  • 01:05:42 Magic Webstore
  • 01:05:52 Nostree.me

• Bitcoin Projects Leveraging Nostr

  • 01:08:01 Geyser integrated Zaps
  • 01:08:53 Umbrel

• Project spotlight

  • 01:10:02 Vendata.io
  • 01:11:54 FOMOstr
  • 01:14:50 Zapgoals
  • 01:14:58 0xchat
  • 01:15:27 atomstr
  • 01:15:54 Vault
  • 01:16:41 w3.do
  • 01:17:21 Imp Chat by Impervious
  • 01:17:21 Pulsar
  • 01:21:19 Spring

News & Noteworthy

• Hypernostrization

  • 01:28:21 Apple allowed Current to keep the zap button on posts

• Events

  • 01:30:23 Nostrasia registrations open
  • 01:31:27 Nostrville
  • 01:32:11 Pleblab Introduces the NostrDev course

Reads & Resources

• 01:32:50 Here's a list of our top recently released reads and resources:

  • NOSTR GUIDE by uselessshit
  • Apple allowed Current App to keep the zap button on posts by Current on Habla.news

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-48

BR047 - Electrum, nix-bitcoin, Blockstream Green, CLN, LND, Clams + MORE ft. Nifty, Nadav & Vivek24 Aug 202301:42:25

I'm joined by guests Nifty, Nadav & Vivek to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:41 Opensats

Vulnerability Disclosures

  • 00:02:22 BitForge: Fireblocks researchers uncover vulnerabilities in over 15 major wallet providers
  • 00:03:58 Electrum v4.4.6 release fixes several lightning-related security issues

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:10:04 Electrum v4.4.6
  • 00:11:03 nix-bitcoin
  • 00:20:59 Blockstream Green iOS v4.0.11
  • 00:25:11 Bitcoin Tribe v2.2.1
  • 00:25:19 Bitcoin Keeper v1.1.4
  • 00:25:28 Ronin UI v2.2.0
  • 00:25:51 10101 v1.2.1

Interlude: Opcodes affecting L2 🧨

  • 00:28:19 The guests discuss the different opcodes and specifically how they will affect L2.

Bitcoin (cont.)

• Software Releases & Project Updates (cont.)

  • 00:44:20 Trezor v23.8.1

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:45:01 Smart Vaults (formally Coinstr)
  • 00:46:00 Nodeyez
  • 00:46:30 Satoshi Agent
  • 00:46:52 Royllo Explorer
  • 00:47:20 Sovereign Stack
  • 00:47:37 SeedHammer
  • 00:48:27 Chaincase - Free your coins from their linear public history without ever taking control

Interlude: Privacy Solutions

  • 00:49:10 The guests discuss their thoughts on different privacy solutions

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:56:18 Core Lightning v23.08rc3 "Satoshi's Successor"
  • 01:03:31 Phoenix Android v2.0.0
  • 01:05:27 LND
  • 01:11:46 Zeus v0.8.0
  • 01:12:10 Alby v3.1.0 🌌 A Cosmic Embrace
  • 01:14:33 Mutiny Node v0.4.12
  • 01:15:39 Wallet of Satoshi v2.2.5
  • 01:16:02 Blink v2.2.111
  • 01:16:10 Clams v1.8.3
  • 01:20:19 BitBanana v0.6.6
  • 01:20:32 Lightning Terminal v0.10.5-alpha
  • 01:20:50 Osmo v2.5.0
  • 01:21:07 Stacker News
  • 01:21:23 Joltz Rewards

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:21:47 StaticWire: Rent Internet Protocol Subnets Using Bitcoin's Lightning Network
  • 01:21:58 Lnshort.it
  • 01:22:18 Lightning-GPT
  • 01:22:31 Bitmatrix
  • 01:22:43 Voltpay
  • 01:22:51 Emeralize

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:24:15 SimpleX Chat [v5.2.3]

Boosts

  • 01:25:06 Shoutout to top boosters: 🏆 @cumr0cket, @transisto, @apemithrandir, @dubravko, @chunky, @michaelmatulef & @garykrause_

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:27:23 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

• Lightning & L2(+)

  • 01:30:25 LND and LDK successfully interop test blinded paths

• Business

  • 1:30:37 Parker Lewis and Will Cole join Zaprite

• Funding

  • 01:30:54 BitGo Secures $100M Series C Funding

• Mining

  • 01:31:37 Bitmain, Anchorage Expected to Take Equity in Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific

• Political

  • 01:31:49 Pro-Bitcoin Candidate Javier Milei Snags Primary Presidential Elections in Argentina

Reads

• 01:33:05:07 Here's a list of our top recently published reads:

  • Torq's Twitter Thread on HTLCs
  • How Lightning Powers the Global AI Economy ... Where the Machines Pay You⚡🤖🌎 by Ryan Gentry
  • Thoughts on scaling and consensus changes by JamesOB
  • GrapheneOS: De-Google your phone and improve your privacy by Bitcoiner.guide
  • Field Report: Implementing MuSig2 by Brandon Black from BitGo
  • How (Actually) Open AI Wins by Max Webster
  • Bitcoin’s Lighting Network: Fast, Cheap, And A Lifeline For Latin America by Mickey Koss
  • Looking Ahead: Lightning Payments in 2025 by River
  • No-Code + AI + Bitcoin: The Ultimate Trio for Future Workflows by Alby
  • Fiat Ruins Everything by Jimmy Song

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-47

BR046 - Libbitcoin Vulnerability, Acoustic Attack, Mempool.space & + MORE ft. Odell, Marty & Harry10 Aug 202302:26:52

I'm joined by guests Odell, Harry Sudock, & Marty Bent to go through the list.


Vulnerability Disclosures:

  • 00:02:22 Key listening attack
  • 00:15:03 Libbitcoin Bitcoin Explorer Vulnerability CVE-2023-39910

Housekeeping:

  • 00:25:21 COLDCARD Firmware Pull Requests

Bitcoin:

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:26:24 Wasabi v2.0.4
  • 00:31:54 BTC Pay Server 1.11.0
  • 00:32:13 Samurai v0.99.98h
  • 00:35:20 Keeper
  • 00:49:07 Mempool.space
  • 01:07:42 MyCitadel Desktop v1.4.0
  • 01:09:01 HWI v2.3.0
  • 01:09:32 Blockstream Green v4.0.11
  • 01:09:50 Electrs v0.10.0
  • 01:10:20 Libwally Core v0.9.1
  • 01:11:17 Blockstream Satellite v2.4.6
  • 01:17:04 StartOS v0.3.4.4
  • 01:17:45 10101
  • 01:21:19 Brainbow v0.1.149
  • 01:33:15 River
  • 01:34:59 Boltz
  • 01:35:32 Agoradesk
  • 01:35:57 Orange Pill App
  • 01:37:38 The Bitcoin Company

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:39:23 bitaxeUltra
  • 01:40:35 Timechain Calendar
  • 01:41:17 NerdMiner_v2
  • 01:42:50 FROSTSNAP
  • 01:45:25 Libflorestra

Lightning:

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:48:51 Mutiny Wallet
  • 01:49:58 Zeus v0.7.7
  • 01:50:08 Blink
  • 01:50:22 Alby v3.0.0
  • 01:50:34 Nodeless
  • 01:50:44 Wallet of Satoshi v2.2.4
  • 01:51:09 Nayuta Wallet v1.0.0
  • 01:51:17 Breez SDK Core v0.1.4
  • 01:51:25 Loop v0.26.0-beta
  • 01:52:19 Cashu v0.13.0 – Ecash backups
  • 01:52:34 Minibits v0.0.7-alpha
  • 01:52:39 Lightning Terminal
  • 01:52:45 RGB Core
  • 01:52:49 taproot-assets
  • 01:53:26 JoltzRewards
  • 01:53:33 Thunderhub
  • 01:53:38 Clams v1.8.0
  • 01:53:48 Peach v0.2.12
  • 01:53:52 Stacker News v1.2.1

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:59:31 PkgZap
  • 01:59:36 Orage

Privacy Software:

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 02:00:15 Simplex Chat
  • 02:00:59 fldigi fldigi

Boosts:

  • 01:23:25 Shoutout to top boosters: 🏆 transisto, @apemithrandir, @btcmcboatface, @ahanniga, @nomadjoe, @heidisov, @michaelmatulef & @vake

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter:

  • 02:03:52 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy:

• Hackathons

  • 02:04:33 Ai4ALL results

• Funding

  • 02:07:30 The Human Rights Foundation
  • 02:07:47 Geyser Launches
  • 02:07:52 New Spiral grantee Alyssa Hertig

• Mining

  • 02:08:00 Stratum v2 (SRI) Roadmap

• Business & Finance

  • 02:09:00 PayPal Launches a Stablecoin

• Privacy

  • 02:16:42 Chainalysis Investigations Lead Is ‘Unaware’ of Scientific Evidence the Surveillance Software Works
  • 02:16:58 PayPal permanently locked the GrapheneOS Foundation account
  • 02:17:26 Worldcoin Safety and Privacy Concerns

Shoutouts:

  • 02:18:55 BTC Sessions New Tutorial: Mastering Bitcoin Transactions: Unlocking Nunchuk Wallet's ADVANCED Features

Reads:

• 02:19:12 Here's a list of our top recently published reads:

  • Libbitcoin Bitcoin Explorer Vulnerability CVE-2023-39910 by [Milk Sad
  • Passphrases Are Not the Solution for Bitcoin Custody by [Hugo Nguyen
  • How to Build Your Own Bitcoin Park [by Rod
  • Azteco Guide by [bitcoiner.guide
  • StaticWire: Rent Internet Protocol Subnets Using Bitcoin's Lightning Network by Andy Schroder
  • How can I manually (on paper) calculate a Bitcoin public key from a private key? (Poelstra's Response on Stack Exchange)
  • Increasing Interoperability Between Bitcoin’s Second-Layer Protocols by [Chase Smith
  • On how we get to "self-custodial custodians" by Arvin from Galoy
  • Lightning Everywhere by Tony Giorgio

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-46

BR045 - #MPCbros vs #TeamScript Debate ft. Rijndael & Rob01 Aug 202301:26:49

I'm joined by Rijndael and Rob Hamilton to debate MPC vs Script.

Discussion Topics:

  • 00:01:08 Intros
  • 00:01:52 Team MPC Primer
  • 00:03:49 Team Script Primer
  • 00:04:24 Simplicity
  • 00:05:31 Auditability
  • 00:05:31 Real world use
  • 00:08:23 Interactivity and nonce manangement
  • 00:15:21 Musig
  • 00:19:26 Shitcoin use
  • 00:21:37 Signing schemes
  • 00:26:48 Switching sides
  • 00:29:22 Multisig vs single sig
  • 00:31:29 Covenants and transaction introspection opcodes
  • 00:37:06 Taproot
  • 00:45:53 Adoption of new features
  • 00:54:55 Covenants
  • 00:59:19 Roundup
  • 01:03:57 Trident
  • 01:10:24 Scripts & HSMs
  • 01:16:33 Miniscript
  • 01:20:42 Team script custody tooling (Rijndael Project)

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-45

BR044-Nostr: Primal, Highlighter, Damus,Zapstream,Mutiny, NIP90/52 +MORE ft.Miljan,Pablo,Tony&Kieran28 Jul 202301:48:10

I'm joined by guests Miljan, Pablo, Tony, & Kieran to go through the list of Nostr updates.

Housekeeping

  • 00:02:23 BRB.io is 500 🥳
  • 00:04:32 Opensats First Wave of Nostr Grants

Software Releases & Project Updates

• NIPs

  • 00:11:15 NIP-90: Data Vending Machine
  • 00:22:06 NIP-52: Calendar Events, Calendars, Calendar Event RSVPs

• Clients

  • 00:23:52 Primal.net
  • 00:37:11 Damus v1.6 (7): "Less bad"
  • 00:38:35 Snort v0.1.11
  • 00:41:16 iris-messenger v0.2.0
  • 00:41:54 Amethyst v0.70.6
  • 00:43:18 Coracle 0.2.34
  • 00:47:27 Nos.social v0.1 (59)
  • 00:47:40 Plebstr v0.7.4
  • 00:47:58 Nostur 1.3.0
  • 00:48:17 Nostrmo 1.8.0
  • 00:48:24 Arcade v0.3.0-beta

• Libraries

  • 00:49:48 Rust Nostr v0.22

• Other

  • 00:50:56 Highlighter v0.7.0
  • 00:58:16 Habla.news "Welcome to Nostr 🤗"
  • 01:02:11 nostr-zap
  • 01:02:20 Nostore
  • 01:02:34 Nostr Wallet Connect from Alby

• Bitcoin Projects Leveraging Nostr

  • 01:02:42 Postr A proof-of-concept for doing payjoin using Nostr
  • 01:03:18 Bitpac: Publicly auditable cooperatives that live on bitcoin
  • 01:03:33 Mutiny Wallet Beta
  • 01:05:30 Oak Node v0.3.7

Project Spotlight

  • 01:07:06 Nostr Birdsite Bridge
  • 01:09:23 agorasocial.app
  • 01:10:30 nostr.kiwi
  • 01:11:24 zapit.live
  • 01:12:06 Nostryfied
  • 01:12:42 Satellite CDN
  • 01:14:40 Nostr Mesh
  • 01:15:09 Zapple Pay
  • 01:20:52 Zap.Stream
  • 01:29:20 Nostr Sites
  • 01:30:39 Relayable.org
  • 01:37:04 Nostrss
  • 01:37:46 ostrich.work
  • 01:37:56 Mostr

News & Noteworthy

• Project News

  • 01:39:05 Several Projects going FOSS

• Funding

  • 01:40:00 JeffG is raising funds on Geyser
  • 01:40:08 Primal secures $1m in funding

• Legacy social media

  • 01:41:25 Truth Social Head of Engineering Leaves for Nostr
  • 01:41:33 Musk explains why he’s rebranding Twitter to X
  • 01:41:38 Instagram launches Threads

• Media & Press

  • 01:41:55 The Nostr Report YouTube channel
  • 01:42:01 RFK JR Mentions Nostr
  • 01:42:06 Nostr documentary: Social Media is broken. Can we fix it?

Reads

• 01:42:12 Here's a list of our top recently published reads:

  • Why should I care about nostr?
  • How to use notacomment
  • All Your (Advertising) Models are Broken
  • Zapplepay: Zap Even if They Say it's Forbidden

Audience Questions

• 01:42:12 Here's the audience questions this week:

  • "How do vanity addresses like those generated with nostrogen work?"
  • "Do we need fully airgapped signing devices for Nostr keys?"

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-44

BR043 - Opensats, Sparrow, Nunchuk, Mutiny Wallet, Cashu + MORE ft. Craig Raw, JamesOB & Rijndael27 Jul 202301:52:16

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, James O'Beirne, & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping:

  • 00:02:06 Opensats
  • 00:04:52 Coinkite

Bitcoin: • Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:06:57 Sparrow v1.7.8
  • 00:25:54 Mercury Wallet v0.9.0
  • 00:27:04 Fully Noded
  • 00:28:48 MyCitadel v1.4
  • 00:29:31 Nunchuk iOS v1.9.2 / Android 1.9.3
  • 00:35:10 BlueWallet v6.4.6
  • 00:35:28 Blixt Wallet v0.6.8
  • 00:37:52 BDK v1.0.0-alpha.10
  • 00:42:25 Keeper v1.0.7
  • 00:42:44 BTC Pay Server v1.10.3
  • 00:42:59 Parmanode Update
  • 00:43:10 RGB Core v0.10.5
  • 00:44:38 StartOS v0.3.4.3
  • 00:44:59 Bisq v1.9.12
  • 00:45:11 Peach v0.2.11 / v0.2.10
  • 00:45:31 Orange Pill App 1.4.4
  • 00:45:37 BitGo MuSig2

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:47:04 Wallby
  • 00:48:04 PDK
  • 00:50:13 Bitpac
  • 00:51:23 BIP39 Colors

Lightning: • Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:54:23 Phoenix 3rd Generation Beta
  • 00:56:48 Mutiny Wallet
  • 01:05:27 Mutiny Node
  • 01:05:49 Torq
  • 01:07:21 lnbits
  • 01:07:53 Stacker News
  • 01:08:13 Cashu
  • 01:12:10 Zeus LN node
  • 01:13:40 sphinx-key
  • 01:14:46 Breez SDK Core
  • 01:15:18 Validating Lightning Signer
  • 01:15:49 LN Markets
  • 01:15:58 Pocket
  • 01:16:03 Oak Node
  • 01:16:08 BitBanana
  • 01:16:27 10101
  • 01:16:48 8333.mobi
  • 01:16:59 CivKit Roadmap
  • 01:17:25 Bolt.observer
  • 01:17:30 Alby

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:17:41 Orb
  • 01:18:17 P-38
  • 01:18:47 LNDg
  • 01:18:55 Minibits
  • 01:19:05 Lightning Prisms
  • 01:20:01 Git Lurker

Nostr: • Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:20:30 Amethyst
  • 01:20:49 Primal.net

Privacy Software: • Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:21:02 Simplex Chat v5.2.0-beta.2

Nostr: • Project spotlight

  • 01:23:02 Zapple Pay by Ben Carman
  • 01:23:19 Zap.Stream

Boosts: 01:23:25 Shoutout to top boosters: @ahanniga, @michaelmatulef, @greggrahamtx, @apemithrandir, @vake, @owen_ & @dash News & Noteworthy: • Bitcoin

  • 01:26:14 Block MDK Update
  • 01:26:33 f2pool Transaction Accelerator
  • 01:26:47 Chris Belcher health issues.

• Lightning & L2

  • 01:27:17 Attempted lightning backends vulnerability exploit
  • 01:27:48 Lightning Labs AI For All
  • 01:32:49 Simple Bitcoin Wallet to remove lightning

• Community

  • 01:36:35 Bitcoin Park celebrating first year

• Business & Finance

  • 01:37:57 MicroStrategy 12.3k Bitcoin purchase
  • 01:39:22 Brazilian Bitcoin Startup Bipa Raises $1.4 Million
  • 01:39:28 Binance Completes LN Integration

• Government & Political

  • 01:39:44 Capital gains tax for Bitcoin in Slovakia reduced
  • 01:39:52 North Carolina House Advances Bill To Study Virtual Currency
  • 01:39:57 Kraken Ordered to Turn Over User Info to IRS
  • 01:40:04 Belarus Looks to Ban Peer-to-Peer Crypto Transactions
  • 01:40:14 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds $100,001-$250,000 BTC

• Privacy

  • 01:40:29 Huobi accidentally exposed a set of credentials enabling access to cloud storage
  • 01:40:59 BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Surveillance

Reads:

• 01:41:16 Here's a list of our top recently published reads:

  • Deep dive into Oracle-Based Conditional payments
  • A Technical Overview of Virtual PSBTs in the Taproot Assets Protocol
  • A Technical Walkthrough of Hash Time Locked Contracts and Lightning Channel Operations
  • Working In Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
  • Open Music is Bringing a New Sound to Podcasts
  • The Rise of Lightning Service Providers
  • Simplicity: Holes and Side Effects
  • Pseudonymity: An FAQ for Bitcoiners
  • The many faces of Schnorr
  • Introducing the new Phoenix: a 3rd generation self-custodial Lightning wallet
  • Building Blocks of Simplicity: Values and Types
  • Zapplepay: Zap Even if They Say it's ForbiddenBuying non-KYC Bitcoin with AgoraDesk Guide
  • Blixt Wallet Guide

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
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  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-43

BR042 - The Bitcoin Script Project ft. Alex B, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael11 Jul 202301:09:17

I'm joined by guests Alex B, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael to discuss The Bitcoin Script Project.


Discussion Topics:

  • 00:01:11 Guest introductions
  • 00:01:49 Introduction to Bitcoin scripts
  • 00:05:10 Outlining the self custody scaling problem
  • 00:08:19 Summary of the various proposals
  • 00:12:44 Communicating information about the proposals
  • 00:17:46 Complexity of Bitcoin development: feature or bug?
  • 00:21:48 Unopinionated presentation of the opcodes
  • 00:25:51 Leveraging existing primitives
  • 00:28:54 Coordination, communication and interoperability
  • 00:33:53 Accessibility
  • 00:37:48 Leaderless development and rough consensus
  • 00:42:22 Next steps
  • 00:45:35 Community discourse
  • 00:47:30 Improving the feedback loop between industry and core development
  • 00:50:38 Prerequisite knowledge required to contribute to Bitcoin
  • 00:54:13 Open development, assessing claims and knowledge sharing
  • 01:04:41 Final thoughts

Links & Contacts:

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-42

BR041 - Sparrow, River, COLDCARD, Trident, 10101 + MORE ft. Craig Raw, Rob Hamilton & Alex Leishman29 Jun 202301:52:09

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Rob Hamilton & Alex Leishman to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:53 #LearnToBuild
  • 00:09:18 COLDCARD PRs
  • 00:17:44 Censorship rant: Damus vs Apple

Security Updates

  • 00:24:11 Firmware Extraction: Evil-Maid Attacks on Blockstream Jade Hardware Wallet

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:31:04 COLDCARD
  • 00:41:08 Sparrow
  • 01:00:26 Nunchuk iOS
  • 01:00:37 Blockstream Green Desktop
  • 01:01:15 Keeper
  • 01:01:53 Trezor
  • 01:02:09 Umbrel
  • 01:04:14 StartOS

• Project Spotlight:

  • 01:18:58 mnemonikey
  • 01:19:44 Runcitadel
  • 01:19:54 BitcoinExplorer.org
  • 01:20:32 tapsim

Lightning

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:20:42 Alby
  • 01:21:09 Blink
  • 01:21:32 cashu
  • 01:22:06 Mutiny Wallet
  • 01:22:58 mutiny-node
  • 01:24:21 Eclair
  • 01:26:05 TORQ
  • 01:28:53 Voltage Surge
  • 01:29:05 Boltz
  • 01:29:18 Lightning Terminal
  • 01:29:28 Zebedee
  • 01:29:33 Stacker News

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:29:46 LDK Node
  • 01:29:59 Coffee Plugin Manager
  • 01:30:15 cashu-rs-mint
  • 01:30:21 Lightning Piggy

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:30:29 Primal One-Tap Zaps:

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:30:47 Oak Node

Boosts

  • 00:44:10 Shoutout to top boosters: @apemithrandir, @dubravko, @michaelmatulef

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:32:11 [256] - Proposal to extend BOLT11 invoices to request two payments
  • 01:32:27 [255] - Discussion about the taproot annex: & Draft BIP for silent payments

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 01:32:38 Ledger Recover Cryptographic Protocol White Paper
  • 01:33:01 Bitkey invites first external customers in Beta launch
  • 01:33:06 Binance Pool launches the BTC Transaction Accelerator
  • 01:33:11 Ministry of Nodes Bitcoin Nodebox
  • 01:33:42 Bitcoin Centric-ai "Spirit Of Satoshi" Unveiled

• Lightning

  • 01:34:13 Binance joins the lightning network
  • 01:34:49 Lightning network is approaching ATH levels
  • 01:34:58 Santander blog post highlights benefits of LN on scalability

• Misc

  • 01:35:06 taproot-assets

• Finance

  • 01:36:34 Crypto custody firm Prime Trust has a "shortfall in customer funds
  • 01:41:51 The Bitcoin ETF Race
  • 01:42:10 Hong Kong's HSBC allows customers to trade Bitcoin ETFs

• Shitcoin Wreckage

  • 01:42:22 Unregistered Securities Removed from Robinhood

• Security

  • 01:42:29 North Korean Hackers Pocketed More Than $100M in Atomic Wallet Hack
  • 01:43:30 Malicious 'Trezor Wallet Suite' App in Apple AppStore Steals Crypto

•  Funding

  • 01:47:24 New Spiral grantee - Matthew Ramsden

• Mining

  • 01:47:53 Riot Purchases 7.6 Eh/s Of Next Generation Miners From MicroBT, Manufactured In The United States

Reads

  • 01:48:00 Deep Dive into Zero-Knowledge Proofs: A detailed exploration of zero-knowledge proofs
  • 01:48:08 Ark Layer 2: A Groundbreaking Development in Bitcoin Transactional Landscape
  • 01:48:13 Bitcoin as a Nonviolent Tool Against State Financial Censorship
  • 01:48:27 The Grug Brained Developer

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-41

BR076 - Sparrow, AnchorWatch, Exploding Pagers, Bitcoin Core Spam Attack, Ark goes mainnet, NBitcoin Secp256k1 Vulnerability + MORE ft. Craig, Rob & Ben25 Sep 202402:00:57

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Rob Hamilton and Ben Carman to go through the list.

Housekeeping
00:01:34 Big COLDCARD Q news
00:01:46 Understanding The COLDCARD Mk4 Security Model by Guy Swann
00:02:02 Coinkite Reseller Program 2024 update


Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
00:02:26 Bitcoin Core Disclosure
00:04:15 NBitcoin library
00:06:55 Supply chain attack


Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:33:55 Bitcoin Core
00:34:14 Sparrow Wallet
00:42:55 BDK
00:43:11 HWI
00:43:22 Nunchuk Android
00:43:28 Liana
00:43:55 Keeper Desktop
00:44:11 RoboSats
00:44:19 Wasabi Wallet
00:51:53 SwissBitcoinPay
00:51:57 BoltzExchange client
00:52:02 Padawan Wallet
00:57:25 LiveWallet
00:57:33 BIP39-XOR
00:59:06 ESP-Miner

• Project Spotlight
00:59:32 Mutation Core
00:59:45 Dana Wallet
00:59:52 BitVore
1:00:13 SwapMarket
1:00:20 NOIST
1:09:14 Shielded CSV
1:09:46 Vinteum introduces Bitcoin Dev Launchpad
1:09:57 The Bitcoiner's Intro to Rust
1:13:23 Silent Payment Faucet
1:13:29 Ashigaru
1:14:42 Bitcoin Scoresby
1:14:50 BConf


Vulnerability Disclosures
1:15:14 PIXHELL Attack
1:15:49 Marko Polo
1:16:42 Five dollar wrench attack
1:16:56 Social engineering attack
1:18:28 German law enforcement agencies
1:19:13 The Tor project addresses concerns over a law enforcement attack
1:19:21 Supply chain attack

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
 • Software Releases & Project Updates
 1:20:37 SimpleX
 1:20:40 Tails
 1:20:44 SideBand
 1:21:59 reticulum-meshchat
 1:22:01 NomadNet

• Project Spotlight
 1:22:07 rPGP
 1:22:13 Discord introduces the DAVE protocol


Lightning & L2(+)
 • Project Spotlight
 1:22:22 Brick wallet
 1:22:27 lnrecc

• Software Releases & Project Updates
 1:24:53 Phoenix Wallet
 1:25:02 LNbits
 1:25:13 minibits-wallet
 1:25:23 LNDg
 1:25:40 Lightning Terminal
 1:25:43 Aqua Wallet
 1:25:50 Second


Nostr
• Project spotlight
1:27:01 Nostr-social-graph
1:27:08 Wherostr
1:27:16 gitworkshop.dev
1:27:26 ngit
1:29:52 SatShoot
1:29:57 Known Nostr Attack
1:30:04 Foro.Wiki
1:30:16 Whitenoise
1:31:34 Pollerama
1:31:41 ZapD (Zap Delivery)
1:31:46 Nostr Personality Analyzer
1:31:59 Alphaama releases 3 micro-apps


Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:32:19 Anchorwatch

Boosts
1:54:55 Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @vake, @user54549358 , @tac_btc, @LITTLE & @btconboard

Links & Contacts:

BR040 - Alby, Zeus, Nunchuk, Damus, Mutiny, SATSCARD, App store censorship + MORE ft. Bumi & Mandrik16 Jun 202301:13:00

I'm joined by guests Bumi & Mandrik to go through the list. *CORRECTION* Release notes at 00:19:12 are for Trezor not Ledger.

Housekeeping

  • 00:02:24 More NFC card designs⁠
  • 00:02:28 Bare chip with flex PCB SATSCHIP⁠ in stock in a few days
  • 00:02:35 Satscard.com fiat balance display
  • 00:02:40 OpenSats⁠ looking for applications

Bitcoin

• Security Updates

  • 00:03:17 Damus to be removed from app store
  • 00:04:22 Zeus rejected by Apple
  • 00:06:53 MutinyWallet mainnet⁠⁠
  • 00:08:09 Alby PWA in the works?

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:11:05 Bitcoin Core
  • 00:11:50 Nunchuk
  • 00:14:53 BTC Pay Server
  • 00:18:56 Robosats
  • 00:19:12 Trezor
  • 00:20:28 Seedsigner
  • 00:20:58 Bitcoin Keeper
  • 00:22:14 MyNode
  • 00:22:40 raspiblitz
  • 00:24:27 Parmanode
  • 00:24:42 electrs
  • 00:25:40 Mercury Wallet
  • 00:26:15 Blockstream Green Desktop
  • 00:26:25 taproot-assets⁠
  • 00:27:09 BTC Map Android
  • 00:27:20 Orange Pill App
  • 00:27:37 Polar

• Project Spotlight:

  • 00:28:56 Eclair CLI
  • 00:29:10 BTC Warp
  • 00:29:42 Musig playground

HAM stuff lunch break

  • 00:29:56 FX-4CR radio and src

Lightning

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:31:31 LND
  • 00:32:33 Bluewallet
  • 00:33:02 Alby
  • 00:35:24 Fountain
  • 00:35:58 Zeus
  • 00:36:45 Wallet of Satoshi
  • 00:37:49 Satimoto demo
  • 00:38:23 Nutstash
  • 00:38:35 Mash LN wallet
  • 00:38:50 Bitrefill LN login

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:41:47 eNuts
  • 00:42:05 Scaling Lightning
  • 00:42:13 Walletano
  • 00:42:49 BitBanana

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:43:53 Zebedee X nostr

Boosts

  • 00:44:10 Shoutout to top boosters: @bradmillscan7, @mrmr, @apemithrandir, @vake, @wartimepsycho.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 00:46:07 State compression with zero-knowledge validity proofs [252]
  • 00:46:22 Proposal for managed joinpool protocol & Transaction relay over Nostr [253]
  • 00:47:39 Using MATT to replicate CTV and manage joinpools [254]
  • 00:47:46 Discussion about the taproot annex & Draft BIP for silent payments [255]

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 00:47:53 Home Servers going mainstream
  • 00:48:43 Bitcoin Volunteer Opportunity Board

• Lightning & L2

  • 00:48:56 bolt.observer to open source LiquidOps
  • 00:49:05 Liquid Swaps by Boltz
  • 00:49:14 Six New Liquid Federation Members
  • 00:49:27 Swan LN withdrawals in alpha test
  • 00:49:33 Blockstream open sources Greenlight client repo
  • 00:50:38 BTC Prague X Fedi
  • 00:51:13 MercuryLayer Announced

• Privacy

  • 00:54:17 Vexl Foundation⁠ by SatoshiLabs

• Funding

  • 00:56:43 Brink
  • 00:57:47 BOL2 VLS grant

• Mining

  • 00:57:59 Anti-Bitcoin mining bill is dead
  • 00:58:06 Tether Mining Investments

• Business

  • 01:01:09 Strike
  • 01:01:16 Google Cloud X Voltage
  • 01:01:21 Bitkey X Coinbase & Cash App Partnership

• Political

  • 01:01:29 SEC Filings

• Other

  • 01:01:46 TBD Web5 Verifiable Credentials Toolkit
  • 01:01:56 Bitcoin Audible, helmed by popular host Guy Swann, was served with a lawsuit on Friday (Bugled!)

Reads

  • 01:03:34 The Signal & the Nonce⁠: Tracing ASIC Fingerprints to Reshape Our Understanding of Bitcoin Mining by Karim Helmy, Lucas Nuzzi, Alex Mead, Kyle Waters, and the Coin Metrics Team
  • 01:03:51 Ark AMA with Burak [Stackernews⁠]
  • 01:03:56 Securing a $100M Lightning node [Acinq⁠]
  • 01:04:19 Explaining Replace By Fee by Nifty⁠
  • 01:04:24 Normal operation and closure of a pre-taproot LN channel [ellemouton⁠]
  • 01:04:33 Bitcoin address types compared: P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH, and more [Unchained⁠]
  • 01:04:44 Sparrow Wallet: Ultimate Quick Start Guide For Beginners [Athena⁠]
  • 01:04:48 RoboSats Guide [⁠Bitcoiner.Guide⁠]
  • 01:04:53 Darkpool⁠: A chaumian blinded ecash like co-op mixing pool for self custodial savings accompanying Mints
  • 01:05:07 Beginner friendly guide to Open Source projects [⁠bitcoiner.guide⁠]
  • 01:06:01 A collection of resources related to covenants by ⁠Robin Linus⁠

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
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  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-40

BR039 - Nostr.Review: Primal, Onyx, Highlighter, nsecbunker + MORE ft. fiatjaf, Miljan & Pablo07 Jun 202302:03:38

I'm joined by guests ⁠Fiatjaf⁠, ⁠Miljan⁠ & ⁠Pablo⁠ to go through the list of Nostr updates.

Housekeeping

  • 00:02:28 Opensats
  • 00:03:22 Fiatjaf fund

Software Releases & Project Updates

• Clients

  • 00:03:45 Damus
  • 00:06:07 Nosotros
  • 00:07:53 Snort
  • 00:08:48 Amethyst
  • 00:12:33 Onyx
  • 00:15:34 Coracle
  • 00:18:11 Nos.social
  • 00:19:00 Current
  • 00:23:18 Plebstr
  • 00:25:43 simplex
  • 00:27:32 Primal
  • 00:46:23 Agora
  • 00:48:15 Nostur
  • 00:51:06 Nostrmo
  • 00:53:18 Nostri.chat

• Services

  • 00:55:18 Nostr Plebs Email

• Libraries

  • 00:55:43 rust-nostr

• Relays

  • 00:57:28 nostream

• Projects

  • 00:58:01 nblog
  • 00:58:50 Arcade
  • 01:00:04 OstrichGram
  • 01:00:42 Nostr Market
  • 01:03:30 Advanced Nostr Search
  • 01:05:14 nostr.build
  • 01:08:22 Highlighter
  • 01:16:57 satellite.earth
  • 01:24:27 njump
  • 01:26:10 nak.nostr
  • 01:27:12 Zaplife

Project Spotlight

  • 01:30:26 Nostr Nests
  • 01:34:30 nostr-chat-fyne
  • 01:36:29 nsecbunker
  • 01:42:50 kind3.xyz
  • 01:45:19 Nostrscript
  • 01:46:44 nostrrr
  • 01:47:50 YakiHonne
  • 01:49:12 NDK

News & Noteworthy

  • 01:52:09 Primal open sourced their Nostr caching service
  • 01:53:16 Nostrasia event
  • 01:53:33 Calle creates a basic construction of Nostr silent DMs

Project Spotlight (cont)

  • 1:53:58 Zapddit
  • 01:54:14 Nostr Sovrn
  • 01:54:30 Ephemerelay
  • 01:54:39 write.nostr.com
  • 01:54:45 nosta.me
  • 01:55:00 listr.lol
  • 01:55:13 nostr.band statistics

Reads

  • 01:55:34 nsecBunker: Your Nostr Keys Management Fortress by Tony

Links & Contacts

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  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-39

BR038 - FROST Panel ft. Jesse Posner, Rijndael & Vivek02 Jun 202301:35:34

I'm joined by guests Jesse Posner, Rijndael & Vivek to discuss FROST.


Discussion Topics:

  • 00:01:12 Guest introductions
  • 00:01:50 What is FROST?
  • 00:09:54 FROST methods for key generation and secret sharing
  • 00:14:47 FROST use cases
  • 00:21:22 Nonces
  • 00:25:39 FROST + Nostr
  • 00:27:14 Nonces (cont)
  • 00:28:43 Implications for signing devices
  • 00:38:46 Implications for lightning-
  • 00:41:56 Derisking potential of FROST
  • 00:48:20 State of implementations
  • 00:51:35 Nostr signing
  • 00:59:42 FROST tradeoffs
  • 01:05:02 ROAST-
  • 01:08:31 How does coordination work?
  • 01:19:04 Libraries and repositories: where should FROST live?
  • 01:27:34 Broadcast channels and authentication-
  • 01:31:20 Final thoughts

Links & Contacts:

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-38

BR037 - Mempool.space, COLDCARD, Ledger Recover, Cashu +MORE ft. Steve Lee, Future Paul & Livera25 May 202302:10:08

I'm joined by guests Steve Lee, Future Paul & Stephan Livera, to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:44 OpenSats
  • 00:05:08 Reproducible builds

Bitcoin

• Security Updates

  • 00:06:50 Ledger miniscript vulnerability
  • 00:08:12 Ledger Recover

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:23:30 Coldcard Mk4 6.0.0X
  • 00:29:28 Liana
  • 00:33:55 nunchuk-android
  • 00:34:10 Mempool.space
  • 00:42:17 electrum
  • 00:42:47 Mercury Wallet
  • 00:43:30 BlueWallet
  • 00:43:57 libwally-core
  • 00:44:54 startOS
  • 00:45:57 Robosats
  • 00:46:31 mycitadel-desktop
  • 00:48:31 Blockstream Green Desktop
  • 00:48:53 Parmanode
  • 00:49:16 Whirlpool
  • 00:52:14 Orange Pill App

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:52:39 Lnscribe
  • 00:54:29 Joltz rewards
  • 00:54:38 The Bitcoin Legacy Project
  • 00:55:18 lndk

Lightning & L2

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:58:15 Cashu
  • 01:04:01 Mutiny
  • 01:11:23 Alby
  • 01:12:27 lnbits
  • 01:12:52 Core Lightning
  • 01:14:37 TORQ
  • 01:14:51 Satimoto
  • 01:15:10 Swisspay
  • 01:15:20 Polar
  • 01:15:33 Nayuta Wallet
  • 01:15:46 Wavlake
  • 01:15:55 River

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:15:59 Zap Planner
  • 01:17:07 Vortex
  • 01:18:51 Etta Wallet

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 01:19:22 Damus 1tapzap

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:20:02 nostr-zap
  • 01:21:05 nostr-control
  • 01:21:35 Wasabi Nostr

Boosts

  • Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @apemithrandir, @obex, @northofthewall, @vake, @hipocrates, @dubravko

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:25:52 LSPs specifications [251]
  • 01:30:15 Bitcoin Core developers in-person meeting [251]

News & Noteworthy

• Lightning & L2

  • 01:37:53 Burak announces Ark
  • 01:46:15 MicroStrategy announces Lightning Platform
  • 01:46:28 Wallet of Satoshi Has Processed 9m LN Payments
  • 01:46:46 Zebedeeio announce the Node.js SDK for the ZEBEDEE API

• Privacy

  • 01:47:02 BULL BITCOIN becomes a No-KYC exchange
  • 01:47:08 HODL HODL and BISQ announce lightning integration
  • 01:47:37 Lava Launched in Miami
  • 01:49:37 Amboss privacy concerns

• Integration

  • 01:51:06 Total Play has integrated Bitcoin Lightning payments
  • 01:51:16 IBEX Mercado announced partnership with Grupo Salinas

• Business News

  • 01:51:23 Strike expands Bitcoin payments to 65 countries, moves global headquarters to El Salvador
  • 01:51:39 Paxful is back online
  • 01:51:48 Stripe announced the launch of a Stripe-hosted fiat-to-crypto onramp
  • 01:54:35 Fold Expands to El Salvador as Base for Latin American Operations
  • 01:54:59 Bittrex Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

• Funding

  • 01:55:06 Fedi
  • 01:56:32 HRF gifts 16.5 BTC via its Bitcoin Development Fund to support 12 projects worldwide
  • 01:56:45 River Raises $35 Million
  • 01:56:50 Tether will allocate >15% of operating profits to purchase Bitcoin
  • 01:58:32 Brink partners with Marathon Digital to raise $1,000,000 for funding Bitcoin Core development

• Legal & Political

  • See full shownotes (link below)

• Reads

  • 01:59:33 Here's a few of our recent recommended reads: Watchtowers on Lightning Network by Voltage.cloud, How do Lightning Network Fees Work by Voltage.cloud, Seeding a Bitcoin marketplace by Pablo, Using Spacechains and Fedimint to solve scaling by Fiatjaf, Bitcoin, CTV Covenants, and Enigma by Polyd_

Links & Contacts

• Audience Questions

  • 02:04:01 "How many words of a 24 word seed phrase you'd need to know (in the correct order), for the full seed phrase to become realistically brute-forceable?"

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
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  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-37/

BR036 - Lightning Privacy & Splice Panel ft. Tbast, Dusty, Tony, Jeff & Vivek12 May 202301:59:28

I'm joined by guests Tbast, Dusty, Tony, Jeff & Vivek to discuss lightning privacy and splicing.


Discussion Topics:

  • 00:01:17 Housekeeping
  • 00:02:14 Guest introductions
  • 00:04:29 Current state of LN privacy
  • 00:05:40 Receiver privacy
  • 00:06:58 Blinded paths
  • 00:12:31 Obscurity of lightning
  • 00:13:47 Onchain privacy compared to lightning privacy
  • 00:19:57 Lightning privacy challenges
  • 00:21:57 PTLCs
  • 00:22:48 Routing and LSPs
  • 00:24:20 Gossip filters
  • 00:25:36 Gossip and BOLT7 summary
  • 00:27:27 Speed of development
  • 00:29:22 Lightning implementations and compatability
  • 00:31:38 BOLT12
  • 00:34:00 Why an additional node implementation? (LDK)
  • 00:40:04 Feature experimentation and market validation
  • 00:43:29 Communicating feature sets
  • 00:45:05 Payment descriptions
  • 00:47:32 Nostr and zaps
  • 00:50:25 Custodial lightning and censorship resistance
  • 00:54:39 Splicing
  • 00:57:51 Scaling
  • 01:01:32 Bitcoin core changes that would advance lightning
  • 01:08:06 Testing, breaking and adversarial actions
  • 01:12:48 Shadow channels
  • 01:15:52 Splicing (cont.)
  • 01:22:04 Payjoins and keysend
  • 01:25:52 Blockspace concerns
  • 01:34:04 Taproot channels and gossip
  • 01:41:09 Splicing (cont.)
  • 01:42:13 Signing, UTXOs and pre-signed splices
  • 01:47:15 FROST
  • 01:47:60 Swap-in potentium
  • 01:48:49 ecash
  • 01:53:18 Final thoughts

Links & Contacts:

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-36

BR035 - OpenSats, Nunchuk, BTC Map, BRC-20 Mania + MORE ft. Sjors, Nicholas Gregory & Daniel Prince05 May 202301:49:50

I'm joined by guests Sjors Provoost, Nicholas Gregory & Daniel Prince to go through the list.

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:01:59 MyCitadel
  • 00:02:38 Zeus
  • 00:06:40 Nunchuk
  • 00:12:14 Blockstream Green
  • 00:14:32 Bluewallet
  • 00:15:33 Blixt
  • 00:18:05 Bitcoin Tribe
  • 00:18:14 Keeper
  • 00:19:15 Swisspay
  • 00:25:57 coinkite-tap-protocol
  • 00:29:00 RoninDojo
  • 00:29:42 BTC Map Android
  • 00:40:05 BTC Pay Server
  • 00:40:16 Joininbox
  • 00:40:37 Parmanode
  • 00:41:30 Trezor
  • 00:44:28 Mercury Wallet

• Project Spotlight

  • 00:51:00 Soma
  • 00:52:06 Preturnio
  • 00:53:23 bitcoinisdata
  • 00:53:41 satmap.app
  • 00:53:52 Orange Pill App

Lightning

• Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:57:40 Wallet of Satoshi
  • 00:58:08 Rust Lightning
  • 00:58:42 lnd
  • 00:58:51 LNBits SaaS
  • 00:59:09 Alby
  • 00:59:42 Voltage
  • 01:00:18 Bolt.observer
  • 01:00:29 Mutiny Node
  • 01:01:03 Lightning Loop
  • 01:01:37 Nayuta Wallet
  • 01:02:25 Stacker News
  • 01:03:12 Sphinx Relay

• Project Spotlight

  • 01:04:16 Strom
  • 01:05:31 NFC wristband to LNURL
  • 01:05:40 LN Scratch
  • 01:06:10 localsats
  • 01:06:18 Clams
  • 01:06:36 scribsat.com

Nostr

  • 01:08:43 Mostro
  • 01:09:00 Coinstr
  • 01:09:28 Swap Service
  • 01:11:41 nostr-tx-broadcast
  • 01:13:35 Munstr
  • 01:14:22 Primal

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:14:47 Proposed removal of BIP35 mempool P2P message [248]
  • 01:15:35 MATT-based vaults [249]
  • 01:15:55 Analysis of signature adaptor security [249]

Interlude

  • 01:17:08 Chatting about the Bitcoin.Review podcast
  • 01:20:05 Mempool congestion and BRC-20

Boosts

  • 01:16:36 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @erik99, @scarcity, @apemithrandir, @vake, @jcdenton & @dash.

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 01:31:13 Coinbase gets Bermuda license
  • 01:31:23 Bitcoin on Telegram
  • 01:32:00 Trust Wallet browser extension compromised
  • 01:32:24 Apple removes Bitcoin whitepaper from macOS Ventura beta
  • 01:33:11 Venmo rolling out Bitcoin & crypto withdrawals/transfers
  • 01:34:28 Balaji's million dollar bet settled
  • 01:34:52 Opensats announcement

• Lightning & L2

  • Skipped due to time limitations - see full shownotes!

• Nostr

  • Skipped due to time limitations - see full shownotes!

• Mining

  • Skipped due to time limitations - see full shownotes!

• Privacy

  • Skipped due to time limitations - see full shownotes!

• Funding

  • Skipped due to time limitations - see full shownotes!

• Legal & Political

  • 01:41:15 Dorsey's Legal Defense Fund is backing 13 Bitcoin Core developers facing lawsuits by Craig Wright
  • 01:43:15 Biden Administration Proposes 30% Tax on Bitcoin Mining
  • 01:43:35 North Carolina County Enacts One-year Ban On Commercial Bitcoin Mining

Attributions

  • Free sound effects from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com
  • Breaking news animation from Vecteezy.com

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-35/

BR034 - Nostr Taking off! Catch-up with NVK ft. Fiatjaf, JB55, Pablo & Odell26 Apr 202302:04:58

I'm joined by guests Fiatjaf, William Casarin, Pablo & Odell to discuss Nostr.


Timecodes coming soon.

  • 00:01:29 Guest introductions
  • 00:01:55 How far have things come with nostr?
  • 00:06:46 Ability to remove yourself from a client (Damus)
  • 00:09:08 Notes and highlighting on nostr- 00:15:39 Displaying notes
  • 00:21:52 Short notes and long notes
  • 00:26:28 DMs on nostr
  • 00:34:20 NIP-05 verifications
  • 00:36:53 Consensus on nostr and breaking changes
  • 00:45:31 Onlyzaps and NIP-47
  • 00:52:33 NIP-15 nostr marketplace
  • 01:00:47 Search, indexing and discoverability
  • 01:12:50 Nostr safe spaces- 01:14:16 File headers
  • 01:23:55 Calendars on nostr
  • 01:28:41 Key delegation/revocation
  • 01:38:16 RSS feeds (nostr RSS replacement?)
  • 01:43:58 Notifications and subscriptions
  • 01:47:34 Funding
  • 01:55:34 Roundup and final thoughts

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-34/

BR033 - OP_VAULT Round 2, Many Changes & OP_CTV ft. JamesOB, theinstagibbs, Ben Carman & Rijndael21 Apr 202301:36:35

I'm joined by guests JamesOB, Greg, Ben Carman and Rijndael to discuss OP_VAULT.

Discussion Topics

  • 00:01:26 Introductions
  • 00:02:35 Primer on OP_VAULT
  • 00:08:37 How is CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY achieved?
  • 00:13:12 Fee issues on CTV
  • 00:15:20 How has the proposal evolved?
  • 00:17:32 Simplification of OP_VAULT proposal
  • 00:21:34 Script libraries and CTV templates
  • 00:23:52 OP_VAULT criticisms
  • 00:34:22 Do we need OP_VAULT? Why change Bitcoin?
  • 00:36:44 OP_VAULT Opsec
  • 00:43:30 Cancel paths
  • 00:47:30 Why do OP_VAULT along with CTV?
  • 00:49:57 OP_VAULT + ANYPREVOUT
  • 00:50:28 Blockspace concerns
  • 00:52:41 Use in chaumian mints/ecash
  • 00:53:25 Managing security between L1 & L2
  • 00:56:56 Vaults & DLCs
  • 00:59:10 How do we activate OP_VAULT?
  • 01:02:43 Is there enough interest to do the work?
  • 01:04:05 Investment insurance concerns
  • 01:08:56 Now really, how do we activate OP_VAULT??
  • 01:13:01 Taproot & Segwit complexity VS OP_VAULT
  • 01:16:33 OP_VAULT product market fit
  • 01:18:47 Recursiveness of OP_VAULT
  • 01:19:53 OP_VAULT main selling points
  • 01:26:04 Multisig, OP_VAULT and improving HODL features
  • 01:32:14 Final thoughts

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-33/

BR032 - COLDCARD, Sparrow, Zeus, Mutiny, LNProxy, lnbits Nostr, Primal +MORE ft. Calle & Future Paul20 Apr 202301:40:05

I'm joined by guests ⁠⁠⁠⁠Future Paul & Calle to go through the list.

Bitcoin

• Bitcoin Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:01:56 COLDCARD Mk4
  • 00:06:23 Sparrow
  • 00:10:58 Electrum
  • 00:13:48 BTC Pay Server
  • 00:15:16 RoboSats
  • 00:16:42 BISQ
  • 00:19:21 libwally-core
  • 00:20:15 nix-bitcoin
  • 00:20:56 Nunchuk Desktop
  • 00:21:26 Blockstream Green iOS
  • 00:22:34 Trezor
  • 00:22:59 Fully Noded
  • 00:23:45 Liana
  • 00:24:00 mycitadel
  • 00:24:28 rgb-core
  • 00:27:18 Descriptor wallet library

• Lightning Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:27:54 MutinyNet
  • 00:30:59 Zeus
  • 00:33:51 Blixt
  • 00:36:50 TORQ
  • 00:37:19 Nutstash
  • 00:38:18 Phoenix
  • 00:38:54 Wavlake
  • 00:39:41 Stemstr
  • 00:40:27 Satimoto
  • 00:41:31 Zaprite

• Bitcoin & Lightning Project Spotlight

  • 00:42:25 bitcoin.rocks
  • 00:42:35 psbt.io
  • 00:42:57 mercury-node
  • 00:44:21 Parmanode
  • 00:44:48 LNProxy.org

Nostr

• Nostr Software Releases & Project Updates

  • 00:46:53 NIP-47: Nostr Wallet Connect
  • 00:47:13 NIP-15
  • 00:47:34 ananostr
  • 00:50:43 Damus
  • 00:50:58 Snort Social
  • 00:51:08 Amethyst
  • 00:51:21 nblog
  • 00:52:20 Coracle

• Nostr Project spotlight

  • 00:52:44 nostrit
  • 00:53:17 zapworthy
  • 00:53:31 NostrGraph Dashboard
  • 00:53:45 primal.net
  • 00:56:00 Nostri.chat
  • 00:57:49 N3XB

Boosts

  • 00:57:49 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: Purple Deer, puravida, Magenta Panda, Magenta Boar, northofthewall, apemithrandir & mrmr.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 00:59:20 244: Preventing stranded capital with multiparty channels and channel factories
  • 00:59:34 245: Watchtower accountability proofs
  • 01:00:49 246: Splicing specification & Proposed BIP for transaction terminology

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

  • 01:01:16 Bitcoin Whitepaper Hidden in macOS

• Lightning

  • 01:02:56 Hierarchical Channels Proposal
  • 01:10:15 Lightspark platform launches
  • 01:11:52 MicroStrategy email addresses to LN addresses
  • 01:12:01 Wallet of Satoshi processed 905,000 Lightning payments in March
  • 01:12:12 Wallet of Satoshi Point of Sale First Look

• Nostr

  • 01:12:17 Civ Kit: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Market System
  • 01:13:35 LNBits announces Nostr Market, Nostr Client & Nostr Relay

• Privacy

  • 01:19:59 Chivo Wallet censorship

• Mining

  • 01:20:44 Stratum v2 reference implementation update with Job Negotiator
  • 01:20:55 Sweden to increase data center taxes by 6,000%
  • 01:21:36 New York Times Bitcoin mining hitpiece + Pierre troll

• Enterprise & Finance

  • 01:24:32 Pocket acquires Bitkipi
  • 01:24:39 Strike Send Globally is now available in Senegal, Benin, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Togo
  • 01:24:47 Zebedee partners with Bitnob
  • 01:24:52 Block partners with African crypto exchange Yellow Card

• Privacy

  • 01:25:44 LinkingLion: An entity linking Bitcoin transactions to IPs?

• Reads

  • 01:30:20 LNP/BP Standards Association educational website

• Political

  • 01:30:28 Launch Of UK's First Bitcoin-only Policy Organisation - Bitcoin Policy UK

Audience Questions

  • 01:30:33 "Join market, wasabi or samurai?" @BITCOINALLCAPS

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-32/

BR031 Cashu & Fedimint: ecash, Bitcoin's layer 3 & scalability ft. Calle, E Sirion, Rijndael & Odell11 Apr 202302:15:37

I'm joined by guests Calle, Eric Sirion, Odell and Rijndael to discuss ecash.

Discussion Topics:

  • 00:01:30 Guest introductions
  • 00:02:59 Chaumian ecash origins
  • 00:08:04 ecash integration with monetary networks
  • 00:13:49 Technicals of ecash
  • 00:23:17 Supply and auditability
  • 00:27:07 Is ecash the third layer of Bitcoin?
  • 00:33:48 Cashu
  • 00:38:12 Fedimint
  • 00:45:09 Federated signing and sovling the double spend problem
  • 00:51:26 Fedimint tradeoffs
  • 00:55:24 How does the federation work?
  • 00:57:34 Fedimint denomications problem
  • 00:58:44 How is a federation formed?
  • 01:03:49 Comparing Fedimint to liquid
  • 01:07:55 Ease of use setting up a mint
  • 01:10:14 Running a federation/setting up a mint
  • 01:18:26 The open source movement
  • 01:24:03 Proof of reserves in ecash
  • 01:39:35 Onchain vs lightning mints
  • 01:42:21 Auditability and proof of liabilities
  • 01:45:04 Fedipools
  • 01:51:08 Scriptable ecash
  • 01:59:36 Nostr + ecash
  • 02:03:52 Naming ecash units of account
  • 02:06:26 ecash integration and intercompatability
  • 02:11:49 Final thoughts

Notes & Resources:

Links & Contacts:

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-31

BR075 - Bitcoin Core, COLDCARD, BitKit, RAMBO Attack, Chinese Hardware Backdoors, Nostr Censorship? + MORE ft. Future Paul & Rijndael11 Sep 202402:03:42

I'm joined by guests Future Paul & Rijndael to go through the list.

Full shownotes on the link below.

Housekeeping
00:03:17 Coinkite launches a dedicated partners page

Vulnerability Disclosures
00:18:54 The RAMBO Attack
00:27:50 YubiKeys vulnerable to sophisticated cloning attacks
00:29:05 SpyAgent
00:30:16 Hardware backdoors detected in Chinese key cards
00:34:41 sedexp

Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:36:53 Bitcoin Core
00:41:58 COLDCARD
00:48:06 Utreexod
00:48:44 BlueWallet
00:49:02 Nunchuk Android
00:49:16 Bitkey App
00:49:32 Bullbitcoin-mobile
00:51:49 SwissBitcoinPay
00:51:56 BoltzExchange client

• Project Spotlight
1:07:26 Bitcoin Good First Issues
1:09:22 StashPay
1:09:30 LiveWallet
1:09:42 dlc dev kit
1:09:50 Orqestra

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:11:19 SimpleX
1:12:04 NomadNet
1:12:51 Sideband
1:13:19 Mullvad VPN adds support for DAITA

• Project Spotlight
1:16:47 Cypherpunk Tools
1:16:59 RACE: The Resilient Anonymous Communications for Everyone
1:17:47 Katzenpost mix network
1:18:03 NymVPN

Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
1:19:41 Full Phoenixd Stack
1:19:49 Zapin.me
1:20:03 lnwCash

• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:25:53 CLN
1:25:58 rust-lightning
1:26:03 BlixtWallet
1:26:07 Phoenix Android/iOS
1:26:10 lnbits

• Boosts
1:30:52 Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @bradmillscan, @Marcellus, @qxotk & @vake

Nostr
• Project spotlight
1:38:33 Notepush by Damus
1:39:01 Nostrize
1:39:07 Wikistr
1:39:10 WoT Relay
1:39:17 Fren Relay
1:39:27 Anonostr
1:39:53 The Wired
1:40:05 Yeghro Unfollow Tool
1:40:11 Gif Buddy
1:40:18 Why Nostr
1:40:30 Bitcoin.Review nostr mini series

• Tech Tip of the Day
1:50:38 Don't use Telegram

News & Noteworthyr
• Bitcoin
1:51:03 Launch of the Bitcoin Dev Project
1:51:07 The BDK Foundation invites proposals
1:51:16 WasabiWallet backend servers are down

• Lightning
1:51:24 Strike now supports BOLT 12

• Business & Finance
1:51:27 Canadian bitcoin broker Bull Bitcoin expands to France
1:51:37 Zaprite introduces a Point-of-Sale app
1:51:43 Blockstream Mining launches third round of hashrate-backed BMN2 note

• Hyperbitcoinization
1:51:52 Mastercard launches euro-denominated non-custodial Bitcoin debit card
1:52:39 Nasdaq seeks regulatory approval

• Cryptography
1:53:06 Discovery

• Funding
1:53:36 OpenSats announcements

• Mining
1:54:55 Launch of the Bitcoin Mining Development Mailing List
1:56:30 Bee Evolved launches M.O.E.M.

• Privacy
1:56:40 Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, faces 12 criminal charges in France
1:57:09 U.S. appeals panel questions the Treasury’s sanctions on Tornado Cash

• Reads
2:00:52 Here's a list of our top recently published reads

Links & Contacts:

BR030 - Mercury Wallet, BitKey, BDK, Mutiny Wallet + MORE ft. Nicholas Gregory, Rijndael & Odell06 Apr 202301:55:28

I'm joined by guests ⁠Nicholas Gregory, ⁠Rijndael & Odell to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:01:37 Coldcard colors
  • 00:01:51 Coldcard Q1
  • 00:02:36 Miami Workshop
  • 00:02:46 Check out BR029

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • Bitcoin:
    • 00:04:08 Sparrow v1.7.4
    • 00:08:18 Specter Desktop v2.0.1
    • 00:08:41 Wasabi v2.0.3
    • 00:11:30 Mercury Wallet v0.8.10
    • 00:24:23 Nunchuk android v1.9.28
    • 00:24:31 Mempool.space v2.5.0
    • 00:29:26 Robosats
    • 00:36:32 Cashu NUT-08
    • 00:38:02 Liana v0.3.1
    • 00:38:45 Samurai Dojo v1.19.0
    • 00:39:18 HodlHodl
  • Lightning:
    • 00:41:35 Blixt v0.6.5
    • 00:43:18 Zeus v0.7.4
    • 00:45:18 Blink v2.1.79
    • 00:51:02 TORQ v0.19.1
    • 00:53:16 LND v0.16.0
    • 00:54:30 c-lightning v23.02.2
    • 00:55:33 Lightning Terminal v0.9.0-alpha
    • 00:55:48 The Bitcoin Company v1.27
    • 00:57:25 ZEBEDEE
    • 00:57:35 LNURL-pay extension
  • Nostr:
    • 00:57:58 Damus v1.4.0
    • 00:58:19 Nosotros v0.3.2.3-alpha
    • 00:58:22 Amethyst v0.32.0
    • 00:58:56 snort.social v0.1.6
    • 00:59:04 Nostri.chat v0.1.5
    • 00:59:12 Algia v0.0.15

Boosts

  • 01:01:37 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @northofthewall, @hightraverse, @apemithrandir, @obex, @mirkorainer, @ahanniga, @gerrrrt

Project spotlight

  • 01:05:35 The Bitcoin Time Capsule
  • 01:06:39 Speed Bitcoin POS
  • 01:06:48 blowater
  • 01:07:06 10101
  • 01:08:15 LED Boltcards
  • 01:08:53 Plebbin
  • 01:10:51 Floresta
  • 01:12:40 BDK
  • 01:16:23 OpenOrdex

News & Noteworthy

  • Odell's Picks:
    • 01:19:35 Mutiny Wallet raised >$300k
    • 01:22:56 The Mullvad Browser

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:25:03 243: TypeScript library for miniscript descriptors released

News & Noteworthy Cont.

  • Bitcoin:
    • 01:25:30 Block Bitkey
    • 01:32:28 MSTR Repays $205M Bitcoin-Collateralized Loan & buys +6,455 BTC
    • 01:33:21 Bitcoin Product Community launched
    • 01:35:16 ZeroSync
  • Lightning:
    • 01:38:28 lnroom.live - Learn how to hack on Core Lightning
    • 01:38:41 What Are Blinded Paths?
    • 01:38:46 c= Lightning node up and running
    • 01:38:55 "The future of lightning is non-custodial" - Igor Korsakov
    • 01:39:04 BoltCard Wallet launches LNDhub-based wallet
    • 01:39:12 Bitfinex Labs LN node
    • 01:39:26 Lightning Prisms
    • 01:39:31 LN on Blockstream Green
    • 01:39:36 Kollider Wallet Launched
    • 01:40:07 Strike Launches in Vietnam
    • 01:40:12 Route blinding added to LN spec
  • Nostr:
    • 01:40:35 Ben Carman zaps analytics
    • 01:41:49 DIY Nostr signing device launched by lnbits
    • 01:41:57 Self hosted blog bounty claimed
    • 01:43:07 2X Nostr bounties added: long form (kind23) & podcast RSS feed
    • 01:43:56 Stemstr
  • Privacy:
    • 01:44:15 Twitter VPN search ban
    • 01:44:36 'Chipmixer' Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer Taken Down
    • 01:45:09 RoninDojo launches privacy phone RoninMobile
  • Funding:
    • 01:45:23 brink.dev receives $100,000 donation from The Draper Foundation
  • Political:
    • 01:45:53 The President's Annual Economic Report to Congress Attacks Bitcoin
  • Mining:
    • 01:46:01 Bitcoin's hashrate touched 400 Exahash
  • Events:
    • 01:46:40 Nostr Japan announced for Novemeber 1-3
    • 01:47:42 The SATSx Hackathon successfully united 11 innovative projects
  • Adoption:
    • 01:47:49 MercadoLibre Enables Bitcoin Trading in Chile
    • 01:47:55 El Salvador Launches Cubo+ Educational Program
  • Reads:
    • 01:49:30 Purple Text, Orange Highlights: How nostr can benefit readers and writers (by Gigi)
  • Other:
    • 01:49:41 Bitstamp suspends Services in Canada with 3 Days Notice

Audience Questions

  • 01:49:56 "Is it possible to create your own multisig vault on paper, without using a wallet like Sparrow or Nunchuk?"
  • 01:51:23 "Will any combination of the 2048 seed words generate a valid private key?

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-30/

BR029 - SegWit, Taproot, Schnoor, Inscriptions & Witness Discount ft. Andrew Poelstra & Adam Gibson31 Mar 202302:10:27

I'm joined by guests Andrew Poelstra and Adam Gibson to discuss SegWit and related issues including taproot, schnoor, inscriptions and the witness discount.

Discussion Topics:

  • 00:02:14 Introductions to guests
  • 00:05:06 Introductions to episode
  • 00:06:12 bech32
  • 00:15:46 The malleability problem
  • 00:22:23 Mental model for understanding malleability
  • 00:26:16 Primer on SegWit
  • 00:36:23 Why does witness data have a discount?
  • 00:42:40 What is sighash?
  • 00:46:55 How is the weight calculated?
  • 00:53:19 Inputs and outputs
  • 00:58:41 Importance of the UTXO set
  • 01:02:45 Block size considerations
  • 01:04:13 Calculating the witness data discount
  • 01:09:00 Introduction to Taproot and Schnoor
  • 01:11:08 Schnoor signatures
  • 01:21:01 Taproot
  • 01:36:59 Taproot use cases
  • 01:40:31 Timelocks, covenants and OP_VAULT
  • 01:44:44 Taproot + lightning
  • 01:47:17 Ordinals and inscriptions
  • 02:06:40 References
  • 02:09:11 Final thoughts

Links & Contacts:

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-29/

BR028 - Specter, Zeus, BTC Pay Server, Alby, LDK Roadmap + MORE ft. Bumi, Vivek & Guy Swann16 Mar 202301:42:40

I'm joined by guests Bumi, Vivek & Guy Swann to go through the list.

Housekeeping

  • 00:02:02 Vivek joins Coinkite
  • 00:02:07 Coinkite workshops at Bitcoin Park
  • 00:02:14 COLDCARD + TAPSIGNER available at Bitcoin Park
  • 00:02:20 Q1 reservation date revealed (around Q4)
  • 00:02:36 SATSCHIP 50% off
  • 00:02:41 checkmsg.org updated
  • 00:02:48 Coinkite gift cards now available on Oshi app
  • 00:02:52 Nunchuk partnership announcement

Software Releases & Project Updates

  • Hacks & vulnerability disclosures:
    • 00:02:56 @emzy gets SeedSigner to log seed to SD with 6 lines of code
  • Bitcoin:
    • 00:05:13 Specter Desktop v2.0.0
    • 00:10:52 Liana v0.3
    • 00:12:00 Zeus v0.7.3
    • 00:18:48 Nunchuk iOS v1.9.22
    • 00:19:23 BTC Pay Server v1.8.0
    • 00:26:57 MyNode v0.3.11
    • 00:30:48 Keeper 1.0.2
    • 00:31:44 Robosats v0.4.1-alpha
    • 00:33:15 Orange Pill App v1.1.5
    • 00:39:21 Blockstream Green Android v4.0.0
  • Lightning:
    • 00:40:25 Alby v1.28.0
    • 00:50:01 LDK Roadmap
    • 00:52:58 Bitcoin Tribe v2.1.4
    • 00:54:04 Rust Lightning v0.0.114
    • 00:54:18 lnbits [Yvette]
    • 00:55:25 Core Lightning v23.02
    • 00:58:15 Fountain v0.6.5
    • 01:01:04 LND v0.16.0
  • Nostr:
    • 01:11:25 Damus v1.1.0-10
    • 01:11:45 Nosotros v0.3.1.6-alpha
    • 01:11:53 Primal.net Nostr Client Launch
    • 01:12:18 Nostore
    • 01:12:29 Gossip

Boosts

  • 01:13:57 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @apemithrandir, @hiro, @teejem, @bloggingbitcoin, @kepford

Project spotlight

  • 01:14:52 Cashu redeem app
  • 01:17:38 Blogstack
  • 01:18:23 Zaplife
  • 01:18:31 Amethyst
  • 01:18:35 LNnodeinsight
  • 01:18:47 LNCal
  • 01:19:22 BitcoinSearch.xyz
  • 01:19:32 Bitcoin Jungle
  • 01:21:48 BitcoinEvents.org

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

  • 01:22:22 [240]
  • 01:23:21 [241]

News & Noteworthy

  • Good reads:
    • 01:29:33 Bitcoin Zeigest - Anthony Towns
    • 01:29:56 Lyn Alden - March 2023 Newsletter: A Look at Bank Solvency
    • 01:30:05 Guy's Reads: Protocols, Not Platforms, How Many Bitcoin Confirmations is Enough?, Bitcoin: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
  • Innovation:
    • 01:33:13 Block: Helping customers move between fiat and bitcoin
    • 01:33:25 Jack Dorsey’s Block Announces MDK
    • 01:33:42 Wallet Interfaces/APIs
  • Lightning & L2:
    • 01:35:16 Jack Dorsey announces new LSP
    • 01:35:28 Voltage introduces Flow 2.0
    • 01:35:41 BoltObserver announced support for Core Lightning in LiquidOps
    • 01:35:47 Mastering the Lightning Network is now free
  • Mining:
    • 01:36:08 First nuclear-powered Bitcoin mine goes online in Pennsylvania
  • Adoption:
    • 01:36:17 Local public transport temporarily accepts Bitcoin lightning payments in Sweden
    • 01:36:25 Settle Up Adds Lightning Support
    • 01:36:31 Xapo becomes the first bank to offer #LightningNetwork payments
    • 01:36:36 Baseball Fans Can Now Instantly Receive Bitcoin After Perth Heat’s Most Exciting Plays
  • Funding:
    • 01:36:44 Geyser Grants Round 2 winners announced
    • 01:36:58 Relai Raises $4.5 Million
  • Finance:
    • 01:37:07 Traditional Finance Meltdown, Bitcoin Boom!

Events

  • 01:37:40 Nostrica
  • 01:38:15 Northern Lightning Conference Announced - March 17-19 in Bergen, Norway
  • 01:38:25 Nostr hackathon
  • 01:38:30 Bitcoinevents.org revamped & new events added

Audience Questions

  • 01:38:40 Question for Bumi: According to Alby Buzz, "Alby builds on the same infrastructure interface as BlueWallet, namely LndHub". Now that LndHub is sunsetting, how with this affect Alby and what do users need to be aware of?

Shoutouts

  • BISQ is looking for people from Nigeria to help kickstart the NGN/BTC market on Bisq Market Day
  • Receiving Self-Sovereign Zaps in 15 minutes - Article by sovrnbitcoiner
  • Bitcoin Optech Podcast

Links & Contacts

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-28/

BR027 - Bitcoin Client Building Blocks: BDK,LDK,MDK,NDK? ft Steve Myers, Steve Lee, ThunderB & Elias10 Mar 202301:31:21

I'm joined by guests Steve Myers, Steve Lee, Thunderbiscuit & Elias to discuss Bitcoin Client building blocks.

Discussion Topics

  • 00:00:56 Introductions
  • 00:04:46 Why is BDK necessary
  • 00:07:14 Primer on BDK and the state of development
  • 00:11:54 How do you test BDK
  • 00:14:25 Who is using BDK
  • 00:21:01 Using BDK to develop
  • 00:23:48 Big items being worked on
  • 00:35:07 LDK node
  • 00:42:03 Spiral wallet?
  • 00:46:33 Reference wallet training tool on testnet
  • 00:48:58 LDK
  • 00:54:43 Relationship with Spiral
  • 01:04:12 NDK & Nostr
  • 01:11:26 MDK
  • 01:22:41 Further references and how to get involved
  • 01:28:54 Final thoughts

Links & Contacts:

  • Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
  • NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
  • Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
  • Email: producer@coinkite.com
  • Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-27/

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