Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
• 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-52

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
• 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-43

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

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

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
• 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-40

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

• Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
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• 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-39

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

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
• 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-37/

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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:

• Fallacies of distributed computing [Wikipedia]
• Fedipool: Fedimint Could Mitigate Bitcoin Mining Pool Concerns [Odell]
• Fedimint [Website]/ [Github]
• Fedimint Primer [Bitcoin Design]
• Cashu [Website]/[Github]
• Nutstash
• eCash for Better Bitcoin Privacy [MAX MONEY 21M]
• Cashu Tutorial - Chaumian Ecash On Bitcoin [BTC Sessions]

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Lyn Alden & Ben Carman to go through the list.

Housekeeping

• 00:01:30 Bitcoin Park Events
• 00:01:56 Bitcoinevents.org

Software Releases & Project Updates

• 00:02:27 Sparrow
• 00:09:57 Mk4: Version 5.1.0
• 00:14:57 Nunchuk
• 00:21:32 Trezor-Suite v23.2.1
• 00:21:43 Zeus v0.7.3-beta2 (pre-release)
• 00:26:09 Mutiny Wallet
• 00:31:47 Liana v0.2
• 00:32:39 Breez
• 00:36:13 Blixt
• 00:36:24 MyNode
• 00:38:14 Jam
• 00:38:45 Keeper v1.0.1 (iOS)
• 00:43:36 Blockstream Jade 0.1.43
• 00:44:12 Seed Signer v0.6.0 The "Two More Weeks™" Release Latest
• 00:45:01 Cashu v0.9.3
• 00:45:32 Alby v1.27.0
• 00:46:11 Fountain v0.6.4
• 00:47:18 Damus v1.1.0-9
• 00:54:38 TORQ
• 00:54:51 Fedimint Federated mining pools
• 00:56:22 Habla.news
• 00:58:47 BIP47 on Stack Wallet v1.5.44

Boosts

• 01:00:41 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @purpleelephant, @erik99, @jcdenton, @michaelmatulef, @lawofbitcoin, @apemithrandir, @tomzarebczan

Project spotlight

• 01:02:08 blastr by MutinyWallet
• 01:03:28 bitcoin-waila by MutinyWallet
• 01:04:23 checkmsg.org - Bitcoin Message Verifier by Coinkite
• 01:04:27 Rust Coldcard Interface Project
• 01:04:38 labelbase.space
• 01:06:29 LNsat.me
• 01:06:40 TurinPay
• 01:06:49BIP324
• 01:08:38 Bitnob Virtual Dollar Card

News & Noteworthy

• 01:08:48 The Breez Open-LSP Model
• 01:14:16 Wallet of Satoshi processed over 150,000 LN payments last week
• 01:15:09 Fedimint Hackathon Winners Announced
• 01:23:15 New Nostr mobile clients
• 01:23:23 Bitcoin hackers Mastodon is no more
• 01:24:05 Qala Africa announce a strategic partnership with Nodl
• 01:24:15 Cashu Tutorial
• 01:24:30 WYOMING LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL PROTECTING BITCOIN PRIVATE KEYS FROM COURTS
• 01:24:42 Marco Falke Steps Down
• 01:28:32 Lndhub.io sunsetting
• 01:29:00 CashApp Users Bought $7.11 Billion Worth of Bitcoin in 2022
• 01:29:25 BITCOIN MINING FIRMS HUT 8 AND US BITCOIN CORP. ANNOUNCE MERGER
• 01:29:35 UK COURT RULES CRAIG WRIGHT HAS NO COPYRIGHT CLAIM ON BITCOIN
• 01:29:46 CRYPTO EXCHANGE KRAKEN SETTLES WITH SEC OVER UNREGISTERED STAKING SERVICES
• 01:31:44 EL SALVADOR TO OPEN A BITCOIN EMBASSY IN TEXAS
• 01:31:48 BITCOIN NFTS PROTOCOL ORDINALS SURPASSES 100,000 INSCRIPTIONS

Audience Questions

• 01:38:46 (Thanks to everyone who submitted questions!)

Shoutouts

• 01:38:46 Special shoutouts to: Bitcoin Sticker Bounties, NoGood Radio & Alby Buzz

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-26/

I'm joined by guests Sjors Provoost, James O'Beirne & Mike Schmidt to discuss Bitcoin Core development.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:00:52 Guest introductions
• 00:07:48 The beginning of Bitcoin development
• 00:12:08 Modern Bitcoin development
• 00:12:57 The process for making basic changes to Bitcoin
• 00:23:35 Who decides what gets worked on?
• 00:39:05 Who chooses what gets merged?
• 00:46:31 BIPs
• 01:00:03 Is Github centralisation a risk?
• 01:05:27 Activation methods
• 01:28:30 Improving Bitcoin development and visibility/perception of development
• 01:49:35 Audience questions

Notes & Resources:

• Bitcoincore.org
• Bitcoin Github Repo
• Bitcoin Optech Newsletter
• Contributing to Bitcoin Core
• Bitcoin: A Work in Progress
• Bitcoin, Explained

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-25/

I'm joined by guests Casey Rodarmor and Rijndael, to discuss Ordinals & Inscriptions.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:02:09 What are ordinals
• 00:11:57 History of the viability of inscriptions
• 00:30:02 Inscriptions under the hood
• 00:39:57 Consensus and the social layer
• 00:45:42 NVK coping with ordinals and inscriptions
• 00:53:19 Ordinal disrespect and mempool policy
• 00:55:55 Node concerns
• 01:00:07 Bunkercoin
• 01:04:51 Bitcoin politics and conflicting ideas
• 01:14:06 Have ordinals always existed?
• 01:14:38 How do we kill ordinals
• 01:17:32 Incentives and economic game theory
• 01:25:21 Scams and understanding the value of an inscription
• 01:27:30 Inscriptions and the Bitcoin ethos
• 01:30:01 BIP 322
• 01:33:42 Closing thoughts

Notes & Resources:

• Ordinals.com
• Ordinals Discord
• Ordinals.wtf by @BTCGandalf
• Some brief thoughts on Ordinals by @waxwing

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-24/

I'm joined by guests James O'Beirne, Rijndael, Antoine Poinsot and Ben Carman to discuss OP_VAULT for Bitcoin covenants.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:03:40 Overview of OP_VAULT
• 00:10:34 Practical examples of OP_VAULT
• 00:14:44 Anchors and fee management mechanisms
• 00:17:05 Fee management
• 00:20:37 Generating addresses
• 00:23:44 Use cases for OP_VAULT
• 00:26:29 Key management
• 00:31:56 Inheritance planning
• 00:33:35 Simplicity vs complexity
• 00:38:42 OP_VAULT practical applications
• 00:44:34 Covenants and discreet log contracts
• 00:57:44 OP_VAULT benefits
• 01:05:31 Criticisms and risks
• 01:09:27 Watchtowers and handling blockchain information
• 01:12:35 Fungability concerns
• 01:18:46 Drivechains & CTV
• 01:21:34 Unforseen consequences (ordinals)
• 01:23:03 Activating OP_VAULT
• 01:42:15 Chain ossification
• 01:43:23 Bitcoin vs gold - attack vectors
• 01:51:37 Further reading

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-23/

I'm joined by guests Matt Odell & BentheCarman to go through the list.

Timecodes coming soon).

Housekeeping

• 00:01:04 Bountsr.org
• 00:01:15 Special secret announcement: Q1

Software Releases & Project Updates

• 00:13:54 Sparrow v1.7.2
• 00:15:03 BTC Pay Server v1.7.5 - v1.7.6
• 00:16:57 Blixt 0.6.3
• 00:17:03 BISQ 1.9.9
• 00:17:31 Keet Mobile Alpha is Now Live
• 00:19:17 Blockstream Jade 0.1.42
• 00:19:30 Electrum Personal Server v0.2.4
• 00:20:11 Electrum 4.3.4
• 00:21:00 Specter v1.14.5
• 00:22:43 Liana 0.2rc1
• 00:23:51 Zeus v0.7.2
• 00:25:52 Nunchuk Android v1.9.24
• 00:26:17 Muun 2.7.3
• 00:26:30 Blockstream Green Android v3.9.2
• 00:26:39 Breez 0.15 http Sync
• 00:27:10 Hexa Wallet v2.1.3
• 00:27:37 BDK v0.27.0-rc.1
• 00:28:46 Mutiny Wallet
• 00:32:12 nix-bitcoin-0.0.86
• 00:32:34 MyNode v0.3.09
• 00:32:55 Joinmarket v0.9.9
• 00:33:46 Nostr
• 00:35:09 Cashu
• 00:35:28 Fedipool
• 00:38:38 Alby v1.25.1
• 00:40:32 The Bitcoin Company v1.25
• 00:41:14 Keeper v1.0.0

Project spotlight

• 00:41:51 Brainbow
• 00:42:23 HuntingSats
• 00:42:42 SATurn
• 00:43:22 DIY offline coin exchanger, EUR to BTC

Boosts

• 00:43:37 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @apemithrandir, @marcellus, @hgw39, Jade Ox & @utxo_one.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

• 00:45:25 Serverless payjoin proposal [236]
• Bitcoin Core #26471 [236]
• 00:45:42 Ephemeral anchors compared to SIGHASH_GROUP [235]
• Request for proof that an async payment was accepted [235]
• 00:46:28 Wallet Labels Export Format merged [235]
• 00:45:50 Proposal for new vault-specific opcodes [234]
• 00:45:58 Kraken announces sending to taproot addresses [234]
• 00:46:02 Whirlpool coinjoin rust client library announced [234]
• 00:46:06 Ledger supports miniscript [234]

News & Noteworthy

• 00:47:23 Cash App adopts free and instant bitcoin payments
• 00:49:24 Fiatjaf Tweet
• 00:51:59 Congress' FTX Problem
• 00:52:15 Blockstream Raises USD $125M to Expand Mining Operations
• 00:52:29 Fold launches enterprise rewards API
• 00:53:05 Lightning is live with Clover.
• 00:53:50 Bitcoin-based app Strike expands in Philippines
• 00:56:13 BTC Pay Server Vulnerability disclosure
• 00:57:11 Introducing Watch Swaps
• 00:58:03 BitMex Ordinals Data
• 00:58:41 Breez temporarily removed from app store
• 00:59:16 Dubai Prohibits Privacy Coins
• 00:59:29 Berlin and Nigeria Lightning Conferences Cancelled
• 00:59:39 Nostrica
• 01:00:41 The Power of Lightning Summit 2023
• 01:01:36 Laanwj: Of regrets
• 01:04:13 Opensats

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-22/

I'm joined by guests Harry Sudock, Aaron van Wirdum and Adam Gibson to discuss the power dynamics in Bitcoin.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:02:41 The Mexican stand off conceptualisation of the power dynamics within Bitcoin
• 00:04:19 Are developers part of the game theory?
• 00:21:57 The power dynamics involved in changing Bitcoin
• 00:33:39 The role of prediction markets in determining consensus
• 00:43:01 Can Bitcoin development be corrupted?
• 00:46:26 Corruption factors invovled in chain forks
• 00:53:39 Bitcoin's resistance to change
• 00:57:12 Bitcoin vs gold and considerations surrounding resistance to human interference
• 01:03:19 Perspectives on changing Bitcoin
• 01:04:41 Controversial changes (Tapscript)
• 01:07:16 What properties of Bitcoin are changeable?
• 01:15:18 How do you defin the "true" Bitcoin?
• 01:23:53 Forking as means of achieving market consensus
• 01:27:14 Politcs and getting buy-in for controversial changes
• 01:32:40 Why change Bitcoin?
• 01:34:55 Historic examples of contentious changes
• 01:38:11 Contextualising developer influence on Bitcoin
• 01:41:05 Contentious non-consensus changes (RBF)
• 01:45:12 Game theory involved in conflicts between users and miners
• 01:55:53 Mitigating against short term incentives with long term risks
• 01:59:39 Bitcoin: There is no alternative
• 02:01:55 Off-chain considerations

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-21/

I'm joined by guests Sjors Provoost, Mike Schmidt, Evan Kaloudis & Justin Moon to go through the list.

Housekeeping

• 00:08:04 Understanding The Coldcard Mk4 Security Model
• 00:08:29 Breez SATSCARD Integration Bounty
• 00:08:38 BDK issue about integrating SATSCARD & TAPSIGNER
• 00:08:47 Check out the hugely popular Nostr episode

Software Releases & Project Updates

• 00:09:18 Nunchuk Introduces the Honey Badger Wallet
• 00:15:44 Electrum 4.3.3
• 00:24:41 HWI 2.2.0
• 00:30:24 Mercury Wallet 0.8.6
• 00:35:51 HEXA v2.1.1
• 00:37:37 libwally-swift v0.0.8
• 00:39:28 LNbits 0.9.5.1: Fusion44
• 00:48:32 Fountain 0.6
• 00:51:07 ZEBEDEE Revamped
• 00:52:18 BDK 0.26.0
• 00:58:12 Stacker News
• 00:58:58 Zeus v0.7.1
• 01:08:11 Muun 2.7.1
• 01:15:39 LDK v0.0.113
• 01:22:32 Eclair v0.8.0
• 01:29:49 Alby
• 01:35:40 Fedimint
• 01:44:04 Damus
• 01:46:10 BRB.io

Project spotlight

• 01:47:31 Nosotros - NOSTR mobile client
• 01:50:37 Fun, simple coinjoin explorer from supertestnet
• 01:51:00 Krux: An an open-source, airgapped bitcoin hardware wallet

Boosts

• 01:51:36 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @apemithrandir, @geneeverett, @hightraverse, @erik99, @petar, @georgeorwell, @deusdenton, @maxawebster, @merryoscar, @Orchid Cow

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

• 01:53:03 Bitcoin Knots signing key compromised [232]
• 02:03:05 Software forks of Bitcoin Core [232]
• 02:08:37 Non-interactive LN channel open commitments [233]

News & Noteworthy

• 02:14:06 Microstrategy Adds 2,500 Bitcoin To Holdings & will Launch Bitcoin Lightning Solutions In 2023
• 02:14:33 Fiji’s New Pro-bitcoin Prime Minister Ponders Legal Tender Bill
• 02:14:40 LQwD Fintech Releases Version 2 of its Bitcoin Lightning Network Platform
• 02:14:53 Orange Pill App added lightning payments to its web app
• 02:15:11 PlebLab launched PlebDev
• 02:16:28 Major Ukrainian Pharmacy Chain Enables Bitcoin Payments
• 02:16:33 Coinbase reaches $100 million settlement with New York regulator
• 02:17:07 Hashrate Index 2022 Bitcoin Mining Year in Review
• 02:17:55 Several Canadian provinces target bitcoin miners
• 02:19:54 91% Of Cryptos From 2014 Have Died, While Bitcoin Continues To Thrive
• 02:21:20 El Salvador’s Legislature Approves Landmark Digital Securities Bill
• 02:21:38 Samsung Bitcoin ETF Launches in Hong Kong
• 02:22:12 One Of America’s Largest Hemp Processors Makes Entry Into Sustainable Bitcoin Mining
• 02:22:29 Bitcoin Mining Is Proving To Be A Lifeline For Africa’s Oldest National Park

Events

• 02:23:22 For the full list of events, visit bitcoinevents.org.

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

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-20/

We held an impromptu Twitter spaces on Proof of Keys day to discuss Bitcoin self custody. I was joined by guests including Justine Harper, Jameson Lopp, Dee, Craig Raw, Lazy Ninja and Rijndael among others, to discuss all things Bitcoin self custody - from noob to self custody guru!

Discussion Topics:

• 00:07:46 Most common ways to lose coins
• 00:19:01 Passphrases
• 00:27:30 Leaving coins on exchanges
• 00:34:51 Metal backups
• 00:40:21 Wallet recovery
• 00:44:01 Singe sig roundup
• 00:44:45 Seed XOR
• 00:48:14 Multisig overview
• 00:51:34 Multisig solutions
• 00:57:28 Unchained capital collaborative multisig
• 01:00:56 Casa collaborative multisig
• 01:04:55 Nunchuk multisig
• 01:09:27 Summary of self custody solutions
• 01:17:12 Security
• 01:18:34 Can SHA256 be broken?
• 01:22:53 Entropy and secure key generation
• 01:29:30 Air gapping and secure software/hardware
• 01:36:59 Binaries
• 01:38:24 Hardware random number generators
• 01:46:00 Quantum computer risk
• 01:46:48 Multisig grifting attacks
• 01:49:13 All signing devices are not made equal
• 01:51:34 Rolling dice for entropy
• 01:52:18 Correctly adding entropy to key generation
• 01:54:15 Important features of hardware wallets
• 01:56:06 "Strength in numbers" in Bitcoin security
• 01:59:06 Different approaches to signing device security
• 02:00:34 True versus concatenated random number generators
• 02:04:00 Summary of complexities and theoretical risks in wallet generation
• 02:05:32 USB VS SD
• 02:11:00 Non secure chip attack vectors
• 02:12:40 Firmware attack vectors
• 02:15:38 Multichip approach to hardware security
• 02:16:18 Relevancy of weighting of dice for creating entropy

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

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-19/

I'm joined by guests Jack Dorsey, Fiatjaf and William Casarin to discuss Nostr 🤙

Discussion Topics:

• 00:01:56 What is Nostr?
• 00:03:24 State of development for Nostr
• 00:04:16 What attracted Jack to Nostr?
• 00:06:11 NVKs initial thoughts on Nostr
• 00:07:03 Nostr versus "competitors"
• 00:13:42 The simplicity of the Nostr protocol
• 00:18:00 How does Nostr work?
• 00:21:19 NIPs and maintaining Nostr
• 00:22:50 What is Nostr seeking to solve?
• 00:32:21 Nostr relationship with Bitcoin
• 00:43:10 Nostr use cases
• 01:11:14 Key management
• 01:17:16 Cryptography and encryption
• 01:19:40 Exploring unique use cases
• 01:24:12 Experimenting with new technology
• 01:25:17 Simplicity of Nostr and scaling applications
• 01:28:01 Micro apps and realising creative concpets
• 01:34:03 Scaling up and censorship resistance
• 01:40:03 How does Nostr win?
• 01:56:57 Final thoughts and what people can do to help Nostr

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-18/

I'm joined by guests Stephan Livera, Michael Folkson & Wiz to go through the list.

Housekeeping

• 00:00:30 Breez SATSCARD Integration Bounty

Software Releases & Project Updates

• 00:01:16 Tor Browser 12.0
• 00:02:44 BTC Pay Server v1.7.1
• 00:10:03 Wasabi v2.0.2.1
• 00:16:16 Alby v1.21.0
• 00:29:24 Zeus v0.7.0
• 00:31:11 Fountain 0.5.8
• 00:34:03 Umbrel Update 24.0.1-2
• 00:40:07 OBW v0.2.0
• 00:40:31 Liana 0.1: first beta release
• 00:42:28 Ledger + Miniscript
• 00:48:00 Damus
• 01:01:49 Samurai - The Stealth Mode Update

Project spotlight

• 01:06:09 SMS4Sats
• 01:06:48 LNVPN
• 01:06:54 Heatbit
• 01:07:16 Zaprite

Boosts

• 01:07:23 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @rot13maxi, @apemithrandir, @user4811802839281498, @hightraverse, @vake, @user1628071985352022, @raduza, @nachobitcoin, @erik99, @ca_dannerrrrr

News & Noteworthy

• 01:09:31 The Block has been secretly funded for over a year with money from SBFs cryptocurrency trading firm
• 01:10:00 EU to Make Crypto Companies Report Tax Details to Authorities
• 01:10:34 Coinbase Received 12320 Government Demands for Customer Info
• 01:10:56 Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act introduced
• 01:11:08 Core Scientific filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• 01:12:37 Over 100 bitcoins tied to QuadrigaCX moved
• 01:16:49 HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Awards $325K In Grants
• 01:17:01 Paul Sztorc Launches 'Layer 2 Labs'
• 01:18:28 Lastpass Hack
• 01:27:48 BLIP Bitcoin-based encrypted chat platform announced
• 01:28:43 Lightning Privacy Research
• 01:31:00 At least 17% of Bitcoin Core 24.x listening nodes running full-rbf
• 01:31:14 Breez raised $4.5M round to accelerate Lightning as a Service
• 01:32:05 CashuBTC is now available for everyone via @LNbits
• 01:36:42 Paxful Delists ETH
• 01:36:47 Portion of Bitcoin Supply Held by Retail Investors Reaches All-Time High
• 01:36:54 NVK.org: How to setup NIP5 verification using Github Pages
• 01:37:10 André Neves: Set up your very own #nostr relay server in
• 01:39:12 WASI cryptography APIs (proposal)
• 01:40:23 MicroStrategy increases #Bitcoin Holdings by 2500 BTC

Nostr Corner

• 01:40:46 Jack Dorsey Provides 14 Bitcoin Grant to Open Source Distributed Communication Protocol 'Nostr'
• 01:40:59 Twitter Announces Policy Banning Promotion of Other Social

Audience Questions

• 01:41:20 "Is it possible (or advisable) to use the lightning network for coin mixing?

Events

• 01:46:32 Upcoming Events

Links & Contacts:

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

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-16/

I'm joined by guests Calle, Roy, Rijndael & t-bast to discuss Bitcoin lightning.

Discussion Topics

• 00:04:08 Lightning implementations
• 00:11:04 LN URL
• 00:14:45 Protocols and different implementations
• 00:19:10 Wallet interaction with base chain
• 00:25:41 Splicing
• 00:34:26:06 Cost of liquidity and opening/closing channels
• 00:39:07 Monetization
• 00:49:12 Compatability and LSPs
• 00:56:08 Incentives to monopolize
• 01:04:43 Attacks on lightning
• 01:10:20 Cashu & eCash
• 01:41:42 Competing L2s and alternative lightning networks
• 01:44:19 Security

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-15/