I'm joined by guests [Steve Myers]( https://twitter.com/notmandatory ), [Steve Lee]( https://twitter.com/moneyball ), [Thunderbiscuit]( http://twitter.com/thunderb__ ) & [Elias]( https://twitter.com/_tnull ) 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:**
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* Email: producer@coinkite.com
* Nostr & LN:âš¡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-27/**_