Nostr

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-09/**_

A conversation with designers.

I'm joined by guests:

Mo ( _https://twitter.com/MogashniR_ )

Stephen Delorme ( _https://twitter.com/StephenDeLorme_ )

Pedro ( _https://twitter.com/@pedromvpg_ )

Matt Odell ( _https://twitter.com/odell_ )

**Discussion Topics

**00:04:32 Bitcoin UX Hurdles

00:15:22 Onboarding noobs

00:28:36 QR vs NFC

00:33:54 Creating products for specific markets

00:43:01 User testing

00:46:07 Funding and building collaboratively

01:03:40 Identifying issues and user feedback

01:14:26 Simplicity vs complexity

01:45:21 Terminology **

**

**Links & Contacts:**

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-08/**_

I'm joined by guests Stephan Livera, Pierre Rochard, Justin Moon & Odell.

**Coinkite Housekeeping**

* 01:18:03 Bitcoin Black Friday asking for product/services submissions

* 01:43:00 Asking for Podcast topics for a panel like the Wallet episode

* 01:52:00 [BitcoinBinary.org] bot not working well, looking for volunteers

**Software Releases & Project Updates**

* 00:03:33 Fully Noded v0.3.4/v0.3.5 - Sep 29, 2022

* 00:05:10 Specter Desktop v1.13.0 - Sep 22, 2022

* 00:07:04 Nunchuk 1.9.14 - Sep 27, 2022

* 00:13:29 Electrum 4.3.2 - (Sep 26, 2022)

* 00:20:02 Fountain 0.5.1 - Sep 30, 2022

* 00:24:38 Robosats v0.2.1-alpha - Sep 30, 2022

* 00:25:18 COLDCARD 5.0.7 - Oct 05, 2022

* 00:26:53 EmbassyOS v0.3.2 - Oct 05, 2022

* 00:36:12 Blockstream Green QT 1.1.4 - Oct 05, 2022

* 00:38:59 lnd v0.15.2-beta - Oct 10, 2022

* 00:49:19 Samurai v0.99.98f

**Noteworthy**

* 00:50:42 Jam: a modern interface for JoinMarket

* 00:53:33 BitcoinTreasuries.NET

* 00:55:50 Stratum V2 reference implementation (SRI) available for pilot testing.

* 01:01:23 Pleb creates a 2 of 3 multi-sig, air-gapped Vault with COLDCARD, Ledger & TAPSIGNER using Keeper

* 01:09:12 Peach - P2P Mobile application that connects Bitcoin Buyers & Sellers

* 01:12:27 Celsius Disclosed Names and Transaction History of All Users During Bankruptcy

* 01:25:13 Alby - The Bitcoin Lightning App for your Browser

* 01:31:07 Arrested Tornado Cash developer to stay in jail after appeal rejected

* 01:38:26 Grayscale unveils bitcoin mining-centered investment entity

* 01:38:42 European Union Announces New Sanctions Against Russia Including a "Ban" on All Russian Bitcoin Wallets

* 01:43:07 bitnob launches in Kenya

* 01:44:45 Swan Acquires Specter Solutions

* 01:47:49 Block's Decentralized Exchange Protocol Team 'TBD' Partners with Circle

* 01:48:20 BitGo Unveils Custodial Lightning

* 01:48:52 River Lightning Services

* 01:52:06 Bitcoin mining hosting company Compute North files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

**Bitcoin Optech Newsletter**

* 01:53:56 Bitcoin implementation designed for testing soft forks on signet (#219)

**Competitions**

* 01:55:14 [Bitcoin Design Community Designathon

* 01:56:59 [Legends of Lightning]

**Events**

* 01:58:31 Adopting Bitcoin

* 01:58:39 Africa Bitcoin Conference

* 01:58:49 Unconfiscatable

* 01:59:15 Plan B Lungano

* 01:59:22 Pacific Bitcoin

* 01:59:27 Bitcoin for India

**Links & Contacts:**

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-07/**_

I'm joined by guests Matt Odell, Bitstein & Pierre Rochard.

**Software Releases and Project Updates**

* 00:01:41 COLDCARD Mk4 5.0.7 - Sep 9, 2022 (bit.ly/3BClP0f)

00:05:56 Core Lightning v0.12.0 - Aug 24, 2022 ([bit.ly/3S5lr1m]( https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v0-12-0/ ))

* 00:12:43 Blockclock 1.2.0 - Sep 15, 2022 (bit.ly/3BxSILG)

* 00:13:34 Spectre desktop v1.12.0 - Aug 26, 2022 (bit.ly/3qSWBWK)

* 00:16:28 Joinmarket v0.9.7 - Aug 28, 2022 (bit.ly/3qWoH3f)

* 00:17:50 NPM package for SeedXOR. (bit.ly/3C8BOFb)

* 00:25:56 RoboSats on Umbrel (bit.ly/3fcjDFa)

* 00:27:19 Ledger adding miniscript (bit.ly/3UmX4xX)

* 00:29:16 Trezor & Wasabi Join Forces To Make Bitcoin More Private (bit.ly/3BXXJOV)

* 00:30:03 Fulcrum added to bitcoinbinary (bit.ly/3DK4xBc)

* 00:37:51 btcd v0.23.1-beta, Aug 31 2022 (bit.ly/3Urjwpv)

* 00:38:04 Zeus v0.6.6, Aug 26 2022 (bit.ly/3f9vpjD)

* 00:39:24 Nunchuk implements bip21, Aug 31 2022 (bit.ly/3BZWG14)

* 00:39:57 BISQ v1.9.5, Aug 22 2022 (bit.ly/3LyPrR5)

* 00:41:01 Fountain Podcasts v0.4.8 (bit.ly/3f1ZTnH)

* 01:33:44 ATEC608A NRND (bit.ly/3xGWmBZ)

* 01:39:26 ETH merge (bit.ly/3SlgfWR)

* 01:51:21 Spiral - Private info retrieval block explorer (bit.ly/3BDto70)

* 01:56:03 US Treasury OFAC Releases Clarifications on Tornado Cash Sanctions (bit.ly/3S1PEyl)

* 01:57:05 BIP Proposal: Wallet Labels Export Format (bit.ly/3Sj5c17)

* 02:00:51 STARK - Zero knowledge bitcoin blockchain state prover (bit.ly/3C0oT8b)

* 02:03:09 Mullvad VPN hardware device (bit.ly/3f9LV3p)

**Noteworthy**

* 00:53:47 BIPBounty: Tax Deductible Bitcoin Bug Bounties (bit.ly/3LMxP4l)

* 00:59:34 Fedimint grant season (bit.ly/3S32zjP)

* 01:00:00 Tether Holds Firm on Decision Not To Freeze Tornado Cash Addresses (bit.ly/3UwFgAg)

* 01:01:04 New York Digital Investment Group Announces Lightning Accelerator Project “in Wolf’s Clothing” (bit.ly/3xHo1Ti)

* 01:01:49 Tadge Dryja joins Lightspark (https://bit.ly/3SoAZNG)

* 01:11:26 Shoutout, no bullshit bitcoin - (bit.ly/3DEqB05)

* 01:12:22 LN Explorer (bit.ly/3xIYF7k)

* 01:16:34 Ledger wallets now available at Best Buy (bit.ly/3BA10mr)

**Bitcoin OpTech Newsletter:**

* 01:24:13 Bitcoin Core #23202 extends the psbtbumpfee RPC

* 01:25:08 Eclair #2387 adds support for fee bumping and signet

* 01:25:27 LDK #1652 updates support for onion messages w/ ability to send reply paths and decode them when received

* 01:25:36 HWI #627 adds support for P2TR keypath spends using the BitBox02 hardware signing device

* 01:33:22 BDK begins verifying both ECDSA and schnorr signatures immediately after the wallet creates them

**02:18:00 Events:**

* OsloPlebs

* Austin Bitcoin Design Club

* BitBlockBoom

* Baltic Honeybadger

* BTCAzores

* Bitcoin Amsterdam

* The Bitcoin Collective

* Atlanta Bitcoin Conf

* Adopting Bitcoin

* Unconfiscatable

* Africa Bitcoin Conf

**Links & Contacts:**

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-06/**_

A conversation with wallet makers and researchers.

I'm joined by guests:

Ledger CTO, Charles Guillemet (@P3b7_)

Independent security researcher, Lazy Ninja (@FreedomIsntSafe)

Sparrow lead dev, Craig Raw (@craigraw)

Privacy enthusiast and podcaster, Matt Odell (@odell)

**Discussion Topics:**

* 00:02:37 UX challenges

* 45:22 Support requests

* 01:03:12 Noob vs advanced user features

* 01:06:42 Most common attack vectors

* 01:11:32 Backup and seeds

* 01:12:29 Seedless multisig setups

* 01:21:49 Single sig passphrases

* 01:26:30 Security tradeoffs and considerations

* 01:31:41 Air gapped PC vs hardware wallets

* 01:40:28 SD card vs USB connection

* 01:48:26 BIPs and standards

* 01:49:16 BIP Proposal: Wallet Labels Export Format

* 01:58:146 The BIP process

* 02:03:42 TAPSGINER design and security tradeoffs

* 02:19:25 Squares new hardware wallet

* 02:40:00 Defending against government attacks

**Links & Contacts:**

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-05/**_

I'm joined again by guests Justin Moon and Matt Odell to help me read the list.

**Software Releases and Project Updates**

* 00:02:35 Sparrow 1.6.6, Aug 4 2022 (https://bit.ly/3dTsiMm)

* 00:03:20 JoininBox v0.7.0, Aug 7 2022 (https://bit.ly/3CyCfct)

* 00:08:27 Electrum 4.3.0, August 5, 2022 (https://bit.ly/3CtJF0w)

* 00:20:30 Nunchuck iOS 1.9.12 / Android 1.9.18

* 00:21:50 Blockstream Green 3.8.6 00:36:14

* Embassy OS 0.3.1.1, July 27 2022 (https://bit.ly/3wyOPoh)

* 00:39:21 Raspiblitz 1.8.0, July 29 2022 (https://bit.ly/2No2V3W)

* 00:40:38 BDK #645 adds a way to specify which taproot spend paths to sign for. (https://bit.ly/3PQ5rOS)

* 00:44:42 Kotlin Multiplatform Tor (a.k.a. kmp-tor) 0.4.7.8+1.3.0

**Noteworthy**

* 00:45:04 New self custody redundancy service (http://www.s33dbank.com)

* 00:51:15 Foundry provides Grant to Open Source Stratum V2 Developer

* 00:55:33 Nix-Bitcoin 0.0.74 released (https://bit.ly/3AjiGSG).

* 00:59:59 SigningDevices.com

* 01:01:39 Tornado Cash Github Repo Taken Down, Lead Dev's Account Frozen.

* 01:10:59 Swan email provider data leak & Casa discloses data breach

* 01:21:19 ETH vs BTC differences in capturable attack surface

* 01:25:08 Open Sats launches legal defence fund, which aims to defend open-source Bitcoin contributors from lawsuits ( _https://defendingbtc.com_ )

* 01:32:30 Replicant: Reproducing a Fault Injection Attack on the Trezor One. (https://bit.ly/3ThLbsG)

* 01:39:11 Square Hardware Wallet. (https://bit.ly/3wsHN4i)

* 01:42:38 A new way to do DLCs - Cryptographic Oracle-Based Conditional Payments. ( _https://bit.ly/3Auh5t8_ )

* 01:47:08 BIP Proposal: Receiving and Change Derivation Paths in a Single Descriptor. (https://bit.ly/3QPAvQ6)

* 01:48:08 Taproot Adoption (https://bit.ly/3Td8SCf)

**Tech Tip of the Day**

* 01:49:04 Have Tor always running on the mac using brew

* 01:51:45 MacOS key repeat

* 01:52:43 Hosted VPN Using Lightning with Mullvad (https://bit.ly/3PHOmXj)

* 01:53:33 Matt's suggestions for throwaway phone providers. (textverified.com, silent.link, mysudo.com, hushed.com)

**Links & Contacts**

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-04/**_

This week for Episode 3, our guests Justin Moon and Matt Odell return to help me read the list. I should mention the overwhelming feedback is that we have failed at being boring, so we should try to do better. This week for Episode 3, our guests Justin Moon (https://twitter.com/_JustinMoon_) and Matt Odell (https://twitter.com/ODELL) return to help me read the list.

To send Bitcoin related questions, just go to bitcoin.review and click submit story at the top right.

**Vulnerability Disclosures:**

* 01:36 Twitter data breach

* 05:55 ActiveCampaign database leak

* 09:49 BlueWallet tx data vulnerability

**Software Releases & Project Updates:**

* 10:42 Nunchuk 1.9.9 17:59 BDK ( _https://apple.co/3QRxnn5_ )

* 12:19 Nunchuk CKTAP C++ lib (https://bit.ly/3coVMBi)

* 17:59 BDK 0.20.0 ( _https://bit.ly/3CzTpGj_ )

* 21:45 COLDCARD Mk4 5.0.5

* 27:06 Robinhood supports bech32

* 28:26 Seed Tool v2 by SuperPhatArrow

* 32:33 Tor Browser v11.5

* 37:28 Joinstr: Coinjoin implementation using nostr

* 39:36 Bitcoinbinary.org bot

**Noteworthy:**

* 40:30 Fedi update about funding (https://bit.ly/3KqDoV2)

* 50:04 TAPSIGNER now shipping (https://bit.ly/3KnPL4h)

* 01:02:06 Sphinx announces VLS signing device ( _https://bit.ly/3CzUuxX)_

* 01:04:55 Border Wallet (https://bit.ly/3Cr9cHC)

* 01:07:59 Keet p2p comms by Bitfinex and Tether (https://bit.ly/3cgTa8r)

* 01:14:16 James O’Beirne summarizing mempool research (https://bit.ly/3Km1Irj)

* 01:23:00 Bitcoin Core updates

* 01:27:47 BitcoinTreasuries Updated with Elons booboo ( _https://bit.ly/3pPIZuW_ )

* 01:32:18 Bitcoin Meshnets article by L0LA L33TZ (https://bit.ly/3QUWl52)

* 01:40:08 Gloria Zhao Added as a Bitcoin Core Maintainer

* 01:44:04 Bitcoin OpTech News Letter

**Hiring:**

* 01:46:30 Fedi hiring a mobile dev (https://bit.ly/3Rg6r03)

* 01:46:35 Coinkite hiring a Python/Kivi unicorn mobile dev (https://bit.ly/3TjGBKk)

* 01:46:52 BitcoinerJobs.com

**Events:**

* 01:47:24 Bitcoin Park Nashville Events

* 01:49:12 TAB Conf (tabconf.com)

* 01:50:14 BitBlockBoom (https://bit.ly/2wQwF4N)

* 01:50:32 Baltic Honeybadger (https://bit.ly/3CtBRvH)

**Links & Contacts:**

* Website: https://bitcoin.review/

* Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-03/**_

I scratched my own itch with Episode 01, so this will keep going as my best efforts place to talk about Bitcoin Project software updates and some other commentary that I find interesting or noteworthy to me. This week I again have Justin Moon (https://twitter.com/_JustinMoon_) and Matt Odell (https://twitter.com/ODELL) helping me read the list.

**Software Releases & Project Updates:**

* 01:47 BTC Pay Server 1.6.1 (https://bit.ly/3cpmrxV)

* 07:45 COLDCARD Mk4 5.0.5 & BIP85 Password extension (https://bit.ly/3Kn3OXN)

* 09:06 Electrum Private Server (https://bit.ly/3AKxGua)

* 09:25 Coinkite Cards 1.0.2 (SATSCHIP, TAPSIGNER & SATSCARD)

* 13:44 CK-TAP Protocol 1.0.5 ( _https://bit.ly/3R7LIvh_ )

* 15:46 CK-TAP React Native Library bounty claimed by Hexa wallet team (https://bit.ly/3AOJhs6)

* 16:36 Zeus 0.6.5 (https://bit.ly/3pIKPxB)

* 17:40 Blockstream Green QT 1.1.2 (https://bit.ly/3Aq0s1E)

* 22:13 Sparrow 1.6.5 (https://bit.ly/3wvCd19)

* 27:02 Blue Wallet 6.3.1 (https://bit.ly/3Q5oJjH)

* 34:00 Start9 EmbassyOS 0.3.1 (https://bit.ly/3ALwo26)

**Noteworthy:**

* 36:04 Overclocking board for the s19 ( _https://bit.ly/3TsZqLg_ )

* 37:38 Nunchuck Tapsigner NFC bitcoin co-signing (https://bit.ly/3AlpfUJ)

* 38:39 SATSCARD private club authentication and creditless collateral (https://bit.ly/3Tav0Nw)

* 41:11 Bitcoin Park, Nashville

* 43:53 LightningNetworkPCB by sulfuroid ( _https://bit.ly/3AmRJ0b_ )

* 44:29 Permissionless one-way pegged #Bitcoin sidechains by Ruben ( _https://bit.ly/3QPxrmZ_ )

* 48:32 Silent Payment (https://bit.ly/3AKzROm)

* 59:00 Fedimint - Framework for building federated bitcoin applications ( _https://bit.ly/3AlvjfP)_

* 01:12:12 Liquid Fuji Money (https://bit.ly/3q4meDH)

* 01:13:52 Unchained trading desk

* 01:14:54 bitcoin-s merged taproot support (https://bit.ly/3PVQ8nL)

* 01:15:14 Casa API launch

* 01:15:38 Hoseki - Bitcoin proof-of-asset

* 01:22:45 Robosats - A Simple and Private Lightning P2P Exchange (https://bit.ly/3KpROov)

**Bitcoin Optech Newsletter:**

* 01:28:54 Half aggregation of BIP340 signatures (https://bit.ly/3KkpjZi)

* 01:33:50 Long-term block reward funding

* 01:37:29 Add RPC (-regtest only) for testing package policy

* 01:XX:XX Taproot fields for PSBT ( _https://bit.ly/3ALI5G2)_

* 01:41:14 Discourage fee sniping with nLockTime

* 01:42:39 Largest multisig quorum currently possible? (https://bit.ly/3KoLEow)

**Events:**

* 01:46:43 AB/DC Bitcoin design meetup in Austin (https://bit.ly/3Km15hj)

01:48:02 Bitcoin Conference in Amsterdam

* 01:50:25 TAB Conf in Atlanta (https://bit.ly/3R6zMK6)

* 01:52:14 Adopting Bitcoin in El Salvador (https://bit.ly/3wyQ7zA)

* 01:52:31 BTCAzores Unconference in the Azores (https://bit.ly/3ANCcrG)

* 01:52:44 Baltic Honeybadger in Riga (https://bit.ly/3CtBRvH) **

**

**Other updates:**

* 01:53:20 Why CBDCs wont come. Porkopolis Economics by Matthew Mezinskis.

**Links & Contacts:**

* Website: https://bitcoin.review/

* Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

* Email: producer@coinkite.com

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

_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-02/**_

Scratching my own itch, this is a best efforts place to talk about Bitcoin Project software updates and some other commentary that I find interesting or noteworthy to me. Big thanks to [Matt Odell]( _https://twitter.com/ODELL_ ) for graciously joining me as my first guest.

To send Bitcoin related questions, just go to bitcoin.review and click submit story at the top right.

**Software Releases & Project Updates:**

* 03:28 HWI 2.1.1 07:20 COLDCARD Mk4 Firmware 5.0.4

* 11:24 COLDCARD Mk3 Firmware 4.1.5

* 13:00 BTC Pay Server v1.5 15:39 BlueWallet 6.2.18 + 6.2.17

* 17:49 COLDCORE 0.3.1 21:03 FullyNoded 0.3.3 Apr 5, 2022

* 29:50 Blockstream Green

* 33:56 Electrum 4.2.2

* 38:20 SpecterDesktop 1.10.3

* 40:55 Sparrow 1.6.3

* 52:29 Fountain 0.4.0

* 57:04 Wasabi 2.0

**Bitcoin OpTech News Letter (https://bit.ly/3Ap8VSJ):**

* 1:03:58 Replace by Fee

* 1:05:34 Hertzbleed sidechannel vulnerability

* 1:09:50 Open Timestamps (OTS)

* 1:11:14 Zeus 1:12:50 Lightning releases

* 1:15:15 Notable code and documentation changes

**Notable Wallet Updates:**

* 1:15:53 Blixt Wallet 0.5.1

* 1:16:33 Mercury Wallet

**Noteworthy:**

* 1:27:43 SATSCHIP (https://bit.ly/3TgduaL)

* 1:31:19 BIP 85 Passords

* 1:32:31 BLOCKCLOCK Micro (https://bit.ly/3R94ZfJ)

* 1:34:52 BTC Sessions Coldcard Tutorial (https://bit.ly/3pGQHam)

* 1:35:10 - Coinkite GiftCards (https://bit.ly/3R8U3yS)

**Coinkite Updates:**

* 1:27:43 SATSCHIP

* 1:31:19 BIP 85 passords

* 1:32:31 BLOCKCLOCK Micro

* 1:34:52 BTC Sessions Coldcard Tutorial (https://bit.ly/3pGQHam)

**Community & Events:**

* 1:35:28 Bitcoin Park

**Links & Contacts:**

* Website: https://bitcoin.review/

* Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq

* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk