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-48**

I'm joined by guests [Nifty]( https://twitter.com/niftynei ), [Nadav]( https://twitter.com/nadav_kohen ) & [Vivek]( https://twitter.com/Seardsalmon ) 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**

* 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-47**

I'm joined by guests [Odell]( https://twitter.com/odell ), [Harry Sudock]( https://twitter.com/harry_sudock ), & [Marty Bent]( https://twitter.com/MartyBent ) 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**

* 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-46**

I'm joined by [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) and [Rob Hamilton]( https://twitter.com/Rob1Ham ) 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**

* 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-45**

I'm joined by guests [Miljan]( https://snort.social/p/npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr ), [Pablo]( https://snort.social/p/npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft ), [Tony]( https://snort.social/p/npub1t0nyg64g5vwprva52wlcmt7fkdr07v5dr7s35raq9g0xgc0k4xcsedjgqv ), & [Kieran]( https://snort.social/p/npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49 ) 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**

* 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-44**

I'm joined by guests [Craig Raw]( https://twitter.com/craigraw ), [James O'Beirne]( https://twitter.com/jamesob ), & [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) 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**

* 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-43**

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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

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I'm joined by guests [Alex B]( https://twitter.com/bergealex4 ), [Rob Hamilton]( https://twitter.com/Rob1Ham ) & [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) 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:**

* 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-42**

I'm joined by guests [Craig Raw]( https://twitter.com/craigraw ), [Rob Hamilton]( https://twitter.com/Rob1Ham ) & [Alex Leishman]( https://twitter.com/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**

* 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-41**

I'm joined by guests [Bumi]( https://twitter.com/Bumi ) & [Mandrik]( https://twitter.com/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**

* 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-40**

I'm joined by guests [⁠Fiatjaf⁠]( https://snort.social/p/npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 ), [⁠Miljan⁠]( https://snort.social/p/npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr ) & [⁠Pablo⁠]( https://snort.social/p/npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft ) 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**

* 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-39**

I'm joined by guests [Jesse Posner]( https://twitter.com/jesseposner ), [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) & [Vivek]( https://twitter.com/Seardsalmon ) 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:**

* 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-38**

I'm joined by guests [Steve Lee]( https://twitter.com/moneyball ), [Future Paul]( https://twitter.com/futurepaul ) & [Stephan Livera]( https://twitter.com/stephanlivera ), 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**

* 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-37/**

I'm joined by guests [Tbast]( https://twitter.com/realtbast ), [Dusty]( https://twitter.com/dusty_daemon ), [Tony]( https://snort.social/p/npub1t0nyg64g5vwprva52wlcmt7fkdr07v5dr7s35raq9g0xgc0k4xcsedjgqv ), [Jeff]( https://twitter.com/jkczyz ) & [Vivek]( https://twitter.com/Seardsalmon ) 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:**

* 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-36**

I'm joined by guests [Sjors Provoost]( https://twitter.com/provoost ), [Nicholas Gregory]( https://twitter.com/gregory_nico ) & [Daniel Prince]( https://twitter.com/princeysov ) 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**

* 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-35/**

I'm joined by guests [Fiatjaf]( https://twitter.com/fiatjaf ), [William Casarin]( https://twitter.com/jb55 ), [Pablo]( https://twitter.com/pablof7z ) & [Odell]( https://twitter.com/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**

* 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-34/**

I'm joined by guests [JamesOB]( https://twitter.com/jamesob ), [Greg]( https://twitter.com/theinstagibbs ), [Ben Carman]( https://twitter.com/benthecarman ) and [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) 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**

* 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-33/**

I'm joined by guests [⁠⁠⁠]( https://twitter.com/bumi )[⁠]( https://twitter.com/gregory_nico )[Future Paul]( https://twitter.com/futurepaul ) & [Calle]( https://twitter.com/callebtc ) 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**

* 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-32/**

I'm joined by guests [Calle]( https://twitter.com/callebtc ), [Eric Sirion]( https://twitter.com/EricSirion ), [Odell]( https://twitter.com/odell ) and [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) 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]]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing )

* Fedipool: Fedimint Could Mitigate Bitcoin Mining Pool Concerns [[Odell]]( https://www.discreetlog.com/fedipool )

* Fedimint [[Website]]( https://fedimint.org/ )/ [[Github]]( https://github.com/fedimint/fedimint )

* Fedimint Primer [[Bitcoin Design]]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4iclApJL0c )

* Cashu [[Website]]( https://cashu.space )/[[Github]]( https://github.com/cashubtc/cashu )

* [Nutstash]( https://nutstash.app/ )

* eCash for Better Bitcoin Privacy [[MAX MONEY 21M]]( https://maxmoney.substack.com/p/ecash-for-better-bitcoin-privacy )

* Cashu Tutorial - Chaumian Ecash On Bitcoin [[BTC Sessions]]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riTRD0BdMDI )

**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-31**

I'm joined by guests [⁠]( https://twitter.com/bumi )[Nicholas Gregory]( https://twitter.com/gregory_nico ), [⁠]( https://twitter.com/Seardsalmon )[Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) & [Odell]( https://twitter.com/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**

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