Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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:

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Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-15/

I'm joined by guests BentheCarman & Bitcoin Gandalf.

Housekeeping

00:01:55 BinaryWatch is live! Follow the bot. 00:08:36 V4V (We're converts!) 00:09:26 Coinkite updates

Software Releases & Project Updates

00:10:20 Bitcoin Core version 24.0 00:26:59 Sparrow 1.7.1 00:28:56 Libwally Swift v0.0.7 00:30:11 BTC Pay Server 1.7.0 00:31:48 Fully Noded: The #nostrnode Tesftflight 00:32:09 lnd v0.15.5-beta 00:33:50 Core Lightning v22.11 00:46:11 BlueWallet LDK 00:46:29 eclair-v0.8.0 00:48:25 The Mempool Open Source Project™ v2.4.0 00:51:30 The Bitcoin Company adds support for on-chain payments 00:53:30 LiquidOps beta release 00:53:45 BDK 0.25.0

Project spotlight

00:54:57 SatsCrap 00:57:11 Hoseki Proof of Reserves 00:58:18 Satimoto 00:59:03 smartino 00:59:53 Mutiny Wallet 01:02:02 Wavlake

Boosts

01:02:28 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters petar, vake, apemithrandir, adamcurry, pablof7z, yaeloss, ahanniga, nomadjoe & wolfbearclaw.

Noteworthy

01:05:16 Benthecarmen got a lightning node running inside a phone's browser 01:05:40 Bahamas regulator confirms FTX asset seizure after hack accusation 01:09:26 Genesis Balance Sheet Reveals Web of Loans Across Silbert Empire 01:14:24 Questions over El Salvador Bitcoin transparency 01:16:01 Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail Until at Least Late February 01:16:07 Casa Supports Ethereum 01:22:52 Coinbase delists BCH, ETC, XLM & XRP 01:26:07 Blockstream launches bol2 01:27:52 Kids in El Salvador turning coins into sats 01:29:35 200,000 Bitcoin removed from exchanges in the last 30 days 01:29:54 Strike offers cross-border payments to Africans in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya 01:30:09 New Communication Protocol “Ibex” and Extended Protocol Suite 01:31:40 Chat GPT

Audience Questions

01:36:04 M0rry 01:39:27 STACK TO THE FUTURE 01:40:13 M0rry

Shoutouts

01:42:38 Phoenix

Competitions

Legends of Lightning (Winner: LightSats, Runners Up: Mutiny & Saving Satoshi)

Events

01:43:01 Upcoming Events

Episode submission ideas

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Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-12/

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) 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

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