Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

Latest Episodes:

BR077 - BIP85 Drama, Bitcoin Core, secp256k1, DATUM, Jam, Krux, Twelve Cash, NomadNet, Salt Typhoon Hack + MORE ft. Rob & Paul Oct 10, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton & Future Paul to go through the list.
Housekeeping
00:00:59 Nostr Rising dropping soon!
00:02:32 COLDCARD Tutorials
00:02:35 European Coldcard reseller Coldhodl
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
00:02:50 BIP85 Drama
00:13:35 Delving Bitcoin
00:14:46 Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:19:57 Bitcoin Core
00:24:03 secp256k1
00:33:04 BDK
00:34:23 Electrs
00:35:53 Nunchuk
00:36:26 Mempool
00:36:42 Blockstream Green
00:37:15 Krux
00:38:58 Coinbase
00:39:17 BoltzExchange
00:39:22 Jam
00:42:57 libwally core
00:43:02 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
00:43:13 Braiins Toolbox
00:43:20 LiveWallet
00:43:30 The RoboSats Federation
• Project Spotlight
00:43:46 DATUM
00:47:31 BDK Swift Example Wallet
00:48:29 Decoding Bitcoin
00:48:42 Twelve Cash
00:51:29 Kyoto Bitcoin Light Client
00:51:48 Bitcoin script editor & visualizer
00:51:53 WeSatoshis
00:52:19 UtxoPocket
00:52:28 Simple Proof
Vulnerability Disclosures
00:52:43 Supply chain attack
00:53:29 Backdoored backdoors
00:56:37 Decade-old Linux vulnerability
00:58:14 Perfctl
00:59:05 Google raises privacy concerns
00:59:34 Americans' personal information leaked
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:00:19 SimpleX
1:00:48 Sideband
1:01:05 reticulum-meshchat
1:01:16 NomadNet
• Project Spotlight
1:11:18 Privacy Index
1:11:25 DarkIRC
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
1:11:46 Diamond Wallet
1:11:53 LNUnit
1:11:58 PLEBNET-Wiki
1:12:03 Matrix-Lightning-Tip-Bot
1:12:14 Predyx
1:12:18 Fedimint Web SDK
1:12:21 Fedimint Observer
1:12:23 NWC Tester
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:12:38 Ark
1:13:17 Lightning Terminal
1:13:33 LNDg
1:13:43 BTCPay
1:13:45 Shockwallet
1:13:51 minibits
1:13:55 clboss
1:14:01 LNMarket
1:14:12 Star9Labs
Nostr
• Project spotlight
1:14:23 Khatru
1:14:29 Nostr Mixer Relay
1:14:36 Comet
1:14:44 Dart Nostr Development Kit
1:14:48 Nostr-fetch
1:14:49 ONOSENDAI
1:14:56 Nowser
1:15:03 Route96
1:15:06 Ghost relay
1:15:09 Grain
1:15:14 Chronicle
1:15:16 Notestack
1:16:14 Atomstr
1:16:24 Nostr Metadata Updater
1:16:28 Minestr
1:16:36 GM Relay
1:16:44 NostrSMS
Audience Questions
1:19:25 - "Can you explain why the usage of libsecp256k is one of the most important choices in writing Bitcoin code, for this of us who are not cryptographers and do listen to the end? And answer in as non-engineery a way as possible?" -drianmalcolm
Boosts
1:25:53 Shoutout to top boosters drianmalcolm, Ape Mithrandir, Chris, seedor_io, podconf, vake & btconboard
Tech tip of the day
1:31:21 Changesets
News & Noteworthy
• Bitcoin
1:31:56 Bitkey partners with Robinhood
• Tradfi
1:32:33 BlackRock
• Security
1:34:44 NIST
• Government & Political
1:35:08 Bank of Canada pauses plans
Reads
1:35:29
Links & Contacts:

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Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-77

BR076 - Sparrow, AnchorWatch, Exploding Pagers, Bitcoin Core Spam Attack, Ark goes mainnet, NBitcoin Secp256k1 Vulnerability + MORE ft. Craig, Rob & Ben Sep 25, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Rob Hamilton and Ben Carman to go through the list.
Housekeeping
00:01:34 Big COLDCARD Q news
00:01:46 Understanding The COLDCARD Mk4 Security Model by Guy Swann
00:02:02 Coinkite Reseller Program 2024 update
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
00:02:26 Bitcoin Core Disclosure
00:04:15 NBitcoin library
00:06:55 Supply chain attack
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:33:55 Bitcoin Core
00:34:14 Sparrow Wallet
00:42:55 BDK
00:43:11 HWI
00:43:22 Nunchuk Android
00:43:28 Liana
00:43:55 Keeper Desktop
00:44:11 RoboSats
00:44:19 Wasabi Wallet
00:51:53 SwissBitcoinPay
00:51:57 BoltzExchange client
00:52:02 Padawan Wallet
00:57:25 LiveWallet
00:57:33 BIP39-XOR
00:59:06 ESP-Miner
• Project Spotlight
00:59:32 Mutation Core
00:59:45 Dana Wallet
00:59:52 BitVore
1:00:13 SwapMarket
1:00:20 NOIST
1:09:14 Shielded CSV
1:09:46 Vinteum introduces Bitcoin Dev Launchpad
1:09:57 The Bitcoiner's Intro to Rust
1:13:23 Silent Payment Faucet
1:13:29 Ashigaru
1:14:42 Bitcoin Scoresby
1:14:50 BConf
Vulnerability Disclosures
1:15:14 PIXHELL Attack
1:15:49 Marko Polo
1:16:42 Five dollar wrench attack
1:16:56 Social engineering attack
1:18:28 German law enforcement agencies
1:19:13 The Tor project addresses concerns over a law enforcement attack
1:19:21 Supply chain attack
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:20:37 SimpleX
1:20:40 Tails
1:20:44 SideBand
1:21:59 reticulum-meshchat
1:22:01 NomadNet
• Project Spotlight
1:22:07 rPGP
1:22:13 Discord introduces the DAVE protocol
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
1:22:22 Brick wallet
1:22:27 lnrecc
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:24:53 Phoenix Wallet
1:25:02 LNbits
1:25:13 minibits-wallet
1:25:23 LNDg
1:25:40 Lightning Terminal
1:25:43 Aqua Wallet
1:25:50 Second
Nostr
• Project spotlight
1:27:01 Nostr-social-graph
1:27:08 Wherostr
1:27:16 gitworkshop.dev
1:27:26 ngit
1:29:52 SatShoot
1:29:57 Known Nostr Attack
1:30:04 Foro.Wiki
1:30:16 Whitenoise
1:31:34 Pollerama
1:31:41 ZapD (Zap Delivery)
1:31:46 Nostr Personality Analyzer
1:31:59 Alphaama releases 3 micro-apps
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:32:19 Anchorwatch
Boosts
1:54:55 Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @vake, @user54549358 , @tac_btc, @LITTLE & @btconboard
Links & Contacts:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
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⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠: producer@coinkite.com
Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-76

BR075 - Bitcoin Core, COLDCARD, BitKit, RAMBO Attack, Chinese Hardware Backdoors, Nostr Censorship? + MORE ft. Future Paul & Rijndael Sep 11, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Future Paul & Rijndael to go through the list.
Full shownotes on the link below.
Housekeeping
00:03:17 Coinkite launches a dedicated partners page
Vulnerability Disclosures
00:18:54 The RAMBO Attack
00:27:50 YubiKeys vulnerable to sophisticated cloning attacks
00:29:05 SpyAgent
00:30:16 Hardware backdoors detected in Chinese key cards
00:34:41 sedexp
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:36:53 Bitcoin Core
00:41:58 COLDCARD
00:48:06 Utreexod
00:48:44 BlueWallet
00:49:02 Nunchuk Android
00:49:16 Bitkey App
00:49:32 Bullbitcoin-mobile
00:51:49 SwissBitcoinPay
00:51:56 BoltzExchange client
• Project Spotlight
1:07:26 Bitcoin Good First Issues
1:09:22 StashPay
1:09:30 LiveWallet
1:09:42 dlc dev kit
1:09:50 Orqestra
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:11:19 SimpleX
1:12:04 NomadNet
1:12:51 Sideband
1:13:19 Mullvad VPN adds support for DAITA
• Project Spotlight
1:16:47 Cypherpunk Tools
1:16:59 RACE: The Resilient Anonymous Communications for Everyone
1:17:47 Katzenpost mix network
1:18:03 NymVPN
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
1:19:41 Full Phoenixd Stack
1:19:49 Zapin.me
1:20:03 lnwCash
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:25:53 CLN
1:25:58 rust-lightning
1:26:03 BlixtWallet
1:26:07 Phoenix Android/iOS
1:26:10 lnbits
• Boosts
1:30:52 Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @bradmillscan, @Marcellus, @qxotk & @vake
Nostr
• Project spotlight
1:38:33 Notepush by Damus
1:39:01 Nostrize
1:39:07 Wikistr
1:39:10 WoT Relay
1:39:17 Fren Relay
1:39:27 Anonostr
1:39:53 The Wired
1:40:05 Yeghro Unfollow Tool
1:40:11 Gif Buddy
1:40:18 Why Nostr
1:40:30 Bitcoin.Review nostr mini series
• Tech Tip of the Day
1:50:38 Don't use Telegram
News & Noteworthyr
• Bitcoin
1:51:03 Launch of the Bitcoin Dev Project
1:51:07 The BDK Foundation invites proposals
1:51:16 WasabiWallet backend servers are down
• Lightning
1:51:24 Strike now supports BOLT 12
• Business & Finance
1:51:27 Canadian bitcoin broker Bull Bitcoin expands to France
1:51:37 Zaprite introduces a Point-of-Sale app
1:51:43 Blockstream Mining launches third round of hashrate-backed BMN2 note
• Hyperbitcoinization
1:51:52 Mastercard launches euro-denominated non-custodial Bitcoin debit card
1:52:39 Nasdaq seeks regulatory approval
• Cryptography
1:53:06 Discovery
• Funding
1:53:36 OpenSats announcements
• Mining
1:54:55 Launch of the Bitcoin Mining Development Mailing List
1:56:30 Bee Evolved launches M.O.E.M.
• Privacy
1:56:40 Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, faces 12 criminal charges in France
1:57:09 U.S. appeals panel questions the Treasury’s sanctions on Tornado Cash
• Reads
2:00:52 Here's a list of our top recently published reads
Links & Contacts:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
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⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠: producer@coinkite.com
Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-75

BR074 - Fountain Podcasting 2.0 on Nostr, SGX Key Extraction, Nunchuk, Mempool, Floresta, + MORE ft. Oscar Merry & Rijndael Aug 28, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Oscar Merry & Rijndael to go through the list.
Full shownotes on the link below.

Housekeeping
00:01:15 Calling for Ham radio guests
00:01:35 Getting a US Ham Radio License by HR4BTC
00:01:47 Who would you like to see on another Bitcoin security panel?
00:02:11 What other panel topics would you like us to host?
00:02:29 Send us your opinions to improve our content
Vulnerability Disclosures
00:03:45 Security Researcher Extracts Critical Intel SGX Root Keys
00:12:52 Researchers found security flaws in 5G basebands
00:14:59 Rust-miniscript vulnerability disclosure
00:20:55 New MacOS malware Banshee Stealer
00:21:36 Hacker develops open-source infrared laser tool
00:23:51 Sinkclose
00:25:42 Five dollar wrench attacks
00:26:26 McRug
00:26:48 1Password security vulnerability
00:26:55 Verizon demo app poses security risk
00:27:14 Massive data breach exposes 2.7 billion records
00:27:25 Bitcoin stolen in $238 million breach
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:27:49 Nunchuk
00:28:29 Mempool
00:30:49 Nix Bitcoin
00:31:24 Blue Wallet
00:31:45 Krux
00:32:46 Floresta
00:36:19 Bisq 2
00:36:30 Bitkey
00:37:11 boltz-client
00:37:29 Boltz Exchange
00:37:39 Nodeyez
00:37:50 ESP-miner
00:37:54 Robosats
• Project Spotlight
00:38:06 Pushtx
00:39:06 BitVault
00:39:30 SwissKnife
00:39:41 MineOps
00:39:53 Bitcoinfees
00:40:06 Payjoin Flutter
00:40:10 Jippi
00:40:16 PlebLab
00:40:35 Sovran
00:40:50 Buttcoin-price
Audience Questions
00:41:59 “What is to stop bitcoin on the main chain from being..."
00:43:35 “If you’ve got 3 mk4s(or 3 separate vendors) all running..."
00:46:30 "Thoughts on using mnemonic phrases for address verification ..."
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:50:06 SimpleX
00:50:35 reticulum-meshchat
• Project Spotlight
00:51:03 Module_17
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
00:51:35 Voltage Tipper
00:51:45 Bankify
00:51:52 Voltz Wallet
00:52:04 2nodeschillin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:53:04 Fountain
Boosts:
01:35:09 Shoutout to top boosters @Zero-Knowledge Goof, @wotsit, @apemithrandir, @vake, @wartime, @qxotk & @loishodls
Links & Contacts:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
⁠⁠⁠⁠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-74

BR073 - Security Challenges in Bitcoin Hardware Wallets: A Technical Overview ft. Lloyd Fournier, Craig Raw, Rob Hamilton, odudex & NVK Aug 23, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Lloyd Fournier, Craig Raw, Rob Hamilton and odudex to discuss bitcoin wallets and signers.
Housekeeping

Calling for guests to join a ham radio panel. Email producer@coinkite.com if you are interested.
Keep the audience questions coming! Send boosts or email questions to producer@coinkite.com.
Check out the previous episode if you want to understand more about Dark Skippy

Discussion Topics

00:04:40 KRUX/DIY Frost devices
00:17:39 DOS ware/Hardware wallets
00:29:53 PSBT Protocol
00:40:57 UX Security Tradeoffs
00:48:09 Hardware Signers
00:54:52 Battle between Push for better UX & More Security
01:16:35 Key generation protocol
01:53:53 Feature Request to Sparrow wallet

Audience Questions

"Geographically distributed multisig is probably the best self custody model today. But specifically what kinds of places are suitable for storing private key material internationally or even just away from your home territory? Many people do not have high trust family/friends that live in different areas and I am skeptical of the privacy and security bank safety deposit boxes." - Densest_Sprite0R
"How have best practices evolved as we migrate from ecdsa to Schnorr it terms of interactivity / uptime that then therefore reshapes UX? e.g concurrent sessions, nonce counters, etc" - Vivek
"Are you aware of any known attack methods to add malicious code to an sd card with out any physical access to it? Like with some type of radio frequency attack etc…?" - Kidwarp
"Explain if you could why the anti exfil protocols don’t work air-gapped." 🙏🏻 - @basisbtc
"Ask your esteemed panel what the solution to all these problems is and why it is miniscript." - Coinjoined Chris ⚡
"How does the seed leak stuff work - the nonce signature stuff was not explained easy / detailed enough for us noobs? Is it just publishing encoded information somehow? Would it make any kind of difference if you use a passphrase?" - M4v1
"If you’ve got 3 mk4s(or 3 separate vendors) all running same compromised darkskippy software but in a 2 of 3 Multisig? Still same risk / elevated risk or multisig set up negates? How about a single sig with weak passphrase" - wim
I'd love to hear some of your favorite ways that a pwned hardware signer can steal funds that do not involve DarkSkippy (or similar). - Rearden

Links & Contacts:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
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⁠⁠⁠⁠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-73

BR072: Dark Skippy Attack, Proton Wallet, Mutiny Sunsets, BDK, Nunchuk +MORE ft. Paul, Rob, Rijndael Aug 08, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Future Paul, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael to go through the list.
Housekeeping:

00:02:31 Entrepreneurial editor wanted
00:03:11 New COLDCARD website
00:03:18 COLDCARD Q is now available in the EU
00:03:32 Updated Docs at coldcard.com/docs
00:03:46 Call for People to get into amateur radio
00:03:59 New boost email for questions - questions@bitcoin.review

Vulnerability Disclosures:

00:04:35 Dark Skippy attack
00:38:32 "Free Relay" attack
00:39:35 Mac Malware posing as popular apps
00:46:03 Five dollar wrench attacks
00:48:27 Accessing deleted and private repository data on GitHub
00:49:44 Telegram allows malicious APKs to be sent as videos
00:51:27 Data breach at bank linked to Coinbase
00:53:08 Fractal ID data breach
00:53:23 WazirX confirms $230 million loss
00:56:07 Exchange dYdX website hacked in DNS hijack attack

Bitcoin:
• Software Releases & Project Updates:

00:57:18 secp256k1
00:58:25 BDK
1:04:51 Nunchuk
1:06:02 Libwally-core
1:07:18 Bitcoin Keeper
1:07:48 Boltz Exchange
1:08:02 Blockstream Green
1:08:26 Bitkey
1:09:51 Padawan Wallet
1:11:14 ESP-miner

• Project Spotlight:

1:12:04 ProtonWallet
1:20:56 lastseed
1:21:17 Dictionnaire de Bitcoin
1:21:24 Octojoin
1:21:35 Argon BWG
1:21:41 BitForge Nano
1:21:51 Bitaxe Satellite
1:23:50 PyBLOCK
1:24:15 Roxom

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects:
• Software Releases & Project Updates:

1:24:54 reticulum-meshchat
1:25:28 M17-Project Module_17

• Project Spotlight:

1:28:36 El Tor

Lightning & L2(+):
• Software Releases & Project Updates:

1:30:33 Mutiny Wallet is shutting down

• Project Spotlight:

1:44:15 Fedi
1:44:32 Alby Hub
1:45:13 Nutlife.lol

• Software Releases & Project Updates (cont.):

1:45:55 Phoenix
1:49:48 taproot-assets

Boosts:

1:28:53 Shoutout to top boosters @seedor, @ez21, @vake, @apemithrandir, @garykrause_, @dubravko, @bencoin, @cantillionaire & @plebhodl

Links & Contacts:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
⁠⁠⁠⁠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-72

BR071 - Krux, Mutiny, COLDCARD, BlueWallet, BinaryWatch, Linksys Vuln, Silent Payments, BOLT12 + MORE ft. Alex, Craig & Ben Jul 17, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Alex B, Ben Carman, and Craig Raw to go through the list.

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:52:03 Bitcoin Core
00:55:12 COLDCARD
00:56:16 Nunchuk
00:56:48 Liana
00:57:38 Rust Payjoin
00:58:00 Blue Wallet
01:07:04 Bitcoin Keeper
01:07:28 Krux
01:10:27 Bisq
01:10:39 RoboSats
01:10:43 WasabiWallet
01:10:48 Bitkey
01:11:29 Trezor
01:11:59 Blockstream QT
01:12:35 FullyNoded

Project Spotlight

01:14:01 WE HODL BTC
01:14:42 Satso
01:15:16 Mempool Accelerator
01:15:51 Brollup v2
01:17:22 Bails
01:17:36 B2P Central
01:17:51 Wabisator
01:18:01 Wasabist
01:18:12 Lava Wallet

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:29:36 SimpleX

Project Spotlight

01:29:41 Reticulum MeshChat
01:29:44 Nomadnet
01:30:26 Entropyseal
01:30:40 Proton Docs
01:30:48 FUTO Keyboard

Lightning & L2(+)

• Project Spotlight

01:31:35 Cashu
01:31:56 Payto
01:32:09 Lampo
01:32:15 Blitz Wallet
01:32:22 Lendasat
01:37:02 Chamberlain
01:37:08 Phoenixd-Server-Ui
01:37:13 Bitcoin Mints

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:51:40 Phoenix
01:51:51 Breez
01:51:58 Mutiny Node
01:52:40 eNuts
01:52:44 Boltz Exchange
01:52:46 validating-lightning-signer
01:52:47 scaling-lightning

Nostr

• Project Spotlight

01:59:13 NIP proposals
01:59:31 Noteguard
01:59:39 Npub.pro
01:59:49 Keychat
02:00:19 Lowent
02:00:31 Tracking Token Disrespector
02:00:42 Quotestr
02:00:48 HiveTalk
02:00:56 FanFares.io
02:01:06 NostrApps

• Software Releases & Project Updates

02:02:45 Primal

Boosts

02:04:19 Shoutout to top boosters @spottysea, @vake, @qxotk, @apemithrandir & @zdoxed

Audience Questions

02:06:46 What are some more examples of these two different types of cryptography?
02:08:04 What small projects in bitcoin or nostr could someone learn more technicalities?
02:10:40 How to prevent small utxo's from being useless due to miner fees outweighed the utxo?

Links & Contacts

⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
⁠⁠⁠⁠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-71

BR070 - Nunchuk, Bitcoin Core, Push Tx, COLDCARD, BDK, RGB, Kraken Hack, Fedimint DNS Outage, Spending Condition Verification + MORE ft. Schmidty & Rijndael Jun 26, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Mike Schmidt & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

00:01:10 Check out previous episode on OP_CAT
00:02:42 New Hardcase for COLDCARD Q
00:02:53 Coinkite looking for a Sales Rep & Social Media Specialist

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:04:18 Security researcher leveraged flaw in recent UX on Kraken
00:10:08 LockBit Threatens to Leak Fed Data
00:10:50 Fedimint DNS issues
00:17:08 Bitcoin Core vulnerability disclosure policy discussions report
00:21:32 DoS disclosure: LND Onion Bomb
00:25:06 BitcoinLink critical vulnerability
00:27:40 DISGOMOJI: Linux malware controlled through emojis
00:28:11 Physical attack in London
00:29:36 Cryptocurrency influencer and three other people kidnapped in Montreal
00:30:16 Compromised address: 0.5 bitcoin lost to fees

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:31:40 COLDCARD WIP release
00:43:40 bbqr-ffi
00:45:31 Nunchuk
00:54:30 Bitcoin Core
00:57:27 BDK
00:59:06 Rust Payjoin
00:59:25 Umbrel
00:59:28 Bisq
00:59:32 WasabiWallet
01:00:11 Joinstr
01:01:21 Seedhammer
01:03:02 Labelbase
01:04:47 Blockstream Green
01:05:33 Peach
01:05:43 ESP-miner

Project Spotlight

01:06:40 Brollups
01:07:02 Stratum.work
01:07:33 Satonomics
01:07:45 Volt
01:08:11 Mempool Research
01:08:59 Moosig
01:09:22 SLIP-39 Wallet "Seed" Generation & Backup

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:10:42 SimpleX
01:10:45 Tails
01:11:05 Tor Browser

Project Spotlight

01:11:11 OpenCoordinator
01:11:23 Librechat

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:11:36 Core Lightning
01:11:44 LDK
01:11:49 Phoenix
01:11:50 Mutiny Node
01:11:53 RGB
01:13:07 Lightning Terminal
01:13:10 Ride-The-Lightning
01:13:15 minibits-wallet
01:13:20 Clams Remote
01:13:24 BitBanana

Project Spotlight

01:13:30 Storm.pub
01:13:39 Ecash by sound
01:16:02 Nutmix
01:16:07 DotNut

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:21:12 rust-nostr
01:21:13 Primal
01:21:15 Damus
01:21:18 Amethyst
01:21:19 Coracle
01:21:20 nos.social
01:21:22 Oxchat
01:21:24 Voyage
01:21:25 Mostro
01:21:26 Citrine

Project Spotlight

01:21:29 Notedeck
01:21:37 Keypub
01:23:00 Relay Runner
01:23:04 Nostr Pay

Boosts

01:23:56 Shoutout to top boosters @vake, @pippellia, @wotsit, @apemithrandir, @bencoin & @zdoxed

Audience Questions

01:25:34 "When we have covenants, is the address type different depending on the spending conditions?"

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

01:30:44 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

01:33:46 Grokking Bitcoin is now open-source

• Protocol

01:33:52 Bitcoin Core #29325

• Lightning

01:34:00 Multicoin app Cake Wallet to integrate Lightning payments

• Business & Finance

01:34:09 Blink Wallet Vouchers
01:34:13 RobinHood to acquire Bitstamp

• Funding

01:34:38 Open Cash Association
01:34:42 OpenSats announces support for Calle
01:34:48 Brink's grant committee welcomes Cory Fields
01:34:55 Invincible Privacy Group

• Mining

01:36:36 Wilson Mining announced the opening of its own FPPS
01:36:43 Foundry Hardware
01:36:48 Bitdeer to acquire Desiweminer
01:37:02 Bitmain announces Antminer S21 XP Hydro
01:37:15 Marathon Digital Holdings launches 2-megawatt project in Finland

• Privacy

01:37:22 Proton transitions to non-profit
01:37:26 Nigerian financial institutions to request customers social media handles as part of KYC

• Government & Political

01:37:34 Vote postponed for EU regulation Chat Control 2.0

• Events

01:37:42 Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town

Reads

• 01:37:51 Top recently published reads:

The emerging Bitcoin modular ecosystem by Alex Bergeron
Cashu: a vision for a Bitcoin powered ecash ecosystem by Shinobi
Mircea Popescu and MPex by Beautyon

Links & Contacts

⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
⁠⁠⁠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-70

BR069 - Cat is out of the bag? OP_CAT ft. NVK, Andrew Poelstra, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael Jun 21, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Andrew Poelstra, Rob Hamilton, and Rijndael to discuss OP_CAT.

Discussion Topics

00:00:50 Guest introductions
00:01:13 Overview of OP_CAT
00:02:47 History of OP_CAT
00:08:48 Technical explanation of OP_CAT
01:00:31 Issues with existing complexity
01:02:05 OP_CAT versatility and product market fit
01:06:07 Complexity of interactive protocols
01:10:05 Analogies, historical challenges and solutions
01:19:27 Risks and safe engineering of OP_CAT
01:24:03 Bitcoin economics and technicals vs Ethereum
01:38:39 Drivechain history, economic incentives and attacks
01:51:59 What you can do with OP_CAT
02:00:59 Script restoration
2:09:40 Activation strategies
02:23:00 Closing remarks

Links & Contacts

⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
⁠⁠⁠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-69

BR068 - Casa, Harbor, Wasabi, NFC Push Tx, Wrench Attacks, BBQr + MORE ft. Lopp, Paul, Rob & Ben Jun 06, 2024

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton, Ben Carman, Future Paul, and Jameson Lopp to go through the list.

Housekeeping

00:01:01 Coinkite is looking for a Production Manager
00:01:39 BBQr reminder

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:04:53 Flaw in password manager RoboForm
00:08:24 Japanese exchange DMM hacked
00:11:34 GitHub warns of SAML auth bypass flaw
00:16:35 Whatsapp vulnerable to traffic analysis
00:17:21 Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems
00:18:12 Lopp's list of known physical bitcoin attacks

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:41:36 Casa wallet descriptors
00:51:47 BTCPay Server
00:51:52 Specter
00:53:07 Electrum
00:53:35 Nunchuk Desktop
00:58:24 Bitcoin Keeper
00:58:32 Green QT
00:58:42 Bisq2
00:58:45 Wasabi Wallet
1:01:24 Labelbase
1:03:39 ESP-miner

• Project Spotlight

1:03:45 Satsie Zines
1:06:28 NFC Push Tx
1:10:44 Meshtastic BitcoinCore Bridge
1:14:30 Ginger Wallet
1:15:11 cargo-checkct

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:15:23 SimpleX

• Project Spotlight

1:15:50 Pushtx
1:16:15 lofextra

Lightning

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:17:27 Mutiny node

• Project Spotlight

1:17:27 Harbor

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:25:17 Primal iOS

• Project Spotlight

1:26:00 SIGit
1:27:14 git-remote-nostr
1:27:35 Corny Chat
1:28:11 Tidal Nostr Login

News & Noteworthy

• Business & Finance

1:32:22 HodlHodl blocks access to Lend

• Funding

1:33:16 Peer-to-Peer Rights Fund Launched
1:33:28 Unchained and the University of Austin launch first long-term endowment fund held in bitcoin
1:33:35 Human Rights Foundation bounties
1:33:40 Spiral supports newest grantee Sean Giligan in building ValidiTEE
1:33:45 Bitcoin Design Foundation grants support to two more contributors

• Mining