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**Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests**

A review of Bitcoin Software updates and related topics with NVK and guests.

Latest Episodes:

BR057 - Core, COLDCARD, CTV UASF, TXHASH, Frostsnap, Vulnerability HELL +MORE ft. Schmidty, Rijndael Dec 21, 2023

Show notes

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

Housekeeping

00:06:34 OpenSats announce 10 new grants

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:13:40 Ledger vulnerabilities
00:27:26 Keystone License has been changed
00:29:22 A critical vulnerability has been found in LNBank
00:31:01 In March 2021 the FBI raided USPV, broke open every single box in the vault
00:35:04 Shakepay Customer Information Leaked
00:36:23 Controversial Ocean upgrade fixes long-standing vulnerability exploited by modern spammers

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:11:37 Bitcoin Core
1:19:07 COLDCARD Mk4
1:22:38 Frostsnap prototypes first look
1:29:32 BTC Pay Server
1:29:47 Liana
1:30:23 Keeper
1:30:29 rust-payjoin
1:31:18 Mempool.space
1:31:30 NerdMiner
1:31:42 AgoraDesk
1:32:05 Blockstream Green
1:32:18 Samurai Dojo
1:32:26 Ronin Dojo
1:32:59 RoninUI

• Project Spotlight

1:33:40 The #Hashtub
1:34:45 Coinselect

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:35:00 lnd
1:35:04 lnbits
1:35:08 Zeus
1:35:13 Phoenix Android
1:35:26 ldk-node
1:35:35 lightning-terminal
1:35:39 Mutiny Wallet
1:37:36 Breez SDK Core
1:37:41 taproot-assets
1:37:48 10101
1:41:20 Ride The Lightning
1:41:25 Stacker News
1:41:32 Alby
1:41:42 BitBanana
1:41:45 Thunderhub
1:42:08 River Link
1:44:02 Cashu
1:44:13 eNuts
1:44:27 Minibits

• Project Spotlight

1:45:07 PlebDevs Course II
1:45:14 ShockWallet
1:45:16 Ark Developer Hub
1:45:21 Elements Academy

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:46:30 NDK
1:46:46 Unleashed.chat
1:51:07 Primal
1:51:58 Amethyst
1:52:08 Snort
1:52:11 Coracle
1:52:13 Nos.social
1:52:15 Yana
1:52:18 Nostree
1:52:21 Civkit
1:52:44 Plebeian Market
1:52:52 Mostro
1:52:57 nostr-webhost
1:53:01 nostr-universe
1:53:04 0xchat

• Project Spotlight

1:53:09 Nostr Tech Weekly

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:54:48 SimpleX Chat

Boosts

1:55:01 Shoutout to top boosters: @vake, @qxotk, @dubravko, @agichoote, @cantillionaire.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

1:56:38 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

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-57

BR056 - Breez, Mutiny, Unleashed.chat, 56 BTC hack, Ocean.xyz + MORE ft. Roy, Carman & Rijndael Dec 01, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by guests ⁠Roy⁠, ⁠BentheCarman⁠ & ⁠Rijndael⁠ to go through the list.

Housekeeping

00:01:51 OpenSats long-Term Support For Will Clark

00:01:57 Unleashed.chat

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:03:28 Ledger user lost BTC after upgrade

00:08:20 Attacker managed to steal almost 56 BTC while paying 83.7 BTC fee

00:15:50 New BLUFFS attack lets attackers hijack Bluetooth connections

00:18:15 Wallet of Satoshi shuts down to US users

00:18:16 Nodeless.io has been shut down

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:36:35 Sparrow

00:37:04 Florestra

00:38:26 Nunchuk

00:39:08 Libwally Core

00:39:40 Citadel

00:39:46 Blockstream Green iOS

00:39:58 Blockstream Green Android

00:40:23 HODL HODL

00:40:33 ESP-Miner

00:40:50 Peach

• Project Spotlight

00:41:03 Apollo II home miner

00:42:27 BBQr

00:55:18 OCEAN

01:02:56 bitcoinminiguides.com

01:04:52 libreriadesatoshi.com

01:05:05 Truevote

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:05:22 Breez

01:20:30 Phoenix

01:10:26 Mutiny Wallet

1:19:04 Mutiny Node

01:20:43 Alby

01:20:55 alby-js-sdk

01:21:03 Blixt Android

1:25:26 BitBanana

1:25:35 10101

1:28:08 CLN

1:28:20 lnbits

1:28:29 lnd

1:28:40 Cashu Nutshell

1:31:06 eNuts

1:31:27 Stacker News

• Project Spotlight

1:31:32 acceptln.com

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:31:57 NDK

1:34:27 rust-nostr

1:34:32 Damus

1:34:36 Amethyst

1:34:43 YakiHonne

1:34:48 Nosotros

1:34:52 Coracle

1:34:55 Yana

1:35:03 Nostree.me

1:35:11 Nos.social

1:35:19 Spring

1:35:27 0xchat

• Project Spotlight

1:35:41 Kind0.io

1:35:49 dtan.xyz

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:36:30 Simplex Chat

• Project Spotlight

1:38:40 CBDC Tracker

1:38:44 GPT4All

Boosts

1:40:43 Shoutout to top boosters: @apemithrandir, @vake, @dubravko.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

1:41:22 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

• Lightning

1:52:00 Lightning Address in a Bolt 12 world

1:52:04 ZBD and Beamable Launch a Joint Starter Kit

• Privacy

1:52:15 Six OFAC-sanctioned transactions missing

• Funding

1:52:22 Bitcoin Design Foundation

1:58:01 Spiral

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-56

BR055 - Sparrow, SATSLINK, Vulnerability Hell (RPI, ESP32,26₿ gone)+MORE, Craig Raw, Odell, Rijndael Nov 15, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Odell & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

00:03:36 Subscribe now to have early access to Bitcoin Firday Deals
00:03:59 SATSLINK official announcement video from nostrasia

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:10:42 A phishing email is being sent out impersonating Blockstream
00:12:19 A Fake Ledger Live app in Microsoft Store stole $768,000 in crypto
00:12:52 The Apple AppStore for iOS has published a range of fraudulent bitcoin wallet apps
00:17:01 Secure boot bypass on ESP32 achieved by swapping the CS line, despite the absence of fault injection
00:19:33 Every single Raspberry Pi 5 is given a unique identification number
00:25:35 25 BTC hacked from self-hosted password manager

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:55:29 COLDCARD Edge
00:34:35 Sparrow
00:58:01 Liana
00:58:49 Electrs
1:01:07 Blockstream Green
1:01:16 Nodeyez
1:01:32 Padawan Wallet

• Project Spotlight

1:08:24 Bitescrow
1:09:33 Bitcoindev.org
1:09:40 bitcoin-scriptexec
1:11:14 Seedle39
1:11:40 Opcode Explained
1:12:06 Cubit
1:15:14 BitChimney Space Heater

Lightning

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:15:37 Blixt
1:15:52 Zeus
1:16:04 Phoenix
1:16:14 Mutiny Node
1:16:29 LN Wallet APIs/LSPs
1:23:01 Torq
1:23:05 BitBanana
1:23:09 10101
1:23:13 Minibits
1:23:20 rust-lightning
1:23:49 Wallby
1:23:58 Alby + Zaprite

• Project Spotlight

1:24:19 LNESIM
1:24:25 cipherchat.app
1:24:48 Lifpay Bitcoin Lightning wallet
1:24:53 getbit.money
1:25:02 Plasma

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:25:45 rust-nostr
1:25:59 Damus
1:26:04 Primal
1:26:20 Amethyst
1:26:28 Nos.social
1:26:31 Highlighter
1:26:42 Mostro
1:26:48 Current iOS
1:27:02 0xchat
1:27:06 Lume

• Project Spotlight

1:27:14 Nostr Assets
1:33:03 Flockstr
1:33:43 Nostter
1:33:50 Nostr
1:34:34 nostrudel

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:34:39 StartOS
1:35:54 Unleashed Chat

Boosts

1:42:13 Shoutout to top boosters: @hgw39, @apemithrandir, @vake, @mrmr, @dubravko, @heidisov, @sovereignindividual

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

1:43:27 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

01:49:30 Quickfire rundown of Bitcoin news

Reads & Resources

1:52:22 Top recently published reads and useful resources

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-55

BR054 - Cashu, Mutiny, ChatBTC, BitVM, Smart Vaults, lnbits + MORE ft. Carman, Calle & Rijndael Oct 20, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Ben Carman, Calle, & Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

00:02:39 OpenSats
00:03:07 Bitcoin.Review Substack
00:03:31 SATSLINK
00:05:37 Bitcoin Black Friday

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:06:36 The Lightning Network remains vulnerable to replacement cycling attacks.

Bitcoin

Software Releases & Project Updates:

00:10:00 Bitcoin Core
00:10:14 P2P
00:10:26 Fees
00:10:31 RPC
00:11:19 Robosats
00:14:37 Samurai
00:15:45 BTCPay Server
00:16:20 Peach
00:16:35 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
00:17:18 Trezor
00:17:50 Wasabi
00:19:01 Citadel
00:19:19 BISQ
00:19:29 BlueWallet
00:20:38 Nodeyez
00:20:50 Samurai Sentinal
00:21:32 RoninDojo
00:21:54 Botlz
00:22:04 Smart Vaults
00:28:01 Mutiny
00:28:43 Orange Pill App
00:28:52 Oshi

Project Spotlight:

00:30:02 PlebBook
00:30:21 Theya
00:30:44 Tapleaf circuits
00:32:33 esp-miner
00:33:08 chatbtc
00:37:16 Bitcoin TLDR
00:37:42 BitVM Online

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

00:38:13 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

Lightning & L2(+)

Software Releases & Project Updates:

00:44:29 LDK
00:47:29 lnbits
00:49:30 Alby
00:52:06 Breez SDK
00:52:16 Cashu
00:57:53 Zeus
00:59:05 10101
1:00:17 Fountain
1:00:27 mutiny-node
1:03:51 Taproot Assets
1:08:16 lightning-terminal
1:08:23 Torq
1:08:30 Ride The Lightning
1:09:13 Voltage Cloud
1:10:05 Stacker News
1:10:16 Nayuta Wallet
1:10:23 Alby JS SDK
1:10:25 scaling-lightning
1:10:34 THNDR
1:11:30 Polar

Project Spotlight:

1:11:38 Triible
1:11:49 Bijli
1:11:56 Plasma

Nostr

Software Releases & Project Updates:

1:12:34 NIP-41
1:23:07 Snort
1:23:10 Coracle
1:23:13 Amethyst
1:23:14 Lume
1:23:15 Amber
1:23:15 Gossip
1:23:17 0xchat
1:23:19 Listr
1:23:24 Spring

Project Spotlight:

1:23:34 PlebAI
1:23:37 Nostr Playground
1:23:45 memestr
1:23:56 shopstr
1:24:01 Hostr
1:24:05 Shipyard
1:24:07 NoStress Comments Plugin

Privacy Software

Software Releases & Project Updates:

1:24:43 Keet

Boosts

1:25:08 Shoutout to top boosters: @vake, @apemithrandir, @flotsamjetsam, @ideaslut, @dubravko, @michaelmatulef.

News & Noteworthy

Competitions, accelerators and hackathons:

1:27:55 Outlier Ventures' Bitcoin Base Camp accelerator is open for applications

Hyperbitcoinization:

1:29:51 Choice IRA Sats Mode Launched
1:29:55 President of Madeira announces creation of Bitcoin business hub

Hypernostrization:

1:30:55 Twitter/X have started testing “Not A Bot”

Mining:

1:31:11 Volcano Energy and Luxor Technology Corporation unveil "Lava Pool"
1:31:17 MDK Progress Update

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-54

BR053 - Start9, BIP-324, AssumeUTXO, COLDCARD, SATSLINK, Krux +MORE ft. Matt Hill, Odell & Rijndael Oct 05, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Matt Hill, Odell, and Rijndael to go through the list.

Housekeeping

00:02:04 SATSLINK

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:13:28 Deep-TEMPEST: a deep learning method that recovers great quality images from unintentional electromagnetic emanations of HDMI.

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:20:07 Bitcoin Core
00:30:43 Start9
00:37:29 COLDCARD
00:46:16 Trident
00:49:47 Specter Desktop
00:53:24 Blockstream Green iOS
00:53:40 BTC Pay Server
00:53:50 Jam v0.1.6
00:58:29 The Bitcoin Company
1:04:23 Krux
1:08:18 Trezor
1:14:23 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
1:14:36 Samurai Dojo
1:14:49 Peach

• Project Spotlight

1:15:11 MegaWatt added the TAPSIGNER as 2-factor authentication method for their app
1:16:12 Building a community members only card with SATSCHIP for all Julio Collectors
1:17:13 BIP39-XOR
1:17:55 BIP-329 Python Library
1:20:52 ParmanodL
1:21:22 ParmaZero
1:21:34 UTXOracle

Lightning & L2+

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:24:45 LND
1:29:14 Mutiny Node
1:29:25 Mutiny Wallet
1:34:46 Breez
1:35:35 Phoenix
1:38:27 Alby
1:40:24 eNuts
1:40:32 Minibits
1:40:56 BitBanana
1:41:12 Torq
1:41:19 10101
1:41:50 River
1:42:03 Gigsats
1:42:17 lnprototest
1:42:25 Fedimint

• Project Spotlight

1:42:36 Proxnut
1:43:01 Cashu LNURL

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

1:43:15 NDK
1:43:22 rust-nostr
1:43:26 Damus
1:43:33 Primal
1:43:40 0xchat
1:43:59 Snort
1:44:31 Amethyst
1:44:34 Coracle
1:44:36 Nos.social
1:44:37 Nostur
1:44:39 Gossip
1:44:40 Lume
1:44:41 Agora Social
1:44:43 nostrss
1:44:45 Spring - The Nostr Browser
1:44:46 Amber

• Project Spotlight

1:44:49 Exit.pub
1:48:50 ZapThreads
1:48:57 $Prism
1:49:03 Yana
1:49:07 formstr

Boosts

2:01:58 Shoutout to top boosters: 🏆 @grantgilliam, @apemithrandir & @vake

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

2:04:02 ZeroSync have succeeded in creating an instant light client sync
2:04:12 MARA Pool mined an invalid block at 809478 on mainnet
2:04:21 GPUtopia

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-53

BR052 - Convenance, Introspection, CTV and activation impasse ft. JamesOB & Rijndael Sep 29, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by guests James O'Beirne⁠ & Rijndael to discuss CTV.

Discussion Topics

00:01:23 Guest intros
00:01:58 Recap
00:03:10 Technical overview of covenants
00:14:41 Watchtowers
00:16:16 Use cases for vaulting & scripts
00:21:53 Use cases for vaulting & scripts
00:26:10 Covenants as a solution to third party
00:27:42 Covenants and censorship risks
00:33:24 Covenants and censorship risks
00:34:07 Risks of major Bitcoin changes
00:39:39 Cryptographic improvements of CTV
00:40:14 Quantifying the scale of change in code
00:46:52 TX hash
00:49:04 Simplicity of CTV
00:50:19 The consensus deadlock
00:55:34 Social coordination and activation
01:05:55 Speedy trial - good or bad for Bitcoin?
01:16:00 Problems with Bitcoin core defaults
01:18:18 The politics of changing Bitcoin
01:23:36 Testing for consensus
01:28:37 State sabotage
01:31:56 Moving forward with activation
01:36:48 State of development and economic
01:53:04 Bitcoin.Review going late night call
01:54:04 Next steps
01:59:58 Bitcoin politics closing summary
02:01:38 Closing 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-52

BR051 - Sparrow, COLDCARD, LND, Florestra, Swan Custody Risk, 20BTC Whoopsie + MORE ft. Craig & Rob Sep 14, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw & Rob Hamilton to go through the list.

Housekeeping

00:01:47 Opensats

Vulnerability Disclosures

00:03:13 Coldcard Donjon Faults SE2 on Mk4
00:07:24 $500,000+ fee Bitcoin transaction
00:12:12 DoS: Fake Lightning Channels
00:15:11 Fortress, BitGo & Ripple customer funds controversy

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates

00:25:04 COLDCARD
00:28:11 Sparrow
00:32:46 libsecp256k1
00:35:12 Liana
00:35:37 BTC Pay Server
00:36:22 Florestra
00:39:33 Robosats
00:39:45 10101
00:40:07 MyCitadel
00:40:25 Bitcoin Tribe
00:41:42 Nunchuk
00:45:03 Simple Bitcoin Wallet
00:45:17 Labelbase
00:48:23 libwally-core

Feature Request Interlude

00:48:46 Simplex integration with Sparrow

Bitcoin

• Software Releases & Project Updates (Cont.)

00:53:39 Smart Vaults
00:56:05 Parmanode
00:59:15 Nodeyez
00:59:28 joinmarket-clientserver
01:00:17 RoninDojo
01:02:07 RoninUI
01:02:17 Peach
01:03:46 Machankura/8333.mobi
01:03:57 RGB
01:04:27 Seedsigner

• Project Spotlight

01:05:00 Smaug
01:05:24 bitaxeUltra

Lightning & L2+

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:07:06 LND
01:13:08 CLN
01:13:27 mutiny-node
01:15:23 Mutiny Wallet
01:15:32 Bitbanana
01:16:40 Breez
01:16:50 Alby
01:17:01 Fountain
01:17:14 Wallet of Satoshi
01:17:26 lnbits
01:17:31 Nayuta Wallet
01:17:36 Spark Wallet
01:17:41 Satimoto
01:17:47 eNuts
01:18:44 Minibits
01:18:57 Stacker News
01:19:06 Zaprite
01:19:14 Orange Pill App
01:19:22 Emeralize

• Project Spotlight

01:22:28 The Split Kit
01:22:36 ZapLocker
01:22:44 SimLN
01:22:55 Satogram
01:23:05 LNPlay.live

Nostr

• Software Releases & Project Updates

01:23:46 NDK
01:25:07 Snort
01:25:16 Amethyst
01:25:59 Coracle
01:26:04 Current
01:26:09 Lume
01:26:14 Spring - The Nostr Browser
01:26:19 Amber
01:26:30 Mostro

• Project Spotlight

01:26:51 Ditto
01:27:00 nostr-matrix
01:27:29 Favvy

Boosts

01:29:06 Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @ahanniga, @apemithrandir, @wartimepsycho, @dubravko

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

01:29:33 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin

01:39:40 CLBOSS
01:39:58 Support for Mercury Wallet to be discontinued by Mercury Layer

• Lightning & L2

01:40:32 Scaling Lightning roadmap
01:40:41 New LSP FlashSats announced
01:40:49 PeerTube Videos with Lightning plugin
01:40:55 Paid search engine Kagi now Accepts Bitcoin (Lightning)
01:41:00 Bastien Teinturier opened a PR to the bLIPs repo with proposal to Remotely control your LN from your favorite HSM

• Funding

01:41:15 Vulpem Ventures announces an open-source Bitcoin development grant to Burak of $25,000

• Mining

01:41:25 Oman planning to invest $1.1 Billion in Bitcoin mining
01:42:06 Nodal Power raises $13 Million seed round to build renewable energy power plants at landfills

• Business & Finance

01:42:15 NEW: Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z-backed nonprofit acquires Qala
01:42:34 Elon Musk's X Has Licenses in Multiple U.S. States to Process Payments, Including Crypto
01:42:43 Coincorner teams up with Lolly to bring Bitcoin to Lolly tills and kiosks
01:42:52 Bull Bitcoin expands to Costa Rica
01:44:07 Ripple acquires Fortress Trust

• Hyperbitcoinization

01:45:39 Revolut integrates Bitcoin segwit addresses and on-chain withdraw/receive
01:45:56 Coinbase LN integration is official

• Shitcoin Clownery

01:46:23 KYC/AML Compliance Protocol Proposed by Vitalik Buterin
01:51:29 Worldcoin Meltdown

Reads & Learning Resources

1:51:42 A list of our top recently published reads.

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-51

BR050 - Libsec Panel ft. Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael Sep 08, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael to discuss libsecp.

Discussion Topics

00:01:13 Guest intros
00:04:18 Importance of libsecp
00:11:21 Why libsecp was invented
00:15:44 The process of adding Schnoor
00:17:14 Tools and testing
00:25:43 Most interesting thing writing the library
00:34:05 Wrappers and vendors integrating libsecp
00:41:31 Side channel attacks
00:44:35 Testing
00:48:38 Hacspec
00:51:31 Signature types in research
00:52:51 Cross input aggregation
00:55:08 Deciding on what is included in the libsecp release
01:06:10 Are there enough contributors?
01:09:12 Musig2
01:10:28 Governance
01:13:32 Funding
01:14:09 Contributing
01:19:50 Security proofs for FROST
01:20:37 Nested musig FROST proofs
01:26:58 Nonce sharing
01:31:14 Demystifying libsecp

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-50

BR049 - Nostr Filters & Censorship Panel ft. Fiatjaf, Hodlbod & Vitor Pamplona Sep 05, 2023

Show notes

I'm joined by Fiatjaf, Hodlbod, and Vitor Pamplona to discuss Nostr Filters & Censorship.

Discussion Topics

00:03:05 Guests' thoughts on censorship
00:13:25 Handling censorship in the nostr design
00:28:59 Scaling nostr and content curation
00:45:44 Portability of nostr
00:49:26 Non-social uses for nostr
00:53:14 Content discovery
00:57:26 Labels and filtering
01:10:15 Influencing clients on content filtering features
01:15:28 NIP concerns
01:28:32 Reflections on nostr
01:44:47 Bonus chat: SimpleX & nostr - private DMs

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BR048 - Nostr: Coracle, Damus, NDK, Snort, Primal, DVMs + MORE ft. William Casarin, Pablo & Hodlbod Sep 01, 2023

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I'm joined by guests William Casarin, Pablo, and Hodlbod to discuss the latest updates in Nostr.

Stats

00:02:19 Stats rundown from Primal

Software Releases & Project Updates

• NIPs

00:03:23 NIP-72
00:14:49 NIP-79

• Clients

00:16:08 Coracle
00:19:36 Damus
00:23:58 Amethyst
00:24:29 Snort
00:31:14 Iris
0:31:31 Nostr.kiwi
00:31:57 njump
00:35:32 Nostur iOS
00:36:37 Lume
00:37:51 Primal

• Development Kits

00:47:40 NDK

• Libraries

00:53:37 Rust Nostr

• Other

00:54:18 Highlighter
00:57:20 Swarmstr
00:58:07 Data Vending Machine - Service Provider
01:04:30 Stemstr is [now live
01:04:40 Amber
01:05:42 Magic Webstore
01:05:52 Nostree.me

• Bitcoin Projects Leveraging Nostr

01:08:01 Geyser integrated Zaps
01:08:53 Umbrel

• Project spotlight

01:10:02 Vendata.io
01:11:54 FOMOstr
01:14:50 Zapgoals
01:14:58 0xchat
01:15:27 atomstr
01:15:54 Vault
01:16:41 w3.do
01:17:21 Imp Chat by Impervious
01:17:21 Pulsar
01:21:19 Spring

News & Noteworthy

• Hypernostrization

01:28:21 Apple allowed Current to keep the zap button on posts

• Events

01:30:23 Nostrasia registrations open
01:31:27 Nostrville
01:32:11 Pleblab Introduces the NostrDev course

Reads & Resources

• 01:32:50 Here's a list of our top recently released reads and resources:

NOSTR GUIDE by uselessshit
Apple allowed Current App to keep the zap button on posts by Current on Habla.news

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