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    Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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

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    BR037 - Mempool.space, COLDCARD, Ledger Recover, Cashu +MORE ft. Steve Lee, Future Paul & Livera May 25, 2023
    Show notes

    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/

    BR036 - Lightning Privacy & Splice Panel ft. Tbast, Dusty, Tony, Jeff & Vivek May 12, 2023
    Show notes

    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

    BR035 - OpenSats, Nunchuk, BTC Map, BRC-20 Mania + MORE ft. Sjors, Nicholas Gregory & Daniel Prince May 05, 2023
    Show notes

    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

    • Free sound effects from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com
    • Breaking news animation from Vecteezy.com

    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/

    BR034 - Nostr Taking off! Catch-up with NVK ft. Fiatjaf, JB55, Pablo & Odell Apr 26, 2023
    Show notes

    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/

    BR033 - OP_VAULT Round 2, Many Changes & OP_CTV ft. JamesOB, theinstagibbs, Ben Carman & Rijndael Apr 21, 2023
    Show notes

    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/

    BR032 - COLDCARD, Sparrow, Zeus, Mutiny, LNProxy, lnbits Nostr, Primal +MORE ft. Calle & Future Paul Apr 20, 2023
    Show notes

    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/

    BR031 Cashu & Fedimint: ecash, Bitcoin's layer 3 & scalability ft. Calle, E Sirion, Rijndael & Odell Apr 11, 2023
    Show notes

    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

    BR030 - Mercury Wallet, BitKey, BDK, Mutiny Wallet + MORE ft. Nicholas Gregory, Rijndael & Odell Apr 06, 2023
    Show notes

    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/

    BR029 - SegWit, Taproot, Schnoor, Inscriptions & Witness Discount ft. Andrew Poelstra & Adam Gibson Mar 31, 2023
    Show notes

    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/

    BR028 - Specter, Zeus, BTC Pay Server, Alby, LDK Roadmap + MORE ft. Bumi, Vivek & Guy Swann Mar 16, 2023
    Show notes

    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/

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