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Memes, Characters, and the Bitcoin Black Friday Kickoff
This chapter explores the cultural dynamics of the Bitcoin community, focusing on the rise of memes and influential characters during bull markets. It also emphasizes the shift towards institutional involvement and features Bitcoin Black Friday and the role of Anchor Watch in promoting self-custody solutions.
I'm joined by guests Stephan Livera, Rijndael & Ben Carman to go through the list.
Housekeeping
(00:05:29) Bitcoin Black Friday
(00:06:05) AnchorWatch gains Lloyd's of London Coverholder status
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:10:25) Krux releases security fix for AES-CBC encryption flaw
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:16:05) Bitcoin-script-hints
(00:17:14) BDK
(00:17:38) BTCPay Server
(00:19:53) Nunchuk Desktop
(00:20:20) Proton Wallet
(00:23:58) Bitcoin Keeper
(00:24:40) Nix Bitcoin
(00:25:09) Krux
(00:26:49) RoboSats
(00:26:57) Bitkey App
(00:31:07) RewindBitcoin
(00:35:15) Umbrel
(00:35:32) ESP-Miner
(00:35:36) Boltz web-app
• Project Spotlight
(00:35:43) Wallet Dev Kit
(00:35:51) ScriptLab
(00:36:04) Mempal
(00:36:44) Debifi
(00:37:41) Dart-bip85 package
(00:37:45) Descriptors Go
(00:37:47) Tick-tock-tui App
(00:37:56) Awesome-Bitcoin-guide
(00:38:30) BitAxe HAS Dashboard
(00:38:39) Radpool
(00:38:43) Satadelica
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:39:16) Nearest neighbor attack - Exploiting nearby Wi-Fi for covert access
(00:39:27) New Ghost Tap attack exploits NFC mobile payments
(00:39:38) Graykey partially unlocks iPhones with iOS 18/18.0.1, from iPhone 12 to 16 series
(00:40:38) OverSecured finds seven flaws in Android and Google Pixel, affecting millions of users
(00:41:03) Apple urgently patches vulnerabilities affecting macOS and iOS
(00:41:32) Decades-old security flaws in Ubuntu's Needrestart Package
(00:41:48) Chinese man arrested in Bangkok for operating from a van-based SMS blaster
(00:42:28) Five dollar wrench attack
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:42:53) SimpleX
(00:43:06) Signal
• Project Spotlight
(00:43:28) DeFlock
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
(00:43:56) Phoenix Server Lightning Wallet
(00:44:32) Cashu Brrr
(00:45:08) SING4SATS
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:45:44) Primal
(00:47:27) LND
(00:48:05) CDK Cashu Development Kit
(00:48:36) Phoenix Wallet
(00:48:47) Zeus
(00:49:56) Nutstash
(00:49:59) Nutshell
(00:50:07) Fountain
(00:50:10) Breez SDK
(00:50:14) Lnp2pBot
(00:50:17) BoardWalk
(00:50:19) Geyser
(00:50:20) Aqua Wallet
(00:50:47) Clams Remote
Nostr
• Project spotlight
(00:50:52) NDK Mobile
(00:50:55) Olas
(00:51:26) Knox
(00:51:32) Nostraut
(00:51:35) Ezdvm
(00:51:40) Futr
(00:51:45) Nosey
(00:51:49) Nos2x for Firefox
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:52:00) GifBuddy
Boosts
(00:52:30) Shoutout to top boosters Chris, podconf & btconboard
News & Noteworthy
• Bitcoin
(00:55:05) Chaincode Labs launches the 2025 BOSS program
• Nostr
(00:55:49) Kagi HQ joins Nostr
• Business & Finance
(00:57:06) Block, Inc. unveils Proto
(00:57:11) Casa introduces Casa Enterprise
(00:57:30) Swan Bitcoin sues former law firm for conflict of interest in Tether case
• Tradfi
(00:57:46) Revolut X expands to 30 European countries
(00:57:58) Newmarket Capital, launches Battery Finance
• Funding
(00:58:06) OpenSats announces long term support and educational grants
• Mining
(00:58:12) Russia bans winter digital currency mining in Siberia
• Privacy
(00:58:40) U.S. Congress critiques Tornado Cash and urges for stricter regulations
(00:58:44) Chinese government employees are selling citizen data for profit
(00:59:20) Mullvad VPN cancels remaining PayPal subscriptions and aligns with privacy-focused policy
• Cryptography
(01:00:59) Two mathematicians break an 18-year record with an elliptic curve of rank 29
• Events
(01:01:22) SATS'N'FACTS, Bitcoin Technical Unconference
(01:01:26) Hackalajara, Guadalajara's first Bitcoin-focused hackathon
(01:01:39) Bengaluru BitDevs Summit
Reads:
(01:01:46) Here's a list of our top recently published reads
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
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-88
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