BR040 - Alby, Zeus, Nunchuk, Damus, Mutiny, SATSCARD, App store censorship + MORE ft. Bumi & Mandrik
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
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Bitcoin Lightning and L2 News
The Bitcoin product community announces the Bitcoin volunteer opportunity board for FOS projects. Lightning and L2 news, both dot observer to open source liquid ops. Liquid adds six new members to its federation, bringing a total to 67. Swan Bitcoin lightning withdrawals in alpha test.
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Episode notes
I'm joined by guests Bumi & Mandrik to go through the list. *CORRECTION* Release notes at 00:19:12 are for Trezor not Ledger.
Housekeeping
- 00:02:24 More NFC card designs
- 00:02:28 Bare chip with flex PCB SATSCHIP in stock in a few days
- 00:02:35 Satscard.com fiat balance display
- 00:02:40 OpenSats looking for applications
Bitcoin
• Security Updates
- 00:03:17 Damus to be removed from app store
- 00:04:22 Zeus rejected by Apple
- 00:06:53 MutinyWallet mainnet
- 00:08:09 Alby PWA in the works?
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 00:11:05 Bitcoin Core
- 00:11:50 Nunchuk
- 00:14:53 BTC Pay Server
- 00:18:56 Robosats
- 00:19:12 Trezor
- 00:20:28 Seedsigner
- 00:20:58 Bitcoin Keeper
- 00:22:14 MyNode
- 00:22:40 raspiblitz
- 00:24:27 Parmanode
- 00:24:42 electrs
- 00:25:40 Mercury Wallet
- 00:26:15 Blockstream Green Desktop
- 00:26:25 taproot-assets
- 00:27:09 BTC Map Android
- 00:27:20 Orange Pill App
- 00:27:37 Polar
• Project Spotlight:
- 00:28:56 Eclair CLI
- 00:29:10 BTC Warp
- 00:29:42 Musig playground
HAM stuff lunch break
- 00:29:56 FX-4CR radio and src
Lightning
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 00:31:31 LND
- 00:32:33 Bluewallet
- 00:33:02 Alby
- 00:35:24 Fountain
- 00:35:58 Zeus
- 00:36:45 Wallet of Satoshi
- 00:37:49 Satimoto demo
- 00:38:23 Nutstash
- 00:38:35 Mash LN wallet
- 00:38:50 Bitrefill LN login
• Project Spotlight
- 00:41:47 eNuts
- 00:42:05 Scaling Lightning
- 00:42:13 Walletano
- 00:42:49 BitBanana
Nostr
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 00:43:53 Zebedee X nostr
Boosts
- 00:44:10 Shoutout to top boosters: @bradmillscan7, @mrmr, @apemithrandir, @vake, @wartimepsycho.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter
- 00:46:07 State compression with zero-knowledge validity proofs [252]
- 00:46:22 Proposal for managed joinpool protocol & Transaction relay over Nostr [253]
- 00:47:39 Using MATT to replicate CTV and manage joinpools [254]
- 00:47:46 Discussion about the taproot annex & Draft BIP for silent payments [255]
News & Noteworthy
• Bitcoin
- 00:47:53 Home Servers going mainstream
- 00:48:43 Bitcoin Volunteer Opportunity Board
• Lightning & L2
- 00:48:56 bolt.observer to open source LiquidOps
- 00:49:05 Liquid Swaps by Boltz
- 00:49:14 Six New Liquid Federation Members
- 00:49:27 Swan LN withdrawals in alpha test
- 00:49:33 Blockstream open sources Greenlight client repo
- 00:50:38 BTC Prague X Fedi
- 00:51:13 MercuryLayer Announced
• Privacy
- 00:54:17 Vexl Foundation by SatoshiLabs
• Funding
- 00:56:43 Brink
- 00:57:47 BOL2 VLS grant
• Mining
- 00:57:59 Anti-Bitcoin mining bill is dead
- 00:58:06 Tether Mining Investments
• Business
- 01:01:09 Strike
- 01:01:16 Google Cloud X Voltage
- 01:01:21 Bitkey X Coinbase & Cash App Partnership
• Political
- 01:01:29 SEC Filings
• Other
- 01:01:46 TBD Web5 Verifiable Credentials Toolkit
- 01:01:56 Bitcoin Audible, helmed by popular host Guy Swann, was served with a lawsuit on Friday (Bugled!)
Reads
- 01:03:34 The Signal & the Nonce: Tracing ASIC Fingerprints to Reshape Our Understanding of Bitcoin Mining by Karim Helmy, Lucas Nuzzi, Alex Mead, Kyle Waters, and the Coin Metrics Team
- 01:03:51 Ark AMA with Burak [Stackernews]
- 01:03:56 Securing a $100M Lightning node [Acinq]
- 01:04:19 Explaining Replace By Fee by Nifty
- 01:04:24 Normal operation and closure of a pre-taproot LN channel [ellemouton]
- 01:04:33 Bitcoin address types compared: P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH, and more [Unchained]
- 01:04:44 Sparrow Wallet: Ultimate Quick Start Guide For Beginners [Athena]
- 01:04:48 RoboSats Guide [Bitcoiner.Guide]
- 01:04:53 Darkpool: A chaumian blinded ecash like co-op mixing pool for self custodial savings accompanying Mints
- 01:05:07 Beginner friendly guide to Open Source projects [bitcoiner.guide]
- 01:06:01 A collection of resources related to covenants by Robin Linus
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-40
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