We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network BTC066: Creating Bitcoin Products and Infrastructure w/ NVK (Bitcoin Podcast)
Feb 23, 2022
In this conversation, NVK, Founder of Coldcard, shares his insights on creating ultra-secure Bitcoin products. He highlights the importance of entropy dice for generating secure private keys and discusses innovative solutions like the Satscard. NVK recounts the Block Clock incident involving Jack Dorsey and explores how Bitcoin's role is evolving, particularly in Canada during protests. He also examines future trends, including the potential of smart contracts on Bitcoin and the impact of major cell phone companies entering the market.
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Entropy Dice for Secure Key Generation
- Generate Bitcoin private keys with dice for enhanced security.
- This minimizes trust in devices and software, mitigating vulnerabilities.
Early Bitcoin Venture: Block Explorer
- NVK's first Bitcoin venture was btclook.com, a block explorer, launched in 2011.
- It visualized the entire blockchain, which was manageable in size at the time.
ColdCard's Calculator Design
- NVK designed the ColdCard hardware wallet to resemble a calculator.
- This was a deliberate design choice.