
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
A review of Bitcoin Software updates and related topics with NVK and guests.
Latest episodes

May 25, 2023 • 2h 10min
BR037 - Mempool.space, COLDCARD, Ledger Recover, Cashu +MORE ft. Steve Lee, Future Paul & Livera
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/

May 12, 2023 • 1h 59min
BR036 - Lightning Privacy & Splice Panel ft. Tbast, Dusty, Tony, Jeff & Vivek
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

May 5, 2023 • 1h 50min
BR035 - OpenSats, Nunchuk, BTC Map, BRC-20 Mania + MORE ft. Sjors, Nicholas Gregory & Daniel Prince
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/

Apr 26, 2023 • 2h 5min
BR034 - Nostr Taking off! Catch-up with NVK ft. Fiatjaf, JB55, Pablo & Odell
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/

Apr 21, 2023 • 1h 37min
BR033 - OP_VAULT Round 2, Many Changes & OP_CTV ft. JamesOB, theinstagibbs, Ben Carman & Rijndael
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/

Apr 20, 2023 • 1h 40min
BR032 - COLDCARD, Sparrow, Zeus, Mutiny, LNProxy, lnbits Nostr, Primal +MORE ft. Calle & Future Paul
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/

Apr 11, 2023 • 2h 16min
BR031 Cashu & Fedimint: ecash, Bitcoin's layer 3 & scalability ft. Calle, E Sirion, Rijndael & Odell
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

Apr 6, 2023 • 1h 55min
BR030 - Mercury Wallet, BitKey, BDK, Mutiny Wallet + MORE ft. Nicholas Gregory, Rijndael & Odell
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/

Mar 31, 2023 • 2h 10min
BR029 - SegWit, Taproot, Schnoor, Inscriptions & Witness Discount ft. Andrew Poelstra & Adam Gibson
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/

Mar 16, 2023 • 1h 43min
BR028 - Specter, Zeus, BTC Pay Server, Alby, LDK Roadmap + MORE ft. Bumi, Vivek & Guy Swann
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/