Citadel Dispatch

An urgent alert about a catastrophic Coldcard RNG vulnerability and who is at risk. Practical guidance on immediately moving funds off affected devices. Reflections on misplaced trust in single-vendor hardware and lessons for custody practices. Coverage of community investigation, on-chain activity, and why firmware upgrades may be unsafe right now.

Soap Miner joins to discuss building a Bitcoin only natural soap business and finding his first customers on Nostr. We get into teaching himself soapmaking, running a Lightning node with Alby Hub, why Bitcoiners are fiercely loyal customers, and refusing to accept dollars. Then we discuss Bitcoin as money, self custody, merchant adoption through Square, ETFs and treasury companies, Camp Nakamoto, BIP 110, personal responsibility, and why anyone with a useful skill can start earning Bitcoin.Soap Miner: https://soapminer.comSoap Miner on Nostr: https://primal.net/SoapMiner Soap Miner on X: https://x.com/soapminer1EPISODE: 210BLOCK: 959994PRICE: 1567 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

Matthew Vuk, Head of Research at Bark/Second, a builder of Bitcoin payment infrastructure. He explains Bark’s ARK implementation and how it lets wallets route Lightning, on-chain, and instant ARC payments without channel juggling. They cover VTXOs as device-held balances, delegated refreshes and unilateral exits, running ARC servers, integrations like Cashu and mobile-money gateways, and production considerations.

NoGood joins to discuss his journey from childhood drawing and graphic design to developing one of Bitcoin’s most distinctive visual styles. We get into cypherpunk aesthetics, Japanese street culture, creating the Citadel Dispatch artwork, and what AI-generated images mean for artists, authenticity, and digital provenance. Then we discuss his limited edition self published book, building No Good Radio as a 24/7 Nostr-powered stream, accepting zaps, integrating open protocols into his website, and why physical art matters in an increasingly digital world.NoGood: https://nogood.studioNoGood Radio: https://nogood.studio/radioNoGood Shop: https://nogood.studio/shopNoGood on Nostr: https://primal.net/nogood EPISODE: 208BLOCK: 957877PRICE: 1600 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

Seth For Privacy joins to chat Radar, a new app that adds Bitcoin payments directly into Signal. We discuss forking Signal while keeping full account and chat compatibility, why they built on Signal’s network instead of Nostr or SimpleX, donating back to Signal Foundation, and how end-to-end encryption keeps payments invisible even to Signal. Then we go deep on the tech: Spark versus Ark trust models, unilateral exit, privacy tradeoffs, Lightning interoperability, seed backups tied to your Signal account, stable balances, on and off ramps, and the goal of bringing Bitcoin to everyday chat users.Radar: https://radar.chatRadar on X: https://x.com/RadarChat Radar on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs8638xpknd8muv3ju4sjyc2m47z4s20ssg06z0kr3a7pjs0v7qmlqvu8s4hSeth on X: https://x.com/sethforprivacyEPISODE: 207BLOCK: 957218PRICE: 1608 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

Eric Sirion, Joscha, and Hermann join to discuss Fedimint being used in the wild in South Africa. We get into Bitcoin Ekasi’s live five-of-seven federation, running guardians on Start9, how Iroh removes DNS and networking pain, backups, uptime, and why federated custody can be a powerful middle ground between self custody and custodial wallets. We discuss Lightning gateways, Conduit wallet, MoneyBadger payments, eCash privacy, zero-fee internal transactions, on-chain UTXO consolidation, and why Fedimint may become a key tool for Bitcoin communities around the world.Starting your own federation: https://fedimint.org/guardians/Setup/overviewConduit Wallet: https://joschisan.github.io/conduitFedimint on X: https://x.com/fedimintBitcoin Ekasi on X: https://x.com/BitcoinEkasiBitcoin Ekasi on Nostr: https://primal.net/bitcoinekasiEPISODE: 206BLOCK: 956087PRICE: 1714 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

A Kenyan payments app that ties Bitcoin Lightning to M-PESA so sats can be spent where mobile money rules. Phone numbers become financial identities and Lightning addresses for easy receipts. They debate censorship risks, merchant adoption tactics, and pragmatic fiat bridges to bootstrap Bitcoin circular economies. Development tools and changing Kenyan regulations also come up.

Anjan Sundaram, journalist who founded the Stringer Foundation and created the Kyntab SOS app. He discusses Stringer’s inaugural finalists and its Courage Index. He explains Kyntab’s SOS features and security tradeoffs. They debate funding models, mental health support for frontline reporters, and why human-sourced reporting matters more as AI spreads misinformation.

Hermann Buhr Vivier of Bitcoin Ekasi and Carel Van Wyk of MoneyBadger join for an emergency dispatch on South Africa’s proposed Bitcoin restrictions. We get into draft exchange control rules that would bring Bitcoin under a harsh regulatory framework, including forced disclosure of private keys, undefined transaction thresholds, limits on peer-to-peer commerce, mandatory use of centralized crypto service providers, and potential forfeiture. Then we discuss why South Africa’s grassroots Bitcoin adoption matters globally, how MoneyBadger and Bitcoin Ekasi helped build real circular economy usage, and what Bitcoiners can do to push back through public comments, legal challenges, donations, and awareness.Property Rights Defense Group: https://propertyrightsdefense.orgPRDG on X: https://x.com/PRDG_ZABitcoin Ekasi: https://bitcoinekasi.com/Bitcoin Ekasi on X: https://x.com/BitcoinEkasi Bitcoin Ekasi on Nostr: https://primal.net/bitcoinekasi MoneyBadger: https://x.com/MoneyBadgerPayMoneyBadger on X: https://x.com/MoneyBadgerPayMoneyBadger on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsz85k206vm3vqdmlvcy9l4kyfqchlnf4hnctasxufa3ph0ck9decgpk49rf EPISODE: 203BLOCK: 949535PRICE: 1264 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

Eugene Jarecki joins to discuss his new Julian Assange documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man, filmed over seven years across 15 countries under high security conditions. We get into WikiLeaks as a breakthrough for whistleblowers, Bitcoin’s early role in keeping WikiLeaks alive after Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal cut it off, and why Assange’s story remains central to freedom of information. Then we go deep on the broken state of film distribution, why legacy media and streamers will not touch the film, Jack Dorsey’s idea to release it through Bitcoiners first, and the experiment to make Bitcoin supporters official producers of the film before a wider release.The Six Billion Dollar Man: https://thesixbilliondollarman.comEugene on Nostr: https://primal.net/eugeneEPISODE: 202BLOCK: 949106PRICE: 1249 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org