
Citadel Dispatch
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Dec 1, 2021 • 2h 33min
CD46: improving your home bitcoin mining setup with @BigCohoo, @dfrumps, @RoninMiner, and @BtcBoulder
EPISODE: 46
BLOCK: 711998
PRICE: 1738 sats per dollar
TOPICS: securing the cheapest power, braiins os, negotiating with your power company, utilizing solar subsidies, asic resale value, efficiency, slush pool, mining pool centralization, hosted providers vs running it yourself
@BigCohoo: https://twitter.com/BigCohoo
@dfrumps: https://twitter.com/dfrumps
@RoninMiner: https://twitter.com/RoninMiner
@BtcBoulder: https://twitter.com/BtcBoulder
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Nov 23, 2021 • 1h 56min
CD45: the future of mobile lightning wallets with @ericsirion, @akumaigorodski, and @fiatjaf
Discussions on the future of mobile lightning wallets, federated chaumian ecash, El Salvador experience, private routing, and better wallet names. They also explore the risks of using hosted lightning channels and the potential of mobile lightning wallets and revenue models.

Nov 17, 2021 • 1h 37min
CD44: using secure random number generators to generate bitcoin keys with waxwing and @raw_avocado
EPISODE: 44
BLOCK: 710040
PRICE: 1647 sats per dollar
TOPICS: random number generators and why they are important when securing bitcoin, history of backdoors, compromises, and poor implementations, multisig tradeoffs, hardware wallet tradeoffs, mitigations to reduce your risk
@waxwing: https://x0f.org/@waxwing
@raw_avocado: https://twitter.com/raw_avocado
streamed live every tuesday:
https://citadeldispatch.com
twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch
bitcointv: https://bitcointv.com/video-channels/citadeldispatch/videos
podcast: https://anchor.fm/citadeldispatch
telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch
support the show: https://tippin.me/@odell
stream sats to the show: https://www.fountain.fm/
join the chat: http://citadel.chat/

Nov 9, 2021 • 2h 19min
CD43: bitcoin for beginners with @BitcoinQ_A
@BitcoinQ_A, a Bitcoin expert, discusses bitcoin for beginners, acquiring bitcoin, dangers of KYC, holding your own keys, using your own node, transaction fees, utxo management and labeling, coinjoin, lightning, multisig, common mistakes and questions. They explore buying with KYC and no-KYC, self-custody, software and hardware wallets, full nodes, and more. They stress the importance of privacy and security in Bitcoin ownership and offer practical advice for beginners.

Nov 2, 2021 • 2h 37min
CD42: security focused bitcoin nodes with @nixbitcoinorg, @n1ckler, and @seardsalmon
In this podcast, @nixbitcoinorg, @n1ckler, and @seardsalmon discuss security-focused bitcoin nodes. They cover topics such as maintaining Nix Bitcoin for security and transparency, rollback and reproducibility in NixOS, using Duas as a replacement for pseudo, technical decisions related to Bitcoin, portability and compatibility challenges, BTC Pay Server implementation, the concern of potential manipulation by leading node projects, updating and closing Bitcoin channels with PTLCs and Taproot, usage and audience of a specific technology, contributing to Nix Bitcoin, activation of Schnorr signatures and Taproot upgrade, exploring hashes and liquidity pools, signature aggregation in Lightning Network's gossip network, benefits of Nix Bitcoin Node and importance of documentation.

Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 9min
CD41: bitcoin privacy discussion with @stephanlivera at the nashville bitcoin meetup
Discussion at the Nashville Bitcoin Meetup.
https://www.meetup.com/nashville-bitcoin/
EPISODE: 41
BLOCK: 704718
PRICE: 1794 sats per dollar
TOPICS: bitcoin privacy discussion, KYC/AML, coinjoin, lightning, fee market, mining, circular economy, ransomware
@stephanlivera: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
@nashbitcoiners: https://twitter.com/nashbitcoiners
streamed live every tuesday:
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twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch
bitcointv: https://bitcointv.com/video-channels/citadeldispatch/videos
podcast: https://anchor.fm/citadeldispatch
telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch
support the show: https://tippin.me/@odell
stream sats to the show: https://www.fountain.fm/
join the chat: http://citadel.chat/

Oct 8, 2021 • 38min
CD40: using bitcoin privately at Human Rights Foundation Oslo Freedom Forum with Evan Kaloudis and Janine Roem
Bitcoin enthusiasts Evan Kaloudis and Janine Roem discuss the importance of privacy in using Bitcoin and the risks associated with not taking privacy precautions. They also delve into tools for privacy, blockchain surveillance technology, and the challenges of digital security. They explore the potential of Bitcoin for private use and emphasize the need for security.

Sep 21, 2021 • 1h 23min
CD39: running a lightning routing node and plebnet with @phjlljp, @rajwinder, and @aehw1
Lightning routing node expert @phjlljp, optimization for routing fees specialist @rajwinder, and reputation systems guru @aehw1 discuss running your own lightning routing node, plebnet, optimizing for routing fees, onchain fee market, and reputation systems in this episode of Citadel Dispatch.

Sep 15, 2021 • 2h 36min
CD38: improving your bitcoin mining setup with @bigcohoo, @janbraiins, @coinheated, @roninminer, @upstreamdatainc, and @martybent
Guests @bigcohoo, @janbraiins, @coinheated, @roninminer, @upstreamdatainc, and @martybent discuss improving bitcoin mining setup, custom firmware, immersion mining, stratum v2, hosted mining, and coinbase rewards.

Sep 7, 2021 • 1h 45min
CD37: building software from source code with @achow101 and @craigraw
In this episode, @achow101 and @craigraw discuss building software from source code, reproducible builds, reducing trust, coin selection, coin control, and coinjoin. They emphasize the importance of reproducible builds, touch upon challenges faced, and highlight the complexities of coin selection in Bitcoin wallets and transactions. They also mention the significance of preserving privacy while grouping specific UTXOs together and invite listeners to watch them work on Core and other Bitcoin projects every Monday on Twitch.
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