
EPISODE
509: The Next Gen Desktop
The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux.
Why we think every desktop will copy ideas from Hyprland soon.
8 May • 59m

EPISODE
#415: Coal Is The Future with Steve Barbour
Marty sits down with Steve Barbour before the first Nakamoto Forum debate to talk about energy, mining, and replacing the US Dollar.
Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour
Upstream Data: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/
7:30 - Bitcoin dev conflict of interest19:18 - Bitcoin reaching maturity21:01 - Russian mining25:37 - Fiat IOUs28:30 - The state of US mining34:25 - Will "Coal" Cole38:09 - Upstream's progress since Steve's last pod47:06 - Hydro is better for portability55:31 - New design59:53 - Is coal the future?1:04:48 - Hydrocarbons debate1:08:33 - Lizard men1:10:57 - Mock the rulers1:19:03 - Fiat dying1:25:01 - Wrapping up
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28 Apr • 1hr 28m

EPISODE
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/
20 Apr • 1hr 40m

EPISODE
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/
6 Apr • 1hr 55m

EPISODE
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/
6 Apr • 1hr 55m

EPISODE
#409: Talking Value 4 Value with the Podfather Adam Curry
Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Curry to discuss Podcasting 2.0, Value 4 Value, Bitcoin, energy, culture, and much more.
Adam Curry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamcurry
No Agenda Show: https://www.noagendashow.net/
Pod8:57 - Opening Riff14:51 - Information Freedom18:57 - Bitcoin responsibility and remembering your keys24:19 - Patriot Act 2.0 and thinking local28:25 - Mining and energy38:30 - Trans politics and transhumanism52:41 - Nostr55:50 - v4v1:08:43 - Joe Rogan1:13:23 - Go make children1:15:50 - Modern dating1:18:08 - Comedy mothership1:21:22 - Elon, CBDCs and AI1:33:27 - Habla1:36:00 - Self hosting and running nodes1:38:56 - v4v electric boogaloo1:46:29 - Thank God for Bitcoin1:54:59 - No Agenda1:58:59 - These timestamps took a lot of condensing2:00:11 - Drugs, digital and pharmaceutical2:08:05 - v4v thunderdome2:29:12 - Truth For The Commoner2:30:56 - Meetups2:30:58 - We're gonna win
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5 Apr • 2hr 37m

EPISODE
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/
6 Apr • 1hr 55m

EPISODE
BR015 - Lightning Panel: LND/Acinq/CLN, Splices, Cashu/eCash +MORE ft. Calle, Roy, Rijndael, t-bast
I'm joined by guests Calle, Roy, Rijndael & t-bast to discuss Bitcoin lightning.
Discussion Topics
00:04:08 Lightning implementations
00:11:04 LN URL
00:14:45 Protocols and different implementations
00:19:10 Wallet interaction with base chain
00:25:41 Splicing
00:34:26:06 Cost of liquidity and opening/closing channels
00:39:07 Monetization
00:49:12 Compatability and LSPs
00:56:08 Incentives to monopolize
01:04:43 Attacks on lightning
01:10:20 Cashu & eCash
01:41:42 Competing L2s and alternative lightning networks
01:44:19 Security
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-15/
23 Dec • 2hr 9m