BR030 - Mercury Wallet, BitKey,  BDK, Mutiny Wallet + MORE ft. Nicholas Gregory, Rijndael & Odell

BR030 - Mercury Wallet, BitKey, BDK, Mutiny Wallet + MORE ft. Nicholas Gregory, Rijndael & Odell

Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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/

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