Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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

6 Apr • 1hr 55m

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Show Notes

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

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Email: producer@coinkite.com
Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-30/