Citadel Dispatch

Alex is Head of Ecosystem at Ark Labs. We discuss their new bitcoin protocol: Arkade. It can be used with the lightning network to make self custody bitcoin usage more powerful and accessible. This rip was in person, in Lugano. We are both here for the PlanB Forum. Alex B on Nostr: https://primal.net/alexb Alex B on X: https://x.com/bergealex4 Ark Labs: https://arklabs.xyz/ PlanB Forum: https://pl...

Francis is the Founder of Bull Bitcoin, one of the best bitcoin brokerage services. They recently launched a self custody mobile wallet on ios and android: Bull Wallet. This rip was earlier today, in person, in Lugano. We are both here for the PlanB Forum. Francis on Nostr: https://primal.net/francis Francis on X: https://x.com/francispouliot_ Bull Wallet: https://wallet.bullbitcoin.com PlanB Foru...

My keynote presentation at the Imagine If conference in Nashville focused on how i think about scaling freedom tech. Date: September 20, 2025 OpenSats: https://opensats.org Ten31: https://ten31.xyz Imagine If: https://bitcoinpark.com/imagineif (01:02) ODELL takes the stage (01:23) Diagnosing the problem (02:35) Ad driven surveillance and addictive platforms (03:04) Open source and open protocols (...

A conversation with Adam Back at Bitcoin Park's Custody and Treasury Summit in Nashville, TN. We discuss the current state of bitcoin custody and how it applies to individuals, small businesses, and public companies. Date: September 18, 2025 Adam on Nostr: https://primal.net/adamback Adam on X: https://x.com/adam3us Bitcoin Park on Nostr: https://primal.net/park Bitcoin Park: https://bitcoinpark.c...

Miljan is the Founder and CEO of Primal. Bitcoin is an open protocol for money, nostr is an open protocol for speech, Primal brings the power of both into an easy to use interface for everyone. Search Primal in your favorite app store! Miljan on Nostr: https://primal.net/miljan EPISODE: 180 BLOCK: 917284 PRICE: 842 sats per dollar (00:00) Ten31 retreat (01:02) Retreat impressions and collaboration...

Seth is VP of Cake Wallet, a self custody bitcoin wallet available on ios, android, and desktop. We discuss their new offline companion app, Cupcake, and variety of other privacy related topics. Seth on Nostr: https://primal.net/sethforprivacy Seth on X: https://x.com/sethforprivacy Cake Wallet: https://cakewallet.com/ EPISODE: 179 BLOCK: 916494 PRICE: 909 sats per dollar (00:00:01) UK Digital ID...

A conversation with Shawn Yeager and Derek Ross at the Imagine If conference in Nashville, TN. We discuss the current state of digital communications and identity with a specific focus on nostr. Date: September 20, 2025 Shawn on Nostr: https://primal.net/shawn Derek on Nostr: https://primal.net/derekross Bitcoin Park on Nostr: https://primal.net/park Imagine If: https://bitcoinpark.com/imagineif (...

Justin and Brad are contributors to the Fedimint open source project. Fedimint is an open protocol providing easy to use, private, programmable, and offline bitcoin payments using bitcoin powered federated chaumian ecash. Justin on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqspg8fq209jj56663d2n6r9ehkyjffy7rkqqejfdwvtwzva426avkqxtxxuv Fedimint Website: https://fedimint.org/ Fedimint on X: https://x.com/...

Mark Suman is CoFounder of OpenSecret and Maple. OpenSecret is a platform for building private and secure apps and Maple is an AI tool built using OpenSecret. Maple offers users and developers an easy way to interact with popular open source AI models. Marks on Nostr: https://primal.net/marks Marks on X: https://x.com/marks_ftw Maple on Nostr: https://primal.net/mapleai Maple on X: https://x.com/T...

Egge is a key contributor of the cashu protocol, focused on private, cheap, offline, and programmable bitcoin wallets. We dive deep on cashu, nostr, and the broader bitcoin ecosystem. Egge on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsdmup6e2z6mcpeue6z6kl08he49hcen5xnrc3tnpvw0mdgtjemh0suxa0kj npub.cash: https://npub.cash/ cashu.me: https://cashu.me cashu.space: https://cashu.space/ EPISODE: 176 BLOCK...

Nick and Lloyd are the founders of Frostsnap. A novel hardware and software project that uses FROST to create easy to use, fault tolerant, and secure self custody bitcoin multisig wallets. Nick on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsfrkatna3xvr54ykzgp5hjelmdeld4z0eg4p06f764a6vn5k6xszgthr8m6 Nick on X: https://x.com/utxoclub Lloyd on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsrtnjl8xtejc4k7h38gz6a...

Alex Gleason was one of the main architects behind Donald Trump's Truth Social. Now he focuses on the intersection of nostr, ai, and bitcoin. We explore his latest tool, Shakespeare, which enables anyone to easily vibe code an app in their browser. I vibe my first app live on air. Alex on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhggpt7fy Shakespeare...

John Arnold is a colleague of mine at Ten31, we are five man team focused on investing in and supporting the best bitcoin businesses globally. This is our second quarterly update where we cover current market dynamics and our outlook. More info on Ten31: https://www.ten31.xyz John on Nostr: https://primal.net/john John on X: https://x.com/JohnArnoldTen31 Ten31 on X: https://x.com/ten31funds EPISOD...

Liberty Farmer is a HAM Radio enthusiast and the lead maintainer of the HAMSTR project. His goal is to make it easier to send and receive nostr notes using HAM Radio. Combined with shorter range bluetooth and wifi  mesh networks, and existing internet infrastructure, this tech could be incredibly powerful at making nostr a robust fault tolerant global comms protocol. We also discuss using HAM...

Calle is the creator and lead maintainer of the Cashu open source protocol. Cashu enables users to easily use bitcoin in a private, offline, and programmable way. Calle is also the maintainer of Bitchat android, a cross platform meshnet app that enables users to chat and send bitcoin without an internet connection. Calle on Nostr: https://primal.net/calle Calle on X: https://x.com/callebtc Bitchat...

Hodlbod brings a unique perspective, bridging the old and the new, with a focus on a healthier relationship between users and the digital world. Hodlbod on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgsm3u0w6 His Book: https://building-nostr.coracle.social Coracle: https://coracle.social Flotilla: https://flotilla.social/ His other apps: https://stuff....

Ben helped build the widely used Specter Wallet open source project and is now focused on building Bitcoin Keeper, a wallet focused on making self custody easy. Bitcoin Keeper is mobile focused and enables users to start with an easy to use single sig wallet and then upgrade their setup over time. Ben on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs0m9jlx5hyrll66trdzpytkaj0mhj3gmwd8ja7za9kmp7w4m5uwac39...

PayPerQ is a bitcoin enabled ai interface that enables users to easily use all of the top ai tools without an account. Users pay per use with bitcoin and can switch the models they use on the fly without needing to provide an email address, phone number, or billing address. Matt on X: https://x.com/MattAhlborg PayPerQ on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsdy27dk8f9qk7qvrm94pkdtus9xtk970jpcp4w...

Vertex is an open source nostr web of trust provider. Webs of trust are a method of quantifying verifiable reputations for spam mitigation, user discovery, social feeds, better app stores, and more. Pip on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs0dqlgwq6l0t20gnstnr8mm9fhu9j9t2fv6wxwl3xtx8dh24l4auswr6u0j Vertex on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqstq4j6pk2sgaupru6l7ah9nq0dueafq356jllwcy7uzlek...

White Noise is a secure private messenger that aims to provide similar functionality to Signal in a more open, interoperable, and robust way. The app uses the nostr protocol for identity and data transmission, and the MLS protocol for secure messages. Jeff on Nostr: https://primal.net/jeffg Max on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqst0mtgkp3du662ztj3l4fgts0purksu5fgek5n4vgmg9gt2hkn9lqv6g2cl Wh...

Praveen is the creator and maintainer of Cove Wallet. An open source mobile wallet focused on easy and powerful self custody. We discuss the current features of Cove, future roadmap, and his perspective on balancing tradeoffs when using bitcoin. Praveen on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsy8us3d6u5ynddk7lq7yz365hqqsptzd2923fvkgj4eepsady08uszccr0l Praveen on X: https://x.com/PraveenPerera Co...

Alex Gleason was one of the main architects behind Donald Trump's Truth Social. Now he focuses on the intersection of nostr, ai, and bitcoin. We dive deep into how he thinks about the future of nostr and vibe coding: using ai tools to rapidly prototype and ship apps with simple text based prompts. Alex on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhgg...

Femi Longe is the Global Bitcoin Development Lead at the Human Rights Foundation. The HRF has been supporting bitcoin developers, designers, and educators with grants and assistance for over five years with a focus on expanding bitcoin's usage as freedom money. Femi on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsrjp40qtt73860r6ptfgr0ejwgl58s499egfvlvs49zszy4u2unaq6k0ry9 Femi on X: https://x.com/femilo...

Seth is VP of Cake Wallet, a self custody bitcoin wallet available on ios, android, and desktop. We discuss their privacy focused features and how they plan to iterate going forward. We also discuss various other developments throughout the wider open source ecosystem. Seth on Nostr: https://primal.net/sethforprivacy Seth on X: https://x.com/sethforprivacy Cake Wallet: https://cakewallet.com/ EPIS...

Arbedout is the creator of Sigbash, a novel new collaborative custody tool, and author of Something More Profound, a book focused on the political economy of network protocols. Highlighting his deep experience working with open protocols we dive into topics including secure custody, inheritance, nostr, and potential bitcoin protocol changes. Arbedout on Nostr: https://primal.net/arbedout Sigbash:...