Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

I'm joined by guests Nifty , Nadav & Vivek to go through the list. Housekeeping 00:01:41 Opensats Vulnerability Disclosures 00:02:22 BitForge: Fireblocks researchers uncover vulnerabilities in over 15 major wallet providers 00:03:58 Electrum v4.4.6 release fixes several lightning-related security issues Bitcoin • Software Releases & Project Updates 00:10:04 Electrum v4.4.6 00:11:03 nix...

I'm joined by guests Odell , Harry Sudock , & Marty Bent to go through the list. Vulnerability Disclosures: 00:02:22 Key listening attack 00:15:03 Libbitcoin Bitcoin Explorer Vulnerability CVE-2023-39910 Housekeeping: 00:25:21 COLDCARD Firmware Pull Requests Bitcoin: • Software Releases & Project Updates 00:26:24 Wasabi v2.0.4 00:31:54 BTC Pay Server 1.11.0 00:32:13 Samurai v0.99.98h 0...

I'm joined by Rijndael and Rob Hamilton to debate MPC vs Script. Discussion Topics: 00:01:08 Intros 00:01:52 Team MPC Primer 00:03:49 Team Script Primer 00:04:24 Simplicity 00:05:31 Auditability 00:05:31 Real world use 00:08:23 Interactivity and nonce manangement 00:15:21 Musig 00:19:26 Shitcoin use 00:21:37 Signing schemes 00:26:48 Switching sides 00:29:22 Multisig vs single sig 00:31:29 Cove...

I'm joined by guests Miljan , Pablo , Tony , & Kieran to go through the list of Nostr updates. Housekeeping 00:02:23 BRB.io is 500 🥳 00:04:32 Opensats First Wave of Nostr Grants Software Releases & Project Updates • NIPs 00:11:15 NIP-90: Data Vending Machine 00:22:06 NIP-52: Calendar Events, Calendars, Calendar Event RSVPs • Clients 00:23:52 Primal.net 00:37:11 Damus v1.6 (7): "L...

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw , James O'Beirne , & Rijndael to go through the list. Housekeeping: 00:02:06 Opensats 00:04:52 Coinkite Bitcoin: • Software Releases & Project Updates 00:06:57 Sparrow v1.7.8 00:25:54 Mercury Wallet v0.9.0 00:27:04 Fully Noded 00:28:48 MyCitadel v1.4 00:29:31 Nunchuk iOS v1.9.2 / Android 1.9.3 00:35:10 BlueWallet v6.4.6 00:35:28 Blixt Wallet v0.6.8 00...

I'm joined by guests Alex B , Rob Hamilton & Rijndael to discuss The Bitcoin Script Project. Discussion Topics: 00:01:11 Guest introductions 00:01:49 Introduction to Bitcoin scripts 00:05:10 Outlining the self custody scaling problem 00:08:19 Summary of the various proposals 00:12:44 Communicating information about the proposals 00:17:46 Complexity of Bitcoin development: feature or bug? 0...

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw , Rob Hamilton & Alex Leishman to go through the list. Housekeeping 00:01:53 #LearnToBuild 00:09:18 COLDCARD PRs 00:17:44 Censorship rant: Damus vs Apple Security Updates 00:24:11 Firmware Extraction: Evil-Maid Attacks on Blockstream Jade Hardware Wallet Bitcoin • Software Releases & Project Updates 00:31:04 COLDCARD 00:41:08 Sparrow 01:00:26 Nunchuk iOS...

I'm joined by guests Bumi & Mandrik to go through the list. *CORRECTION* Release notes at 00:19:12 are for Trezor not Ledger. Housekeeping 00:02:24 More NFC card designs⁠ 00:02:28 Bare chip with flex PCB SATSCHIP⁠ in stock in a few days 00:02:35 Satscard.com fiat balance display 00:02:40 OpenSats⁠ looking for applications Bitcoin • Security Updates 00:03:17 Damus to be removed from app sto...

I'm joined by guests ⁠Fiatjaf⁠ , ⁠Miljan⁠ & ⁠Pablo⁠ to go through the list of Nostr updates. Housekeeping 00:02:28 Opensats 00:03:22 Fiatjaf fund Software Releases & Project Updates • Clients 00:03:45 Damus 00:06:07 Nosotros 00:07:53 Snort 00:08:48 Amethyst 00:12:33 Onyx 00:15:34 Coracle 00:18:11 Nos.social 00:19:00 Current 00:23:18 Plebstr 00:25:43 simplex 00:27:32 Primal 00:46:23 Ago...

I'm joined by guests Jesse Posner , Rijndael & Vivek to discuss FROST. Discussion Topics: 00:01:12 Guest introductions 00:01:50 What is FROST? 00:09:54 FROST methods for key generation and secret sharing 00:14:47 FROST use cases 00:21:22 Nonces 00:25:39 FROST + Nostr 00:27:14 Nonces (cont) 00:28:43 Implications for signing devices 00:38:46 Implications for lightning- 00:41:56 Derisking pot...

I'm joined by guests Steve Lee , Future Paul & Stephan Livera , to go through the list. Housekeeping 00:01:44 OpenSats 00:05:08 Reproducible builds Bitcoin • Security Updates 00:06:50 Ledger miniscript vulnerability 00:08:12 Ledger Recover • Software Releases & Project Updates 00:23:30 Coldcard Mk4 6.0.0X 00:29:28 Liana 00:33:55 nunchuk-android 00:34:10 Mempool.space 00:42:17 electrum...

I'm joined by guests Tbast , Dusty , Tony , Jeff & Vivek to discuss lightning privacy and splicing. Discussion Topics: 00:01:17 Housekeeping 00:02:14 Guest introductions 00:04:29 Current state of LN privacy 00:05:40 Receiver privacy 00:06:58 Blinded paths 00:12:31 Obscurity of lightning 00:13:47 Onchain privacy compared to lightning privacy 00:19:57 Lightning privacy challenges 00:21:57 PT...

I'm joined by guests Sjors Provoost , Nicholas Gregory & Daniel Prince to go through the list. Bitcoin • Software Releases & Project Updates 00:01:59 MyCitadel 00:02:38 Zeus 00:06:40 Nunchuk 00:12:14 Blockstream Green 00:14:32 Bluewallet 00:15:33 Blixt 00:18:05 Bitcoin Tribe 00:18:14 Keeper 00:19:15 Swisspay 00:25:57 coinkite-tap-protocol 00:29:00 RoninDojo 00:29:42 BTC Map Android 00:...

I'm joined by guests Fiatjaf , William Casarin , Pablo & Odell to discuss Nostr. Timecodes coming soon. 00:01:29 Guest introductions 00:01:55 How far have things come with nostr? 00:06:46 Ability to remove yourself from a client (Damus) 00:09:08 Notes and highlighting on nostr- 00:15:39 Displaying notes 00:21:52 Short notes and long notes 00:26:28 DMs on nostr 00:34:20 NIP-05 verifications...

I'm joined by guests JamesOB , Greg , Ben Carman and Rijndael to discuss OP_VAULT. Discussion Topics 00:01:26 Introductions 00:02:35 Primer on OP_VAULT 00:08:37 How is CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY achieved? 00:13:12 Fee issues on CTV 00:15:20 How has the proposal evolved? 00:17:32 Simplification of OP_VAULT proposal 00:21:34 Script libraries and CTV templates 00:23:52 OP_VAULT criticisms 00:34:22 Do we...

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 Lian...

I'm joined by guests Calle , Eric Sirion , Odell and Rijndael to discuss ecash. Discussion Topics: 00:01:30 Guest introductions 00:02:59 Chaumian ecash origins 00:08:04 ecash integration with monetary networks 00:13:49 Technicals of ecash 00:23:17 Supply and auditability 00:27:07 Is ecash the third layer of Bitcoin? 00:33:48 Cashu 00:38:12 Fedimint 00:45:09 Federated signing and sovling the do...

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:...

I'm joined by guests Andrew Poelstra and Adam Gibson to discuss SegWit and related issues including taproot, schnoor, inscriptions and the witness discount. Discussion Topics: 00:02:14 Introductions to guests 00:05:06 Introductions to episode 00:06:12 bech32 00:15:46 The malleability problem 00:22:23 Mental model for understanding malleability 00:26:16 Primer on SegWit 00:36:23 Why does witnes...

I'm joined by guests Bumi , Vivek & Guy Swann to go through the list. Housekeeping 00:02:02 Vivek joins Coinkite 00:02:07 Coinkite workshops at Bitcoin Park 00:02:14 COLDCARD + TAPSIGNER available at Bitcoin Park 00:02:20 Q1 reservation date revealed (around Q4) 00:02:36 SATSCHIP 50% off 00:02:41 checkmsg.org updated 00:02:48 Coinkite gift cards now available on Oshi app 00:02:52 Nunchuk p...

I'm joined by guests Steve Myers , Steve Lee , Thunderbiscuit & Elias to discuss Bitcoin Client building blocks. Discussion Topics 00:00:56 Introductions 00:04:46 Why is BDK necessary 00:07:14 Primer on BDK and the state of development 00:11:54 How do you test BDK 00:14:25 Who is using BDK 00:21:01 Using BDK to develop 00:23:48 Big items being worked on 00:35:07 LDK node 00:42:03 Spiral wallet...

I'm joined by guests Craig Raw , Lyn Alden & Ben Carman to go through the list. Housekeeping 00:01:30 Bitcoin Park Events 00:01:56 Bitcoinevents.org Software Releases & Project Updates 00:02:27 Sparrow 00:09:57 Mk4: Version 5.1.0 00:14:57 Nunchuk 00:21:32 Trezor-Suite v23.2.1 00:21:43 Zeus v0.7.3-beta2 (pre-release) 00:26:09 Mutiny Wallet 00:31:47 Liana v0.2 00:32:39 Breez 00:36:13 Blixt 0...

I'm joined by guests Sjors Provoost , James O'Beirne & Mike Schmidt to discuss Bitcoin Core development. Discussion Topics: 00:00:52 Guest introductions 00:07:48 The beginning of Bitcoin development 00:12:08 Modern Bitcoin development 00:12:57 The process for making basic changes to Bitcoin 00:23:35 Who decides what gets worked on? 00:39:05 Who chooses what gets merged? 00:46:31 BIPs 01:00:03...

I'm joined by guests Casey Rodarmor and Rijndael , to discuss Ordinals & Inscriptions. Discussion Topics: 00:02:09 What are ordinals 00:11:57 History of the viability of inscriptions 00:30:02 Inscriptions under the hood 00:39:57 Consensus and the social layer 00:45:42 NVK coping with ordinals and inscriptions 00:53:19 Ordinal disrespect and mempool policy 00:55:55 Node concerns 01:00:07 Bunker...

I'm joined by guests James O'Beirne , Rijndael , Antoine Poinsot and Ben Carman to discuss OP_VAULT for Bitcoin covenants. Discussion Topics: 00:03:40 Overview of OP_VAULT 00:10:34 Practical examples of OP_VAULT 00:14:44 Anchors and fee management mechanisms 00:17:05 Fee management 00:20:37 Generating addresses 00:23:44 Use cases for OP_VAULT 00:26:29 Key management 00:31:56 Inheritance planning 0...