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BR096 - OP_RETURN Debate, Bitcoin Core Governance, Alternative Implementations, Future Soft Forks, CTV Prospects, Core Vulnerabilities, COLDCARD Hardware Design, Testnet vs Signet + MORE ft. Rob, Odell & Craig
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
05/15/25 • 66 min
I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton, Craig Raw & Matt Odell to go through the list.
OP_RETURN Drama
(00:00:52) Odell's thoughts
(00:04:29) Craig's thoughts
(00:05:59) NVK's thoughts
(00:07:47) Rob's thoughts
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:22:10) COLDCARD
(00:22:35) Cove Wallet
(00:24:03) BTCPay Server
(00:24:06) Nunchuk Android
(00:24:12) Bitcoin Keeper
(00:24:14) Bitcoin Safe
(00:24:18) Wasabi Wallet
(00:25:43) RoboSats
(00:25:46) Umbrel
(00:25:57) Zaprite
(00:26:22) Blockstream Satellite
(00:26:45) Stratum Work
(00:26:58) SeedHammer II
(00:27:11) ESP-Miner
• Project Spotlight
(00:27:34) Bitcoin Feature Matrix
(00:27:41) secp256k1lab
(00:28:00) GPGap
(00:28:16) NVK Validation Tweet
(00:28:54) BriberBrother
(00:29:11) Stack Math
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:30:23) CVE-2024-52919
(00:33:02) CVE-2025-43707
(00:34:46) Hackers breach LockBit
Audience Questions
(00:35:12) What’s the difference between test net and signet? And what are the benefits of each?
(00:37:15) Can you explain, in simple terms, what OP_CHECKCONTRACTVERIFY does?
Nostr
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:46:55) Nostr Messaging Layer Security
(00:48:42) Primal
(00:48:43) Damus
Boosts
(01:01:58) Shoutout to top boosters Rod Palmer, AVERAGE_GARY, pink money, user4, Wartime & btconboard
Tech Tip of the Day
(01:03:51) A free online cryptography course repository by Alfred Menezes
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
Email: [email protected]
Nostr & LN: ⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-96
OP_RETURN Drama
(00:00:52) Odell's thoughts
(00:04:29) Craig's thoughts
(00:05:59) NVK's thoughts
(00:07:47) Rob's thoughts
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:22:10) COLDCARD
(00:22:35) Cove Wallet
(00:24:03) BTCPay Server
(00:24:06) Nunchuk Android
(00:24:12) Bitcoin Keeper
(00:24:14) Bitcoin Safe
(00:24:18) Wasabi Wallet
(00:25:43) RoboSats
(00:25:46) Umbrel
(00:25:57) Zaprite
(00:26:22) Blockstream Satellite
(00:26:45) Stratum Work
(00:26:58) SeedHammer II
(00:27:11) ESP-Miner
• Project Spotlight
(00:27:34) Bitcoin Feature Matrix
(00:27:41) secp256k1lab
(00:28:00) GPGap
(00:28:16) NVK Validation Tweet
(00:28:54) BriberBrother
(00:29:11) Stack Math
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:30:23) CVE-2024-52919
(00:33:02) CVE-2025-43707
(00:34:46) Hackers breach LockBit
Audience Questions
(00:35:12) What’s the difference between test net and signet? And what are the benefits of each?
(00:37:15) Can you explain, in simple terms, what OP_CHECKCONTRACTVERIFY does?
Nostr
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:46:55) Nostr Messaging Layer Security
(00:48:42) Primal
(00:48:43) Damus
Boosts
(01:01:58) Shoutout to top boosters Rod Palmer, AVERAGE_GARY, pink money, user4, Wartime & btconboard
Tech Tip of the Day
(01:03:51) A free online cryptography course repository by Alfred Menezes
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
Email: [email protected]
Nostr & LN: ⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-96
BR081: Nostr Rising 04 - DMs and Groupchats ft. Fiatjaf, Hodlbod & Jeff G
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
10/21/24 • 57 min
I'm joined by guests Fiatjaf, Hodlbod & Jeff G to discuss DMs and groupchats.
Chapters
(00:00) - Introduction to the discussion
(02:32) - Overview of MLS Messaging Layer Security and its role in group chats.
(10:03) - Addressing spam and impersonation in group communications.
(14:16) - Managing group keys and group membership.
(21:10) - Security concerns and potential vulnerabilities.
(26:58) - Relays and group management.
(30:50) - Importance of secure client implementations.
(35:25) - Handling bad actors in group chats.
(43:15) - Integration of payments in group chat dynamics pay-to-post model.
(50:25) - Exploring broadcast model for private groups.
(55:16) - Proof of concept for a secure group chat client.
(59:27) - Conclusion and final thoughts
Links & Contacts:
- Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
- Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
- NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
- Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
- Email: [email protected]
- Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
- Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-81/
BR097 - Cove Wallet, Harbor, ecash, Sparrow, Liana, Bull Bitcoin, JoinMarket, Hardware Wallets, Coinbase Breach, BitLocker Vulnerability, Lightning Phoenixd, LSP Legality + MORE ft. Praveen, Ben, Paul
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
06/05/25 • 72 min
I’m joined by guests Praveen Perera, Future Paul & Ben Carman to go through the list.
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:01:29) Cove Wallet
(00:18:14) Harbor.cash
(00:35:45) Sparrow Wallet
(00:37:05) BDK bdk_chain
(00:37:52) Liana
(00:38:24) Nunchuk Android
(00:39:02) Bull Bitcoin Mobile
(00:40:39) Blue Wallet
(00:41:00) Bitkey App
(00:43:21) FullyNoded
(00:44:03) Zaprite
(00:45:43) BoltzExchange
(00:45:46) Padawan Wallet
(00:46:23) Blockstream Green Android
(00:46:37) Samourai Dojo
(00:46:49) ESP-Miner
(00:46:51) NBXplorer
(00:47:12) Mempal
• Poject Spotlight
(00:47:23) DahLIAS
(00:48:25) Manna Bitcoin
(00:48:34) Darkwire
(00:48:44) Parasite Pool
(00:48:55) Blockpicker
(00:49:10) LOCK Protocol
(00:49:17) Sigbash
(00:49:38) Arkade OS
(00:50:09) Swift Bitcoin
(00:50:36) Pythia
(00:50:45) Arcana Seed Lodge
(00:50:54) BIP47 Message Verifier
(00:51:02) Traxe
(00:51:08) Censorship Resistant
(00:51:21) Bitcoin-4-All
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:51:38) Coinbase data breach
(00:54:07) Ledger Donjon
(00:54:46) CVE-2023-21563
(00:55:59) Bitpixie
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:57:14) SimpleX
(00:57:15) NomadNet
(00:57:16) Sideband
(00:57:17) Mullvad VPN Loader
(00:58:17) Signal Desktop
(00:58:20) Have I Been Pwned
(00:58:22) KYCnot.me
• Poject Spotlight
(01:00:26) Oniux
Lightning + L2+
• Project Spotlight
(01:00:39) Routstr
(01:02:22) Lightning Blinder
(01:02:32) Phoenixd MCP Server
(01:03:27) Amboss Rails
(01:03:48) Sixty Nuts
(01:03:54) BTCNutServer
Boosts
(01:07:13) Shoutout to top boosters AVERAGE_GARY, hgw39, Rod Palmer, Chris, Hech, AVERAGE_GARY, Bob the Cow, Plunger & Homer Hodl.
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
Email: [email protected]
Nostr & LN: ⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-97
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:01:29) Cove Wallet
(00:18:14) Harbor.cash
(00:35:45) Sparrow Wallet
(00:37:05) BDK bdk_chain
(00:37:52) Liana
(00:38:24) Nunchuk Android
(00:39:02) Bull Bitcoin Mobile
(00:40:39) Blue Wallet
(00:41:00) Bitkey App
(00:43:21) FullyNoded
(00:44:03) Zaprite
(00:45:43) BoltzExchange
(00:45:46) Padawan Wallet
(00:46:23) Blockstream Green Android
(00:46:37) Samourai Dojo
(00:46:49) ESP-Miner
(00:46:51) NBXplorer
(00:47:12) Mempal
• Poject Spotlight
(00:47:23) DahLIAS
(00:48:25) Manna Bitcoin
(00:48:34) Darkwire
(00:48:44) Parasite Pool
(00:48:55) Blockpicker
(00:49:10) LOCK Protocol
(00:49:17) Sigbash
(00:49:38) Arkade OS
(00:50:09) Swift Bitcoin
(00:50:36) Pythia
(00:50:45) Arcana Seed Lodge
(00:50:54) BIP47 Message Verifier
(00:51:02) Traxe
(00:51:08) Censorship Resistant
(00:51:21) Bitcoin-4-All
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:51:38) Coinbase data breach
(00:54:07) Ledger Donjon
(00:54:46) CVE-2023-21563
(00:55:59) Bitpixie
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:57:14) SimpleX
(00:57:15) NomadNet
(00:57:16) Sideband
(00:57:17) Mullvad VPN Loader
(00:58:17) Signal Desktop
(00:58:20) Have I Been Pwned
(00:58:22) KYCnot.me
• Poject Spotlight
(01:00:26) Oniux
Lightning + L2+
• Project Spotlight
(01:00:39) Routstr
(01:02:22) Lightning Blinder
(01:02:32) Phoenixd MCP Server
(01:03:27) Amboss Rails
(01:03:48) Sixty Nuts
(01:03:54) BTCNutServer
Boosts
(01:07:13) Shoutout to top boosters AVERAGE_GARY, hgw39, Rod Palmer, Chris, Hech, AVERAGE_GARY, Bob the Cow, Plunger & Homer Hodl.
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
Email: [email protected]
Nostr & LN: ⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-97
BR090 - COLDCARD, BullBitcoin, Bitcoin Safe, miningpool-observer, Zero Fee/P2PK Playgrounds, Tangem Private Keys Exposed, Proton Wallet Vuln, Signatures Explained, "Not Enough UTXOs!" + MORE ft. Rob
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
01/03/25 • 83 min
I'm joined by guest Rob Hamilton to go through the list.
Housekeeping
(00:01:37) Verify-address over NFC using a Coldcard Q and BDK iOS example wallet
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:18:57) New fake Ledger data breach emails try to steal crypto wallets
(00:20:51) Cryptocurrency hardware wallet Tangem fixes app bug
(00:26:03) Irrevocable fees—stealing from LN using revoked commitment transactions
(00:27:13) Zellic identified a vulnerability in Proton Wallet's preview version
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:28:29) Coldcard Edge
(00:33:00) BLOCKCLOCK
(00:33:36) BDK
(00:33:50) Nunchuk
(00:34:19) BullBitcoin Mobile
(00:36:59) Bitcoin Keeper
(00:37:21) Electrs
(00:39:20) BTCPayServer
(00:39:36) rust-payjoin
(00:39:45) Krux installer
(00:39:55) Frostsnap
(00:40:42) Bitcoin Safe
(00:42:03) Blockstream Satellite
(00:42:28) Raspiblitz
(00:42:39) Ashigaru
(00:45:02) BoltzExchange
(00:45:04) Mempal
(00:45:11) Zaprite
(00:45:13) ESP-Miner
• Project Spotlight
(00:45:18) Satoshi
(00:45:28) Joinstr
(00:45:33) miningpool-observer
(00:46:51) Dojo Bay
(00:46:56) Nightly Bitcoin Core Tests
(00:47:04) Nigiri
(00:47:15) Run Litd
(00:47:28) bllsh
(00:48:05) Btceed
(00:48:12) Zero Fee Playground
(00:49:17) P2PK Playground
(00:50:51) Bitcoin Testnet4 Faucet
(00:50:58) Hashteroids
(00:51:07) Community Hub by My First Bitcoin
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:51:39) Oasis discovers a critical flaw in Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication system
(00:51:53) Five dollar wrench attacks
(00:52:40) Two men fall victim to phishing scams, in May 2024
(00:55:28) Apache MINA's CVE-2024-52046 flaw
(00:55:37) WPA3 vulnerability
(00:56:07) Hackers compromise 16 Chrome extensions
(00:56:54) Symlink exploit
Audience Questions
(00:57:32) Can you explain how signatures work for spending Bitcoin?
(01:01:04) When people say "there's not enough UTXOs for everyone to have one". How do you quantify that?
(01:06:20) I have a legacy address that starts with 1 wirh some BTC Should I be worried about CC?
(01:07:16) Why should anyone, except maybe millionaires, self custody?
(01:10:20) If BTC must be essentially be held in custody, then why use BTC over gold?
Boosts
(01:13:47) Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @shadowysuperbadger, @user40113771, @btconboard, @Leurico8 & @Juan.
News & Noteworthy
• Encryption
(01:16:45) NIST proposes to standardize wider variant of AES
• Funding
(01:17:40) OpenSats Ninth Wave of Nostr Grants
(01:17:47) Spiral renews its grant to BTCPayServer
(01:17:49) HFR donates 7 bitcoin to fund Bitcoin development and projects
(01:17:53) Btrust its Q4 2024 Btrust grant recipients
• Mining
(01:18:12) GreenpeaceUSA's campaign to modify Bitcoin's proof-of-work likely ended
• Privacy
(01:18:29) Samourai Wallet pretrial hearing postponed to March 12, 2025
(01:19:59) Russian government directs ISPs to identify users accessing blocked content via VPNs
• Government & Political
(01:20:14) Craig Wright is handed a one-year suspended sentence in the UK
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
Email: [email protected]
Nostr & LN: ⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-90
Housekeeping
(00:01:37) Verify-address over NFC using a Coldcard Q and BDK iOS example wallet
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:18:57) New fake Ledger data breach emails try to steal crypto wallets
(00:20:51) Cryptocurrency hardware wallet Tangem fixes app bug
(00:26:03) Irrevocable fees—stealing from LN using revoked commitment transactions
(00:27:13) Zellic identified a vulnerability in Proton Wallet's preview version
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:28:29) Coldcard Edge
(00:33:00) BLOCKCLOCK
(00:33:36) BDK
(00:33:50) Nunchuk
(00:34:19) BullBitcoin Mobile
(00:36:59) Bitcoin Keeper
(00:37:21) Electrs
(00:39:20) BTCPayServer
(00:39:36) rust-payjoin
(00:39:45) Krux installer
(00:39:55) Frostsnap
(00:40:42) Bitcoin Safe
(00:42:03) Blockstream Satellite
(00:42:28) Raspiblitz
(00:42:39) Ashigaru
(00:45:02) BoltzExchange
(00:45:04) Mempal
(00:45:11) Zaprite
(00:45:13) ESP-Miner
• Project Spotlight
(00:45:18) Satoshi
(00:45:28) Joinstr
(00:45:33) miningpool-observer
(00:46:51) Dojo Bay
(00:46:56) Nightly Bitcoin Core Tests
(00:47:04) Nigiri
(00:47:15) Run Litd
(00:47:28) bllsh
(00:48:05) Btceed
(00:48:12) Zero Fee Playground
(00:49:17) P2PK Playground
(00:50:51) Bitcoin Testnet4 Faucet
(00:50:58) Hashteroids
(00:51:07) Community Hub by My First Bitcoin
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:51:39) Oasis discovers a critical flaw in Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication system
(00:51:53) Five dollar wrench attacks
(00:52:40) Two men fall victim to phishing scams, in May 2024
(00:55:28) Apache MINA's CVE-2024-52046 flaw
(00:55:37) WPA3 vulnerability
(00:56:07) Hackers compromise 16 Chrome extensions
(00:56:54) Symlink exploit
Audience Questions
(00:57:32) Can you explain how signatures work for spending Bitcoin?
(01:01:04) When people say "there's not enough UTXOs for everyone to have one". How do you quantify that?
(01:06:20) I have a legacy address that starts with 1 wirh some BTC Should I be worried about CC?
(01:07:16) Why should anyone, except maybe millionaires, self custody?
(01:10:20) If BTC must be essentially be held in custody, then why use BTC over gold?
Boosts
(01:13:47) Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @shadowysuperbadger, @user40113771, @btconboard, @Leurico8 & @Juan.
News & Noteworthy
• Encryption
(01:16:45) NIST proposes to standardize wider variant of AES
• Funding
(01:17:40) OpenSats Ninth Wave of Nostr Grants
(01:17:47) Spiral renews its grant to BTCPayServer
(01:17:49) HFR donates 7 bitcoin to fund Bitcoin development and projects
(01:17:53) Btrust its Q4 2024 Btrust grant recipients
• Mining
(01:18:12) GreenpeaceUSA's campaign to modify Bitcoin's proof-of-work likely ended
• Privacy
(01:18:29) Samourai Wallet pretrial hearing postponed to March 12, 2025
(01:19:59) Russian government directs ISPs to identify users accessing blocked content via VPNs
• Government & Political
(01:20:14) Craig Wright is handed a one-year suspended sentence in the UK
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
Email: [email protected]
Nostr & LN: ⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-90
BR087 - ColliderScript, BTCPay Server, OpenSecret, Matrix, Lottie player JS Attack, the Bullish Case for Vaults, LN Payment Censorship , EmailBTC, secp256k1-node vulnerability + MORE ft. Justin & Paul
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
11/13/24 • 90 min
I'm joined by guests Justin Moon & Future Paul & to go through the list.
Quote of the Day
00:00:48 Nobody knows anything
Housekeeping
00:06:00 New COLDCARD Tutorials
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
00:06:26 Vulnerability in secp256k1-node affecting ECDH
00:08:01 Stalling peers cause disclosure of hindered block propagation
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:08:40 Bitcoin Core
00:09:11 Electrs
00:10:22 BTC Pay Server
00:11:57 libsecp256k1
00:14:18 Bitcoin Keeper
00:14:56 Liana
00:17:30 Bitcoin Safe
00:20:08 RoboSats
00:21:10 Bitkey Firmware
00:21:20 Raspiblitz
00:21:37 ESP-Miner
00:22:14 BoltzExchange
• Project Spotlight
00:22:21 Frost
00:23:12 ColliderScript
00:27:44 GreatRSI
00:28:16 Boltzmann TS monorepo
00:28:55 PlebDevs
00:29:51 SatSale
00:31:58 EmailBTC
Vulnerability Disclosures
00:33:21 Lottie player JS hacked, affecting Primal and 1inch
00:38:38 Hackers abuse emergency data requests
00:41:15 Tor relays targeted in spoofing attack
00:41:22 Synology devices exposed to zero-click flaw
00:42:03 North Korean hackers BlueNoroff target crypto firms with new macOS malware
00:44:45 Five dollar wrench attacks
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:52:50 Reticulum MeshChat
00:53:14 Matrix
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
00:54:52 Podcaster Boost Dashboard
00:55:06 zPay.live
00:55:14 BullishNuts
00:55:19 Athenut
00:55:33 TinyPine
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:55:41 Fedimint
00:56:34 Zeus
00:58:19 Alby Go
00:58:28 Ride-The-Lightning
00:58:37 CLBOSS
00:58:40 Nutshell
00:59:00 Geyser
00:59:24 Clams Remote
Nostr
• Project spotlight
00:59:36 SnapNostr
00:59:42 OpenLibrarian
00:59:49 Jumble
00:59:54 Honeypot
1:00:00 Mutestr
1:00:08 Nostr Gadgets
1:00:16 Mostro Tools
Boosts
1:08:57 Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @btconboard, @VonPhoto & @AVERAGE_GARY
Tech tip of the day 1:10:45 LocalSend
1:10:54 Protect iPhones from downgrade attacks by disabling 2G in Lockdown mode
News & Noteworthy
• Lightning + L2+
1:12:38 Ndolo and Tschorsch publish Payment Censorship in Lightning Network
1:14:01 Blockstream opens its newest research center in Lugano
1:14:05 CasaOS integrates Alby Hub
• Business & Finance
1:14:46 Block refocuses on bitcoin mining equipment and Bitkey
1:15:49 Fold App introduces insured deposits
1:16:33 Strike introduces Bitcoin auto-withdrawals
1:18:52 Ten31 launches Bitcoin Alpha
1:19:13 CleanSpark finalized its acquisition of GRIID Infrastructure
• Nostr
1:19:25 Nos.social is now live in Australia and New Zealand
• Funding
1:19:32 OpenSats announces its Eighth Wave of Nostr Grants
• Mining
1:20:23 MMS and Metzler partner on Bitcoin mining for grid stability
• Privacy
1:20:38 Tommy Robinson sentenced to 18 months for not unlocking phone for police
1:20:47 Ex-TD Bank employee indicted for sharing customer data on Telegram
1:21:02 Kenya to require phone IMEI declaration from 2025
1:21:09 Apple adds "inactivity timer" feature in iOS 18.1
• Protocol
1:22:16 Ren Crypto Fish, Steve Lee, and Lyn Alden publish Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades
1:25:30 BIP85 updated to final status, now widely deployed
1:25:47 LDK #3207 adds invoice requests to async payments
• Government & Political
1:26:05 US DOJ charges AurumXchange operator with laundering Silk Road fund
1:26:12 Roman Sterlingov sentenced to 12.5 years for money laundering
1:26:34 Argentina's central bank hosts a live Bitcoin mining art exhibit
1:26:50 BIS exits cross-border payments platform Project mBridge
1:26:56 EU and ECB debate digital euro control, raising sovereignty concerns
• Events
1:27:22 Btc Hel: The first ever large scale bitcoin conference in the Nordics.
• Reads
1:27:46 Top recently published reads
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack:
Quote of the Day
00:00:48 Nobody knows anything
Housekeeping
00:06:00 New COLDCARD Tutorials
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
00:06:26 Vulnerability in secp256k1-node affecting ECDH
00:08:01 Stalling peers cause disclosure of hindered block propagation
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:08:40 Bitcoin Core
00:09:11 Electrs
00:10:22 BTC Pay Server
00:11:57 libsecp256k1
00:14:18 Bitcoin Keeper
00:14:56 Liana
00:17:30 Bitcoin Safe
00:20:08 RoboSats
00:21:10 Bitkey Firmware
00:21:20 Raspiblitz
00:21:37 ESP-Miner
00:22:14 BoltzExchange
• Project Spotlight
00:22:21 Frost
00:23:12 ColliderScript
00:27:44 GreatRSI
00:28:16 Boltzmann TS monorepo
00:28:55 PlebDevs
00:29:51 SatSale
00:31:58 EmailBTC
Vulnerability Disclosures
00:33:21 Lottie player JS hacked, affecting Primal and 1inch
00:38:38 Hackers abuse emergency data requests
00:41:15 Tor relays targeted in spoofing attack
00:41:22 Synology devices exposed to zero-click flaw
00:42:03 North Korean hackers BlueNoroff target crypto firms with new macOS malware
00:44:45 Five dollar wrench attacks
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:52:50 Reticulum MeshChat
00:53:14 Matrix
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
00:54:52 Podcaster Boost Dashboard
00:55:06 zPay.live
00:55:14 BullishNuts
00:55:19 Athenut
00:55:33 TinyPine
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:55:41 Fedimint
00:56:34 Zeus
00:58:19 Alby Go
00:58:28 Ride-The-Lightning
00:58:37 CLBOSS
00:58:40 Nutshell
00:59:00 Geyser
00:59:24 Clams Remote
Nostr
• Project spotlight
00:59:36 SnapNostr
00:59:42 OpenLibrarian
00:59:49 Jumble
00:59:54 Honeypot
1:00:00 Mutestr
1:00:08 Nostr Gadgets
1:00:16 Mostro Tools
Boosts
1:08:57 Shoutout to top boosters @Ape Mithrandir, @btconboard, @VonPhoto & @AVERAGE_GARY
Tech tip of the day 1:10:45 LocalSend
1:10:54 Protect iPhones from downgrade attacks by disabling 2G in Lockdown mode
News & Noteworthy
• Lightning + L2+
1:12:38 Ndolo and Tschorsch publish Payment Censorship in Lightning Network
1:14:01 Blockstream opens its newest research center in Lugano
1:14:05 CasaOS integrates Alby Hub
• Business & Finance
1:14:46 Block refocuses on bitcoin mining equipment and Bitkey
1:15:49 Fold App introduces insured deposits
1:16:33 Strike introduces Bitcoin auto-withdrawals
1:18:52 Ten31 launches Bitcoin Alpha
1:19:13 CleanSpark finalized its acquisition of GRIID Infrastructure
• Nostr
1:19:25 Nos.social is now live in Australia and New Zealand
• Funding
1:19:32 OpenSats announces its Eighth Wave of Nostr Grants
• Mining
1:20:23 MMS and Metzler partner on Bitcoin mining for grid stability
• Privacy
1:20:38 Tommy Robinson sentenced to 18 months for not unlocking phone for police
1:20:47 Ex-TD Bank employee indicted for sharing customer data on Telegram
1:21:02 Kenya to require phone IMEI declaration from 2025
1:21:09 Apple adds "inactivity timer" feature in iOS 18.1
• Protocol
1:22:16 Ren Crypto Fish, Steve Lee, and Lyn Alden publish Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades
1:25:30 BIP85 updated to final status, now widely deployed
1:25:47 LDK #3207 adds invoice requests to async payments
• Government & Political
1:26:05 US DOJ charges AurumXchange operator with laundering Silk Road fund
1:26:12 Roman Sterlingov sentenced to 12.5 years for money laundering
1:26:34 Argentina's central bank hosts a live Bitcoin mining art exhibit
1:26:50 BIS exits cross-border payments platform Project mBridge
1:26:56 EU and ECB debate digital euro control, raising sovereignty concerns
• Events
1:27:22 Btc Hel: The first ever large scale bitcoin conference in the Nordics.
• Reads
1:27:46 Top recently published reads
Links & Contacts:
Website: https://bitcoin.review/
Substack:
BR019 - Proof of Keys Day Twitter Space ft. Lopp, Craig Raw, Lazy Ninja, mshodl, Rijndael & guests
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
01/12/23 • 153 min
We held an impromptu Twitter spaces on Proof of Keys day to discuss Bitcoin self custody. I was joined by guests including Justine Harper, Jameson Lopp, Dee, Craig Raw, Lazy Ninja and Rijndael among others, to discuss all things Bitcoin self custody - from noob to self custody guru!
Discussion Topics:
- 00:07:46 Most common ways to lose coins
- 00:19:01 Passphrases
- 00:27:30 Leaving coins on exchanges
- 00:34:51 Metal backups
- 00:40:21 Wallet recovery
- 00:44:01 Singe sig roundup
- 00:44:45 Seed XOR
- 00:48:14 Multisig overview
- 00:51:34 Multisig solutions
- 00:57:28 Unchained capital collaborative multisig
- 01:00:56 Casa collaborative multisig
- 01:04:55 Nunchuk multisig
- 01:09:27 Summary of self custody solutions
- 01:17:12 Security
- 01:18:34 Can SHA256 be broken?
- 01:22:53 Entropy and secure key generation
- 01:29:30 Air gapping and secure software/hardware
- 01:36:59 Binaries
- 01:38:24 Hardware random number generators
- 01:46:00 Quantum computer risk
- 01:46:48 Multisig grifting attacks
- 01:49:13 All signing devices are not made equal
- 01:51:34 Rolling dice for entropy
- 01:52:18 Correctly adding entropy to key generation
- 01:54:15 Important features of hardware wallets
- 01:56:06 "Strength in numbers" in Bitcoin security
- 01:59:06 Different approaches to signing device security
- 02:00:34 True versus concatenated random number generators
- 02:04:00 Summary of complexities and theoretical risks in wallet generation
- 02:05:32 USB VS SD
- 02:11:00 Non secure chip attack vectors
- 02:12:40 Firmware attack vectors
- 02:15:38 Multichip approach to hardware security
- 02:16:18 Relevancy of weighting of dice for creating entropy
Links & Contacts:
- Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
- NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
- Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
- Email: [email protected]
- Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-19/
BR041 - Sparrow, River, COLDCARD, Trident, 10101 + MORE ft. Craig Raw, Rob Hamilton & Alex Leishman
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
06/29/23 • 112 min
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
- 01:00:37 Blockstream Green Desktop
- 01:01:15 Keeper
- 01:01:53 Trezor
- 01:02:09 Umbrel
- 01:04:14 StartOS
• Project Spotlight:
- 01:18:58 mnemonikey
- 01:19:44 Runcitadel
- 01:19:54 BitcoinExplorer.org
- 01:20:32 tapsim
Lightning
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 01:20:42 Alby
- 01:21:09 Blink
- 01:21:32 cashu
- 01:22:06 Mutiny Wallet
- 01:22:58 mutiny-node
- 01:24:21 Eclair
- 01:26:05 TORQ
- 01:28:53 Voltage Surge
- 01:29:05 Boltz
- 01:29:18 Lightning Terminal
- 01:29:28 Zebedee
- 01:29:33 Stacker News
• Project Spotlight
- 01:29:46 LDK Node
- 01:29:59 Coffee Plugin Manager
- 01:30:15 cashu-rs-mint
- 01:30:21 Lightning Piggy
Nostr
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 01:30:29 Primal One-Tap Zaps:
• Project Spotlight
- 01:30:47 Oak Node
Boosts
- 00:44:10 Shoutout to top boosters: @apemithrandir, @dubravko, @michaelmatulef
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter
- 01:32:11 [256] - Proposal to extend BOLT11 invoices to request two payments
- 01:32:27 [255] - Discussion about the taproot annex: & Draft BIP for silent payments
News & Noteworthy
• Bitcoin
- 01:32:38 Ledger Recover Cryptographic Protocol White Paper
- 01:33:01 Bitkey invites first external customers in Beta launch
- 01:33:06 Binance Pool launches the BTC Transaction Accelerator
- 01:33:11 Ministry of Nodes Bitcoin Nodebox
- 01:33:42 Bitcoin Centric-ai "Spirit Of Satoshi" Unveiled
• Lightning
- 01:34:13 Binance joins the lightning network
- 01:34:49 Lightning network is approaching ATH levels
- 01:34:58 Santander blog post highlights benefits of LN on scalability
• Misc
- 01:35:06 taproot-assets
• Finance
- 01:36:34 Crypto custody firm Prime Trust has a "shortfall in customer funds
- 01:41:51 The Bitcoin ETF Race
- 01:42:10 Hong Kong's HSBC allows customers to trade Bitcoin ETFs
• Shitcoin Wreckage
- 01:42:22 Unregistered Securities Removed from Robinhood
• Security
- 01:42:29 North Korean Hackers Pocketed More Than $100M in Atomic Wallet Hack
- 01:43:30 Malicious 'Trezor Wallet Suite' App in Apple AppStore Steals Crypto
• Funding
- 01:47:24 New Spiral grantee - Matthew Ramsden
• Mining
- 01:47:53 Riot Purchases 7.6 Eh/s Of Next Generation Miners From MicroBT, Manufactured In The United States
Reads
- 01:48:00 Deep Dive into Zero-Knowledge Proofs: A detailed exploration of zero-knowledge proofs
- 01:48:08 Ark Layer 2: A Groundbreaking Development in Bitcoin Transactional Landscape
- 01:48:13 Bitcoin as a Nonviolent Tool Against State Financial Censorship
- 01:48:27 The Grug Brained Developer
Links & Contacts
- Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
- NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
- Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
- Email: [email protected]
- Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-41
BR040 - Alby, Zeus, Nunchuk, Damus, Mutiny, SATSCARD, App store censorship + MORE ft. Bumi & Mandrik
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
06/16/23 • 73 min
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 store
- 00:04:22 Zeus rejected by Apple
- 00:06:53 MutinyWallet mainnet
- 00:08:09 Alby PWA in the works?
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 00:11:05 Bitcoin Core
- 00:11:50 Nunchuk
- 00:14:53 BTC Pay Server
- 00:18:56 Robosats
- 00:19:12 Trezor
- 00:20:28 Seedsigner
- 00:20:58 Bitcoin Keeper
- 00:22:14 MyNode
- 00:22:40 raspiblitz
- 00:24:27 Parmanode
- 00:24:42 electrs
- 00:25:40 Mercury Wallet
- 00:26:15 Blockstream Green Desktop
- 00:26:25 taproot-assets
- 00:27:09 BTC Map Android
- 00:27:20 Orange Pill App
- 00:27:37 Polar
• Project Spotlight:
- 00:28:56 Eclair CLI
- 00:29:10 BTC Warp
- 00:29:42 Musig playground
HAM stuff lunch break
- 00:29:56 FX-4CR radio and src
Lightning
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 00:31:31 LND
- 00:32:33 Bluewallet
- 00:33:02 Alby
- 00:35:24 Fountain
- 00:35:58 Zeus
- 00:36:45 Wallet of Satoshi
- 00:37:49 Satimoto demo
- 00:38:23 Nutstash
- 00:38:35 Mash LN wallet
- 00:38:50 Bitrefill LN login
• Project Spotlight
- 00:41:47 eNuts
- 00:42:05 Scaling Lightning
- 00:42:13 Walletano
- 00:42:49 BitBanana
Nostr
• Software Releases & Project Updates
- 00:43:53 Zebedee X nostr
Boosts
- 00:44:10 Shoutout to top boosters: @bradmillscan7, @mrmr, @apemithrandir, @vake, @wartimepsycho.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter
- 00:46:07 State compression with zero-knowledge validity proofs [252]
- 00:46:22 Proposal for managed joinpool protocol & Transaction relay over Nostr [253]
- 00:47:39 Using MATT to replicate CTV and manage joinpools [254]
- 00:47:46 Discussion about the taproot annex & Draft BIP for silent payments [255]
News & Noteworthy
• Bitcoin
- 00:47:53 Home Servers going mainstream
- 00:48:43 Bitcoin Volunteer Opportunity Board
• Lightning & L2
- 00:48:56 bolt.observer to open source LiquidOps
- 00:49:05 Liquid Swaps by Boltz
- 00:49:14 Six New Liquid Federation Members
- 00:49:27 Swan LN withdrawals in alpha test
- 00:49:33 Blockstream open sources Greenlight client repo
- 00:50:38 BTC Prague X Fedi
- 00:51:13 MercuryLayer Announced
• Privacy
- 00:54:17 Vexl Foundation by SatoshiLabs
• Funding
- 00:56:43 Brink
- 00:57:47 BOL2 VLS grant
• Mining
- 00:57:59 Anti-Bitcoin mining bill is dead
- 00:58:06 Tether Mining Investments
• Business
- 01:01:09 Strike
- 01:01:16 Google Cloud X Voltage
- 01:01:21 Bitkey X Coinbase & Cash App Partnership
• Political
- 01:01:29 SEC Filings
• Other
- 01:01:46 TBD Web5 Verifiable Credentials Toolkit
- 01:01:56 Bitcoin Audible, helmed by popular host Guy Swann, was served with a lawsuit on Friday (Bugled!)
Reads
- 01:03:34 The Signal & the Nonce: Tracing ASIC Fingerprints to Reshape Our Understanding of Bitcoin Mining by Karim Helmy, Lucas Nuzzi, Alex Mead, Kyle Waters, and the Coin Metrics Team
- 01:03:51 Ark AMA with Burak [Stackernews]
- 01:03:56 Securing a $100M Lightning node [Acinq]
- 01:04:19 Explaining Replace By Fee by Nifty
- 01:04:24 Normal operation and closure of a pre-taproot LN channel [ellemouton]
- 01:04:33 Bitcoin address types compared: P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH, and more [Unchained]
- 01:04:44 Sparrow Wallet: Ultimate Quick Start Guide For Beginners [Athena]
- 01:04:48 RoboSats Guide [Bitcoiner.Guide]
- 01:04:53 Darkpool: A chaumian blinded ecash like co-op mixing pool for self custodial savings accompanying Mints
- 01:05:07 Beginner friendly guide to Open Source projects [...
BR039 - Nostr.Review: Primal, Onyx, Highlighter, nsecbunker + MORE ft. fiatjaf, Miljan & Pablo
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
06/07/23 • 123 min
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 Agora
- 00:48:15 Nostur
- 00:51:06 Nostrmo
- 00:53:18 Nostri.chat
• Services
- 00:55:18 Nostr Plebs Email
• Libraries
- 00:55:43 rust-nostr
• Relays
- 00:57:28 nostream
• Projects
- 00:58:01 nblog
- 00:58:50 Arcade
- 01:00:04 OstrichGram
- 01:00:42 Nostr Market
- 01:03:30 Advanced Nostr Search
- 01:05:14 nostr.build
- 01:08:22 Highlighter
- 01:16:57 satellite.earth
- 01:24:27 njump
- 01:26:10 nak.nostr
- 01:27:12 Zaplife
Project Spotlight
- 01:30:26 Nostr Nests
- 01:34:30 nostr-chat-fyne
- 01:36:29 nsecbunker
- 01:42:50 kind3.xyz
- 01:45:19 Nostrscript
- 01:46:44 nostrrr
- 01:47:50 YakiHonne
- 01:49:12 NDK
News & Noteworthy
- 01:52:09 Primal open sourced their Nostr caching service
- 01:53:16 Nostrasia event
- 01:53:33 Calle creates a basic construction of Nostr silent DMs
Project Spotlight (cont)
- 1:53:58 Zapddit
- 01:54:14 Nostr Sovrn
- 01:54:30 Ephemerelay
- 01:54:39 write.nostr.com
- 01:54:45 nosta.me
- 01:55:00 listr.lol
- 01:55:13 nostr.band statistics
Reads
- 01:55:34 nsecBunker: Your Nostr Keys Management Fortress by Tony
Links & Contacts
- Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
- NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
- Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
- Email: [email protected]
- Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-39
BR080: Nostr Rising 03 - Relays & Scaling ft. Fiatjaf, Mike Dilger & Pablo
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
10/18/24 • 51 min
I'm joined by guests Fiatjaf, Mike Dilger & Pablo to discuss relays and scaling nostr.
Chapters
(00:00) – Introduction to Nostr protocol and event signing
(02:15) – Relay management and costs in Nostr ecosystem
(05:30) – Scaling concerns and misconceptions about relay overload
(09:11) – Importance of public key identity management
(12:18) – Challenges in moderation and decentralized governance
(15:40) – Defining the roles of clients and relays
(20:19) – Lightning integration for payments in Nostr
(25:00) – Need for better developer tools for relay management
(29:45) – Cross-platform interoperability between Nostr and Mastodon
(35:20) – Censorship on Mastodon and the Fediverse
(40:05) – Scalability and reliability improvements during user influxes
(44:10) – The idea of creating more experimental and niche relays
(47:25) – Vision for integrating specialized relay functionality into clients
(49:31) – Concept of Yahoo Pipes for Nostr relays data aggregation tools
(50:09) – DVMs and the evolution of decentralized systems
(51:00) – Closing remarks
Links & Contacts:
- Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
- Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
- NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
- Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
- Email: [email protected]
- Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
- Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-80/
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