BR040 - Alby, Zeus, Nunchuk, Damus, Mutiny, SATSCARD, App store censorship + MORE ft. Bumi & Mandrik

Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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 [⁠bitcoiner.guide⁠]
• 01:06:01 A collection of resources related to covenants by ⁠Robin Linus⁠

Links & Contacts

• Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
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• NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
• Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
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• Nostr & LN:⚡[e-mail] (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-40