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Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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A review of Bitcoin Software updates and related topics with NVK and guests.Bitcoin.Review Science
Episodes
  • 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
    Jun 5 2025
    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: producer@coinkite.com
    Nostr & LN: ⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
    Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-97
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 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
    May 15 2025
    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: producer@coinkite.com
    Nostr & LN: ⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
    Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-96
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • BR095 - OP_NEXT Recap, COLDCARD, Bitcoin Core, Ephemeral Dust, Ephemeral Anchors, Pay-to-Anchor outputs, Taplocks, Electrum, Cove Wallet, Mempool.space, Liana, Bitcoin Privacy Accounting, ESP32.Review + MORE ft. Rob & Rijndael
    Apr 23 2025
    I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton & Rijndael to go through the list.

    Housekeeping
    (00:01:09) OP_Next recap


    Bitcoin
    • Software Releases & Project Updates
    (00:15:18) Coldcard
    (00:42:53) Bitcoin Core
    (00:47:21) BDK
    (00:48:12) Coinswap
    (00:48:56) Electrum Wallet
    (00:52:45) BTCPay Server
    (00:53:33) Nunchuk Android
    (00:54:04) Liana
    (00:54:51) The Mempool Open Source Project
    (00:57:01) BoltzExchange boltz-web-app
    (00:57:16) RoboSats
    (00:57:21) Bitcoin Safe
    (00:57:58) Blockstream Green
    (00:58:08) Rust Payjoin
    (01:01:15) Zaprite
    (01:01:48) Krux
    (01:02:29) Iris Wallet Desktop
    (01:02:46) Bitcoin Core Config Generator
    (01:02:52) UTXOracle


    • Project Spotlight
    (01:04:14) SwiftSync
    (01:04:43) PrivatePond
    (01:05:00) JoinMarket Fidelity Bond Simulator
    (01:05:52) DahLIAS
    (01:06:00) Satoshi Escrow
    (01:06:12) Taplocks
    (01:15:48) bitcoin.softforks.org
    (01:15:52) CTV and CSFS Enabled Bitcoin Node
    (01:16:03) UTXOscope
    (01:16:13) Block Bitcoin Treasury
    (01:16:47) Waye
    (01:17:08) Sovereign Craft


    (Not) a Vulnerability Disclosure
    (01:17:17) Pay-to-Anchor outputs now exploited for blockchain spam
    Audience Questions
    (01:23:46) How do we use open time stamps for transfer of assets using two party integrity between holders?
    (01:24:50) Does Cove have testnet4?
    (01:25:15) Can you explain like I’m 5 what opcodes are, how they are used on the network, and the level of optionality that applies to them?
    (01:26:49) Please discuss this idea: Block-based TOTP for bitcoin wallet passphrase validation.


    Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
    • Software Releases & Project Updates
    (01:28:48) Tor Browser
    (01:28:51) TailsOS
    (01:28:53) NymVPN
    (01:28:55) MapleAI


    Lightning + L2+
    • Project Spotlight
    (01:29:17) Misty Breez
    (01:29:25) Sovereign Tools
    (01:29:28) Silk Road on Lightning
    (01:29:37) Cashu Token Decoder


    • Software Releases & Project Updates
    (01:29:48) Zeus
    (01:29:49) LDK
    (01:31:40) Minibits Wallet
    (01:31:42) Hydrus


    Nostr
    • Project Spotlight
    (01:31:44) Atomic Signature Swaps over Nostr
    (01:31:51) Lantern
    (01:31:59) Promenade
    (01:32:09) Noauth-enclaved
    (01:32:27) GM Swap

    Boosts
    (01:33:04) Shoutout to top boosters Rod Palmer Bugle News, pink monkey, btconboard, jespada, AVERAGE_GARY & larryoshi finkamoto

    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: producer@coinkite.com
    Nostr & LN: ⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
    Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-95
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    1 hr and 37 mins
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