BR047 - Electrum, nix-bitcoin, Blockstream Green, CLN, LND, Clams + MORE ft. Nifty, Nadav & Vivek

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-bitcoin
• 00:20:59 Blockstream Green iOS v4.0.11
• 00:25:11 Bitcoin Tribe v2.2.1
• 00:25:19 Bitcoin Keeper v1.1.4
• 00:25:28 Ronin UI v2.2.0
• 00:25:51 10101 v1.2.1

Interlude: Opcodes affecting L2 🧨

• 00:28:19 The guests discuss the different opcodes and specifically how they will affect L2.

Bitcoin (cont.)

• Software Releases & Project Updates (cont.)

• 00:44:20 Trezor v23.8.1

• Project Spotlight

• 00:45:01 Smart Vaults (formally Coinstr)
• 00:46:00 Nodeyez
• 00:46:30 Satoshi Agent
• 00:46:52 Royllo Explorer
• 00:47:20 Sovereign Stack
• 00:47:37 SeedHammer
• 00:48:27 Chaincase - Free your coins from their linear public history without ever taking control

Interlude: Privacy Solutions

• 00:49:10 The guests discuss their thoughts on different privacy solutions

Lightning & L2(+)

• Software Releases & Project Updates

• 00:56:18 Core Lightning v23.08rc3 "Satoshi's Successor"
• 01:03:31 Phoenix Android v2.0.0
• 01:05:27 LND
• 01:11:46 Zeus v0.8.0
• 01:12:10 Alby v3.1.0 🌌 A Cosmic Embrace
• 01:14:33 Mutiny Node v0.4.12
• 01:15:39 Wallet of Satoshi v2.2.5
• 01:16:02 Blink v2.2.111
• 01:16:10 Clams v1.8.3
• 01:20:19 BitBanana v0.6.6
• 01:20:32 Lightning Terminal v0.10.5-alpha
• 01:20:50 Osmo v2.5.0
• 01:21:07 Stacker News
• 01:21:23 Joltz Rewards

• Project Spotlight

• 01:21:47 StaticWire: Rent Internet Protocol Subnets Using Bitcoin's Lightning Network
• 01:21:58 Lnshort.it
• 01:22:18 Lightning-GPT
• 01:22:31 Bitmatrix
• 01:22:43 Voltpay
• 01:22:51 Emeralize

Privacy Software

• Software Releases & Project Updates

• 01:24:15 SimpleX Chat [v5.2.3]

Boosts

• 01:25:06 Shoutout to top boosters: 🏆 @cumr0cket, @transisto, @apemithrandir, @dubravko, @chunky, @michaelmatulef & @garykrause_

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

• 01:27:23 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters

News & Noteworthy

• Lightning & L2(+)

• 01:30:25 LND and LDK successfully interop test blinded paths

• Business

• 1:30:37 Parker Lewis and Will Cole join Zaprite

• Funding

• 01:30:54 BitGo Secures $100M Series C Funding

• Mining

• 01:31:37 Bitmain, Anchorage Expected to Take Equity in Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific

• Political

• 01:31:49 Pro-Bitcoin Candidate Javier Milei Snags Primary Presidential Elections in Argentina

Reads

• 01:33:05:07 Here's a list of our top recently published reads:

• Torq's Twitter Thread on HTLCs
• How Lightning Powers the Global AI Economy ... Where the Machines Pay You⚡🤖🌎 by Ryan Gentry
• Thoughts on scaling and consensus changes by JamesOB
• GrapheneOS: De-Google your phone and improve your privacy by Bitcoiner.guide
• Field Report: Implementing MuSig2 by Brandon Black from BitGo
• How (Actually) Open AI Wins by Max Webster
• Bitcoin’s Lighting Network: Fast, Cheap, And A Lifeline For Latin America by Mickey Koss
• Looking Ahead: Lightning Payments in 2025 by River
• No-Code + AI + Bitcoin: The Ultimate Trio for Future Workflows by Alby
• Fiat Ruins Everything by Jimmy Song

Links & Contacts

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

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-47