Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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

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

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: [email protected]
Nostr & LN: ⚡[email protected] (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-95

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton & Future Paul to go through the list.

Housekeeping
(00:01:09) Nostr DVM Playground
(00:26:33) Bitcoin Security Guide
(00:27:23) TestFlight need more beta testers for Cove
(00:33:19) COLDCARD Key Teleport

Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:29:04) A new email phishing campaign targets Coinbase users

Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:44:33) Bitcoin Core
(00:45:52) Fulcrum
(00:46:06) Blue Wallet
(00:46:27) Bitcoin Safe

Interlude
(00:48:54) OMEMO

Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates (Cont.)
(00:53:28) Bitcoin Knots
(00:53:59) BoltzExchange
(00:54:01) Blockstream Green QT
(00:54:58) FullyNoded
(00:55:11) BullBitcoin Mobile
(00:55:19) RoboSats
(00:55:24) Bisq 2
(00:55:26) Zaprite
(00:56:38) Bitcoin Jungle App
(00:57:22) SRI
(00:57:57) Stratum.work
(00:58:46) Braiins OS
(00:58:50) Coinselect

Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(01:18:13) Sideband
(01:18:23) Mullvad VPN
(01:18:33) NymVPN Noise Generating Mixnet technology

Vulnerability Disclosures
(01:18:42) Ledger Donjon conducts a security analysis of Trezor's hardware wallets

Interlude
(01:21:05) Coinbase is open-sourcing their multiparty computation cryptography library
(01:21:35) Mempool.space now supports address poisoning detection

Lightning + L2+
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(01:22:46) LDK

Boosts
(01:26:33) Shoutout to top boosters pink monkey, Anonymous, jespada, ., btconboard, AVERAGE_GARY & alanStacksSats.

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-94

I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton & Vivek to go through the list.

Housekeeping
(00:01:18) Unleashed.chat rebrands to dataMachine

Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:01:52) Private key leak via malformed ECDSA input
(00:09:12) ESP32 Security Concerns
(00:21:32) Coinos revokes NWC connection secrets

Vivek's Corner
(00:22:51) Invalid mining jobs by AntPool & friends during forks

Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:37:44) COLDCARD
(00:52:47) Sparrow Wallet
(00:54:33) Lark
(00:55:03) Krux
(00:56:37) Cove Wallet
(00:59:09) Nunchuk Desktop
(01:00:32) BTCPayServer
(01:00:44) Bitcoin Keeper
(01:01:25) BlueWallet
(01:02:08) Bitcoin Safe
(01:03:15) Bitkey App
(01:04:05) libwally-core
(01:06:00) Bisq2
(01:06:04) RoboSats
(01:06:08) Boltz Exchange
(01:06:10) Zaprite
(01:06:13) Blockstream Explorer API
(01:07:22) Mempal
(01:07:29) Iris Wallet desktop
(01:07:31) Utreexo
(01:07:34) ESP Miner

• Project Spotlight
(01:07:38) Reorg Calculator
(01:07:51) Bitcoin Core Config Generator
(01:09:05) Bitcoin Core Snapshots
(01:09:11) Boot Protocol
(01:09:18) multisig-backup
(01:09:58) Wallet backup
(01:10:04) regtest-in-a-pod

Vulnerability Disclosures
(01:11:56) JavaScript injection attack
(01:15:05) Malicious PyPI package 'set-utils' steals Ethereum private keys
(01:16:57) OpenSSH vulnerabilities expose clients and servers to attacks
(01:17:05) USB side-channel attacks
(01:17:37) Cellebrite
(01:17:49) Messengers vulnerabilities
(01:17:56) GitVenom
(01:18:10) Stablecoin payment firm Infini loses $50M in exploit
(01:18:18) Five dollar wrench attacks
Audience Questions
(01:20:00) Comment on a flaw in Bitcoin Core regarding mining pools and their vulnerability against block withholding attacks

Nostr
• Project spotlight
(01:22:32) 24242.io
(01:22:49) nostr.media
(01:22:58) Frostr
(01:23:33) nostr-double-ratchet
(01:23:44) DVMCP
(01:23:53) Samiz
(01:24:00) Welshman
(01:24:09) Norma
(01:24:20) Wallet Relay
(01:24:27) Nostr0
(01:24:35) nAuth Protocol
(01:24:43) Hostr

Boosts
(01:25:36) Shoutout to top boosters @sean, @pink monkey, @Anonymous, @martinbarilik, @Momo Tahmasbi & @jespada.

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-93