I'm joined by guests ⁠Nicholas Gregory, ⁠Rijndael & Odell to go through the list.

Housekeeping

• Coldcard colors
• Coldcard Q1 PCB test production
• Miami BTC Sessions Workshop
• Check out BR029

Software Releases & Project Updates

• Bitcoin:
• Sparrow v1.7.4
• Specter Desktop v2.0.1
• WasabiGPT & Wasabi v2.0.3
• Mercury Wallet v0.8.10
• Nunchuk android v1.9.28
• Bitnob v1.138 & v1.140
• The Mempool Open Source Project v2.5.0
• Robosats
• Cashu NUT-08: Lower Lightning fees
• Liana v0.3.1 hot and Advancing! (And fixed!)
• Samurai Dojo v1.19.0
• HodlHodl
• Lightning:
• Blixt v0.6.5
• Zeus v0.7.4
• Blink v2.1.79
• TORQ v0.19.1
• LND v0.16.0
• Core Lightning v23.02.2: CBDC Backing Layer III
• Lightning Terminal v0.9.0-alpha
• The Bitcoin Company v1.27
• ZEBEDEE Borderless Payments
• LNURL-pay extension
• Nostr:
• Damus v1.4.0
• Nosotros v0.3.2.3-alpha
• Amethyst v0.32.0
• snort.social v0.1.6
• Nostri.chat v0.1.
• Algia v0.0.15

Boosts

• Thanks to everyone who streamed sats, and shoutout to our top boosters: @northofthewall, @hightraverse, @apemithrandir, @obex, @mirkorainer, @ahanniga, @gerrrrt

Project spotlight

• The Bitcoin Time Capsule
• Speed Bitcoin POS
• blowater
• 10101
• LED Boltcards
• Plebbin
• Floresta
• BDK v1.0.0-alpha.0 Pre-release
• OpenOrdex

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

• 243: TypeScript library for miniscript descriptors released

News & Noteworthy

• Bitcoin:
• MicroStrategy Repays $205M Bitcoin-Collateralized Loan at 22% Discount, Acquires Additional 6,455 BTC
• Block enters testing phase
• Bitkey
• Bitcoin Product Community launched
• ZeroSync & Blockstream to Broadcast Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Proofs From Space
• Lightning:
• lnroom.live - Learn how to hack on Core Lightning
• What Are Blinded Paths And How Do They Work?
• c= Lightning node is now up and running
• "The future of lightning is non-custodial" - Igor Korsakov
• BoltCard Wallet launched a new LNDhub-based wallet
• Bitfinex Labs LN node
• Lightning Prisms
• Lightning on Blockstream Green
• Kollider Wallet Launched
• Strike Brings Lightning-Fast Money Transfers from the U.S. to Vietnam
• Route blinding added to the Lightning specification
• Nostr:
• Ben Carman analytics on Nostr zaps
• LNBits announces Nostr Market
• DIY Nostr signing device launched by lnbits
• Self hosted blog bounty claimed
• Two more Nostr bounties added: long form (kind23) bounty & podcast RSS feed replacement
• Stemstr
• Privacy:
• The Mullvad Browser
• Twitter may be banning search while using some VPNs
• Justice Department Investigation Leads to Takedown of Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer 'ChipMixer'
• LinkingLion: An entity linking Bitcoin transactions to IPs? (Article)
• RoninDojo launches privacy phone RoninMobile
• Funding:
• Mutiny Wallet raised just over $300k during our preseed funding round
• brink.dev receives $100,000 donation from The Draper Foundation
• Political:
• The President's Annual Economic Report to Congress Attacks Bitcoin
• New EU measures to restrict transactions in cash and crypto assets
• US Government Sold 9,861 BTC Stolen From Silkroad
• Mining:
• Bitcoin's hashrate touched 400 Exahash
• Events:
• Nostr Japan announced for Novemeber 1-3
• The SATSx Hackathon successfully united 11 innovative projects
• Adoption:
• MercadoLibre Enables Bitcoin Trading in Chile
• El Salvador Launches Cubo+ Educational Program
• Reads:
• Purple Text, Orange Highlights: How nostr can benefit readers and writers (by Gigi)
• Other:
• Bitstamp suspends Services in Canada with 3 Days Notice

Audience Questions

• "Is it possible to create your own multisig vault on paper, without using a wallet like Sparrow or Nunchuk?"
• "Will any combination of the 2048 seed words generate a valid private key?

Links & Contacts

• Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
• 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-30/