Citadel Dispatch

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Soap Miner joins to discuss building a Bitcoin only natural soap business and finding his first customers on Nostr. We get into teaching himself soapmaking, running a Lightning node with Alby Hub, why Bitcoiners are fiercely loyal customers, and refusing to accept dollars. Then we discuss Bitcoin as money, self custody, merchant adoption through Square, ETFs and treasury companies, Camp Nakamoto, BIP 110, personal responsibility, and why anyone with a useful skill can start earning Bitcoin.Soap Miner: https://soapminer.comSoap Miner on Nostr: https://primal.net/SoapMiner Soap Miner on X: https://x.com/soapminer1EPISODE: 210BLOCK: 959994PRICE: 1567 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

Matthew Vuk joins to discuss Bark, Second’s Bitcoin-only implementation of the Ark protocol. We get into how Ark wallets enable Lightning, on-chain, and instant Ark payments without managing channels or liquidity, plus VTXOs, delegated refreshes, unilateral exits, cloud backups, fees, privacy, and denial-of-service protections. Then we discuss running Ark servers, using Bark to power Cashu mints and African mobile-money gateways, proof of reserves, comparisons with Spark and Arkade, and Second’s mission to build open-source Bitcoin payment infrastructure.Second: https://second.techBuilt with Bark: https://second.tech/docs/built-with-barkMatthew on X: https://x.com/matthewvuk2Second on Nostr: https://primal.net/second EPISODE: 209BLOCK: 958911PRICE: 1529 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

NoGood joins to discuss his journey from childhood drawing and graphic design to developing one of Bitcoin’s most distinctive visual styles. We get into cypherpunk aesthetics, Japanese street culture, creating the Citadel Dispatch artwork, and what AI-generated images mean for artists, authenticity, and digital provenance. Then we discuss his limited edition self published book, building No Good Radio as a 24/7 Nostr-powered stream, accepting zaps, integrating open protocols into his website, and why physical art matters in an increasingly digital world.NoGood: https://nogood.studioNoGood Radio: https://nogood.studio/radioNoGood Shop: https://nogood.studio/shopNoGood on Nostr: https://primal.net/nogood EPISODE: 208BLOCK: 957877PRICE: 1600 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org

Seth For Privacy joins to chat Radar, a new app that adds Bitcoin payments directly into Signal. We discuss forking Signal while keeping full account and chat compatibility, why they built on Signal’s network instead of Nostr or SimpleX, donating back to Signal Foundation, and how end-to-end encryption keeps payments invisible even to Signal. Then we go deep on the tech: Spark versus Ark trust models, unilateral exit, privacy tradeoffs, Lightning interoperability, seed backups tied to your Signal account, stable balances, on and off ramps, and the goal of bringing Bitcoin to everyday chat users.Radar: https://radar.chatRadar on X: https://x.com/RadarChat Radar on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs8638xpknd8muv3ju4sjyc2m47z4s20ssg06z0kr3a7pjs0v7qmlqvu8s4hSeth on X: https://x.com/sethforprivacyEPISODE: 207BLOCK: 957218PRICE: 1608 sats per dollarmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyzmonitor the situation: https://citadelwire.comten31: https://ten31.xyzopensats: https://opensats.org