BR088 - AnchorWatch, Bitkey, Krux, Primal, Proton Wallet, Kagi, Debifi, Namecheap $73M bitcoin revenue + MORE ft. Livera, Rijndael & Ben
Description
I'm joined by guests Stephan Livera, Rijndael & Ben Carman to go through the list.
Housekeeping
(00:05:29 ) Bitcoin Black Friday
(00:06:05 ) AnchorWatch gains Lloyd's of London Coverholder status
Major/Urgent Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:10:25 ) Krux releases security fix for AES-CBC encryption flaw
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:16:05 ) Bitcoin-script-hints
(00:17:14 ) BDK
(00:17:38 ) BTCPay Server
(00:19:53 ) Nunchuk Desktop
(00:20:20 ) Proton Wallet
(00:23:58 ) Bitcoin Keeper
(00:24:40 ) Nix Bitcoin
(00:25:09 ) Krux
(00:26:49 ) RoboSats
(00:26:57 ) Bitkey App
(00:31:07 ) RewindBitcoin
(00:35:15 ) Umbrel
(00:35:32 ) ESP-Miner
(00:35:36 ) Boltz web-app
• Project Spotlight
(00:35:43 ) Wallet Dev Kit
(00:35:51 ) ScriptLab
(00:36:04 ) Mempal
(00:36:44 ) Debifi
(00:37:41 ) Dart-bip85 package
(00:37:45 ) Descriptors Go
(00:37:47 ) Tick-tock-tui App
(00:37:56 ) Awesome-Bitcoin-guide
(00:38:30 ) BitAxe HAS Dashboard
(00:38:39 ) Radpool
(00:38:43 ) Satadelica
Vulnerability Disclosures
(00:39:16 ) Nearest neighbor attack - Exploiting nearby Wi-Fi for covert access
(00:39:27 ) New Ghost Tap attack exploits NFC mobile payments
(00:39:38 ) Graykey partially unlocks iPhones with iOS 18/18.0.1, from iPhone 12 to 16 series
(00:40:38 ) OverSecured finds seven flaws in Android and Google Pixel, affecting millions of users
(00:41:03 ) Apple urgently patches vulnerabilities affecting macOS and iOS
(00:41:32 ) Decades-old security flaws in Ubuntu's Needrestart Package
(00:41:48 ) Chinese man arrested in Bangkok for operating from a van-based SMS blaster
(00:42:28 ) Five dollar wrench attack
Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:42:53 ) SimpleX
(00:43:06 ) Signal
• Project Spotlight
(00:43:28 ) DeFlock
Lightning & L2(+)
• Project Spotlight
(00:43:56 ) Phoenix Server Lightning Wallet
(00:44:32 ) Cashu Brrr
(00:45:08 ) SING4SATS
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:45:44 ) Primal
(00:47:27 ) LND
(00:48:05 ) CDK Cashu Development Kit
(00:48:36 ) Phoenix Wallet
(00:48:47 ) Zeus
(00:49:56 ) Nutstash
(00:49:59 ) Nutshell
(00:50:07 ) Fountain
(00:50:10 ) Breez SDK
(00:50:14 ) Lnp2pBot
(00:50:17 ) BoardWalk
(00:50:19 ) Geyser
(00:50:20 ) Aqua Wallet
(00:50:47 ) Clams Remote
Nostr
• Project spotlight
(00:50:52 ) NDK Mobile
(00:50:55 ) Olas
(00:51:26 ) Knox
(00:51:32 ) Nostraut
(00:51:35 ) Ezdvm
(00:51:40 ) Futr
(00:51:45 ) Nosey
(00:51:49 ) Nos2x for Firefox
• Software Releases & Project Updates
(00:52:00 ) GifBuddy
Boosts
(00:52:30 ) Shoutout to top boosters Chris, podconf & btconboard
News & Noteworthy
• Bitcoin
(00:55:05 ) Chaincode Labs launches the 2025 BOSS program
• Nostr
(00:55:49 ) Kagi HQ joins Nostr
• Business & Finance
(00:57:06 ) Block, Inc. unveils Proto
(00:57:11 ) Casa introduces Casa Enterprise
(00:57:30 ) Swan Bitcoin sues former law firm for conflict of interest in Tether case
• Tradfi
(00:57:46 ) Revolut X expands to 30 European countries
(00:57:58 ) Newmarket Capital, launches Battery Finance
• Funding
(00:58:06 ) OpenSats announces long term support and educational grants
• Mining
(00:58:12 ) Russia bans winter digital currency mining in Siberia
• Privacy
(00:58:40 ) U.S. Congress critiques Tornado Cash and urges for stricter regulations
(00:58:44 ) Chinese government employees are selling citizen data for profit
(00:59:20 ) Mullvad VPN cancels remaining PayPal subscriptions and aligns with privacy-focused policy
• Cryptography
(01:00:59 ) Two mathematicians break an 18-year record with an elliptic curve of rank 29
• Events
(01:01:22 ) SATS'N'FACTS, Bitcoin Technical Unconference
(01:01:26 ) Hackalajara, Guadalajara's first Bitcoin-focused hackathon
(01:01:39 ) Bengaluru BitDevs Summit
Reads:
(01:01:46 ) Here's a list of our top recently published reads
Links & Contacts:
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Email: producer@coinkite.com
Nostr & LN: ⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-88