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/