BR088 - AnchorWatch, Bitkey, Krux, Primal, Proton Wallet, Kagi, Debifi, Namecheap $73M bitcoin revenue + MORE ft. Livera, Rijndael & Ben

BR088 - AnchorWatch, Bitkey, Krux, Primal, Proton Wallet, Kagi, Debifi, Namecheap $73M bitcoin revenue + MORE ft. Livera, Rijndael & Ben

Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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:
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: producer@coinkite.com
Nostr & LN: ⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-88

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