Citadel Dispatch

crosspost on rhr and dispatch https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/predictable-rng-fallback-and-32-bit-reseed-in-coldcard-firmware https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/when-randombytes-runs-but-doesnt https://x.com/Rob1Ham/status/2083936334511538368

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. Soa

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

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, an

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 Signa