Episodes

Dec. 2, 2025

CD185: ROB AND ANDREAS - BETTER BITCOIN WALLETS

Rob is the creator of Kyoto, an implementation of compact block filters making it easier for developers to build more private bitcoin wallets. Andreas is the creator of Bitcoin Safe, an app designed to make it easier to use h...

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Nov. 24, 2025

CD184: CALLE - BITCHAT AND CASHU

Calle is the creator and lead maintainer of the Cashu open source protocol. Cashu enables users to easily use bitcoin in a private, offline, and programmable way. Calle is also the maintainer of Bitchat android, a cross platf...

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Nov. 11, 2025

CD183: NVK - COINKITE AND COLDCARD

NVK is CoFounder of Coinkite, the makers of Coldcard. Coldcards are designed to help users securely use bitcoin offline. We discuss the variety of features that Coldcards provide users and the tradeoffs present when choosing ...

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Oct. 29, 2025

CD182: ALEX B - ARKADE

Alex is Head of Ecosystem at Ark Labs. We discuss their new bitcoin payments protocol: Arkade. It can be used in combination with the lightning network to make self custody bitcoin usage more powerful and more accessible. Thi...

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Oct. 22, 2025

CD181: FRANCIS POULIOT - BULL BITCOIN SELF CUSTODY BULL WALLET

Francis is the Founder of Bull Bitcoin, one of the best bitcoin brokerage services. They recently launched a self custody mobile wallet on ios and android: Bull Wallet. This rip was earlier today, in person, in Lugano. We are...

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Oct. 14, 2025

IMAGINE IF: MAKE FREEDOM PROFITABLE KEYNOTE

My keynote presentation at the Imagine If conference in Nashville focused on how i think about scaling freedom tech. Date: September 20, 2025 OpenSats: https://opensats.org Ten31: https://ten31.xyz Imagine If: https://bitcoin...

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Oct. 7, 2025

CUSTODY AND TREASURY SUMMIT: ADAM BACK

A conversation with Adam Back at Bitcoin Park's Custody and Treasury Summit in Nashville, TN. We discuss the current state of bitcoin custody and how it applies to individuals, small businesses, and public companies. Date: Se...

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Oct. 2, 2025

CD180: MILJAN - PRIMAL

Miljan is the Founder and CEO of Primal. Bitcoin is an open protocol for money, nostr is an open protocol for speech, Primal brings the power of both into an easy to use interface for everyone. Search Primal in your favorite ...

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Sept. 26, 2025

CD179: SETH FOR PRIVACY QUARTERLY UPDATE

Seth is VP of Cake Wallet, a self custody bitcoin wallet available on ios, android, and desktop. We discuss their new offline companion app, Cupcake, and variety of other privacy related topics. Seth on Nostr: https://primal....

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Sept. 24, 2025

IMAGINE IF: YEAGER AND ROSS - COMMUNITIES IN THE AGE OF CONTROL

A conversation with Shawn Yeager and Derek Ross at the Imagine If conference in Nashville, TN. We discuss the current state of digital communications and identity with a specific focus on nostr. Date: September 20, 2025 Shawn...

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Sept. 16, 2025

CD178: JUSTIN AND BRAD - FEDIMINT OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

Justin and Brad are contributors to the Fedimint open source project. Fedimint is an open protocol providing easy to use, private, programmable, and offline bitcoin payments using bitcoin powered federated chaumian ecash. Jus...

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Sept. 9, 2025

CD177: MARKS - MAPLE PRIVATE AND SECURE AI

Mark Suman is CoFounder of OpenSecret and Maple. OpenSecret is a platform for building private and secure apps and Maple is an AI tool built using OpenSecret. Maple offers users and developers an easy way to interact with pop...

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Sept. 5, 2025

CD176: EGGE - NPUB CASH AND CASHU

Egge is a key contributor of the cashu protocol, focused on private, cheap, offline, and programmable bitcoin wallets. We dive deep on cashu, nostr, and the broader bitcoin ecosystem. Egge on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprof...

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Aug. 29, 2025

CD175: FROSTSNAP - FROST MULTISIG

Nick and Lloyd are the founders of Frostsnap. A novel hardware and software project that uses FROST to create easy to use, fault tolerant, and secure self custody bitcoin multisig wallets. Nick on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/...

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Aug. 15, 2025

CD174: ALEX GLEASON - VIBE CODING UPDATE

Alex Gleason was one of the main architects behind Donald Trump's Truth Social. Now he focuses on the intersection of nostr, ai, and bitcoin. We explore his latest tool, Shakespeare, which enables anyone to easily vibe code a...

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Aug. 8, 2025

CD173: JOHN ARNOLD - TEN31 QUARTERLY MARKET UPDATE

John Arnold is a colleague of mine at Ten31, we are five man team focused on investing in and supporting the best bitcoin businesses globally. This is our second quarterly update where we cover current market dynamics and our...

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Aug. 5, 2025

CD172: LIBERTY FARMER - HAM RADIO, NOSTR, AND BITCOIN

Liberty Farmer is a HAM Radio enthusiast and the lead maintainer of the HAMSTR project. His goal is to make it easier to send and receive nostr notes using HAM Radio. Combined with shorter range bluetooth and wifi mesh netwo...

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July 30, 2025

CD171: CALLE - BITCHAT AND CASHU

Calle is the creator and lead maintainer of the Cashu open source protocol. Cashu enables users to easily use bitcoin in a private, offline, and programmable way. Calle is also the maintainer of Bitchat android, a cross platf...

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July 25, 2025

CD170: HODLBOD - BUILDING BETTER APPS

Hodlbod brings a unique perspective, bridging the old and the new, with a focus on a healthier relationship between users and the digital world. Hodlbod on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u...

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July 21, 2025

CD169: BEN KAUFMAN - BITCOIN KEEPER - MULTISIG WALLETS

Ben helped build the widely used Specter Wallet open source project and is now focused on building Bitcoin Keeper, a wallet focused on making self custody easy. Bitcoin Keeper is mobile focused and enables users to start with...

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July 14, 2025

CD168: MATT AHLBORG - PAYPERQ AI

PayPerQ is a bitcoin enabled ai interface that enables users to easily use all of the top ai tools without an account. Users pay per use with bitcoin and can switch the models they use on the fly without needing to provide an...

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July 11, 2025

CD167: PIP - VERTEX WEB OF TRUST

Vertex is an open source nostr web of trust provider. Webs of trust are a method of quantifying verifiable reputations for spam mitigation, user discovery, social feeds, better app stores, and more. Pip on Nostr: https://prim...

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July 10, 2025

CD166: JEFF GARDNER AND MAX HILLEBRAND - WHITE NOISE PRIVATE CHAT

White Noise is a secure private messenger that aims to provide similar functionality to Signal in a more open, interoperable, and robust way. The app uses the nostr protocol for identity and data transmission, and the MLS pro...

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July 2, 2025

CD165: PRAVEEN PERERA - COVE WALLET

Praveen is the creator and maintainer of Cove Wallet. An open source mobile wallet focused on easy and powerful self custody. We discuss the current features of Cove, future roadmap, and his perspective on balancing tradeoffs...

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