Episodes

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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June 13, 2025

CD164: ALEX GLEASON - TRUTH SOCIAL, NOSTR, AI, AND BITCOIN

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 dive deep into how he thinks about the future of nostr and vibe coding: using ai...

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June 9, 2025

CD163: FEMI LONGE - HRF BITCOIN DEV FUND FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Femi Longe is the Global Bitcoin Development Lead at the Human Rights Foundation. The HRF has been supporting bitcoin developers, designers, and educators with grants and assistance for over five years with a focus on expandi...

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June 2, 2025

CD162: SETH FOR PRIVACY - PAYJOIN, SILENT PAYMENTS, AND CAKE WALLET

Seth is VP of Cake Wallet, a self custody bitcoin wallet available on ios, android, and desktop. We discuss their privacy focused features and how they plan to iterate going forward. We also discuss various other developments...

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May 30, 2025

CD161: ARBEDOUT - SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND

Arbedout is the creator of Sigbash, a novel new collaborative custody tool, and author of Something More Profound, a book focused on the political economy of network protocols. Highlighting his deep experience working with op...

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May 19, 2025

CD170: JOHN ARNOLD - TEN31 AND BITCOIN MARKET DYNAMICS

John is an integral part of our five person team at Ten31 and we dive deep into how we think about deploying funds throughout the ecosystem. We explore topics such as merchant adoption, bitcoin treasury companies such as MSTR...

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May 12, 2025

CD159: VNPRC - HASHPOOLS

VNPRC is the lead maintainer of the Hashpool project, which aims to make mining more accessible using the cashu ecash protocol. He also runs Triangle BitDevs, a technical bitcoin meetup based in North Carolina. VNPRC on Nostr...

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May 5, 2025

CD158: STEPHEN POLLOCK - BITCOIN POLICY INSTITUTE AND FREE SAMOURAI

Stephen Pollock is the SVP of Development at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. BPI is the leading bitcoin focused think tank in the United States. We discuss the current regulatory environment, status of the Samourai Wallet case,...

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April 29, 2025

CD157: NVK - COINKITE AND SELF CUSTODY

NVK is the co-founder of Coinkite, the leading bitcoin only hardware provider in the industry. Coinkite's Coldcards are the easiest way to secure bitcoin and provide users a variety of features depending on their personal sit...

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April 22, 2025

CD156: EVAN KALOUDIS - ZEUS AND CASHU

Evan is the founder of Zeus. An open source lightning wallet available for iOS and Android. In addition to their best-in-class self custody tools they recently launched cashu support in their beta release. Evan on Nostr: http...

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April 16, 2025

CD155: ROB HAMILTON - MINISCRIPT AND ANCHORWATCH

Rob is the cofounder of AnchorWatch, a company focused on providing secure bitcoin storage and insurance using native bitcoin miniscript functionality. Customers are able to maintain custody of their bitcoin while having best...

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April 11, 2025

CD154: DAN GOULD - PAYJOIN

Dan is the maintainer of Payjoin Dev Kit. Payjoins are a type of collaborative bitcoin transaction that can reduce fees and improve privacy. We discuss the potential for broad industry adoption among bitcoin wallets and compa...

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April 8, 2025

MIT BITCOIN EXPO: SUPPORTING FREEDOM TECH INFRASTRUCTURE KEYNOTE

I had the pleasure of presenting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during their annual Bitcoin Expo on April 6th 2025. Thought you all may find it interesting. Video link below if you want to reference my slides. I...

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April 2, 2025

CD153: LISA NEIGUT - DEV EDUCATION AND GRANTS

Lisa is the founder of Base58 and Bitcoin++ bitcoin developer education initiatives and a board member of OpenSats. We discuss her conference series and the current state of bitcoin development. Lisa on Nostr: https://primal....

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