πŸš€ BR097 - Cove Wallet, Harbor, ecash, Sparrow, Liana, Bull Bitcoin, JoinMarket, Hardware Wallets, Coinbase Breach, BitLocker Vulnerability, Lightning Phoenixd, LSP Legality + MORE ft. @Praveen Perera , @Carman , @Paul & @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 🎧 Cove Wallet v0.5.1 is nearing App Store approval! Praveen shares insights on Cove Wallet's simplicity and focus on on-chain transactions, highlighting how its Rust-based architecture and BDK build work to ensure a secure and seamless user experience. ➑️ Fountain: ➑️ Spotify: ➑️ Amazon: ➑️ Apple: ➑️ YouTube: Shownotes: ➑️ Website: ➑️ Substack:
Can we make hardware wallet ↔️ desktop wallet comms even more secure? Ephemeral handshakes, QR signing, and verifying sender identity - @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @npub1hea9...g9v2 & @npub1emdt...c9aw discuss progress and possibilities in BR096.
In the latest edition of Sparrow dot review, @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 puts his feature requests to @npub1hea9...g9v2 : βž• Total display on send πŸ” UTXO migration with timing randomization πŸ” Key Teleport for remote key transfer Want features? Ask the devs! [BR096]
β€œHerd immunity” in #Bitcoin node security πŸ›‘οΈ Even if you don’t upgrade to patch vulnerabilities (like recent CVE-2024-52919), you are afforded protection when other nodes do. @npub1hea9...g9v2 , @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @npub1emdt...c9aw and Odell discuss node vulnerabilities and attacker incentives in BR096.
Should Sparrow bring indexing in-house? πŸ› οΈ @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and @npub1hea9...g9v2 discuss trade-offs of relying on Bitcoin Core vs. building local indexers. Electrum server rewrites are notoriously hard (and often abandoned). Full context in BR096.
Dev testing? Choose your chain: Testnet = chaotic & adversarial Signet = predictable & controlled @npub1emdt...c9aw walks through mining behavior, forks, and block timing. [BR096]
Bitcoiners - it’s time to return to #nostr @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and Odell dissect why many Bitcoiners bailed on nostr after a disappointing first touch, and how UX improvements can win back users. [BR096]
🐦 Cormorant is not just a bird. It’s the internal library Sparrow uses to connect with your Bitcoin Core node. @npub1emdt...c9aw and @npub1hea9...g9v2 break it down in BR096.
Nostr MLS is here! A HUGE step forward. πŸ’ͺ But before you start using #nostr for sensitive Bitcoin actions, take warning from @npub1hea9...g9v2 - encrypted or not, nostr messages live forever on servers you don’t control. (Oh, and not to mention future post-quantum threats!) [BR096]
CTV + CHECKCONTRACTVERIFY could be the chosen path for #Bitcoin, over OP_VAULT. @npub1emdt...c9aw gives an overview of how it unlocks recurring payments, conditional spending, and more. [BR096]