• 1 hour 3 minutes
    Introducing Ungovernable.Network | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 52

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.

    Check out https://ungovernable.network

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    FOUNDATION

    https://foundation.xyz/ungovernable

    Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

    As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today’s tech conglomerates. Returning to cypherpunk principles, they build open source technology that “can’t be evil”.

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    CAKE WALLET

    https://cakewallet.com

    Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

    Features:
    - Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
    - User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

    Monero Users:
    - Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
    - Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
    - Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

    Bitcoin Users:
    - Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
    - Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
    - Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

    Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!


    MYNYMBOX

    https://mynymbox.io

    Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

    Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

    15 August 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    What a Week | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 86
    A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.

    THIS IS THE TWEET Q WANTS YOU TO SEE: https://x.com/justh0dl/status/2086202393998291138



    AOB

    • What a fucking week
    • KeyOS v1.3.1 now publicly available
    • Something exciting to share on Friday's FTF (delayed by 2 weeks)

    NEWS

    The Coldcard entropy catastrophe

    Sources: Coinkite technical backgrounder / The Rage, L0la L33tz / TRM Labs / coldcard.rip / cktripwire.com / Bitcoin Magazine victim survey

    EXPLAINER
    The largest self-custody theft on record, and it traces back to a single wrong conditional. In March 2021 a build guard checked whether Coldcard's hardware random number generator was defined rather than whether it was enabled, so seed generation silently fell back to a deterministic software PRNG. Every seed made on an affected device from that point carried roughly 40 bits of entropy on Mk2 and Mk3, and about 72 on Mk4, Mk5 and Q, instead of the intended 128. That is guessable. Someone did the maths offline, derived the addresses, checked them against the public chain, and swept everything with a balance. Somewhere between 1,400 and 1,800 bitcoin gone, depending on whose forensics you trust, with a median victim loss of one BTC. The part people keep missing: updating the firmware does not fix an existing seed. A weak seed is weak forever.

    ACTION FOR LISTENERS
    1. Move funds to a brand new seed BEFORE upgrading firmware (Lopp's guidance, on reports of update problems).
    2. Use high fees. If you see your own coins in the mempool, the attacker opted into RBF and you can outbid them. Window is minutes.
    3. Multisig users: consider a private mempool like Marathon's Slipstream.
    4. Keep the device; the UID may prove ownership in any recovery process.
    5. Updating does NOT fix an existing seed. A weak seed is weak forever.
    6. You are exempt only if you added 50+ fair independent private dice rolls, or used a strong unique BIP39 passphrase stored separately.


    BTCPay Server: unauthenticated LND macaroon theft, actively exploited

    Sources: BTCPay security advisory / v2.4.2 release / CoinDesk / TFTC
    CRITICAL FRAMING NOTE: this is ONE story, not two. The "BTCPay bug" and the "LND credential exploit" are the same event. The vulnerability is the macaroon leak. The Aug 8-9 wave of coverage is follow-up hardening, not a new incident. Do not present them separately.

    REMEDIATION (updating alone is NOT enough)
    1. Update to v2.4.2. Verify "2.4.2" in the footer.
    2. Update NBXplorer to 2.6.10+.
    3. Revoke and regenerate LND macaroons. Updating stops new theft but does nothing about already-stolen credentials. Deleting files is insufficient; the macaroon root signing key must be destroyed at node level. v2.4.2 does this automatically for standard Docker deployments. Custom reverse proxies, separate Tor services or port forwarding must rotate manually.
    4. Move funds out of any BTCPay-generated on-chain hot wallet and recreate it.
    5. Update LND to 0.21.1. Audit for unrecognised channel closures, unknown peers, unexplained balance changes.
    SIDE EFFECT WORTH FLAGGING: v2.4.2 removes public LND API access on Docker deployments, which breaks remote wallet connections such as Zeus connecting to your own BTCPay node. Intentional, no restoration timeline published.
    BREAKING CHANGE: Greenfield Basic authentication disabled by default five minutes after account creation (#7492). BTCPay: "We are not aware of any user impacted by this breaking change, as API Keys authentication is generally used."


    Boltz suspends all swaps indefinitely
    Sources: Boltz statement / canary.boltz.exchange / The Defiant / TFTC / Bull Bitcoin statement
    CORRECTION TO THE COMMON FRAMING: Boltz has not shut down. It suspended swap services indefinitely. And the canary sequence runs the opposite way to the rumour: lapsed → suspended → renewed clean.


    The Bitcoin Red Team
    Sources: Calle and Rob Hamilton on Nostr/X / Bitcoin Magazine / CoinDesk / TFTC / OpenSats Red Team Fund
    SUMMARY
    This is the story that explains the other four. After the Coldcard exploit, Calle and Rob Hamilton pointed frontier AI models at the open-source Bitcoin stack and started auditing everything. In 108 hours, 25 developers scanned 501 projects and produced 7,958 findings, 1,280 of them rated high or critical, at a compute cost north of 58,000 dollars. They found the BTCPay bug's neighbours, and Boltz cited exactly this dynamic when it switched itself off. The uncomfortable symmetry is that the same capability doing the defending is what an attacker almost certainly used on Coldcard in the first place. And the bottleneck turns out not to be finding bugs, it is telling anyone: only 19.5% of the projects they scanned even have a SECURITY.md file, and only 13.1% list a security contact. The scanners move at machine speed. Responsible disclosure is still hunting around for an email address.



    BIP-110: the fork that mined two blocks and froze
    Sources: bip110monitor.com / Peter Todd code review / Aaron van Wirdum, Bitcoin Magazine / Lopp's Layman's Guide / Saylor essay / CoinDesk




    RELEASES

    Bitcoin core / protocol
    • libsecp256k1 v0.8.0 - 2026-08-03
      • Adds a native Silent Payments (BIP-352) module directly into the crypto library nearly every self-custody wallet builds on, plus up to ~11% faster signature verification. Quietly the most consequential positive release of the fortnight: it lowers the bar for every wallet to ship reusable static receive addresses.
    • Bitcoin Knots v29.4 - 2026-08-08
      • Non-urgent maintenance: fixes a chainstate DB bug causing repeated large rewrites, and adds corruption-detection safeguards around BIP-110 mandatory signaling. No critical fixes. (No Bitcoin Core release in window; latest is v31.1 from 2026-07-08.)
    Hardware / signing
    • Coldcard Firmware 4.2.0 (Mk2/Mk3) - 2026-08-03
      • The patch for the entropy catastrophe. Affected ranges: Mk2/Mk3 4.0.1 through 4.1.9; Mk4/Mk5 all before 5.6.0; Q all before 1.5.0Q. Companion fixes shipped the same day: 5.6.0 Mk4/Mk5, 1.5.0Q, 6.6.0X Edge, 6.6.0QX Edge Q. Updating does NOT fix an existing seed - changelog says Mk3 users "must regenerate any seeds made on earlier versions as their entropy is critically low at just ~40 bits." TAPSIGNER, OPENDIME and SATSCARD unaffected.
    • Krux 26.08.0 - 2026-08-04
      • Maintainer odudex is stepping down and the project may be archived. "Krux was not created by me: Jeff started it and passed it on to me, and now it is my turn to pass the torch." On succession: "Krux may be carried on by another maintainer, if a proof-of-work backed Krux contributor accepts the role. Otherwise the Krux project will be put in sunset mode and gracefully archived in a few months." Cause is hardware, not drama: "K210 chips are no longer produced, and Canaan dropped the Kendryte line entirely." Substantial release regardless: fixes a heap buffer overflow in the camera entropy module, adds stricter PSBT fee-calculation checks, replaces the Python UR stack with a faster C module, and makes Krux Installer fully offline.
    • Frostsnap v0.3.0 - 2026-08-05
      • FROST threshold-signing device ships reproducible/deterministic builds and "a fresh release signing key as part of an overhauled release-signing pipeline." Well timed in a fortnight where "can you verify what is running on your signer" is the whole conversation. Catch: the new key breaks in-place Android updates, so direct-APK users must uninstall, reinstall, and re-visit their threshold devices to restore.
    • Trezor Suite v26.7.4 - 2026-08-04
      • Lowers minimum Normal-priority fee rate to 0.2 sat/vB and ships updated Safe 7/5/3 and Model T firmware with security improvements.
    • BitBoxApp 4.51.4 - 2026-08-07
      • Bundles new BitBox02 firmware v9.26.5.
    • Specter Desktop v2.1.11 - 2026-08-09
      • Genuinely security-relevant: adds auth and CSRF protection to the HWI bridge settings, restores validation of active API tokens so revoked JWTs are rejected, and warns that Specter's auth layer does not encrypt the data folder. Also ships an in-app Coldcard Mk3 seed-entropy advisory.
    • Bitkey source/2026-08-02-0031 - 2026-08-02
      • Block's consumer hardware wallet, routine source drop.
    Lightning
    • BTCPay Server v2.4.2 - 2026-08-07
      • Actively exploited, funds already stolen. "This release contains fix of a critical vulnerability that is being actively exploited. You need to update as fast as you can." Unauthenticated remote .macaroon disclosure for LND, plus a TOTP 2FA bypass via Greenfield Basic auth. Requires NBXplorer 2.6.10. Breaking change: Basic auth disabled by default five minutes after account creation. See News item 2 for full remediation.
    • lnd v0.21.2-beta.rc1 and v0.20.3-beta.rc1 - 2026-08-08
      • Not security releases and not related to the BTCPay exploit. Migration/stability fixes only: KV-to-SQL payment migration edge case, channeldb migration recovery, invoice handling, data races, bounded memory on graph sync.
    • Zeus v13.1.3 - 2026-07-27
      • Adds LND v0.21.1-beta support for embedded and remote nodes; patches known vulnerabilities in the ws, js-yaml and markdown-it dependencies. (Note: Zeus also shipped an unreleased swap-security sprint on 08-04 - verify…
    12 August 2026, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Tracking the Coldcard Exploit with Orange Surf | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 51

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.

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    FOUNDATION

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    Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

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    CAKE WALLET

    https://cakewallet.com

    Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

    Features:
    - Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
    - User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

    Monero Users:
    - Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
    - Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
    - Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

    Bitcoin Users:
    - Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
    - Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
    - Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

    Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!


    MYNYMBOX

    https://mynymbox.io

    Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

    Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

    8 August 2026, 5:30 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Unpacking the Coldcard Exploit | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 50

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.

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    FOUNDATION

    https://foundation.xyz/ungovernable

    Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

    As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today’s tech conglomerates. Returning to cypherpunk principles, they build open source technology that “can’t be evil”.

    Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!

    Use code: Ungovernable for $10 off of your purchase


    CAKE WALLET

    https://cakewallet.com

    Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

    Features:
    - Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
    - User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

    Monero Users:
    - Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
    - Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
    - Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

    Bitcoin Users:
    - Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
    - Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
    - Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

    Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!


    MYNYMBOX

    https://mynymbox.io

    Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

    Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

    1 August 2026, 12:30 pm
  • 56 minutes 17 seconds
    Repent, The Fork is Nigh | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 85
    A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. 



    AOB

    • Freedom.Tech launch reminder
    • KeyOS v1.3 now publicly available


    NEWS

    RELEASES

    Bitcoin core / protocol
    • btcd v0.26.2 - 2026-07-25
      • Security-hardening for the Go full node: stricter PSBT/input parsing, Schnorr and WIF validation, rejection of malformed bech32, tighter inbound admission.
    Hardware / signing
    • Keystone 3 v3.0.0 - 2026-07-21
      • Major firmware across all variants of the airgapped open-source signer: reworked passcode/recovery flow, stronger validation, upgraded security policies. Reproducible with published checksums.
    • Trezor Suite v26.7.2 - 2026-07-22
      • Firmware security updates plus a lower 0.2 sat/vB minimum fee and cancel-pending-transaction support.
    • Nunchuk 2.7.1 - 2026-07-16
      • Collaborative-custody multisig wallet. 2.7.0 (07-15) added self-custodial USDT on Liquid and Trezor Bluetooth support; 2.7.1 is bug fixes on top. On-lens for multisig self-custody.
    • Bitkey App 2026.11.0 - 2026-07-14
      • Block's consumer hardware wallet. Release highlights its Emergency Access (recovery/inheritance) path; full notes hosted off-repo at bitkey.world/releases.
    Lightning
    • Core Lightning v26.06.6 - 2026-07-22
      • Patch release (26.06.3-5 pulled over broken PyPI publishing). Now rejects channels reusing an existing funding outpoint, closing a channel-security edge case.
    • LNDg v1.11.0 - 2026-07-26
      • Self-hosted LND dashboard: peer-offline reporting, auto re-index on data migration, historic failed-HTLC data via API. Update logging config on upgrade.
    • Zeus v13.1.3 - 2026-07-21
      • Point release / version bump on the 13.1 line for the self-custodial Lightning wallet.
    • LNbits v1.5.6 - 2026-07-15
      • Minor patch on 1.5.5 (payments extension-field refactor and fixes) for the self-hosted Lightning accounts system.
    • Lightning Labs Wavelength - 2026-07-21
      • A toolkit for adding self-custodial bitcoin (and stablecoin) payments to any application, designed to create the best developer experience for humans and agents.
    Ecash
    • Cashu TS v5.0.0-rc.5 - 2026-07-23
      • RC for the major v5 of the reference TS Cashu library: NUT-18 payment requests (PaymentRequestBuilder), mint-preference support, hardened P2PK validation, integer fee math. Foundational for ecash wallets.
    • Nutshell 0.20.3 - 2026-07-22
      • Reference mint/wallet: Pay-to-Blinded-Key (lock ecash to a receiver without revealing their pubkey to the mint), a Spark L2 backend, and a false-UNPAID melt-race fix. DB migration, back up first.
    • Fedimint v0.12.0-beta.0 - 2026-07-23
      • Beta pre-release of the federated ecash / community-custody protocol. Flagged unstable, no upgrade guarantee. "In the pipeline," not production. (Admin UI: Fedimint UI v0.7.4, adds arm64 image.)
    On-chain privacy / coinjoin
    • Wasabi Wallet v2.8.1 - 2026-07-22
      • Now receives to Taproot addresses by default (a real "state of the network" adoption nudge, four-plus years post-activation), adds Linux AppImage, on top of 2.8.0's serverless P2P filter sync.
    • Ashigaru Desktop v1.1.2 - 2026-07-25
      • Whirlpool coinjoin QoL: live Tor/Electrum status, one-click connect, faster startup, self-clearing coordinator banner.
    • JoinMarket-NG 0.34.2 - 2026-07-20
      • Actively-maintained modern fork of JoinMarket: safe expired-fidelity-bond handling, correct frozen-UTXO reporting, multi-wallet RPC routing.
    • Bitcoin Safe 2.1.1 - 2026-07-20
      • Multisig/single-sig desktop wallet: UI fixes and improved Debian build reproducibility.
    P2P / no-KYC
    • Bisq 1.10.4 - 2026-07-24
      • Mandatory security update for the decentralized no-KYC exchange (audit findings): signed DAO block providers, stricter blind-vote/dispute validation, re-enabled BSQ swaps. Required to keep trading.
    • Bull Bitcoin 6.12.4 - 2026-07-24
      • Bug-fix for the no-account self-custodial app (iOS startup-lockup fix). The feature release was 6.12.2 (UTXO/coin-control, Coldcard NFC, BitBox02 Nova BLE, sub-1 sat/vB).
    • Vexl v1.45.1 - 2026-07-21
      • Point release of the contacts-based no-KYC P2P trading app (small fixes).
    • Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (381) - 2026-07-23
      • Latest build of the no-KYC P2P Bitcoin marketplace (rolling 0.69.0 build increments 379/380/381 across the fortnight). Verify the build-tag slug before publishing (parentheses in the tag).
    Self-hosting / infra
    • BTCPay Server v2.4.1 - 2026-07-23
      • Self-hosted no-KYC payment processor: BIP-329 label import, editable invoice comments, refund-email triggers, RTL UI, restored Boltcard payments.
    • Start9 StartOS v0.4.0 - 2026-07-24
      • Major: a complete ground-up rewrite of StartOS, out of public beta after six years, billed as the "correct architecture for sovereign computing." Note: the only upgrade path is a fresh install (no in-place migration). One of the biggest self-hosting stories of the fortnight.
    • Liquid GDK release_0.77.7 - 2026-07-20
      • Blockstream's wallet SDK: libwally + Tor bumps, macOS/iOS cross-compile, single-sig gap-limit fee fix.
    Privacy stack / Payjoin
    • Payjoin Dev Kit payjoin-cli 1.0.0-rc.1 - 2026-07-23
      • RC for the reference Payjoin CLI, synced to payjoin 1.0.0-rc.6. Signals the v1.0 Payjoin stack nearing release (breaks common-input-ownership heuristics on-chain).
    Nostr
    • Amber v6.3.0 - 2026-07-20
      • Android Nostr remote signer (keeps your nsec off client apps): grouped/collapsible multi-request approvals, a log-disabling privacy mode, built-in Tor, NIP-65 relay prefetch.
    Wallets (self-custody)
    • BlueWallet 8.0.1 - 2026-07-21
      • Major v8 line: iOS 26 UI refresh, BC-UR v2 airgap scanning (OneKey/Keystone), Unchained multisig cosigner import, 19 new languages, crypto-js replaced with @noble. Broad user base. Confirm the exact tag slug before publishing.
    • Cake Wallet 6.3.2 - 2026-07-24
      • Non-custodial BTC/Monero wallet: home-screen recent history, better OpenAlias/ENS/Unstoppable alias resolution, faster Zcash sync.

    EDUCATION

    • What Is a UTXO, and Why Does It Matter for Bitcoin Privacy? - 2026-07-25
      • Community explainer thread on Stacker News. The useful part is the top response, which walks through how receive-and-spend patterns fingerprint you and where coinjoin actually helps. Good raw material for a plain-English UTXO segment, which pairs with the Wasabi and Ashigaru releases and gives newer listeners the vocabulary before the coinjoin talk.
    • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #415 - 2026-07-24
      • Two items worth surfacing. Fabian Jahr's draft BIP459 proposes full aggregation of BIP340 schnorr signatures using DahLIAS, combining multiple signatures into a single 64-byte aggregate, with cross-input signature aggregation as a downstream possibility. And libsecp256k1 #1765 adds an optional BIP352 silent-payments module supporting receiver scanning from only the scan secret and spend pubkey, so the spend private key stays offline. Silent payments quietly becoming infrastructure is a good recurring beat.


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    29 July 2026, 5:30 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Home Mining Mafia with Jon | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 49

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.

    FOLLOW JON ON TWITTER:     https://x.com/prevhashnonce

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    FOUNDATION

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    Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

    As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today’s tech conglomerates. Returning to cypherpunk principles, they build open source technology that “can’t be evil”.

    Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!

    Use code: Ungovernable for $10 off of your purchase


    CAKE WALLET

    https://cakewallet.com

    Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

    Features:
    - Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
    - User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

    Monero Users:
    - Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
    - Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
    - Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

    Bitcoin Users:
    - Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
    - Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
    - Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

    Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!


    MYNYMBOX

    https://mynymbox.io

    Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

    Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

    28 July 2026, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    FREEDOM.TECH IS BACK! | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 48

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.

    GO TO https://freedom.tech/ for more information
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    CAKE WALLET

    https://cakewallet.com

    Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

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    - Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
    - User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

    Monero Users:
    - Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
    - Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
    - Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

    Bitcoin Users:
    - Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
    - Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
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    18 July 2026, 9:30 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Apps Against the Machine | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 84
    A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. 





    AOB

    • Envoy 2.3.0
      • Full 2.3.0 out of beta: redesigned Send flow with inter-account transfers, message signing, Address Explorer, sub-satoshi fee rates, QR-density adjustment for Passport signing.
    • Passport Prime 1.3.0-beta
      • Vault imports, BIP85 passwords, mass 2FA imports, universal QR scanner and loads of bug fixes
    • Visual improvements to the docs site
    • App showcase is now live

    NEWS







    RELEASES

    Bitcoin core / protocol
    • Bitcoin Core 30.3 - 2026-07-10
      • Point release on the current 30.x line. Grab binaries from bitcoincore.org (deterministic + signed), not GitHub attachments.
    • Bitcoin Core 29.4 - 2026-07-10
      • Maintenance release keeping the older stable branch patched for sovereign self-hosters.
    Hardware / signing
    • SeedSigner 0.8.7 "Summer of SeedSigner" - 2026-07-08
      • 80 PRs from 20 contributors: localization to 22 languages (first RTL language, Persian), BBQr PSBT decoding, and a big codebase professionalization pass. Airgapped DIY signing for a much wider audience.
    • BitBox02 Firmware 9.26.4 - 2026-07-09
      • Small fix following the 9.26.3 security batch (out-of-bounds write fix, silent-payments and EIP-712 validation hardening). Paired with BitBoxApp 4.51.3.
    Lightning
    • Core Lightning 26.06.3 - 2026-07-09
      • Latest in-window CLN (a coincurve dep bump in pyln-proto superseded 26.06.2 from 06-30).
    • lnd 0.20.2-beta - 2026-07-10
      • Maintenance release on the 0.20 branch, no migrations, built with go1.25.5. Follows the zero-timestamp DoS fix discussed last episode.
    • LNbits 1.5.5 - 2026-07-08
      • Revolut + Square payment options, better payment reliability across backends, faster theming, cached rates, improved CSV exports and OIDC/SSO fixes. (A same-day 1.5.6 followed.)
    • Zeus 13.1.2 - 2026-07-02
      • Bug fixes and UX polish: pasteable amount input, copy Lightning address, UTXO-picker label and LND address-generation fixes.
    Ecash
    • Cashu TS 4.7.0 - 2026-07-09
      • LTS release for the JS/TS Cashu library: NUT-29 batch quote checks plus fixes for malformed tokens and NUT-28 locking slots. Foundation layer for ecash wallets/mints.
    • Cashu CDK 0.17.2 - 2026-06-29
      • Exposes NUT-27 mint backup through the wallet bindings; Android 16KB page-size and Swift compatibility. (A 0.17.3 with NIP-47/NWC support shipped 07-13.)
    On-chain privacy / coinjoin
    • Ashigaru Desktop 1.1.0 - 2026-07-11
      • Major redesign: dedicated Whirlpool mixing experience, private Electrum server discovery over Tor, card-based UTXO views with PayNym support, and a Whirlpool Stats tool. Post-Samourai sovereign coinjoin keeps shipping (this is a 1.0 -> 1.1 jump from last episode's launch).
    • Wasabi Wallet 2.8.0 - 2026-06-27 [borderline, grace window]
      • P2P sync of compact block filters (drops the central-server dependency), pay-in-coinjoin, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, payment batching, and arm64 Linux/Tails/Whonix support.
    P2P / no-KYC
    • Bull Bitcoin 6.12.8 - 2026-07-11
      • Coins (UTXO) view, Coldcard NFC support, BitBox02 Nova Bluetooth on iOS, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, and swap recovery via mnemonic. Self-custody + non-KYC buy/sell.
    • Aqua Wallet 0.5.1 - 2026-07-07
      • OpenCryptoPay QR compatibility, broader LNURL support, more reliable Lightning via direct Boltz broadcasting.
    • Bisq 1.10.3 - 2026-07-06
      • Security update: disables filter-provided BTC nodes, hardens deposit-tx checks, and requires message signatures from the expected trade peer.
    • Mostro Mobile 1.3.0 - 2026-07-03
      • Transport-protocol v2 migration and more African payment methods (KES, MZN, TZS, UGX, ZAR, ZMW). Nostr-native P2P Bitcoin trading, no KYC.
    • BasicSwap DEX 0.17.0 - 2026-07-09
      • Cross-chain atomic-swap DEX. (A 0.17.1 patch followed 07-12.)
    • Arkade 0.9.13 - 2026-07-07
      • Small indexer fix. Ark self-custodial off-chain scaling.
    Self-hosting / infra
    • umbrelOS 1.7.4 - 2026-07-10
      • Fixes connectivity where remote access over Tor and Tor-using apps could fail to connect.
    • StartOS start-wrt 1.0.0 - 2026-07-11
      • First stable release of StartWRT, Start9's OpenWrt-based router OS. Sovereign networking layer to pair with a self-hosted server.
    Nostr
    • ngit-cli 2.6.3 - 2026-07-10
      • ngit init now gives actionable account-setup guidance. Git-over-Nostr tooling, directly relevant to the GitHub-exodus / censorship-resistant-code thread.




    EDUCATION

    • Evolving Casa's Defenses Against Social Engineering -
      • Practical writeup on how attackers social-engineer Bitcoin holders and how to defend. Pairs directly with the Lopp voice item for a self-custody-security segment listeners can act on.
    • Bitcoin Privacy Tools Compared: CoinJoin vs PayJoin vs Silent Payments -
      • Clean side-by-side of the main on-chain privacy techniques. Good "where do I actually start" pointer, topical given the Ashigaru and Wasabi releases and the ongoing Silent Payments rollout (BIP 352 reached Complete and the secp256k1 module merged in June; Sparrow shipped SP receiving last fortnight).
    • Cove Wallet tutorial (BTC Sessions) -
      • BTC Sessions walkthrough of the Cove wallet. Useful hands-on onboarding content if you want a "new self-custodian" education beat, which pairs with the MiCA self-custody-exodus news item.




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    16 July 2026, 5:30 am
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    CAKE WALLET

    https://cakewallet.com

    Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

    Features:
    - Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
    - User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

    Monero Users:
    - Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
    - Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
    - Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

    Bitcoin Users:
    - Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
    - Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
    - Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

    Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!


    MYNYMBOX

    https://mynymbox.io

    Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

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    11 July 2026, 1:30 pm
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    Archipelago with Shadrach | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 46

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    Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!

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    CAKE WALLET

    https://cakewallet.com

    Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

    Features:
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    - User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

    Monero Users:
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    - Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
    - Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

    Bitcoin Users:
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    6 July 2026, 5:30 am
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    The Little Canadian That Could | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 83
    A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. 




    AOB

    • Holiday season is over
    • UK no longer melting
    • Samourai updates




    NEWS

    • GitHub permanently bans Rust Lightning (LDK); Corallo moves Bitcoin dev infra to self-hosted Forgejo - Bitcoin Magazine: Corallo urges Bitcoin projects to exit GitHub after Rust Lightning ban

    • Sparrow Wallet Apple developer-account scare resolved - Bitcoin Magazine / Craig Raw / Sparrow Wallet

    • FISA Section 702 lapses for the first time since 2008 - EFF: Victory, 702 Has Expired

    • Canada's surveillance-and-speech week: Lawful Access bill (C-22) rammed to a June 19 deadline, "Combatting Hate" Act (C-9) gets royal assent June 18 - EFF: Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill / Canada.ca: stronger hate crime protections become law

    • US CBDC ban through 2030 heads to the President’s desk - House Financial Services Committee

    • Developer-protection carve-out (BRCA) being sanded down as CLARITY Act stalls; passage odds cut to 50-50 - Bitcoin Magazine: Galaxy Research cuts CLARITY Act passage odds

    • Bull Bitcoin secures MiCA license in France while keeping self-custody/privacy model - Bitcoin Magazine / Bull Bitcoin

    • ESMA tells unlicensed crypto providers to wind down as MiCA deadline arrives - ESMA public statement PDF

    • LND zero-timestamp DoS vulnerability publicly disclosed - Bitcoin Optech #411



    RELEASES

    Wallets


    • Envoy v2.3.0-beta - 2026-06-22
    Redesigned Send flow with inter-account transfers, message signing, Address Explorer, sub-sat fee rates, and custom block-explorer support, plus Passport Prime pairing/Bluetooth reliability fixes. Disclose it is ours.


    • Zeus v13.1.0 - 2026-06-17
    Feature release: Cashu multi-mint sends, queue-less Nostr Wallet Connect payments on iOS, CLINK noffer support, and Cashu-token detection in URLs. Strong ecash plus Nostr-native payments stack for a self-custodial Lightning wallet.


    • Zeus v13.1.1 - 2026-06-26
    Patch: fixes TLS cert verification for LND/CLN REST over Tor and a currency-converter input bug.


    • Phoenix 2.8.1 - 2026-06-18
    Adds an iOS debug screen for signing swap-in transactions and fixes an Android amount-display bug, on updated lightning-kmp.


    • Blockstream Green iOS 5.5.0 - 2026-06-15
    Adds support for paying LNURL, BOLT12, and BIP-353 payment instructions, improves Lightning invoice handling, and shows funding fees in the receive flow.


    • Blockstream Green Desktop 3.4.1 - 2026-06-17
    Adds BOLT12 offer descriptions and updates GDK to 0.77.6. Secondary to the iOS release, but it reinforces the same BOLT12/BIP-353 direction.


    • Blink Mobile 3.0.1 - 2026-06-26
    Pre-release build that continues Blink’s self-custodial wallet implementation, including wallet creation, seed backup/recovery, Blink Lightning address, LNURL pay, and Stable Balance with BTC-USD conversion. Mention only as a prerelease / watch item.
    Lightning / node ops


    • Core Lightning 26.06.2 - 2026-06-29
    Point release recommended for minimal OS setups and Docker images lacking root TLS certificates. Late-breaking / record-day item if recording after June 29; not a lead, but useful for node operators.
    Self-hosting / payments infra


    • BTCPay Server v2.4.0 - 2026-06-25
    Major release: multisig wallet setup, loginless passkey auth, and granular per-wallet permissions. Breaking: removes the LNBank and Lightning Charge backends.
    Bitcoin / wallet infrastructure


    • Liquid GDK 0.77.6 - 2026-06-16
    Adds Python 3.14 wheels and fixes singlesig GDK use over Tor that broke after a ureq dependency update. Developer/infrastructure note rather than listener-facing wallet news.
    Hardware / multisig / inheritance


    • Nunchuk 2.6.0 - 2026-06-17 (Blog Post: https://nunchuk.io/blog/phased-rollout )
    Phased rollout of the off-chain inheritance protocol, plus fixes and performance work. Self-custodied estate planning for multisig users.
    P2P / no-KYC trading


    • Mostro v0.17.5 - 2026-06-16
    Anti-abuse bonds harden the Nostr-based P2P marketplace while staying non-custodial. Adds multi-source price aggregation and maker-timeout penalties.


    • BULL Wallet v6.11.1 - 2026-06-22
    CSV export, payment notes, auto swap-claim retries, better Electrum reliability, experimental Linux desktop support.


    • Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 - 2026-06-25
    Faster funding-flow sync, but ships a new EU-compliance sign-up step. Worth naming the privacy/compliance tradeoff for a no-KYC-leaning audience.
    On-chain privacy / coinjoin


    • Ashigaru Desktop 1.0 - 2026-06-24
    Ashigaru Desktop 1.0.0 (June 19, 2026) is the inaugural stable release of the Whirlpool coinjoin desktop wallet, shipping Tx0/zeroleak mixing with Premix/Postmix/Badbank account management, built-in Tor, Mix To for routing postmix funds offline, a receive-only attack-surface reduction model, BIP-329 label import/export, and an offline BIP47 message verifier. It also adds a polished dark-theme UI with live coinjoin progress tracking, full cross-platform packaging (Windows/macOS/Linux plus headless server builds), reproducible builds, and BIP47-signed three-step release verification.


    • JoinMarket NG 0.33.0 - 2026-06-24
    Correction/update from earlier 0.32.0 note. 0.33.0 adds forced-address-reuse defences, a config center, TUI send validation, wallet history API work, and fidelity-bond / tumbler fixes.


    • Wasabi Wallet 2.8.0 - 2026-06-28
    This release adds P2P sync for compact filters, pay-in-coinjoin, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, payment batching, a Scheme scripting language, Signet support, and Tor forward compatibility. It also broadens platform reach with arm64 Linux, Tails, and Whonix support.


    • Payjoin Dev Kit payjoin-mailroom 0.1.2 - 2026-06-26
    Hardens the combined Payjoin Directory and OHTTP Relay with bounded file-descriptor usage, recovery from transient accept errors, database/per-request metrics, and unified mailbox TTL.
    General wallet / spend


    • Stack Wallet 2.6.0 - 2026-06-27
    Adds CakePay gift-card support. 




    EDUCATION

    • The Fed Is Working on a CBDC
    The Rage reports that despite public denials, the Fed is internally researching CBDC design. A concrete surveillance-money piece that pairs directly with the 702 lapse for a “financial panopticon” segment. Also pair with the new ROAD to Housing Act CBDC-ban item: the ban runs only through 2030, which is the punchline.


    • BIP 110 Fork Simulator / explainer
    Interactive explainer of the BIP 110 “Reduced Data Temporary Softfork”: activation mechanics, what gets restricted, and how the data-filtering debate could split consensus.


    • How-To Guide: Running an Ecash Mint
    Hands-on Cashu / LNbits + Nutshell mint walkthrough. Ecash is the privacy tech of the moment; a good “run your own mint” counterweight to “just use a wallet.”


    • Bitcoin Privacy in 2026: A Practical Guide
    Dated 2026-06-04, outside even the grace cutoff, so use as evergreen rather than news. Good “where do listeners actually start” resource.


    • Bitcoin Optech #411
    Carries the LND zero-timestamp DoS disclosure plus the usual protocol-discussion roundup. Patch reminder for node runners.


    • Bitcoin Optech #410
    Summarises an active dev debate to remove opt-in RBF signaling because it now mainly fingerprints the wallet that created the transaction, plus Sparrow Silent Payments, JoinMarket, and Ark items.




    KEEP AN EYE ON

    • EU “Chat Control” final trilogue - Patrick Breyer / fightchatcontrol.eu
    The fourth and likely final trilogue on the permanent CSAM-scanning regulation is set for Monday 2026-06-29. Member states have reportedly dropped the forced encrypted-message-scanning mandate, but the Council text would still codify “voluntary” scanning and extend the interim derogation, with formal adoption expected in July. Outcome not yet known as of record date.


    • MiCA enforcement after July 1 - ESMA / Bull Bitcoin
    Bull Bitcoin is the self-custody-friendly example to watch, while ESMA’s wind-down warning is the enforcement backdrop. After July 1, check which EU-accessible services remain available, which providers stop onboarding, and whether “compliant but non-custodial” survives contact with implementation.



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    1 July 2026, 5:30 am
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