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(00:00:00) Welcome to Freedom Tech Friday

(00:07:16) Small Models, Big Moves

(00:24:01) Three Wallets, No Coldcard

(00:30:52) Vibes and Benchmarks

(00:33:35) Shielded Bitcoin, No Hard Fork

(00:37:18) Start9 Burned His Laptop

(00:39:50) RoboSats, NWC and DarkWisp

(00:45:06) Uncle Jim's Compute Farm

(00:51:11) Signal, Keet or SimpleX?

(00:56:11) CUDA vs the M5 Ultra

(01:00:16) See You Next Friday!

• Ancient roots: Plato’s Cave, priests, cults, ritual drugs, war
• Modern U.S. programs: Bluebird, Artichoke, MKUltra, Gottlieb, Church Committee
• San Francisco: Midnight Climax, Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, West’s crash pad, Manson
• From the 1980s to now: corporate influence, pharma, social media, mass formation
• How to stay ungovernable

• Stephen Kinzer - Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
• John Lisle - Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA
• Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring - Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
  
  

• The Exploited – Sex and Violence
• Slim Galliard Trio – Cement Mixer Pu-ti-put-ti
• Jack Kerouac – October in the Railroad Earth (with Steve Allen)
• Kraftwerk – Computer World
• Marilyn Manson – Rock is Dead
• The Beach Boys – Never Learn Not to Love
  
  

• History, intrigue, health, collapse, spirituality, the weird and the unexplained — send topic ideas. 
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(00:00:00) What Do You Reckon?

(00:07:55) Mind Control Through the Ages

(00:12:29) The Priest Class & the First Cults

(00:23:40) Operation Paperclip & the Birth of MK Ultra

(00:51:22) LSD, Gottlieb & the Origins of the Program

(01:05:28) Operation Midnight Climax

(01:22:55) Jolly West & the Shaver Case

(01:35:05) Haight-Ashbury, Manson & Chaos

(02:03:00) From the '80s to Now

(02:22:00) How to Stay Ungovernable

• Smooths out the Trezor hardware wallet connection and transaction signing flow. Speeds up Monero background sync with more stable node connections. Includes UI polish and bug fixes.

• Second beta of the umbrelOS 2.0 major rewrite. Adds redesigned search across apps, files, photos and settings with visual results. AI agents can now create and use virtual machines with screen and keyboard; Omakix Linux is available in the machines feature. Apps can be moved to external drives and cloud imports are supported. Opt in via Settings, Advanced Settings.

• Second release candidate for Bitcoin Core 32.0. PSBT-creating RPCs now default to version 2. A new exportwatchonlywallet RPC exports a watch-only copy of a descriptor wallet with no private keys for offline-signing setups. New derivehdkey and addhdkey RPCs aid multisig coordination. Testing release only -- not for nodes holding real funds.

• Adds a System theme that follows the OS light/dark setting, now the default. Enables BitBox02 xpub export and multisig signing at the m/45h keypath on firmware v9.19.0+. Includes Trezor Safe 7 session recovery and bug fixes.

• BitBox02 owners can now create a Lightning hot wallet inside the mobile BitBoxApp, funded from their on-chain balance and derived from their existing BitBox backup -- no extra seed words, no channel management. Public beta using Breez SDK and Spark statechains; unilateral exit is not yet available in the current beta.

• Security hardening release with fixes from Project Loupe, Blockstream's AI-assisted open-source security research initiative. The team warns some issues can be exploited by malicious nodes and urges all operators to upgrade immediately. Fully backward compatible with no channel closures required.

• Signal's Android 8.28 beta lets new users register without a phone number by paying a one-time fee of about $3 via Google Play. Signal says the same zero-knowledge proofs used for donations keep the purchase unlinked from the new account. Requires Google Play Services; de-Googled phones cannot use it yet. Android beta only -- iOS and stable release timelines not announced.

• Amber v6.6.4 -- 2026-09-14
  • Fixes a Tor clearnet leak on Android where requests could bypass Tor and go over clearnet.
• BasicSwap DEX v0.18.9 -- 2026-09-15
  • Latest in a rapid release series. Swap fund…

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• Switches to the bindex indexing library. Requires Bitcoin Core 31 or later and a full reindex -- upgrade Core first and plan for downtime, especially on lower-powered hardware.

• Security release fixing a vulnerability in the Lightning gateway's LNv1 payment handling. Gateway operators should upgrade immediately. The fix is consensus-neutral so federation participants and wallet users do not need to coordinate an upgrade.

• Adds BOLT11 invoice payments alongside lightning addresses, scan-to-pay from the send screen, on-chain receive via bitcoin: URI, full balance hiding across the app, and Signal backup migration on a single device.

• Adds SeedQR scanning, Seed XOR splitting into 2-8 Coldcard-compatible shares, NIP-06 Nostr key derivation, BIP-44/49/84/86 descriptor export, and blank backup template printing. Also fixes seed leakage bugs -- existing users should update before use.

• Adds Italian, Japanese, Polish, Ukrainian, and Korean language support. Android users can now manually set feerates on outgoing on-chain transactions, matching iOS parity.

• Breaking-change release: NFC payments disabled by default at checkout, zero-amount invoices blocked by default, and Boltcard desktop setup removed in favour of the dedicated Boltcard app. Review the breaking changes before upgrading.

• Major catch-up release. Fixes broken HTTPS connectivity in earlier builds (missing crypto modules broke all outbound connections). Adds in-app update checking with signature verification, a guided tour, dice-based passphrases, and stronger Dojo node verification. Existing users on older versions must download manually.

• Updates compatibility to BTCPay Server 2.4.4 and enforces Breez SDK Spark release gating. Upgrade alongside BTCPay 2.4.4. All artifacts signed with Sigstore build provenance.

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• Major release for Passport Prime with a redesigned launcher, app sideloading with granular permissions, multisig exports for Unchained and Casa, new wallet connections (Bitcoin Safe, Coconut Wallet), authenticator imports from Aegis and Proton, and PIN-before-seed-reveal. Includes security fixes: P2WSH/P2SH-P2WSH change output validation, enhanced ATECC608 entropy, and a PSBT trust_witness_utxo toggle addressing CVE-2020-14199.

• Adds native Trezor hardware wallet support for Bitcoin cold storage and offline signing. Fixes a security vulnerability (GHSA-695v-fhpj-fv8x) where a malicious deep-link could cause EVM assets to be sent on an incorrect network. Also includes improved Monero sync visibility.

• Adds BitBox02 connectivity over Bluetooth and USB, integrates Krux hardware wallet support, and introduces emergency push notifications with home-screen alerts.

• Major update adding three new coordinators (Eleuteria, Freeport, Ammanaya), a federation consensus mechanism, and end-to-end encrypted image uploads in order chat via Blossom. Coordinators are now ranked live by DevFund donation value. Multiple security fixes including PGP verification.

• Use OrangeSurf's technical notes alongside the DeFi Prime explainer. Treat early reporting as provisional, not a completed postmortem.
• The reported flaw lets an invalid proof receive a cached pass; confidential amounts do not make validity unknowable. OrangeSurf reports one explorer rejected the transaction, with the cause of divergence unresolved.
• Do not describe this as cryptographically bypassing federation signatures, or assert that Confidential Transactions hid issuance from every observer.

• The SpendNode discussion can frame key compromise versus invalid issuance, but its incident details need the qualifications above.
• Holding an L-BTC wallet key still leaves the underlying BTC dependent on the federation and the system's validation rules. Mainchain self-custody avoids that particular peg exposure; it does not eliminate all software or consensus risk.
• Pair with Mow's on-chain message chronology: an offer to return most funds is not completed recovery, and an acknowledgement is not proof of a complete patch.

• Published: 2026-09-04
• Explains how mining pools could use BIP352 silent payment addresses to pay miners directly in coinbase transactions, replacing xpub-based payouts and improving miner privacy. The newsletter also covers the full CLN ping-flood DoS disclosure and post-quantum signature proposals.
• A concrete, actionable application of silent payments moving from theory to real infrastructure. Shows how the protocol can improve miner privacy without new consensus changes. The CLN disclosure detail is also worth mentioning as follow-up to last episode's CLN coverage.

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(00:00:00) INTRO

(00:00:58) THANK YOU FOUNDATION

(00:01:38) THANK YOU CAKE WALLET

(00:02:44) Not Just Weekly, Live Weekly!

(00:07:44) KeyOS 1.4.0

(00:14:59) NEWS

(00:15:07) The Liquid Exploit

(00:40:02) MORE NEWS

(00:55:05) BOOSTS

(01:05:44) UPDATES & RELEASES

(01:07:29) EDUCATION

(01:09:10) THANK YOU MYNYMBOX

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

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- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

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- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
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• We are now a weekly show
• Topics
• Full screen video
• Admin tools
• Envoy 2.3.3
• KeyOS 1.4.0 beta3 (public release this week)

NEWS

• Core Lightning: A Critical Vulnerability, a Binary-Only Patch, and a Docker Pipeline That Broke Because of It -- Stacker News / Blockstream Blog / GitHub Release
  
  
• Bitcoin's First Quantum-Safe Mainnet Transaction (No Fork Required) -- Bitcoin Magazine
  
  
• Stacker News Ships Embedded Spark Wallet and Receive Proxy Toggle -- Stacker News
  
  
• SeedSigner Fork Adds Miniscript Support with Liana Bridge -- X/@UnruggableGG
  
  
• Roman Storm Retrial Pushed to April 2027 -- X/@rstormsf
  
  
• Coinbase and Better Mortgage Launch Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages -- Bitcoin Magazine
  
  
• HRF Awards 500 Million Sats to 16 Freedom Tech Projects Worldwide -- Bitcoin Magazine
  
  
• Kraken Users Locked Out After 12,000 Dust Transfers From Sanctioned HTX Wallets -- Bitcoin Magazine
  
  
• Bitcoin Knots BLAKE2b Hardfork Goes Live as a "Mainnet Trial" -- CryptoSlate / GitHub PR #359 / The Bitcoin Manual explainer
  
  
• Peach Bitcoin Pauses Escrow Model After Swiss Regulator Reversal -- Peach Blog

RELEASES

• • Security audit follow-up for Seth's BTCPay Server plugin. Strips macOS payloads from the build, pins the release path, and restores file permissions after dylib stripping. All artifacts are Sigstore-attested with no maintainer key required.
  • Also in window: Flint v1.0.2 (2026-08-27) -- 23% smaller package, shared reconciliation scans reducing SDK calls for idle stores, cached Spark network status reads. Follows the v1.0.0 milestone which fixed a payment-hash association security issue.
• Envoy 2.3.3 -- 2026-08-27
  • Point release improving Passport Prime pairing reliability with automatic retry and clock-drift tolerance. Also fixes a visual bug where seed verification puzzle words could overflow at high zoom, and removes a hardcoded Stripe test key.
• Sparrow Wallet 2.5.4 -- 2026-08-27
  • Significant hardware wallet security hardening: mandatory anti-klepto on BitBox02, Ledger wallet policy re-registration on rejection, and serialised USB device access to prevent enumeration interrupting operations. Also improves BIP129/descriptor import validation and SLIP39 passphrase handling.
• Eclair v0.14.2 -- 2026-08-26
  • ACINQ released Eclair v0.14.2 with fixes for bugs that "can be exploited by malicious nodes." The release also documents that bitcoind should run on the same machine as eclair or use a secure tunnel. Upgrade is "highly recommended."
• BTCPay Server v2.4.3 -- 2026-08-24
  • Security release recommended for servers shared with many users. Release notes are minimal, stating only that updating is recommended. Published by NicolasDorier with a GPG-verified commit.
• BitBox02 Firmware 9.27.0 -- 2026-08-24
  • Displays long transaction and swap amounts in full instead of truncating. Adds message signing for keys in the m/45' namespace and supports timestamp-based absolute locktimes. Stepped upgrade path required from older firmware versions.
• Blockstream Ships Jade 1.0.41 and Reflects on the Coldcard Fallout -- Blockstream Blog
  • Published: 2026-08-25
  • Blockstream released Jade firmware 1.0.41 alongside a blog post responding to the Coldcard RNG vulnerability. Jade is not affected (no degraded RNG fallback path, mixes multiple entropy sources through SHA512). Release is security hardening: runtime bumped to latest stable, increased stack protection, updated dependencies, audited sensitive-memory clearing. Not urgent but recommended. 1.0.42 on an expedited timeline for less serious reports. The post reveals dozens of AI-automated scans landed on Jade within days of the Coldcard disclosure, plus multiple human reviews. Credit to Spiral's Loupe tool and the Kvazar agentic harness.

• Arkade v0.9.16 -- Aug 2026
  • Major security hardening and admin web console for the Ark protocol server.
• BasicSwap DEX v0.18.5 -- Aug 2026
  • Breaking protocol change. All nodes must upgrade.
  • Also in window: v0.18.4 (Aug 2026) -- critical swap security fixes. v0.18.3 (Aug 2026) -- earlier security patch in the same chain.
• Bisq 1.10.7 -- Aug 2026
  • Hotfix for corrupted DAO datastores. Continues the rapid Bisq 1 patch cycle from last episode (1.10.5 security update, 1.10.6 hotfix).
• Cashu CDK 0.18.0-rc.1 -- Aug 2026
  • Release candidate with explicit payment confirmation, batch minting, and BOLT12 fix.
• Cashu TS v5.0.0-rc.8 -- Aug 2026
  • Release candidate with crash-safe swap previews.
• Fedimint v0.12.0 "Second Nature" -- Aug 2026
  • Named release of the federated ecash protocol.
• JoinMarket-NG 0.38.0 -- Aug 2026
  • Quantized fees, zero-fee makers, and security hardening. Continues the rapid development from last episode's 0.37.0/0.37.1 releases.
• LND v0.21.3-beta.rc1 -- Aug 2026
  • Release candidate. Also ships v0.20.4 RC for the older branch.
• Nunchuk Android 2.8.4 -- Aug 2026
  • Bug fixes for the multisig wallet.
• Vexl 26.8.0 -- Aug 2026
  • Update to the P2P no-KYC trading app.
• Wasabi Wallet v2.8.2 -- Aug 2026
  • Coinjoin security patches and reorg sync fixes.

EDUCATION

• Deep Dive: Bitcoin's Quantum-Resistant Transaction Explained -- Sylvain Saurel / In Bitcoin We Trust
  • Published: 2026-08-27
  • Detailed technical explainer breaking down StarkWare's first quantum-resistant Bitcoin mainnet transaction (block 964,199). Covers how hash-based cryptography replaces ECDSA exposure, explains Shor's and Grover's algorithms, the mempool attack surface (public keys are exposed between broadcast and confirmation), and why the broader network remains vulnerable despite this milestone.

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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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- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
- Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

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(00:02:48) Going Weekly & Four Chainsaws

(00:05:13) The New Website & Topic Archive

(00:15:24) Envoy &…

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CAKE WALLET

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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!

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AOB (Any Other Business)

- KeyOS v1.4.0 now available to test
- Envoy 2.3.2
- New website is live: https://ungovernable.network
- Great AI chat with Seth on FTF
- Talk about the brief going weekly??

NEWS

9/11 Families File Claim Over US Government's 127,271 Seized Bitcoin
Published: 2026-08-23 | Source: The Rage

Trezor Shipping Provider Breach Leaks Data on ~14,000 Customers
Published: 2026-08-13 | Source: Bitcoin Magazine

Chainalysis Sues US Gov Over $95M ICE Blockchain Surveillance Contract
Published: 2026-08-18 | Source: The Rage

LND Reorg Vulnerability Disclosed: Channel Funds Drainable Before v0.20.0
Published: 2026-08-21 | Source: Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #419

Iceberg Paper: Threshold Custody on Lightning Without Protocol Changes
Published: 2026-08-22 | Source: ePrint 2026/1757

RELEASES

Bisq 2 v2.1.12 — 2026-08-22: Mandatory security update addressing vulnerabilities from a recent audit. Adds reputation privacy via nullifiers and day buckets, strengthens bonded-role registrations with oracle validation, and improves bridge reliability. Updating is required to continue trading.

Bisq 1.10.6 — 2026-08-21
Hotfix for critical trade failures introduced in v1.10.5. Mandatory update for anyone who took the security patch.

Zeus 13.2.0 — 2026-08-22
Stable release adds LDK support for 24-word seed phrases, upgrades embedded LND to v0.21.2-beta, upgrades Cashu CDK for Minibits compatibility, and lets users set custom Mempool instances for improved privacy. Security hardening and bug fixes included.

Frostsnap v0.4.0 — 2026-08-23
Major update with 142 commits. Adds firmware downgrade protection, secure-boot signer verification at build time, descriptor checksum generation, 1-of-N threshold warnings, and unique device name enforcement during keygen.

Flint v0.1.5.2 — 2026-08-23
Seth for Privacy's BTCPay Server plugin for nodeless Lightning via the Breez Spark SDK. v0.1.5 addresses findings from a third external security review: fixes negative fee wrapping, restores the sweeping opt-in toggle, and gates token write-offs on balance. v0.1.5.2 hides stored API keys from the admin UI.

Bull Bitcoin Mobile 6.13.0 — 2026-08-18
Adds Payjoin support across wallet and exchange flows with configurable minimums and session lifetimes. Introduces a temporary swap service while Boltz is unavailable, Liquid UTXO consolidation warnings, and BTC Map integration.

QUICK MENTIONS

Mostro 0.18.5 -- Aug 2026. NIP-44 default encryption for P2P exchange over Nostr.

Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 -- Aug 2026. Nym VPN integration for no-KYC P2P trading.

Fulcrum 2.1.2 -- Aug 2026. ARM64 Docker support for the high-performance Electrum server.

BTCPay Server v2.4.2 -- 2026-08-10. Critical security patch fixing actively exploited TOTP 2FA bypass. Basic auth now disabled by default. (News angle covered last episode.)

Fedimint v0.11.2 -- 2026-08-13. Security release preventing a gateway from losing funds to malicious counterparties, binding Lightning contracts more strictly to offers, and hardening request handling. Backported as v0.10.1 same day.

RoboSats v0.8.6-alpha -- 2026-08-15. Security hardening, removes three coordinators (Bitcoin Venetto, WhiteEyeSats, OverTheMoon), adds encrypted image uploads in chat and visual warnings for low-bond orders.

Aqua Wallet v0.5.2 -- 2026-08-16. Warning messages for temporarily unavailable Lightning swaps, shows swap provider per transaction, requires TLS with domain verification for custom Electrum servers.

Cake Wallet v6.4.1 -- 2026-08-12. Zcash performance after Ironwood shielded pool migration. AnyPay auto-detects address types and routes correctly.

Ride The Lightning 0.15.11-beta -- 2026-08-18. Establishes vulnerability disclosure channel, closes credential-crossing race in LND controllers, reduces dependency tree.

Coldcard Firmware 5.6.1 -- 2026-08-20. New firmware for Mk3/Mk4 line. (Context: follows the entropy bug disclosure from last episode.)

Coldcard Q1 Firmware 1.5.1Q -- 2026-08-20. Q1 model firmware update.

Trezor Suite 26.8.2 -- 2026-08-20. Adds BIP-321 URI support for QR payments, redesigns activity page, adds profit/loss tracking. (Context: arrives alongside the shipping breach disclosure.)

Arkade TS SDK Swap 0.0.7 -- 2026-08-18. SQLite and Realm storage backends, swap failure reporting improvements.

EDUCATION

BTC Sessions Launches "Sovereign Sessions"
Mid-August 2026 — Ben Perrin — youtube.com/@SovereignSessions

Ben Perrin has spun off all tutorial content into a dedicated channel covering Bitcoin, self-hosted AI, privacy tools, and sovereign computing. Planned content includes GrapheneOS, ZAP Store, Start9, Parmanode, self-hosted Fedimint, and Blockstream Wallet walkthroughs. A significant move from one of Bitcoin education's most recognisable creators; the expanded scope reflects where freedom tech is heading.

Bitcoin Lightning Node Setup: 12 Steps in 45 Minutes
August 16, 2026 — Daniel Roth — https://shattered.io

Step-by-step LND v0.21-beta Lightning node setup guide, claiming the process now takes about 45 minutes. Fresh, practical self-sovereignty content; the "45 minutes" framing makes Lightning node operation feel accessible.

C.A.S.I.N.O. Dice Roll Protocol
August 9, 2026 — Orange Surf

A proposed standard for using physical dice to generate seed entropy: rate-limited entry, input validation, minimum 100+ rolls, offline-only operation. Emerged following the Coldcard entropy incident. A practical, opinionated standard for the most fundamental self-custody operation.

Ark Protocol: VTXOs and the Virtual Transaction Tree
August 21-23, 2026 — Elle Mouton — https://ellemouton.com

A detailed technical walkthrough of Ark's Virtual UTXO design: how multiple users share a single on-chain UTXO with individual custody via pre-signed exit trees. A clear explainer from a respected developer.

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(00:00:00) INTRO

(00:00:57) THANK YOU FOUNDATION

(00:01:38) THANK YOU CAKE WALLET

(00:02:44) Still on the Wagon

(00:10:24) Updates @ Foundation

(00:29:52) New Website!

(00:33:43) Nerd Out on Home AI with Seth

(00:44:51) NEWS

(01:04:34) BOOSTS

(01:07:11) UPDATES & RELEASES

(01:09:39) EDUCATIONAL PIECES

(01:10:57) THANK YOU MYNYMBOX