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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.net/sethforprivacy
Seth on X: https://x.com/sethforprivacy
Cake Wallet: https://cakewallet.com/
EPISODE: 179
BLOCK: 916494
PRICE: 909 sats per dollar
(00:00:01) UK Digital ID Dystopia
(00:01:02) Happy Bitcoin Friday
(00:03:01) Samourai arrests fallout and Ashigaru vs Wasabi vs JoinMarket
(00:06:49) Coordinator trust, liquidity, and taint/frozen funds
(00:12:10) Cake Wallet updates and unveiling Cupcake signer
(00:15:36) How Cupcake works: air-gapped signer, BCUR/BBQR, threat models
(00:19:01) Travel, opsec, and device choices for Cupcake
(00:21:30) Cupcake’s scope vs hardware wallets
(00:25:21) Multisig discussions, open standards, and future features
(00:29:43) Single sig and practical custody advice
(00:30:29) Recent Monero Attack
(00:36:21) ASIC resistance debate and Monero reorg analysis
(00:41:02) Wild idea: switch Monero to Litecoin’s Scrypt ASICs
(00:43:19) Lightning in Cake Wallet: evaluating Ark vs Spark
(00:49:37) Spark’s pragmatism, privacy concerns, and operators
(00:56:40) Strike/Primal, Cashu, and custodial vs self-custodial tradeoffs
(00:58:56) Hands-on with Spark in Wallet of Satoshi beta
(01:05:02) Bitcoin privacy outlook: Silent Payments, PayJoin, Lightning
(01:06:14) Silent Payments UX: Frigate server model and performance
(01:09:17) Run your own node for privacy and practical setups
(01:09:51) Closing reflections: builders vs discourse, optimism
Video: https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqmytsgrtq3s8zeqt6cgfsw4vlemyfrz5z02ylhkp7tm08ztuc2ysryw55x
more info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.com
learn more about me: https://odell.xyz
Published on 11 hours ago