Episode Details

Max and Q cover the latest happenings in the world of Bitcoin, privacy and much more.

AOB

• Prime
• New letter from Keonne
• Q vibing hard

NEWS

• GrapheneOS announces Motorola partnership
• Trump's "American Cyber Strategy" Puts Crypto on National Security Map
• Son of U.S. government contractor, accused of stealing millions in seized crypto, arrested in France
• Treasury tells congress mixers have valid privacy uses
• Strike now available in New York
• Solo Satoshi - Bitaxe Touch
• Bitwise to donate $233,000 to open source Bitcoin devs

UPDATES/RELEASES

Tailrelay

• A Docker container that exposes local services to your Tailscale network. Combines Tailscale VPN, Caddy reverse proxy, socat TCP relays, and a Web UI for browser-based management.
• https://github.com/sudocarlos/tailrelay

Stealth Announced

• A privacy audit tool for Bitcoin wallets. Stealth analyzes the transaction history of a wallet descriptor and surfaces privacy findings from real on-chain heuristics.
• https://github.com/LORDBABUINO/stealth/tree/main

Cake Wallet v6.0.0 / v6.0.1 — 27 Feb / 6 Mar 2026

• Major release: complete UI redesign plus self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning integration via Breez SDK and Spark protocol. Privacy-first defaults — Lightning invoices don't embed Spark addresses, transaction data not published to public explorers by default. Custom @cake.cash Lightning addresses. Enhanced Monero syncing.
• https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases

Zeus v0.12.4 / v0.12.5 — 2 March 2026

• Bug fix releases addressing Android SQLite database issues for new wallets (sync past block 123,000), iOS safe area fixes, and crash prevention when returning from LSPS1 view.
• https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases

BlueWallet v7.2.6 — 23 February 2026

• Added BBQR support for Coldcard, simpler settings UI, and dates on transaction list.
• https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases

Frostsnap v0.2.1 — 23 February 2026

• QR camera scanning now works on all platforms (Linux, macOS desktop). Fixed Electrum connectivity on IPv6 networks using "Happy Eyeballs" algorithm. Device erasure black screen fix and macOS app signing improvements.

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