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The future of Cove wallet is bright... 📱 Android 🔄 Payjoin 🤫 Silent Payments 🧩 Kyoto compact block filters (BDK) 🧪 Bad entropy detection 🖥 Desktop w/ xPub sync via iCloud or iroh 🔐 JoinMarket UI @Praveen Perera shares the exciting roadmap with @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 in BR097.

Imagine a wallet that graduates users from custodial ecash to lightning self custody, automatically. Reducing LSP load, simplifying UX, improving self-custody. 👌 @Carman shares the concept of his latest project with @Paul , @Praveen Perera and @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 in BR097.

✅ You protect your keys. 🚫 But you still give up your name, address, selfie & passport to comply with KYC. Coinbase leaked 1M+ records — a predictable failure. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 & @Paul discuss how KYC puts us all in danger in BR097.

Bitcoin-only exchange @BULL BITCOIN recently dropped v5.0.0 of their mobile app: ⚒ Rewritten from scratch 📲 BDK wallet engine ⚡ Liquid & LN swaps, Payjoin 🛡 Hardware wallet support on the way @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @Paul & @Praveen Perera discuss the major release in BR097.

What would it take to bring a frictionless #Lightning wallet to the Mac desktop? @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 & @Paul discuss the potential, and the hurdles that would need to be overcome, in BR097.

Bitcoin’s “non-consensual receive” nature is pertinent for protocols like Fedimint & Cashu. On-chain deposits into Harbor work if the mint allows it - but with no safeguard against large dumps. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @Paul & @Carman discuss the different ecash modalities in BR097.

🚨 Ledger Donjon disclosed a critical flaw in Tangem’s Android app, where fake cards could pass as genuine by spoofing public keys and IDs. The issue? Improper attestation checks. (Patched in v5.18.3). @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 covers the bug, the fix, and its security implications in BR097.

Built by researchers at @Blockstream & Ledger, #DahLIAS enables: • Constant-size sigs • ~2x faster verification • Preprocessing support • Path to cheaper, more private txns @Carman , @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 & @Paul discuss the potential in BR097.

Mullvad just launched VPN Loader ✅ A simple integrity checker that verifies app authenticity on Windows & macOS. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and @Paul argue this should be the norm: PGP > OS gatekeeping. [BR097]

Running an LSP in the U.S. is still a legal gray area 🚫 The BRCA (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act) aims to fix that - providing legal cover for non-custodial actors. @Carman , @Praveen Perera , @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 & @Paul discuss the legal initiative in BR097.

bdk_chain 0.23.0 drops with SPK cache support for faster wallet startup ⚡ This marks another step in @Bitcoin Dev Kit ‘s transition toward modular libraries. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and @Praveen Perera explain the benefits of this shift in BR097.

📲 iOS app @Maple AI now supports #Bitcoin payments for in-app services - likely the first to do so. They're using Zaprite, which just shipped Auto-pay, Stripe tools & LNURL integration. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and @Paul discuss the integration and @Zaprite ‘s positive momentum. [BR097]

Signal vs Microsoft’s surveillance vision: 👀 Microsoft: Wants to monitor your screen 24/7 “for productivity” 📵 Signal: DRM to block screen capture @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @Carman and @Paul discuss AI overreach and the defensive role of apps like Signal in BR097.

Smart defaults save sats. 🙏 New UX in Cove wallet blocks transactions where the fee is >100% of the amount, and warns >20%. COLDCARD has similar footgun protections, with customizable thresholds. @Praveen Perera and @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 compare design decisions in BR097.

Android v1.68.1 of @nunchuk_io adds custom explorers, wallet reordering & archiving, and an "anti-fee sniping" setting. What’s anti-fee sniping? 🤔 A defense against miners reorging to claim high-fee txs. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @Praveen Perera & @Carman break it down in BR097.

A clean Rust core + Swift UI = fast, flexible app development. ✅ @Praveen Perera explains why his @Bitcoin Dev Kit integration went smoothly, how Android support will be easy to add, and how feedback led to real improvements when building Cove wallet. [BR097]

Ecash privacy and interoperability just got a level up with Harbor. ✅ Tor routing ✅ Cashu ↔ Fedimint via ⚡️Lightning ✅ On-chain receive support Devs @Paul and @Carman discuss the project with @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and @Praveen Perera in BR097.

Dev + designer teams = 👌 @Praveen Perera credits much of Cove Wallet’s UX success to working with a non-Bitcoiner designer. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 encourages more dev-designer pairs to apply to @OpenSats (and start bitcoin businesses) in BR097.

Coin control has been added to Cove Wallet 🛠️ Wallet developer @Praveen Perera explains how Cove's advanced users can now search, filter & select UTXOs via a hidden menu - without compromising simplicity for casual users. [BR097]

Harbor is a new ecash wallet for desktop, designed for privacy from the ground up. 🤖 Rust backend & frontend 🧅 Tor by default 🪙 Supports multiple mints (Fedimint + Cashu) Devs @Paul and @Carman give @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 the lowdown in BR097.