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UNGOVERNABLE

Sick of being spied on, stolen from, and lied to? UNGOVERNABLE aims to ignite a rebellious spark in every listener. We explore ways to regain privacy and freedom using Bitcoin and open source software. Freedoms are not granted, they are taken and defended. We are rebels with a cause. Join us and become Ungovernable.

  1. 17 小時前

    Seth for AI | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 53

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.   HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDONSIGN THE PETITION ----> https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ USD ----> https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonneDONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/ TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate VALUE FOR VALUE Thanks for listening you Ungovernable Misfits, we appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the shows. You can support this episode using your time, talent or treasure. TIME: - create fountain clips for the show - create a meetup - help boost the signal on social media TALENT: - create ungovernable misfit inspired art, animation or music - design or implement some software that can make the podcast better - use whatever talents you have to make a contribution to the show! TREASURE: - BOOST IT OR STREAM SATS on the Podcasting 2.0 apps @ https://podcastapps.com - DONATE via Monero @ https://xmrchat.com/ungovernable - BUY SOME STICKERS @ https://ungovernable.network/shop/ 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.

    Seth for AI | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 53
  2. 5 天前

    MONERO MONTHLY ...ISH 15

    Max and Seth host Monero Monthly ...Ish. A show that focuses on educational topics, news and updates within the Monero ecosystem. HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDONSIGN THE PETITION ----> https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ USD ----> https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonneDONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/ VALUE FOR VALUE Thanks for listening you Ungovernable Misfits, we appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the shows. You can support this episode using your time, talent or treasure. TIME: - create fountain clips for the show - create a meetup - help boost the signal on social media TALENT: - create ungovernable misfit inspired art, animation or music - design or implement some software that can make the podcast better - use whatever talents you have to make a contribution to the show! TREASURE: - BOOST IT OR STREAM SATS on the Podcasting 2.0 apps @ https://podcastapps.com - DONATE via Monero @ https://xmrchat.com/ungovernable - BUY SOME STICKERS @ https://ungovernable.network/shop/ 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! 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 (00:00:00) INTRO (00:01:20) Why Do an Ish Now? (00:10:13) Swapping: Centralized, P2P, and Atomic Options (00:18:35) AI Surveillance, Chain Analysis and Bitcoin’s Fungibility Problem (00:24:44) Saving in Bitcoin, Spending in Monero, and Real-World Services (00:36:54) The AI Security Arms Race and Mining Monero with AI Hardware (00:53:15) Critical Software Updates for BTCPay, Monero, Cake Wallet, and P2Pool (01:04:37) Listener Questions (01:15:33) THANK YOU FOUNDATION (01:16:07) THANK YOU CAKE WALLET

    MONERO MONTHLY ...ISH 15
  3. 8月15日

    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 HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDONSIGN THE PETITION ----> https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ USD ----> https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonneDONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/ TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate VALUE FOR VALUE Thanks for listening you Ungovernable Misfits, we appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the shows. You can support this episode using your time, talent or treasure. TIME: - create fountain clips for the show - create a meetup - help boost the signal on social media TALENT: - create ungovernable misfit inspired art, animation or music - design or implement some software that can make the podcast better - use whatever talents you have to make a contribution to the show! TREASURE: - BOOST IT OR STREAM SATS on the Podcasting 2.0 apps @ https://podcastapps.com - DONATE via Monero @ https://xmrchat.com/ungovernable - BUY SOME STICKERS @ https://ungovernable.network/shop/ 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.

    Introducing Ungovernable.Network | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 52
  4. 8月12日

    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 AOBWhat a fucking weekKeyOS v1.3.1 now publicly availableSomething 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 Move funds to a brand new seed BEFORE upgrading firmware (Lopp's guidance, on reports of update problems).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.Multisig users: consider a private mempool like Marathon's Slipstream.Keep the device; the UID may prove ownership in any recovery process.Updating does NOT fix an existing seed. A weak seed is weak forever.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) Update to v2.4.2. Verify "2.4.2" in the footer.Update NBXplorer to 2.6.10+.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.Move funds out of any BTCPay-generated on-chain hot wallet and recreate it.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 RELEASESBitcoin core / protocol libsecp256k1 v0.8.0 - 2026-08-03Adds 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 - 2026-08-08Non-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) - 2026-08-03The 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 - 2026-08-04Maintainer 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 - 2026-08-05FROST 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 - 2026-08-04Lowers 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 - 2026-08-07Bundles new BitBox02 firmware v9.26.5.Specter Desktop v2.1.11 - 2026-08-09Genuinely 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 - 2026-08-02Block's consumer hardware wallet, routine source drop.Lightning BTCPay Server v2.4.2 - 2026-08-07Actively 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 - 2026-08-08Not 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 - 2026-07-27Adds 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…

    What a Week | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 86
  5. 8月8日

    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. Catch up with Orange Surf: https://x.com/OrangeSurfBTC Check out https://mempool.space HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDONSIGN THE PETITION ----> https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ USD ----> https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonneDONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/ TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate VALUE FOR VALUE Thanks for listening you Ungovernable Misfits, we appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the shows. You can support this episode using your time, talent or treasure. TIME: - create fountain clips for the show - create a meetup - help boost the signal on social media TALENT: - create ungovernable misfit inspired art, animation or music - design or implement some software that can make the podcast better - use whatever talents you have to make a contribution to the show! TREASURE: - BOOST IT OR STREAM SATS on the Podcasting 2.0 apps @ https://podcastapps.com - DONATE via Monero @ https://xmrchat.com/ungovernable - BUY SOME STICKERS @ https://ungovernable.network/shop/ 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.

    Tracking the Coldcard Exploit with Orange Surf | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 51
  6. 8月1日

    Unpacking the Coldcard Exploit | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 50

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDONSIGN THE PETITION ----> https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ USD ----> https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonneDONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/ TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate VALUE FOR VALUE Thanks for listening you Ungovernable Misfits, we appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the shows. You can support this episode using your time, talent or treasure. TIME: - create fountain clips for the show - create a meetup - help boost the signal on social media TALENT: - create ungovernable misfit inspired art, animation or music - design or implement some software that can make the podcast better - use whatever talents you have to make a contribution to the show! TREASURE: - BOOST IT OR STREAM SATS on the Podcasting 2.0 apps @ https://podcastapps.com - DONATE via Monero @ https://xmrchat.com/ungovernable - BUY SOME STICKERS @ https://ungovernable.network/shop/ 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.

    Unpacking the Coldcard Exploit | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 50
  7. 7月29日

    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.  AOBFreedom.Tech launch reminderKeyOS v1.3 now publicly available NEWSIndia orders GitHub to take down BitChat's source code; Internet Freedom Foundation calls it unconstitutional - TFTC: India BitChat GitHub takedown, I4C, IFF / CoinDesk Fourth Circuit says border agents can hand-search your phone with zero suspicion, as a man is prosecuted for a duress-wipe - EFF: Fourth Circuit says border agents can search your phone by hand, no suspicion required / TechCrunch: US accuses American of wiping his phone with a duress password at the border Senate Democrats kill the CLARITY Act before recess; the developer safe harbor (Section 604) stalls with it - TFTC: CLARITY Act rejected, Bitcoin ownership surpasses gold State Department launches a "Freedom Tech" program with BPI, Palantir, and Anduril as founding partners - Bitcoin Magazine: State Department tech program with Bitcoin Block open-sources Buzz: a Nostr-native, keypair-identity workspace for humans and AI agents - LINK BIP-110 approaches its mandatory signaling window with support under 1%, and enforcing nodes staring at a minority fork - TFTC: BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling window below 1% hashrate RELEASES Bitcoin core / protocol btcd v0.26.2 - 2026-07-25Security-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 - 2026-07-21Major 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 - 2026-07-22Firmware security updates plus a lower 0.2 sat/vB minimum fee and cancel-pending-transaction support.Nunchuk 2.7.1 - 2026-07-16Collaborative-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 - 2026-07-14Block'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 - 2026-07-22Patch 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 - 2026-07-26Self-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 - 2026-07-21Point release / version bump on the 13.1 line for the self-custodial Lightning wallet.LNbits v1.5.6 - 2026-07-15Minor patch on 1.5.5 (payments extension-field refactor and fixes) for the self-hosted Lightning accounts system.Lightning Labs Wavelength - 2026-07-21A 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 - 2026-07-23RC 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 - 2026-07-22Reference 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 - 2026-07-23Beta 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 - 2026-07-22Now 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 - 2026-07-25Whirlpool coinjoin QoL: live Tor/Electrum status, one-click connect, faster startup, self-clearing coordinator banner.JoinMarket-NG 0.34.2 - 2026-07-20Actively-maintained modern fork of JoinMarket: safe expired-fidelity-bond handling, correct frozen-UTXO reporting, multi-wallet RPC routing.Bitcoin Safe 2.1.1 - 2026-07-20Multisig/single-sig desktop wallet: UI fixes and improved Debian build reproducibility.P2P / no-KYC Bisq 1.10.4 - 2026-07-24Mandatory 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 - 2026-07-24Bug-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 - 2026-07-21Point release of the contacts-based no-KYC P2P trading app (small fixes).Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (381) - 2026-07-23Latest 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 - 2026-07-23Self-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 - 2026-07-24Major: 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 - 2026-07-20Blockstream'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 - 2026-07-23RC 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 - 2026-07-20Android 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 - 2026-07-21Major 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 - 2026-07-24Non-custodial BTC/Monero wallet: home-screen recent history, better OpenAlias/ENS/Unstoppable alias resolution, faster Zcash sync.EDUCATIONWhat Is a UTXO, and Why Does It Matter for Bitcoin Privacy? - 2026-07-25Community 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 - 2026-07-24Two 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. TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDONSIGN THE PETITION ----> https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-freedom-pardon-the-innocent-coders-jailed-for-building-privacy-tools DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ USD ----> https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonneDONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/ VALUE FOR VALUE Thanks for listening you Ungovernable Misfits, we appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the shows. You can support this episode using your time, talent or treasure. 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