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UNGOVERNABLE

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  • Wednesday · 1 hr 11 min

    The Brief Goes Weekly | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 87

    A weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech, hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. 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. TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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/ 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. (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

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  • Tuesday · 1 hr

    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 PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • August 20 · 1 hr 16 min

    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 PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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

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  • August 15 · 1 hr 3 min

    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 PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • August 12 · 1 hr 1 min

    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 AOB What a fucking week KeyOS v1.3.1 now publicly available Something 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 RELEASES Bitcoin core / protocol libsecp256k1 v0.8.0 - 2026-08-03 Adds 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 - 2026-08-08 Non-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) - 2026-08-03 The 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 - 2026-08-04 Maintainer 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 - 2026-08-05 FROST 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 - 2026-08-04 Lowers 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 - 2026-08-07 Bundles new BitBox02 firmware v9.26.5. Specter Desktop v2.1.11 - 2026-08-09 Genuinely 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 - 2026-08-02 Block's consumer hardware wallet, routine source drop. Lightning BTCPay Server v2.4.2 - 2026-08-07 Actively 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 - 2026-08-08 Not 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 - 2026-07-27 Adds 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…

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  • August 8 · 1 hr 4 min

    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 PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • August 1 · 1 hr 6 min

    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 PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • July 29 · 56 min

    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. AOB Freedom.Tech launch reminder KeyOS v1.3 now publicly available NEWS India 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 - 2026-07-25 Security-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 - 2026-07-21 Major 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 - 2026-07-22 Firmware security updates plus a lower 0.2 sat/vB minimum fee and cancel-pending-transaction support. Nunchuk 2.7.1 - 2026-07-16 Collaborative-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 - 2026-07-14 Block'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 - 2026-07-22 Patch 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 - 2026-07-26 Self-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 - 2026-07-21 Point release / version bump on the 13.1 line for the self-custodial Lightning wallet. LNbits v1.5.6 - 2026-07-15 Minor patch on 1.5.5 (payments extension-field refactor and fixes) for the self-hosted Lightning accounts system. Lightning Labs Wavelength - 2026-07-21 A 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 - 2026-07-23 RC 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 - 2026-07-22 Reference 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 - 2026-07-23 Beta 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 - 2026-07-22 Now 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 - 2026-07-25 Whirlpool coinjoin QoL: live Tor/Electrum status, one-click connect, faster startup, self-clearing coordinator banner. JoinMarket-NG 0.34.2 - 2026-07-20 Actively-maintained modern fork of JoinMarket: safe expired-fidelity-bond handling, correct frozen-UTXO reporting, multi-wallet RPC routing. Bitcoin Safe 2.1.1 - 2026-07-20 Multisig/single-sig desktop wallet: UI fixes and improved Debian build reproducibility. P2P / no-KYC Bisq 1.10.4 - 2026-07-24 Mandatory 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 - 2026-07-24 Bug-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 - 2026-07-21 Point release of the contacts-based no-KYC P2P trading app (small fixes). Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (381) - 2026-07-23 Latest 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 - 2026-07-23 Self-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 - 2026-07-24 Major: 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 - 2026-07-20 Blockstream'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 - 2026-07-23 RC 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 - 2026-07-20 Android 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 - 2026-07-21 Major 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 - 2026-07-24 Non-custodial BTC/Monero wallet: home-screen recent history, better OpenAlias/ENS/Unstoppable alias resolution, faster Zcash sync. EDUCATION What Is a UTXO, and Why Does It Matter for Bitcoin Privacy? - 2026-07-25 Community 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 - 2026-07-24 Two 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 PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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! 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  • July 28 · 1 hr 5 min

    Home Mining Mafia with Jon | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 49

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. FOLLOW JON ON TWITTER: https://x.com/prevhashnonce HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • July 18 · 1 hr 4 min

    FREEDOM.TECH IS BACK! | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 48

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. GO TO https://freedom.tech/ for more information FOLLOW THE ACCOUNT ON TWITTER: https://x.com/freedomtech HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • July 16 · 1 hr 10 min

    Apps Against the Machine | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 84

    A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. AOB Envoy 2.3.0 Full 2.3.0 out of beta: redesigned Send flow with inter-account transfers, message signing, Address Explorer, sub-satoshi fee rates, QR-density adjustment for Passport signing. Passport Prime 1.3.0-beta Vault imports, BIP85 passwords, mass 2FA imports, universal QR scanner and loads of bug fixes Visual improvements to the docs site App showcase is now live NEWS EU "Chat Control" — scanning derogation survives Parliament, permanent client-side-scanning law stalls again - TFTC: EU Chat Control, private message scanning, and Bitcoin's open protocols / Patrick Breyer: Chat Control Radar Chat launches: a Signal fork with self-custodial Lightning payments built in - Decrypt: Radar Chat wants to make sending Bitcoin as easy as firing off a text / Atlas21 Bull Bitcoin sues the French Finance Ministry over DAC8/CARF crypto surveillance reporting - The Rage: French Finance Ministry sued over global surveillance database MiCA deadline forces a self-custody exodus: ~70% of departing Binance EU users chose self-custody over a licensed exchange - Blockonomi: Binance reveals 70% of EU users chose self-custody after MiCA / CoinDesk: Binance to stop EU services after failing to secure MiCA licence CLARITY Act developer safe-harbor (BRCA / Section 604) goes to the wire as Wyden fights to keep it intact - TFTC: Wyden, CLARITY Act, Section 604 developer safe harbor / Coin Center: The BRCA survived CLARITY's markup, do not give it up now BIP-110 data-filtering soft fork heads for its deadline with miner signaling near zero - CoinDesk: Bitcoin's BIP-110 fork deadline nears with miner support at zero / Bitcoin Optech #412 RELEASES Bitcoin core / protocol Bitcoin Core 30.3 - 2026-07-10 Point release on the current 30.x line. Grab binaries from bitcoincore.org (deterministic + signed), not GitHub attachments. Bitcoin Core 29.4 - 2026-07-10 Maintenance release keeping the older stable branch patched for sovereign self-hosters. Hardware / signing SeedSigner 0.8.7 "Summer of SeedSigner" - 2026-07-08 80 PRs from 20 contributors: localization to 22 languages (first RTL language, Persian), BBQr PSBT decoding, and a big codebase professionalization pass. Airgapped DIY signing for a much wider audience. BitBox02 Firmware 9.26.4 - 2026-07-09 Small fix following the 9.26.3 security batch (out-of-bounds write fix, silent-payments and EIP-712 validation hardening). Paired with BitBoxApp 4.51.3. Lightning Core Lightning 26.06.3 - 2026-07-09 Latest in-window CLN (a coincurve dep bump in pyln-proto superseded 26.06.2 from 06-30). lnd 0.20.2-beta - 2026-07-10 Maintenance release on the 0.20 branch, no migrations, built with go1.25.5. Follows the zero-timestamp DoS fix discussed last episode. LNbits 1.5.5 - 2026-07-08 Revolut + Square payment options, better payment reliability across backends, faster theming, cached rates, improved CSV exports and OIDC/SSO fixes. (A same-day 1.5.6 followed.) Zeus 13.1.2 - 2026-07-02 Bug fixes and UX polish: pasteable amount input, copy Lightning address, UTXO-picker label and LND address-generation fixes. Ecash Cashu TS 4.7.0 - 2026-07-09 LTS release for the JS/TS Cashu library: NUT-29 batch quote checks plus fixes for malformed tokens and NUT-28 locking slots. Foundation layer for ecash wallets/mints. Cashu CDK 0.17.2 - 2026-06-29 Exposes NUT-27 mint backup through the wallet bindings; Android 16KB page-size and Swift compatibility. (A 0.17.3 with NIP-47/NWC support shipped 07-13.) On-chain privacy / coinjoin Ashigaru Desktop 1.1.0 - 2026-07-11 Major redesign: dedicated Whirlpool mixing experience, private Electrum server discovery over Tor, card-based UTXO views with PayNym support, and a Whirlpool Stats tool. Post-Samourai sovereign coinjoin keeps shipping (this is a 1.0 -> 1.1 jump from last episode's launch). Wasabi Wallet 2.8.0 - 2026-06-27 [borderline, grace window] P2P sync of compact block filters (drops the central-server dependency), pay-in-coinjoin, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, payment batching, and arm64 Linux/Tails/Whonix support. P2P / no-KYC Bull Bitcoin 6.12.8 - 2026-07-11 Coins (UTXO) view, Coldcard NFC support, BitBox02 Nova Bluetooth on iOS, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, and swap recovery via mnemonic. Self-custody + non-KYC buy/sell. Aqua Wallet 0.5.1 - 2026-07-07 OpenCryptoPay QR compatibility, broader LNURL support, more reliable Lightning via direct Boltz broadcasting. Bisq 1.10.3 - 2026-07-06 Security update: disables filter-provided BTC nodes, hardens deposit-tx checks, and requires message signatures from the expected trade peer. Mostro Mobile 1.3.0 - 2026-07-03 Transport-protocol v2 migration and more African payment methods (KES, MZN, TZS, UGX, ZAR, ZMW). Nostr-native P2P Bitcoin trading, no KYC. BasicSwap DEX 0.17.0 - 2026-07-09 Cross-chain atomic-swap DEX. (A 0.17.1 patch followed 07-12.) Arkade 0.9.13 - 2026-07-07 Small indexer fix. Ark self-custodial off-chain scaling. Self-hosting / infra umbrelOS 1.7.4 - 2026-07-10 Fixes connectivity where remote access over Tor and Tor-using apps could fail to connect. StartOS start-wrt 1.0.0 - 2026-07-11 First stable release of StartWRT, Start9's OpenWrt-based router OS. Sovereign networking layer to pair with a self-hosted server. Nostr ngit-cli 2.6.3 - 2026-07-10 ngit init now gives actionable account-setup guidance. Git-over-Nostr tooling, directly relevant to the GitHub-exodus / censorship-resistant-code thread. EDUCATION Evolving Casa's Defenses Against Social Engineering - Practical writeup on how attackers social-engineer Bitcoin holders and how to defend. Pairs directly with the Lopp voice item for a self-custody-security segment listeners can act on. Bitcoin Privacy Tools Compared: CoinJoin vs PayJoin vs Silent Payments - Clean side-by-side of the main on-chain privacy techniques. Good "where do I actually start" pointer, topical given the Ashigaru and Wasabi releases and the ongoing Silent Payments rollout (BIP 352 reached Complete and the secp256k1 module merged in June; Sparrow shipped SP receiving last fortnight). Cove Wallet tutorial (BTC Sessions) - BTC Sessions walkthrough of the Cove wallet. Useful hands-on onboarding content if you want a "new self-custodian" education beat, which pairs with the MiCA self-custody-exodus news item. TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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/ 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…

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  • July 11 · 1 hr 7 min

    Are You On Radar? | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 47

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. GO TO https://radar.chat/ for more information HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • July 6 · 1 hr 2 min

    Archipelago with Shadrach | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 46

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. Archipelago Foundation: https://www.archipelago-foundation.org/ Archipelago OS Demo: https://demo.archipelago-foundation.org/ HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • July 1 · 1 hr 31 min

    The Little Canadian That Could | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 83

    A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. AOB • Holiday season is over • UK no longer melting • Samourai updates NEWS • GitHub permanently bans Rust Lightning (LDK); Corallo moves Bitcoin dev infra to self-hosted Forgejo - Bitcoin Magazine: Corallo urges Bitcoin projects to exit GitHub after Rust Lightning ban • Sparrow Wallet Apple developer-account scare resolved - Bitcoin Magazine / Craig Raw / Sparrow Wallet • FISA Section 702 lapses for the first time since 2008 - EFF: Victory, 702 Has Expired • Canada's surveillance-and-speech week: Lawful Access bill (C-22) rammed to a June 19 deadline, "Combatting Hate" Act (C-9) gets royal assent June 18 - EFF: Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill / Canada.ca: stronger hate crime protections become law • US CBDC ban through 2030 heads to the President’s desk - House Financial Services Committee • Developer-protection carve-out (BRCA) being sanded down as CLARITY Act stalls; passage odds cut to 50-50 - Bitcoin Magazine: Galaxy Research cuts CLARITY Act passage odds • Bull Bitcoin secures MiCA license in France while keeping self-custody/privacy model - Bitcoin Magazine / Bull Bitcoin • ESMA tells unlicensed crypto providers to wind down as MiCA deadline arrives - ESMA public statement PDF • LND zero-timestamp DoS vulnerability publicly disclosed - Bitcoin Optech #411 RELEASES Wallets • Envoy v2.3.0-beta - 2026-06-22 Redesigned Send flow with inter-account transfers, message signing, Address Explorer, sub-sat fee rates, and custom block-explorer support, plus Passport Prime pairing/Bluetooth reliability fixes. Disclose it is ours. • Zeus v13.1.0 - 2026-06-17 Feature release: Cashu multi-mint sends, queue-less Nostr Wallet Connect payments on iOS, CLINK noffer support, and Cashu-token detection in URLs. Strong ecash plus Nostr-native payments stack for a self-custodial Lightning wallet. • Zeus v13.1.1 - 2026-06-26 Patch: fixes TLS cert verification for LND/CLN REST over Tor and a currency-converter input bug. • Phoenix 2.8.1 - 2026-06-18 Adds an iOS debug screen for signing swap-in transactions and fixes an Android amount-display bug, on updated lightning-kmp. • Blockstream Green iOS 5.5.0 - 2026-06-15 Adds support for paying LNURL, BOLT12, and BIP-353 payment instructions, improves Lightning invoice handling, and shows funding fees in the receive flow. • Blockstream Green Desktop 3.4.1 - 2026-06-17 Adds BOLT12 offer descriptions and updates GDK to 0.77.6. Secondary to the iOS release, but it reinforces the same BOLT12/BIP-353 direction. • Blink Mobile 3.0.1 - 2026-06-26 Pre-release build that continues Blink’s self-custodial wallet implementation, including wallet creation, seed backup/recovery, Blink Lightning address, LNURL pay, and Stable Balance with BTC-USD conversion. Mention only as a prerelease / watch item. Lightning / node ops • Core Lightning 26.06.2 - 2026-06-29 Point release recommended for minimal OS setups and Docker images lacking root TLS certificates. Late-breaking / record-day item if recording after June 29; not a lead, but useful for node operators. Self-hosting / payments infra • BTCPay Server v2.4.0 - 2026-06-25 Major release: multisig wallet setup, loginless passkey auth, and granular per-wallet permissions. Breaking: removes the LNBank and Lightning Charge backends. Bitcoin / wallet infrastructure • Liquid GDK 0.77.6 - 2026-06-16 Adds Python 3.14 wheels and fixes singlesig GDK use over Tor that broke after a ureq dependency update. Developer/infrastructure note rather than listener-facing wallet news. Hardware / multisig / inheritance • Nunchuk 2.6.0 - 2026-06-17 (Blog Post: https://nunchuk.io/blog/phased-rollout ) Phased rollout of the off-chain inheritance protocol, plus fixes and performance work. Self-custodied estate planning for multisig users. P2P / no-KYC trading • Mostro v0.17.5 - 2026-06-16 Anti-abuse bonds harden the Nostr-based P2P marketplace while staying non-custodial. Adds multi-source price aggregation and maker-timeout penalties. • BULL Wallet v6.11.1 - 2026-06-22 CSV export, payment notes, auto swap-claim retries, better Electrum reliability, experimental Linux desktop support. • Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 - 2026-06-25 Faster funding-flow sync, but ships a new EU-compliance sign-up step. Worth naming the privacy/compliance tradeoff for a no-KYC-leaning audience. On-chain privacy / coinjoin • Ashigaru Desktop 1.0 - 2026-06-24 Ashigaru Desktop 1.0.0 (June 19, 2026) is the inaugural stable release of the Whirlpool coinjoin desktop wallet, shipping Tx0/zeroleak mixing with Premix/Postmix/Badbank account management, built-in Tor, Mix To for routing postmix funds offline, a receive-only attack-surface reduction model, BIP-329 label import/export, and an offline BIP47 message verifier. It also adds a polished dark-theme UI with live coinjoin progress tracking, full cross-platform packaging (Windows/macOS/Linux plus headless server builds), reproducible builds, and BIP47-signed three-step release verification. • JoinMarket NG 0.33.0 - 2026-06-24 Correction/update from earlier 0.32.0 note. 0.33.0 adds forced-address-reuse defences, a config center, TUI send validation, wallet history API work, and fidelity-bond / tumbler fixes. • Wasabi Wallet 2.8.0 - 2026-06-28 This release adds P2P sync for compact filters, pay-in-coinjoin, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, payment batching, a Scheme scripting language, Signet support, and Tor forward compatibility. It also broadens platform reach with arm64 Linux, Tails, and Whonix support. • Payjoin Dev Kit payjoin-mailroom 0.1.2 - 2026-06-26 Hardens the combined Payjoin Directory and OHTTP Relay with bounded file-descriptor usage, recovery from transient accept errors, database/per-request metrics, and unified mailbox TTL. General wallet / spend • Stack Wallet 2.6.0 - 2026-06-27 Adds CakePay gift-card support. EDUCATION • The Fed Is Working on a CBDC The Rage reports that despite public denials, the Fed is internally researching CBDC design. A concrete surveillance-money piece that pairs directly with the 702 lapse for a “financial panopticon” segment. Also pair with the new ROAD to Housing Act CBDC-ban item: the ban runs only through 2030, which is the punchline. • BIP 110 Fork Simulator / explainer Interactive explainer of the BIP 110 “Reduced Data Temporary Softfork”: activation mechanics, what gets restricted, and how the data-filtering debate could split consensus. • How-To Guide: Running an Ecash Mint Hands-on Cashu / LNbits + Nutshell mint walkthrough. Ecash is the privacy tech of the moment; a good “run your own mint” counterweight to “just use a wallet.” • Bitcoin Privacy in 2026: A Practical Guide Dated 2026-06-04, outside even the grace cutoff, so use as evergreen rather than news. Good “where do listeners actually start” resource. • Bitcoin Optech #411 Carries the LND zero-timestamp DoS disclosure plus the usual protocol-discussion roundup. Patch reminder for node runners. • Bitcoin Optech #410 Summarises an active dev debate to remove opt-in RBF signaling because it now mainly fingerprints the wallet that created the transaction, plus Sparrow Silent Payments, JoinMarket, and Ark items. KEEP AN EYE ON • EU “Chat Control” final trilogue - Patrick Breyer / fightchatcontrol.eu The fourth and likely final trilogue on the permanent CSAM-scanning regulation is set for Monday 2026-06-29. Member states have reportedly dropped the forced encrypted-message-scanning mandate, but the Council text would still codify “voluntary” scanning and extend the interim derogation, with formal adoption expected in July. Outcome not yet known as of record date. • MiCA enforcement after July 1 - ESMA / Bull Bitcoin Bull Bitcoin is the self-custody-friendly example to watch, while ESMA’s wind-down warning is the enforcement backdrop. After July 1, check which EU-accessible services remain available, which providers stop onboarding, and whether “compliant but non-custodial” survives contact with implementation. TO DONATE TO ROMAN'S DEFENSE FUND: https://freeromanstorm.com/donate HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA --->

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  • June 27 · 1 hr 6 min

    Nostr Evangelism with Derek Ross | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 45

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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  • June 18 · 12 min

    Two Years In | Letter #6: Notes From The Inside

    In these episodes, we read Keonne’s recent letters written from FPC Morgantown. The aim in sharing this is simple: amplify Keonne’s story, support him and Bill, and ensure help reaches their families. If his voice isn’t your thing, the full text is linked in the show notes—please read, listen, and share. Thank you to Silas Thornbrook for reading this instalment. LINK TO THE LETTER AT THE RAGE HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE TO THE FAMILIES w/ BTC ----> https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_JpxtkLv95T SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ---> https://billandkeonne.org/

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  • June 15 · 1 hr 30 min

    RESILIENCE IS A VERB | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 44

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

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  • June 7 · 1 hr 6 min

    Locked & Loaded with Fenix Ammunition | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 43

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. GO TO https://nano-gpt.com for more information [[BILLLKEONNE]] 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.

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  • June 4 · 1 hr 4 min

    The Big Freeze | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 82

    A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. AOB FTF with Zach Q eurotrip New Foundation website NEWS U.S. Treasury seizes nearly 1B in Iran-linked crypto, Tether freezes 344M USDT on Tron https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/u-s-treasury-the-united-states-iran The Mined in America Act would put the Bitcoin network at risk https://www.therage.co/mined-in-america-act-bitcoin-at-risk/ CVE in Core Lightning: Optech #407 disclosure https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/29/ Introducing Cube: Burak unveils a trustless Bitcoin smart contract L2 https://medium.com/cube-bitcoin/introducing-cube-8b3702e470a5 Published: May 2026 Anonymous plaintiff sues for title to $293 billion in dormant Bitcoin https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/anonymous-plaintiff-seeks-legal-bitcoin Published: 2026-05-28 The U.S. Constitution inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain via expanded OP_RETURN https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/someone-inscribed-the-constitution-bitcoin Published: 2026-05-29 RELEASES Bitcoin Protocol, Core, Knots, Security Core Lightning v26.06rc2 — 2026-05-22 Release candidate 2 for CLN 26.06. Documentation and gRPC interface refinements on top of rc1's graceful command, sendamount RPC, and BOLT12 payer-proof support. Routing-node operators should test on a non-production node before adopting. Eclair 0.14.0 — 2026-05-21 Significant Lightning release from ACINQ. Final versions of channel splicing, simple taproot channels, and zero-fee commitments all ship in this version. This is the Eclair side of the same protocol work showing up in CLN and LDK. If you run an Eclair routing node, this is the upgrade to track. Hardware Signers and Hardware-Wallet Apps Coldcard MK5 launch — 2026-05-29 New flagship hardware. Larger Gorilla Glass screen, redesigned buttons, improved NFC, dual secure element architecture retained. Already supported in Bitcoin Safe 2.0.0rc0 from earlier this fortnight. Frostsnap 0.3.0 — 2026-05-27 Headline change: deterministic firmware build with cryptographic digest verification. So end users can independently verify the firmware binary matches the source. That is the right direction for any hardware signer carrying real money. Keystone 3 v2.4.4 — 2026-05-26 Wallet connection removal, Zcash SLIP39 support added, device verification fixes. Trezor Suite v26.5.1 — 2026-05-27 (FTD re-surfacing) Adds ERC-681 QR code support in the send form. Show editorial: only relevant if you use Trezor for Ethereum-side workflows, not a Bitcoin-only change. Ledger Live Desktop 4.5.0 — 2026-05-21 Bridge integration refactoring across desktop and mobile. Ledger Live Mobile 4.6.0 — 2026-05-28 Async API updates and bridge resolution improvements. Software Wallets Sparrow Wallet 2.5.0 — 2026-05-21 Headline feature: Silent Payments receiving wallets, including support for airgapped hardware wallet signers. Adds frigate.2140.dev as a Silent Payments capable public Electrum server, auto-selected when required. Plus a BIP32 derivation fallback when retrieving signing nodes for high-index inputs. This is the biggest privacy upgrade of the fortnight in any consumer-facing Bitcoin wallet, and the airgapped-signer support means Coldcard and similar users get it without going hot. Sparrow Frigate 1.5.3 — 2026-05-30 Adds a privacy-preserving hourly aggregate of historical scan stats, locally generated server.features response when the backend returns a method-not-found error, improvements to the hosts field in server.features. Bitcoin Seed Tool 2.3.0 — 2026-05-19 (borderline, in grace) Educational interface redesign with violet accent color and integrated learning features. Nunchuk Android 2.5.2 — 2026-05-27 "Bug fixes and improvements," nothing detailed publicly. Liana Business v0.1 — 2026-05-20 First alpha of Liana's business product line. Environment variable support for signet testing. New product tier from Wizard Sardine for business-focused multisig with timelocked recovery. Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (build 350) — 2026-05-19 Encrypted backup of custom payout addresses, restoration guidance, camera permission fix, push notification translations. Lightning, L2, Scaling Phoenix 2.8.0 — 2026-05-22 UI fixes on Android: scanning inverted QR codes, a button to use the entire available balance when paying Lightning. Phoenixd 0.8.0 — 2026-05-20 Upgraded lightning-kmp dependency to 1.12.0. ZEUS 13.0.2 — 2026-05-21 Stable release of the RC chain we previewed last fortnight. New default RGS server at rgs.zeusln.com with 15-minute graph updates instead of 3-hour. Improved clipboard, NFC, UI improvements. Arkade arkd v0.9.6 — 2026-05-26 Package and component renaming, CI workflow improvements, golang version bump. Arkade TS SDK @arkade-os/sdk 0.4.32 — 2026-05-29 Maintenance bump. Arkade TS SDK @arkade-os/boltz-swap 0.3.37 — 2026-05-29 Maintenance bump on the Boltz-swap helper. ThunderHub v0.18.4 — 2026-05-29 Native display formatting for trading distribution, better CLTV headroom in route building. Blink Mobile 2.4.49 — 2026-05-30 Bug fix: removes ABI-prefixed versionCode overrides. LNbits v1.5.5-rc1 — 2026-05-24 Release candidate. Mostro v0.17.4 — 2026-05-22 Payout confirmation to winner, solver-directed dispute slash, concurrent taker bonds with first-to-lock wins, MOSTRO_NSEC_PRIVKEY environment variable, Yadio price tolerance fix. Bisq v1.10.1 — 2026-05-30 Raises trade amount limits to 0.250 BTC after the v1.10.0 post-exploit reset. Adjusts risk-based reduction factors. Fixes a BSQ swap validation bug. Bisq v1.10.0 — 2026-05-17 (carries over from last fortnight as final tag on cutoff day) The post-incident hardening release we covered last fortnight: trade protocol validation, PGP supply-chain verification, 0.125 BTC initial cap, macOS Apple Silicon support. Ecash Cashu TS v4.5.1 — 2026-05-23 Deprecates the current checkProofsStates method in favour of a v5-compatible one. Wallet builders should plan the migration. Fedimint SDK canary release — 2026-05-27 React Native transport: flattened RPC payload, persistent callback. Rolling canary channel. Bitcoin Dev Infrastructure BDK FFI 3.0.0 — 2026-05-29 Major version of the BDK language bindings. Anyone shipping a wallet on top of BDK should read the migration notes carefully. Liquid GDK 0.77.4 — 2026-05-27 Rate-limiting error handling, Rust dependency updates, UTXO retrieval fixes, build improvements. Self-Hosting and Sovereignty Infra JoinMarket-NG 0.31.1 — 2026-05-30 Privacy-critical fix: prevents a Sybil DoS where relayed !hp2 floods could starve a maker's own post-ioauth commitment broadcasts. Also installs whiptail in maker and taker container images so the jm-ng TUI works out of the box. JoinMarket-NG continues to ship hardening on a tight cadence. Tor Browser 15.0.14 — 2026-05-19 (borderline, in grace) Important Firefox security updates rolled in. Mullvad Browser 15.0.14 — 2026-05-19 (borderline, in grace) Firefox 140.11.0esr base, NoScript 13.6.19.1984. Nostr (Bitcoin-relevant) Amethyst 1.11.0 — 2026-05-20 Restores Lightning Address and LNURL fields in Edit Profile. Useful: those fields were missing for a stretch and creators relying on zaps as a revenue stream were getting cut off in profile edits. EDUCATION TFTC retrospective: Why Keonne Rodriguez is in prison for building Samourai Wallet — 2026-05-28 Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #407 — 2026-05-29 CLN vulnerability disclosure (already in news), transcripts from a May Bitcoin Core developer meeting covering SwiftSync, cluster mempool, Erlay redesign, package relay. Eclair 0.14.0 and CLN 26.06rc2 release context. Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #406 — 2026-05-22 BIP322 advances to Complete status with human-readable prefixes and PSBT support. TCP hole punching for Bitcoin nodes behind NATs (we flagged this Delving Bitcoin thread last fortnight). Services section highlights Ibis Wallet (BDK-based with coin control and Tor), LDK Server, Mempool.space taproot visualization. Bitcoin Optech #406 recap podcast — 2026-05-26 Discussion of BIP322 updates, TCP hole punching, Ibis Wallet, LDK Server, Mempool.space v3.3.0, peer-observer infrastructure. Bitcoin Optech #405 recap podcast — 2026-05-19 Bitcoin Core CVE-2024-52911 discussion and the UTXO-set P2P sharing draft BIP with Fabian Jahr. Rainey's book on financial censorship Mentioned by Gladstein on 2026-05-21 as quoting his work on the war on cash and the blocksize war. Plug in education / further reading. 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  • May 31 · 1 hr 34 min

    NO HEALTH = NO FREEDOM | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 42

    A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth. In this week’s Freedom Tech Friday, Max welcomed back Zach Herbert, CEO of Foundation, for a deep dive into practical health sovereignty, starting at home. We moved beyond Bitcoin, seed phrases, and secure elements to the everyday systems thinking Zach has applied to his own biology. We tackled the big three of home optimisation; water, air, and light. Max and Zach explored how to choose and install reverse osmosis with remineralisation (and why it matters), whole‑home and countertop options for renters, UV sterilisation, shower filters, and the very real issues of PFAS, fluoride, and microplastics. On air, we explored CO₂ monitoring, ERV/HRV ventilation, humidification/dehumidification strategies, realistic budgets for owners and renters, and why indoor CO₂ quietly wrecks performance and sleep. When it came to light, they contrasted high‑CRI, no‑flicker LEDs with incandescents, circadian effects, dim‑to‑warm setups, and why harsh, blue‑heavy flicker can spike stress and fatigue, especially for kids. Max and Zach then dug into targeted personal health: why genetic insights should precede bloods, balancing privacy with utility, and how DNA variants (MTHFR, vitamin D conversion, dopamine response, drug metabolism) can explain lab results and guide smarter supplementation (methylated B vitamins, vitamin D) and protocols (sauna, blood donation trade‑offs). They also hit practicals on electrolyte quality and salt (ditch stevia/citric acid, choose clean salts), everyday toxin minimisation (tallow skincare, hydroxyapatite toothpaste, cleaner hair care), and a level‑headed take on parasites and ivermectin. The theme throughout: use tech to restore a more natural environment and reclaim health autonomy without going “100‑step protocol” make quick wins for renters and owners alike that compound over years for you and your family. HELP GET SAMOURAI A PARDON SIGN 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/billandkeonne DONATE 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.

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