CD179: SETH FOR PRIVACY QUARTERLY UPDATE

Seth is VP of Cake Wallet, a self custody bitcoin wallet available on ios, android, and desktop. We discuss their new offline companion app, Cupcake, and variety of other privacy related topics.Seth on Nostr: https://primal.net/sethforprivacySeth on X: https://x.com/sethforprivacyCake Wallet: https://cakewallet.com/EPISODE: 179BLOCK: 916494PRICE: 909 sats per dollar(00:00:01) UK Digital ID Dystopia(00:01:02) Happy Bitcoin Friday(00:03:01) Samourai arrests fallout and Ashigaru vs Wasabi vs JoinMarket(00:06:49) Coordinator trust, liquidity, and taint/frozen funds(00:12:10) Cake Wallet updates and unveiling Cupcake signer(00:15:36) How Cupcake works: air-gapped signer, BCUR/BBQR, threat models(00:19:01) Travel, opsec, and device choices for Cupcake(00:21:30) Cupcake’s scope vs hardware wallets(00:25:21) Multisig discussions, open standards, and future features(00:29:43) Single sig and practical custody advice(00:30:29) Recent Monero Attack(00:36:21) ASIC resistance debate and Monero reorg analysis(00:41:02) Wild idea: switch Monero to Litecoin’s Scrypt ASICs(00:43:19) Lightning in Cake Wallet: evaluating Ark vs Spark(00:49:37) Spark’s pragmatism, privacy concerns, and operators(00:56:40) Strike/Primal, Cashu, and custodial vs self-custodial tradeoffs(00:58:56) Hands-on with Spark in Wallet of Satoshi beta(01:05:02) Bitcoin privacy outlook: Silent Payments, PayJoin, Lightning(01:06:14) Silent Payments UX: Frigate server model and performance(01:09:17) Run your own node for privacy and practical setups(01:09:51) Closing reflections: builders vs discourse, optimismVideo: https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqmytsgrtq3s8zeqt6cgfsw4vlemyfrz5z02ylhkp7tm08ztuc2ysryw55xmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyz