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Sep 26, 2025 1 hr 14 min

CD179: SETH FOR PRIVACY QUARTERLY UPDATE

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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/sethforprivacy Seth on X: https://x.com/sethforprivacy Cake Wallet: https://cakewallet.com/ EPISODE: 179 BLOCK: 916494 PRICE: 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, optimism Video: https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqmytsgrtq3s8zeqt6cgfsw4vlemyfrz5z02ylhkp7tm08ztuc2ysryw55x more info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.com learn more about me: https://odell.xyz

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  1. 0:01 UK Digital ID Dystopia
  2. 1:02 Happy Bitcoin Friday
  3. 3:01 Samourai arrests fallout and Ashigaru vs Wasabi vs JoinMarket
  4. 6:49 Coordinator trust, liquidity, and taint/frozen funds
  5. 12:10 Cake Wallet updates and unveiling Cupcake signer
  6. 15:36 How Cupcake works: air-gapped signer, BCUR/BBQR, threat models
  7. 19:01 Travel, opsec, and device choices for Cupcake
  8. 21:30 Cupcake’s scope vs hardware wallets
  9. 25:21 Multisig discussions, open standards, and future features
  10. 29:43 Single sig and practical custody advice
  11. 30:29 Recent Monero Attack
  12. 36:21 ASIC resistance debate and Monero reorg analysis
  13. 41:02 Wild idea: switch Monero to Litecoin’s Scrypt ASICs
  14. 43:19 Lightning in Cake Wallet: evaluating Ark vs Spark
  15. 49:37 Spark’s pragmatism, privacy concerns, and operators
  16. 56:40 Strike/Primal, Cashu, and custodial vs self-custodial tradeoffs
  17. 58:56 Hands-on with Spark in Wallet of Satoshi beta
  18. 1:05:02 Bitcoin privacy outlook: Silent Payments, PayJoin, Lightning
  19. 1:06:14 Silent Payments UX: Frigate server model and performance
  20. 1:09:17 Run your own node for privacy and practical setups
  21. 1:09:51 Closing reflections: builders vs discourse, optimism

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