The US Treasury just told Congress that crypto mixers serve valid financial privacy purposes. The same agency that sanctioned Tornado Cash. They drew a distinction between custodial and non-custodial mixing services and stopped short of recommending new restrictions on non-custodial mixers. Words on a page for now, but a notable shift. We break it down on the latest Bitcoin Brief.

Ungovernable Misfits • Vibe Corning | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 77 • Listen on Fountain

Max and Q cover the latest happenings in the world of Bitcoin, privacy and much more. AOBPrimeNew letter from KeonneQ vibing hardNEWSGrapheneOS ann...

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"I feel like I've been given the infinity stone and I can just unleash the universe's powers" That's me talking to @MaxUM about what AI coding feels like. I went from years of "but I'm not a dev" to building real software in weeks. Full episode:

Ungovernable Misfits • Vibe Corning | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 77 • Listen on Fountain

Max and Q cover the latest happenings in the world of Bitcoin, privacy and much more. AOBPrimeNew letter from KeonneQ vibing hardNEWSGrapheneOS ann...

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GM 🫡 Stealth is an open-source Bitcoin wallet privacy audit tool. Paste your wallet descriptor. Get a report showing address reuse, common input ownership violations, dust exposure, change detection weaknesses, and 8 more heuristic checks, all run locally. Same techniques chain analysis firms use. Now in your hands. We're covering it all later today on FTF. 10AM EST / 2PM UK on the Ungovernable feed. @MaxUM @Seth For Privacy @UGMFPodcast #FREEDOMTECHFRIDAY

Chainalysis has your Bitcoin wallet clustered, your change addresses flagged, and your spending patterns mapped. But do YOU know what they can see? A new open-source tool called 'Stealth' runs the same heuristics against your own wallet, and shows you exactly where your privacy might be leaking. We're breaking it down on #FREEDOMTECHFRIDAY tomorrow, with @brenorb - 10AM EST / 2PM UK. No that EST time is not a typo. Daylight savings 🙃 Live on the @Ungovernable Misfits feed. Get your questions in! 👇 @MaxUM @Seth For Privacy

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Cake Wallet just made self-custodial Lightning as simple as on-chain Bitcoin. No channels, no liquidity management, no extra seed backup. Just a toggle. On FTF 32, Seth demos the whole thing live and goes deep on the technical decisions -- Spark's statechain model, privacy improvements over Wallet of Satoshi's implementation, why Arc wasn't the right fit for mobile, and what blind signing could mean for future privacy. The practical takeaway: "if you can write down 12 words, you can use Lightning now. And you don't need a custodial wallet to do it." https://fountain.fm/episode/1naDlyrnaviumQ8iB2oa @MaxUM @Seth For Privacy @Ungovernable Misfits #FREEDOMTECHFRIDAY

FTF 32 is out! Cake Wallet shipped self-custodial Lightning in version 6.0, powered by Spark. Seth walks through everything: the journey from scrapping their LDK implementation to choosing Spark, how the privacy model works (VPN-style -- Spark operators see your transactions but nothing is published publicly), why they chose Spark over Ark, and the path to blind signing that could give near-Monero-level privacy to Lightning transactions. The live demo is worth watching on its own. Every Bitcoin wallet in Cake is now a Lightning wallet at a toggle. Same seed, no channel management, no force closes, fee-less on-chain deposits. One listener literally opened a Cake Wallet during the show. Max called it "even me proof" which is honestly the best endorsement. The Spark vs Arc comparison is the most balanced take I have heard on this -- Seth gives Arc credit while being honest about the mobile trade-offs. And the section on whether Spark qualifies as self-custodial is worth the listen whether you agree or not. Listen here: https://fountain.fm/show/sbfNnARG7zj3nL6Xfill @MaxUM @Seth For Privacy @Ungovernable Misfits #FREEDOMTECHFRIDAY

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"If you can save 12 words, you can use Lightning now." Seth breaks down why Cake Wallet's new Lightning integration -- powered by Spark -- could finally shift Lightning from 95% custodial to meaningfully self-custodial. No channels, no node, no force closes. One listener opened a wallet during the live demo. Full episode: https://fountain.fm/show/sbfNnARG7zj3nL6Xfill @MaxUM @Seth For Privacy @Ungovernable Misfits #FREEDOMTECHFRIDAY

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GM and happy #FREEDOMTECHFRIDAY Final call for pre submitted questions and comments for today's show with @Seth For Privacy on @Cake Wallet new Lightning integration with Spark 👇 We'll be live at 9AM EST / 2PM UK with @MaxUM on the @Ungovernable Misfits feeds. SEE YOU THERE 🫡