Praveen is the creator and maintainer of Cove Wallet. An open source mobile wallet focused on easy and powerful self custody. We discuss the current features of Cove, future roadmap, and his perspective on balancing tradeoffs when using bitcoin.

Praveen on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsy8us3d6u5ynddk7lq7yz365hqqsptzd2923fvkgj4eepsady08uszccr0l
Praveen on X: https://x.com/PraveenPerera
Cove Wallet: https://covebitcoinwallet.com/


EPISODE: 165
BLOCK: 903685
PRICE: 923 sats per dollar

(00:00:01) Jack Mallers Intro

(00:03:14) Happy Bitcoin Wednesday

(00:05:56) Cove Wallet Features and Goals

(00:08:22) Technical Aspects of Cove Wallet

(00:13:32) Future Plans for Cove Wallet

(00:19:05) Node Connectivity and Privacy Features

(00:29:01) Cove Wallet and Hardware Wallet Integration

(00:36:00) Onboarding and User Experience

(00:45:07) Seed Words and Alternative Backups

(01:02:02) Collaborative Custody and Security

(01:14:45) Future Features and Feedback for Cove Wallet

(01:19:03) Bitcoin Industry and Market Thoughts

(01:28:08) Custodial vs Self-Custodial Solutions

(01:31:56) Closing Remarks and Future Plans

Alex Gleason was one of the main architects behind Donald Trump's Truth Social. Now he focuses on the intersection of nostr, ai, and bitcoin. We dive deep into how he thinks about the future of nostr and vibe coding: using ai tools to rapidly prototype and ship apps with simple text based prompts.

Alex on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhggpt7fy
Stacks: https://getstacks.dev/


EPISODE: 164
BLOCK: 901101
PRICE: 957 sats per dollar

(00:00:02) Alex's Presentation at the Oslo Freedom Forum

(00:01:31) Challenges and Opportunities in Decentralized Platforms

(00:02:31) The Role of AI in Decentralized Social Media

(00:05:00) Happy Bitcoin Friday

(00:06:09) Guest Introduction: Alex Gleason

(00:07:02) Truth Social

(00:10:35) Challenges of Centralized vs Decentralized Platforms

(00:14:01) Bridging Platforms

(00:19:13) Limitations and Potential of Mastodon and Bluesky

(00:24:08) The Future of AI and Vibe Coding

(00:31:08) Empowering Developers with AI

(00:38:09) The Impact of AI on Software Development

(00:47:02) Building with Getstacks.dev

(00:53:04) Impact of AI Models

(01:02:01) Monetization and Future of AI Development

(01:14:07) Open Source Development in an AI World

(01:22:17) Data Preservation Using Nostr

Femi Longe is the Global Bitcoin Development Lead at the Human Rights Foundation. The HRF has been supporting bitcoin developers, designers, and educators with grants and assistance for over five years with a focus on expanding bitcoin's usage as freedom money.

Femi on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsrjp40qtt73860r6ptfgr0ejwgl58s499egfvlvs49zszy4u2unaq6k0ry9
Femi on X: https://x.com/femilonge
HRF Dev Fund: https://hrf.org/devfund
Five Year Report: https://hrf.org/latest/bitcoin-development-fund-5-year-report/


EPISODE: 163
BLOCK: 900510
PRICE: 925 sats per dollar

(00:00:00) AlJazeera Intro Clip

(00:03:19) Happy Bitcoin Monday

(00:04:26) Guest Introduction: Femi from HRF

(00:05:13) Oslo Freedom Forum and Bitcoin's Role

(00:09:04) HRF's Bitcoin Development Fund

(00:14:15) Bitcoin's Global Impact and Challenges

(00:21:15) Funding and Supporting Bitcoin Projects

(00:31:29) Earning and Spending Bitcoin Globally

(00:39:02) Innovations in Bitcoin Transactions

(00:50:43) Investment and Support for Global Bitcoin Projects

(01:00:09) The Importance of the Africa Bitcoin Conference

(01:07:09) Final Thoughts and Call to Action