CD185: ROB AND ANDREAS - BETTER BITCOIN WALLETS

Dec 2, 2025 · 1h 09m

Rob is the creator of Kyoto, an implementation of compact block filters that makes it easier for developers to build more private bitcoin wallets. Andreas is the creator of Bitcoin Safe, an app designed to make it easier to use hardware wallets securely. Andreas on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsqd0y6klqxew4glwggn63jvumrgprnl32tw7hpuzfhv6msgf7y3agm756qu Bitcoin Safe on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsyz7tjgwuarktk88qvlnkzue3ja52c3e64s7pcdwj52egphdfll0cq9934g Bitcoin Safe on X: https://x.com/BitcoinSafeOrg Kyoto on Github: https://github.com/rustaceanrob/kyoto 2140: https://2140.dev EPISODE: 185 BLOCK: 926163 PRICE: 1099 sats per dollar (00:03:04) Bitcoin Dev Kit (00:04:39) Andreas (Bitcoin Safe) and Rob (Kyoto) (00:05:58) What is BDK? Goals, safety, and language bindings (00:09:27) Why BDK matters for UX, testing, and reliability (00:09:50) Kyoto origin story and compact block filters vision (00:13:21) Privacy model: servers vs. compact block filters (00:19:39) Do compact block filters work on mobile? Performance tradeoffs (00:23:55) Kyoto as a Rust reference client for BIP157/158 (00:24:35) Bitcoin Safe overview: desktop cold storage with hardware signers (00:25:4…

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