CD183: NVK - COINKITE AND COLDCARD

Nov 11, 2025 · 1h 45m

NVK is CoFounder of Coinkite, the makers of Coldcard. Coldcards are designed to help users securely use bitcoin offline. We discuss the variety of features that Coldcards provide users and the tradeoffs present when choosing how to best secure bitcoin. Disclosure: Ten31 is the exclusive investor in Coinkite. my easy coldcard guide: https://werunbtc.com/coldcard NVK on Nostr: https://primal.net/nvk NVK on X: https://x.com/nvk Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Ten31: https://www.ten31.xyz/ Cove Wallet: https://covebitcoinwallet.com/ Sparrow Wallet: https://sparrowwallet.com/ Bull Wallet: https://wallet.bullbitcoin.com/ White Noise: https://www.whitenoise.chat/ Bitkey: https://bitkey.world/ EPISODE: 183 BLOCK: 923180 PRICE: 967 sats per dollar (00:03:36) Whats New at Coinkite and the Growing User Base (00:05:24) Designing for Global Users and Changing Threat Models (00:06:36) Power vs. Simplicity (00:08:44) Onboarding Stories (00:09:56) Mobile vs Desktop Habits and Emerging Wallets (00:14:28) QR Workflows, NFC Push-tx, and SD Card Signing (00:15:32) Travel and Borders (00:17:04) Key Teleport: Device to Device Encrypted Sharing (00:22:38) Spending Policies (00:25:02) Trick PINs, Duress F…

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