CD181: FRANCIS POULIOT - BULL BITCOIN SELF CUSTODY BULL WALLET

Francis is the Founder of Bull Bitcoin, one of the best bitcoin brokerage services. They recently launched a self custody mobile wallet on ios and android: Bull Wallet. This rip was earlier today, in person, in Lugano. We are both here for the PlanB Forum. Francis on Nostr: https://primal.net/francis Francis on X: https://x.com/francispouliot_ Bull Wallet: https://wallet.bullbitcoin.com PlanB Forum: https://planb.lugano.ch/planb-forum/ EPISODE: 181 BLOCK: 920238 PRICE: 929 sats per dollar (00:00:00) Catching up from Lugano: old rips, 2019 memories, and lore (00:01:07) Introducing Bull Wallet: goals, BDK under the hood, and UX vision (00:02:21) Lightning lessons: LDK attempts, liquidity pain, and Phoenix tradeoffs (00:04:38) Fee shocks and “just-in-time” channels: why Liquid entered the plan (00:06:24) Liquid + Boltz atomic swaps: architecture, Rootstock notes, and standards push (00:07:37) Designing for privacy and power users: Sparrow on mobile, Payjoin journey (00:12:21) Data minimization in practice: no push, no cloud leaks, strict dependencies (00:13:56) Shipping realities: iOS approval grind and cross‑platform necessity (00:15:11) Secure versus Instant: Liquid framing, hype cy…