Signal vs Microsoft’s surveillance vision: 👀 Microsoft: Wants to monitor your screen 24/7 “for productivity” 📵 Signal: DRM to block screen capture @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @Carman and @Paul discuss AI overreach and the defensive role of apps like Signal in BR097.
Smart defaults save sats. 🙏 New UX in Cove wallet blocks transactions where the fee is >100% of the amount, and warns >20%. COLDCARD has similar footgun protections, with customizable thresholds. @Praveen Perera and @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 compare design decisions in BR097.
Android v1.68.1 of @nunchuk_io adds custom explorers, wallet reordering & archiving, and an "anti-fee sniping" setting. What’s anti-fee sniping? 🤔 A defense against miners reorging to claim high-fee txs. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @Praveen Perera & @Carman break it down in BR097.
A clean Rust core + Swift UI = fast, flexible app development. ✅ @Praveen Perera explains why his @Bitcoin Dev Kit integration went smoothly, how Android support will be easy to add, and how feedback led to real improvements when building Cove wallet. [BR097]
Ecash privacy and interoperability just got a level up with Harbor. ✅ Tor routing ✅ Cashu ↔ Fedimint via ⚡️Lightning ✅ On-chain receive support Devs @Paul and @Carman discuss the project with @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and @Praveen Perera in BR097.