Hardware Bitcoin Security And Blockstream’s Jade Wallet
Two hands-on hardware wallet developers discuss bitcoin custody and its technicalitiesWatch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:BitcoinTVAppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastIn this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” Aaron van Wirdum conducted one more interview without his regular co-host Sjors Provoost. Instead, he was joined by Blockstream’s Lawrence Nahum, one of the developers behind the Jade wallet; and Ben Kaufman, one of the developers of the Specter wallet, which is specifically designed to work with hardware wallets.Van Wirdum, Nahum and Kaufman talked about what....
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