S8 E4: Lawrence Nahum on Blockstream's Jade

Published: March 18, 2021, 9:38 a.m.

b'In January 2021, Blockstream took the Bitcoin world by surprise by announcing the Jade hardware wallet \\u2013 a powerful and inexpensive device. In this episode, Blockstream Chief Architect Lawrence Nahum explains how Jade works and what it aims to accomplish. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Blockstream. \\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013\\u2013 Time stamps: 00:00 \\u2013 Intro 03:38 \\u2013 Why did Blockstream join the hardware market? 05:46 \\u2013 Blockstream\\u2019s version of the anti-klepto, anti-Exfil 06:46 \\u2013 How Jade can fix the multisig user experience 08:45 \\u2013 Wait, isn\\u2019t Jade a green stone? 09:37 \\u2013 Bitcoin wallets and colors 10:10 \\u2013 How does Jade work with Wasabi and Electrum? 11:39 \\u2013 Do Jade\\u2019s QR code scanning and bluetooth connectivity make it a mobile-specific hardware wallet? 12:40 \\u2013 Making Jade work as a stand-alone device 13:46 \\u2013 Air-gapping and false promises by other hardware wallet manufacturers 15:54 \\u2013 Jade vs Trezor, Ledger, and BitBox02 22:55 \\u2013 Does Blockstream have a bounty policy for responsible security disclosures for the Jade hardware wallet? 24:44 \\u2013 Building your own Jade from the open sourced specifications 25:59 \\u2013 What was the reception like for the Jade? Have any experts tried to hack into the Jade? 28:37 \\u2013 Tropic Square and open source security chips for hardware wallets 31:10 \\u2013 Buying a hardware wallet vs building your own from general-purpose parts 35:32 \\u2013 Does PSBT make your coins more secure? Will Blockstream\\u2019s Jade add PSBT? 37:08 \\u2013 How can you protect your privacy when ordering a hardware wallet? 43:38 \\u2013 Multisig vs Shamir Secret Sharing 49:27 \\u2013 When do you know that you need a multisig? 52:39 \\u2013 What\\u2019s next for Blockstream? 53:45 \\u2013 What\\u2019s the next Jade update going to include? 57:09 \\u2013 Lawrence Nahum\\u2019s ideas to integrate Jade with Lightning and JoinMarket 1:00:30 \\u2013 Shitcoins lying about their contributions to computer science and how newbies fall for it 1:03:00 \\u2013 Promoting shitcoins is bad 1:04:21 \\u2013 Bitcoin sidechains integrating interesting ideas from shitcoins (Drivechain, RSK) 1:06:58 \\u2013 The tradeoffs involved when using sidechains 1:08:10 \\u2013 When will Jade production meet its demand? 1:08:55 \\u2013 What is the service life of the wallet? 1:11:46 \\u2013 The Jade roadmap, revisited 1:15:06 \\u2013 Can you use Jade for multisig in a quorum? 1:16:20 \\u2013 Wen Reckless Review? 1:19:20 \\u2013 Lawrence Nahum also created ABCore 1:20:59 \\u2013 Why is Lawrence\\u2019s wallet called GreenAddress? 1:25:00 \\u2013 Lawrence Nahum consulted HTC for the Exodus 1s full node phone 1:27:53 \\u2013 How Lawrence Nahum came up with ABCore after receiving an Android TV accessory 1:30:13 \\u2013 #BringBackRecklessReview #BuyUdiAMicrophone'