BR027 - Bitcoin Client Building Blocks: BDK,LDK,MDK,NDK? ft Steve Myers, Steve Lee, ThunderB & Elias

I’m joined by guests Steve Myers, Steve Lee, Thunderbiscuit & Elias to discuss Bitcoin Client building blocks.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:00:56 Introductions

• 00:04:46 Why is BDK necessary

• 00:07:14 Primer on BDK and the state of development

• 00:11:54 How do you test BDK

• 00:14:25 Who is using BDK

• 00:21:01 Using BDK to develop

• 00:23:48 Big items being worked on

• 00:35:07 LDK node

• 00:42:03 Spiral wallet?

• 00:46:33 Reference wallet training tool on testnet

• 00:48:58 LDK

• 00:54:43 Relationship with Spiral

• 01:04:12 NDK & Nostr

• 01:11:26 MDK

• 01:22:41 Further references and how to get involved

• 01:28:54 Final thoughts

Notes & Resources

• Bitcoin Development Kit BDK

• Lightning Development Kit LDK

• The Mining Development Kit - Unlocking Innovation in Bitcoin Mining Block

• Nostr Development Kit (NDK)

• Spiral

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