The Bitcoin Game #70: Michael Flaxman, Securing Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Game

Welcome to episode 70 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm always wanting to learn things via my podcast, and hopefully it helps others learn too. So when I heard Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera's podcast, I thought he was such a compelling guest that I just had to have him on The Bitcoin Game. In this episode we dive into details about Bitcoin, security, and multisig.

LINKS

Michael Flaxman on Twitter https://twitter.com/mflaxman

Michael Flaxman's Website https://www.michaelflaxman.com

Michael Flaxman's Bitcoin Multisig Hardware Wallet Comparison https://bitcoin-hardware-wallet.github.io

Michael's In-Depth Article on Multisig Coming Soon!

Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera Podcast (Hardware Wallets) https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97

Mt. Gox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

2014 Proof of Reserves article https://www.coindesk.com/krakens-audit-proves-holds-100-bitcoins-reserve

PyCoin (Open Source Library) https://pypi.org/project/pycoin/0.51

Shamir's Shared Secret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Coldcard Hardware Wallet https://coldcardwallet.com

Trezor Hardware Wallet https://trezor.io

Ledger Hardware Wallet https://www.ledger.com

Hardware Wallet Passphrase (Trezor guide) https://blog.trezor.io/passphrase-the-ultimate-protection-for-your-accounts-3a311990925b

Hardware Wallet Mnemonic Seed Phrase / BIP 39 https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Mnemonic_phrase

Ian Coleman's BIP 39 Tool https://iancoleman.io/bip39

BIP 174 / Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0174.mediawiki

Crypto Steel (One of several Seed Backup Solutions) https://cryptosteel.com

Multisig https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature

Electrum Bitcoin Wallet https://electrum.org

Electrum Personal Server Github https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server

Secure Element (Gemalto site - supplier to Ledger) https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-is-a-secure-element

HD Wallet Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deterministic_wallet

Random Number Generator (RNG) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation

Segwit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org/en/download

Graphical User Interface (GUI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface

Bitcoin Testnet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet

Nonce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce

Tails OS https://tails.boum.org

If you liked this episode, I bet you'll like my fairly exclusive interviews with Peter Kroll, the creator of the paper wallet, and white-hat hacker Johoe, who recovered Bitcoin during the 2013 Android RNG issue.

The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-56-paper-wallet-inventor-peter-kroll

The Bitcoin Game #7: Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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