Blockstream Talk

Making Bitcoin Self-Custody Easy with Rich Grambergs - Blockstream Talk #21

Episode Summary

Welcome back to Blockstream Talk. Today, we're talking to Rich Gramberg from the Jade product and support team. After a long list of blow ups over the last couple of quarters across the exchange, lending and fund spaces, and now also failures emerging within the banking sector, counterparty risk and the importance of self custody is really being highlighted. The topic of today's conversation is all things Jade covering the importance of taking self-custody your Bitcoin, where demand for hardware wallets is strongest, how to build your own device if you're so inclined, and new features that are in the pipeline for the second half of this year. If you find this conversation useful, don't forget to subscribe and share this conversation with your network.

Episode Notes

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01:51 Major developments in the self-custody landscape

03:41 The fundamental problem Blockstream is solving

08:55 The fundamental problem Blockstream is solving

12:35 Other Bitcoin wallets that Jade works with

13:37 The Blockstream Jade reseller program

15:21 Blockstream Jade blind pin server

19:05 Other assets that Jade supports

20:50 The next 12 months in Jade development

22:53 Lightning integration in Blockstream Jade

23:50 Blockstream Green UX development

25:00 The Bitcoin hardware wallet market

26:23 Tradeoffs between singlesig & multisig

28:30 Common difficulties in bitcoin self-custody

29:55 Demonstrating Jade at Bitcoin Park

32:40 Common questions for Blockstream Support

34:42 How the Jade DIY process works

36:22 2023 look ahead for Blockstream Jade