Silent Payments & Bitcoin Privacy

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A new Amsterdam nonprofit hires salaried developers, opens an office in March, and sponsors visas to create sustained mentorship and long‑term maintenance work rather than short grants. Core deliverables: implement BIP352 (Silent Payments) end‑to‑end, add sending support into wallets via libraries like libp and BDK, and build client infrastructure (indexes and scanning services) over the next 6–12 months. Emphasis is on Bitcoin Core usability, testing, IBD improvements and keeping real services running.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:432140 Bitcoin foundation
3. 3:15Remote Bitcoin work challenges
4. 5:202140 mentorship focus
5. 7:252140 Amsterdam office
6. 8:50Silent Payments incubator
7. 9:53Silent Payments privacy
8. 10:362025 integration plans
9. 12:39Q&A

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