S16 E43: Vikrant Sharma on Cake Wallet, Bitcoin & Privacy

Vikrant Sharma, better known as Vik, is the CEO and founder of Cake Wallet: the first Bitcoin wallet to support both Silent Payments and PayJoins. In this episode, we talk about the wallet's Monero roots & what is next in terms of features.

Time stamps:
00:01:05 - Introducing Vik
00:01:24 - Cake Wallet Features for Bitcoin and Monero
00:03:08 - Background Sync Improvements
00:03:49 - Monero.com Wallet Discussion
00:04:41 - Monero Community Insights
00:05:01 - Privacy in Monero Transactions
00:06:33 - Funding and Revenue Model
00:08:29 - Vik's Background in Steel and Tech
00:10:34 - Discovering Bitcoin and Privacy Apps
00:13:22 - Launching Cakewallet for Monero
00:14:23 - Why Start with Monero Over Bitcoin
00:15:35 - Origin of the Name "Cake Wallet"
00:17:36 - Order of Coins Added to Cake Wallet
00:19:09 - PayJoins and Silent Payments
00:21:11 - Citrea
00:22:34 - Layer 2 Labs and Drivechains
00:24:32 - Silent Payments Address Drama
00:25:35 - Qubic Mining Drama in Monero
00:30:42 - Monero's Resilience to Attacks
00:32:53 - Monero as a Stablecoin
00:33:41 - Use It to Win: Spending vs Hodling
00:36:38 - Treasury Company Plans
00:39:28 - Future of Privacy Coins
00:42:58 - SideShift.ai
00:44:20 - NoOnes.com
00:45:29 - Bitcoin.com News
00:46:37 - Taxes and Privacy Coins
00:48:42 - Layers of Privacy
00:59:00 - Zcash and Privacy Experiments
01:00:36 - Growing the Crypto Space
01:02:44 - Supported Coins: Ethereum
01:06:17 - Litecoin and MWEB Integration
01:08:43 - Dogecoin Addition
01:10:37 - Wownero for Monero Community
01:11:17 - Bitcoin Cash Support in Cake Wallet
01:13:30 - Polygon and Tron for Low Fees
01:15:44 - Nano for Feeless Payments
01:17:00 - Decred and Community Overlap
01:18:14 - Zano and Confidential Assets
01:20:06 - Lightning Network Plans
01:21:46 - Zcash Future Integration
01:23:02 - Cupcake Airgapped Wallet
01:26:00 - Considering Kaspa
01:29:56 - Dash Privacy Debate
01:32:20 - Network Effects and Wallet Choices
01:34:57 - Raven Coin Experiment
01:35:43 - Hiring Developers
01:36:18 - Custom Wallpapers and UI Overhaul
01:37:12 - One Seed for All Wallets
01:38:31 - How Many of the Supported Coins Will Survive?
01:39:46 - Multi-Coin Payment Services
01:40:32 - Pay Invoice Feature
01:42:03 - User Data and Privacy Policy
01:45:49 - Node Data Handling
01:47:04 - Advice on Self-Custody
01:48:17 - Where to Follow Vik and Cake Wallet
01:48:51 - Closing Remarks