Episode
CD209: MATTHEW VUK - BARK - BITCOIN PAYMENTS ON ARK
- Podcast
- Citadel Dispatch
- Published
- Jul 20, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 4410
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Summary
Matthew Vuk joins to discuss Bark, Second’s Bitcoin-only implementation of the Ark protocol. We get into how Ark wallets enable Lightning, on-chain, and instant Ark payments without managing channels or liquidity, plus VTXOs, delegated refreshes, unilateral exits, cloud backups, fees, privacy, and denial-of-service protections. Then we discuss running Ark servers, using Bark to power Cashu mints and African mobile-money gateways, proof of reserves, comparisons with Spark and Arkade, and Second’s mission to build open-source Bitcoin payment infrastructure. Second: https://second.tech Built with Bark: https://second.tech/docs/built-with-bark Matthew on X: https://x.com/matthewvuk2 Second on Nostr: https://primal.net/second EPISODE: 209 BLOCK: 958911 PRICE: 1529 sats per dollar more info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.com learn more about me: https://odell.xyz monitor the situation: https://citadelwire.com ten31: https://ten31.xyz opensats: https://opensats.org