TABConf 7 2025: Bitcoin Clients and Mobile, Challenges and Possibilities with Davidson Souza and João Victor

<p>Bitcoin is a peer to peer network, and real sovereignty means running your own client instead of trusting a third party. With most of the world on smartphones, bringing Bitcoin clients to mobile is a big unlock for decentralization, privacy, and user empowerment. </p><p><br></p><p>In this talk, Davidson Souza and João Victor share what they built at SatsHack 2024: a BDK based wallet using Floresta, a Utreexo powered Bitcoin light client for Android. They cover verification, local transaction discovery, running continuously like a node, broadcasting directly to the P2P network, plus what worked, what hurt, and the technical challenges that make mobile clients hard and worth it.</p><p>Featuring Davidson Souza and João Victor.</p><p>Recorded live at TABConf 7 in 2025.</p>