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