#531: Creating A Decentralized Super-app with Obi Nwosu
Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to discuss the launch of the launch of the Fedi app.
Obi on Twitter: https://x.com/obi
Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/
0:00 - Intro
1:27 - Launch euphoria
4:40 - Fedi’s purpose
9:06 - Fedi devs
12:20 - River & Unchained
13:36 - Interoperability and unleashed chat
17:24 - Individual community needs
25:03 - What Fedi replaces
31:21 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:59 - How to improve and expand
39:38 - Flipping perspective on money
49:41 - Stability pools
55:48 - Sapping power from fiat system
1:02:31 - Managing expectations - What’s next
1:08:08 - Open source announcement
1:13:25 - Running on a bitcoin standard
1:18:25 - Wrapping up
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#530: Pedophilia Is The Currency Of Geopolitics with Dave Collum
Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss inflation, the election and the twisted networks influencing politics and entertainment.
Dave on Twitter: https://x.com/DavidBCollum
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Truflation is BS
9:18 - Hardware collateralized debt
11:08 - Deflation and money supply
14:13 - River & Unchained
16:06 - Yen carry trade and US buybacks
19:36 - Compounding valuations
25:32 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
27:38 - Narrative control and war drums
34:04 - Kamala’s campaign
40:19 - The assassination memory hole
43:47 - Elon
48:51 - Propaganda whirlwind
59:54 - Dark and disturbing networks
1:23:05 - Free speech
1:29:51 - Trump’s second term
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NEARLY EVERY AMERICAN EXPOSED IN DATA LEAK | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #318
- Up to 2.9 Billion Records Stolen in a Hack of US Background Check Company https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/up-to-2-9-billion-records-stolen-in-a-hack-of-a-us-background-check-company/
- UN Cybercrime Draft Convention Approved Unanimously Despite Widespread Opposition https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/un-cybercrime-draft-convention-approved-unanimously-despite-widespread-opposition/
- Russia, Venezuela Block Signal Messenger https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/russia-venezuela-block-signal-messenger/
- SimpleX Raises $1.3M from Jack Dorsey & Asymmetric VC, Releases Chat v6.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/simplex-chat-v6-0/
- Nigerian Bitcoiner Sues Government for the Right to Own, Acquire, and Trade Bitcoin https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nigerian-bitcoiner-sues-government-for-the-right-to-own-acquire-and-trade-bitcoin/
- OpenSats Announces New Round of Grants Focused on Bitcoin Core https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-announces-new-round-of-grants-focused-on-bitcoin-core/
- Human Rights Foundation Story of the Week
Venezuela | Restricts Access to Binance and Blocks X Amid Post-Election Upheaval
Venezuelans are now struggling to access Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. “Like several company websites in different segments in Venezuela, including social media, Binance’s pages have been facing access restrictions,” Binance announced. Binance is a peer-to-peer exchange popular with Venezuelans in search of US dollars, stablecoins, and Bitcoin to escape the regime’s ongoing devaluation of the bolívar. With Binance now inaccessible, many find themselves financially trapped and increasingly vulnerable in a country where 82% live in poverty and 53% live in extreme poverty. Alongside censoring Binance, Maduro has blocked access to social media platform X for 10 days, revoked passports arbitrarily, and detained over 2,000 activists, lawyers, opposition figures, and civilians protesting the fraudulent election results. FinancialFreedomReport.org
- Validating Lightning Signer v0.12: 'Benevolent Basilisk' https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/validating-lightning-signer-v0-12/
- Bankify: Turn Cashu Mints into Lightning Wallets with NWC https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/introducing-bankify/
- El Salvador Attracts $1.6 Billion for Port Infrastructure Development Near Bitcoin City https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/el-salvador-attracts-1-6-billion-for-port-infrastructure-development-near-bitcoin-city/
2:52 - How the turntables
6:54 - Dashboard
9:27 - Bitcoin policy
19:23 - Big leak
25:18 - Stak
26:36 - UN cybercrime
37:43 - Russia & Venezuela block Signal
39:53 - SimpleX raise
48:27 - Nigerian bitcoiner sues gov
53:31 - OpenSats grants
58:51 - HRF Story of the Week
1:04:25 - Boosts
1:09:45 - Software updates
1:15:41 - El Salvador infrastructure investment
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#529: How The Yen Carry Trade Will Skyrocket Bitcoin with Peruvian Bull
Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss what's being done by the Bank of Japan.
Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://x.com/peruvian_bull
Peruvian Bull on Substack: https://dollarendgame.substack.com/
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1:02 - Yen carry trade backdrop
15:47 - River and Unchained
17:03 - Market caught off guard
20:10 - Liquidity alarm bell
27:01 - Current status
33:41 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
35:19 - What do central bank counterparties do?
44:12 - Treasury demand
48:55 - Predicting the timeline
51:34 - Good for bitcoin
56:50 - How to prepare
1:03:36 - Fourth turning
1:10:06 - Wrapping up
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#528: Bitcoin Is The Liquidity Alarm Bell with Preston Pysh
Marty sits down with Preston Pysh to discuss further spiraling of the debt crisis and how bitcoin can help.
Preston on Twitter: https://x.com/PrestonPysh
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Treasury auctions and stablecoins
11:06 - Potentially solving the debt problem
23:31 - River & Unchained
24:47 - Bank of Japan
26:22 - Accelerating toward the election
29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
30:55 - Global M2 and liquidity alarm bell
50:15 - Bitcoin corporate treasuries
44:10 - Creating a soft landing
47:50 - Bitcoiners gaining influence
57:23 - How far does this cycle go?
1:04:27 - Vote with your node
1:10:52 - The handout mindset
1:13:44 - Optimism
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BITCOIN IS THE ONLY FREE MARKET | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #317
- Dark Skippy hardware wallet vulnerability disclosure https://darkskippy.com/
- Mutiny Wallet to Shut Down at the End of the Year https://blog.mutinywallet.com/mutiny-wallet-is-shutting-down/
- Fedi's Community 'Super App' Officially Launched https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fedi-app-v1-18/
- ARK to contribute a fixed percentage of revenue to open source contributors https://x.com/OpenSats/status/1819764664214958106
- Build Asset Management to Donate 10% of Management Fees to Support Open-Source Bitcoin Development https://opensats.org/blog/donation-commitment-from-build-asset-management
- OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Kieran Harkin https://opensats.org/blog/kieran-receives-lts-grant
- OpenSats Announced Sixth Wave of Nostr Grants https://opensats.org/blog/nostr-grants-august-2024
- Human Rights Foundation Story of the Week
Pakistan | Escalating Internet Censorship
Pakistan is intensifying internet censorship by introducing a nationwide internet firewall and imposing stringent compliance requirements on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority plans to screen and approve state-compliant VPNs. While the government cites national security as a reason for this action, critics and digital rights activists argue that these measures enhance the regime’s ability to monitor and control internet activity. The impact of these restrictions extends beyond communication barriers. They can also impact access to financial services, for example, by cutting off access to alternative currencies like Bitcoin (which have provided a liferaft for many Pakistanis but which was restricted in 2018). These policies contribute to a troubling pattern of digital and financial repression for the 235 million Pakistanis living under a hybrid authoritarian regime. Similar measures have been observed in China and Iran, where the regimes exert internet controls to suppress dissent and maintain their power. FinancialFreedomReport.org
- RaspiBlitz v1.11.1: WebUI Setup & Recovery Redesign https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/raspiblitz-v1-11-1/
- Fedimint v0.4.0: Changing Peer DNS Names, Wallet Client Module Rewrite https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fedimint-v0-4-0/
- ESP Miner v2.1.9: Overheat Mode, Improvements & Fixes https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/esp-miner-firmware-v2-1-9/
- Aqua Wallet v0.2.0: RBF, Lower Liquid Fees, Native USDT Transactions https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/aqua-wallet-v0-2-0/
- NDK v2.10: Performance Gains, New Tutorials, Cache Adapter, ndk-wallet https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ndk-v2-10/
- UK police arresting people for facebook comments, retweets https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1821178852397477984
2:52 - Right into the dashboard
5:45 - Discussing the bloodbath
12:34 - Yen carry trade experts
24:10 - Stak
25:28 - Dark Skippy
40:52 - Mutiny shutting down
46:10 - Fedi app
53:02 - Ark donations
1:01:37 - Build donations
1:12:58 - OpenSats nostr grants
1:15:47 - HRF Story of the Week
1:18:02 - UK riots and censorship
1:26:41 - Bangladesh
1:27:49 - Boosts
1:31:37 - Software updates
1:36:32 - Zach Bryan and wild times
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STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #316
- Senator Lummis Unveils Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Legislation: The BITCOIN Act https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/the-bitcoin-act-introduced/
- Tether Q2 2024 Report https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1818677595858211185
- MARA Buys $100M Worth of Bitcoin, Reactivates 'Full HODL' Strategy https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mara-buys-100m-worth-of-bitcoin/
- A Bitaxe Has Mined Block 853742 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/a-bitaxe-has-found-a-block/
- Human Rights Foundation Story of the Week
Russia | Introduces New & Repressive Digital Asset Laws
Russia’s Federal Assembly recently passed two new digital asset laws with significant implications for Russians’ financial freedom. The first law legalizes cryptocurrency mining, and the second establishes an experimental framework for cross-border digital currency transactions. But these laws hint at troubling implications. While the first law permits mining, it confines it to mining entities registered with the Ministry of Digital Development and grants executive supervisory powers to the Central Bank of Russia. It also includes a ban on digital asset advertising. The second law, effective September 2024, mandates that all digital asset platforms obtain licenses from the central bank, which will oversee and collect detailed transaction data. HRF’s nonprofit Bitcoin adoption lead, Anna Chekhovich, warns that these laws place Bitcoin miners and exchanges under the control of the Central Bank while monitoring and targeting activists and nonprofit organizations that rely on digital assets like Bitcoin. Putin is consolidating control over digital assets while undermining financial freedom in Russia and moving forward with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). FinancialFreedomReport.org
- Proton Launches Proton Wallet - A Self-Custody Bitcoin Wallet https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/proton-launches-proton-wallet-a-self-custody-bitcoin-wallet/
- Alby Hub: A One-Click Lightning Node Connected To All Your Bitcoin Apps https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/alby-hub-intro/
0:00 - Hot Style Takeover
9:55 - Dashboard
15:00 - Bitaxe mined a block
18:20 - Riot Bitfarms
19:50 - Strategic bitcoin reserve
29:55 - Ross & US dumping rumors
34:50- Tether and macro talk
49:35 - HRF Story of the Week
52:30 - Boosts & why Trump was late
1:03:50 - Getting roasted by David Lucas
1:07:50 - Proton
1:14:10 - Satoshi Pacioli
1:15:20 - Alby Hub
1:20:40 - Fold goes public
1:23:50 - Baltic events
1:28:20 - Tennessee attorney general on Dispatch
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RHR X PUBKEY HOT STYLE TAKEOVER IN NASHVILLE | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #315
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#526: Twisting Religion to Justify Cruelty in Gaza with Saifedean Ammous
Marty sits down with Saifedean Ammous to discuss the Israel/Gaza conflict from the perspective of property rights.
Saifedean on Twitter: https://x.com/saifedean
Saifedean's Website: https://saifedean.com/
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1:13 - Infringement of Palestinian property rights
8:00 - Israel’s solution is extermination
13:23 - River & Unchained
14:39 - Religious justification of cruelty
26:29 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
28:06 - Christian Zionism
35:42 - US is a puppet state
55:14 - Can Bitcoin defund the empire?
1:00:27 - They use every crisis to manipulate
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#525: Missing Trump Created a New Reality with Tom Luongo
Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to go over the consequences of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life.
Tom on Twitter: https://x.com/TFL1728
Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/
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1:12 - PayPal Mafia
9:31 - River & Unchained
10:46 - The assassination attempt fractured the timeline
14:39 - Everyone knew
26:35 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
28:12 - Divine intervention
32:43 - Working with consequences
35:33 - What happens next and will they try again?
47:21 - Jamie Dimon and economic plans
53:27 - Open source and AI
57:30 - Perspective of decades
1:01:18 - UK and France
1:05:52 - Jab justice and Trump’s cabinet
1:15:42 - Trump and bitcoin
1:21:14 - They came at the king and they missed
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BITCOIN TRUMPS ALL | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #314
- Arthur Hayes' Maelstrom Fund Launches Bitcoin Developer Grant Program https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/arthur-hayes-maelstrom-fund-launches-bitcoin-developer-grant-program/
- OpenSats Announces 5th Wave of Nostr Grants https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-announces-5th-wave-of-nostr-grants/
- Human RIghts Foundation Story of the Week
Saudi Arabia | Sentences Teacher to 20 Years Over Tweets
Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism tribunal sentenced Asaad al-Ghamdi, a 47-year-old teacher, to 20 years in prison for social media activity that challenged “the religion and justice of the King and Crown Prince.” Al-Ghamdi’s posts included criticism of Vision 2030, a nationwide economic overhaul, and tweets mourning a deceased fellow activist, which resulted in law enforcement raiding his home at night and arresting him in front of his family. Al-Ghamdi was then held in solitary confinement for months and was refused proper care despite suffering from epilepsy. Similarly, his brother, Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, was convicted in 2023 over tweets linked to an anonymous Twitter account that criticized the regime’s economic policies and called for the release of political prisoners. For this, he was sentenced to death. Both of these sentences are part of Saudi Arabia’s repression of free expression and stifling of civil society, as evidenced by the regime going so far as to target dissidents' families to force compliance. HRF has called for the Al-Ghamdi brothers' immediate release and access to necessary medical care. FinancialFreedomReport.org
- Nutsack v0.1: A Wallet That Lives in Nostr https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nutsack-v0-1/
- Phoenix Android v2.3.4: Fixes & Improvements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/phoenix-android-v2-3-4/
- Zeus Wallet v0.8.5 and v0.9.0-beta https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-wallet-v0-8-5-and-v0-9-0-beta-released/
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9:29 - Trump shooting
18:57 - Stak
20:14 - Crowdstrike
25:53 - Dashboard
30:03 - Rumors of Trump’s plans
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56:59 - Boosts
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#524: Precrime and the Global Panopticon with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin
Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss the partnership of the private tech sector with the surveillance state.
Whitney on Twitter: https://x.com/_whitneywebb
Mark on Twitter: https://x.com/markgoodw_in
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1:34 - Trump shooting and media aftermath
10:10 - River & Unchained
11:26 - JD Vance and Palantir
24:10 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
25:48 - Trump’s image & public/private partnership
49:19 - Controlled media
1:04:42 - Using Bitcoin for evil
1:09:58 - Nostr, ecash & stables
1:27:13- Framing bitcoin as money
1:36:27 - All things are used to justify surveillance
1:54:59 - Law enforcement
2:01:00 - Stop complying, solve from the ground up
2:12:50 - Keep calm against the emotional manipulation
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#523: Why a Bitcoin Treasury is the Winning Strategy with Eric Semler
Marty sits down with Eric Semler to discuss why Semler Scientific chose to store their value in bitcoin.
Semler Scientific: https://www.semlerscientific.com/
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1:43 - Bill Walton
4:16 - TCS Capital and post dotcom
10:39 - River & Unchained
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16:24 - Journey to bitcoin
23:52 - Themes that lead to shorting the best assets
32:20 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
33:57 - Bitcoin’s relative upside potential
35:56 - Bitcoin as treasury asset
42:15 - Board members need more skin in the game
50:36 - Future of bitcoin
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#521: The Bushido of Bitcoin with Aleksandar Svetski
Marty sits down with Svetski to discuss his book The Bushido of Bitcoin.
Svetski on Twitter: https://x.com/SvetskiWrites
Bushido of Bitcoin: http://www.bushidoofbitcoin.com/
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1:52 - It’s time to do more than complain
9:23 - Core virtues
18:02 - River & Unchained
19:18 - Justice
24:51 - Unbalanced femininity
31:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:43 - Energetic leaders
39:40 - Courage
42:31 - A structure to last the hard times
50:41 - Responsibility
56:36 - Low time preference
1:02:37 - Beauty and truth
1:09:46 - Physically rebuilding America
1:17:03 - Forging alliances
1:21:11 - A new heroic age
1:26:04 - Satlantis
1:33:25 - Satlantis walkthrough
1:39:06 - Layered technology
1:44:41 - Wrapping up
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GERMANY DUMPS WHILE TRUMP PUMPS | RHR #313
- Wasabi Wallet v2.1.0: Safeguards for Coinjoin Participants https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wasabi-wallet-v2-1-0/
- Mempool Launches Public Transaction Accelerator https://mempool.space/acceleration
- TDev Permitted to Live in Portugal as DoJ vs Samourai Case Proceeds https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tdev-permitted-to-live-in-portugal-as-doj-vs-samourai-case-proceeds/
- Block to Supply Core Scientific with ~15 EH/s Worth of Its 3nm ASICs https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-to-supply-core-scientific-with-3nm-asics/
- BitMEX Pleads Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act Offense https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitmex-pleads-guilty-to-bank-secrecy-act-offense-2/
- Paxful Co-founder Artur Schaback Pleads Guilty to 'Conspiracy to Fail to Maintain an Effective AML Program' https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/paxful-co-founder-artur-schaback-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-to-fail-to-maintain-an-effective-aml-program/
- Relai App Users Must Verify Accounts by October 31 or Stop Using the Service https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/relai-app-users-must-verify-accounts-by-october-31/
- Satoshi Nakamoto Institute, Mi Primer Bitcoin & Summer of Bitcoin Granted Support from Newly Launched OpenSats Education Initiative https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-education-initiative-launched/
- Human RIghts Foundation Story of the Week
Nigeria | New Value-Added Tax on Digital Asset Transaction Fees
KuCoin, a major cryptocurrency exchange in Nigeria, introduced a 7.5% value-added tax (VAT) on user transaction fees, despite Nigerian authorities having already banned the KuCoin website. Though officials have made no official announcement, according to HRF’s contacts in Nigeria, this could reflect new incoming regulations from the Nigerian regime. A tax imposed on third parties relating to transaction fees would increase overall end-user transaction costs and discourage the use of digital assets like Bitcoin. In a country where a significant portion of the population lacks financial services, inflation runs unchecked, and a CBDC is in the streets, Bitcoin is an escape for many Nigerians. Now authorities are making it more expensive to turn to digital, open-source, and censorship-resistant money. - FinancialFreedomReport.org
- Nunchuk Mobile v1.9.47 & Desktop v1.9.35: Replace Assisted Multisig Keys https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nunchuk-mobile-v1-9-47-desktop-1-9-35/
- Blockstream Greenlight v0.2: New Credentials API, Enhancements & Improvements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-greenlight-v0-2/
- RoboSats v0.6.3-alpha: Add New Coordinators Manually https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/robosats-v0-6-3-alpha/
- Fully Noded v1.1.1: BBQr, Updated UR Support
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fully-noded-v1-1-1/
- Trump to Speak at Bitcoin 2024 https://primal.net/e/note1dxyzle07qp90j5fujg3e56k4u4qdshsj2pmflvrnras7qcjq9edsgf892j
2:51 - Germany dump
8:47 - Dashboard and the meaning of SHSS
13:47 - Wasabi safeguards
20:58 - Stak
22:15 - Mempool accelerator
25:58 - Samourai case update
27:07 - Block CoreSci
34:14 - KYC section
42:34 - CFTC
53:42 - Trump at Bitcoin Nashville
1:02:21 - HRF Story of the Week
1:06:19 - Boosts
1:09:22 - Software updates
1:11:09 - BBQr
1:15:02 - Fedimint, Reticulum, BOLT12
1:27:19 - OpenSats
1:28:49 - Calle’s atomic swap
1:30:48 - Marty finally gets to talk macro
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#522: Breaking Down The Synapse Bankruptcy with Jason Mikula
Marty sits down with Jason Mikula to discuss fintech, Synapse, Banking as a Service, and the general state of banking.
Jason on Twitter: https://x.com/mikulaja
Jason's Substack: https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/
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1:42 - Background on the Synapse case
12:19 - River & Unchained
13:35 - Who is at fault?
20:10 - FBO account structure
24:36 - Impact on end users
30:54 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:32 - Unclear resolution and stain on fintech
41:18 - Can small banks compete?
49:46 - SVB and the state of the banking system
57:00 - Are we seeing Chokepoint 2.0?
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WHY IS THE BITCOIN PRICE CRASHING!? | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #312
- 'RegreSSHion' Vulnerability in OpenSSH Potentially Puts 700K Linux Boxes at Risk https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/regresshion-vulnerability-in-openssh/
- Mt. Gox Starts Bitcoin Repayments After Decade-Long Wait https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mt-gox-starts-bitcoin-repayments-after-decade-long-wait/
- X, Coinbase User Data Potentially Exposed As KYC Provider AU10TIX Left Admin Credentials Open for 18 Months https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/x-coinbase-user-data-potentially-exposed-as-kyc-provider-au10tix-left-admin-credentials-open-for-18-months/
- Bitcoin Core Introduces New Security Disclosure Policy https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-introduces-new-security-disclosure-policy/
- OpenSats Announces 5th Wave of Bitcoin Grants https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-announces-5th-wave-of-bitcoin-grants/
- OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for rust-nostr Maintainer Yuki Kishimoto https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-lts-yuki-kishimoto/
- Human RIghts Foundation Story of the Week
Gaza | Bitcoin Donations Help Desperate Civilians https://www.FinancialFreedomReport.org
- Bitcoin Knots v27.1: CoinGrinder, Fixes & Improvements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-knots-v27-1/
- btcd v0.24.2: Important Security Fixes https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btcd-v0-24-2/
- Labelbase v2.2.2: Integrated QR Code Scanner https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/labelbase-v2-2-2/
- Phoenix Wallet v2.3.1 & Phoenixd v0.2.0: BOLT12 Offers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/phoenix-wallet-v2-3-1-phoenixd-v0-2-0/
- LND v0.18.1-beta: Hot Fix Release https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnd-v0-18-1-beta/
- Breez SDK Core v0.5.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/breez-sdk-core-v0-5-0/
- Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.9: Cached Transactions, Health Check for Keys & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-keeper-v1-2-9/
- BlueWallet v6.6.8: Full BIP-47 Support, Send to Silent Payment Address https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bluewallet-v6-6-8/
- Stack Duo v1.2.0: Frost Multisig, Tor Support, RBF & CPFP https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/stack-duo-v1-2-0/
- Satonomics: FOSS, Bitcoin-only Alternative to Glassnode https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/satonomics-foss-on-chain-data-suite/
- Npub.pro: Nostr-based Websites for Creators https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/npub-pro-launched/
- Hot Style Takeover https://pubkey.bar/rhr
2:52 - Marty’s Batman moment
8:38 - Plan B Business School
12:10 - Stak
13:28 - Dashboard
15:44 - Mining is rough
22:02 - RegreSSHion
23:24 - Mt. Gox repayments
28:41 - AU10TIX compromised
31:45 - Chevron deference
35:39 - Bitcoin core security disclosure
38:01 - OpenSats shill
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#520: Speculative Attack: Ten Years Later with Pierre Rochard & Allen Farrington
Marty sits down with Pierre Rochard and Allen Farrington to discuss their follow up to Pierre's Speculative Attack article.
Pierre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre
Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Speculative Attack: 10 years later
7:24 - Shorting fiat
12:39 - River & Unchained
13:55 - Spec attack season 2
17:41 - Education
22:56 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
24:34 - Alternatives to rebalancing
32:21 - Should institutions prioritize bitcoin?
35:38 - Speculative defense
43:49 - State bitcoin
1:01:40 - Inflation lies
1:08:27 - Wrapping up
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#519: Quoz & The Dollar Endgame with Mel Mattison
Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss his book Quoz and the late-stage fiat breakdown.
Mel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelMattison1
Quoz: https://www.melmattison.com/quoz
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Mel’s background
5:34 - Timing the late-fiat breakdown
10:13 - River & Unchained
11:29 - Central bank history
17:00 - Central banks are obsolete
23:55 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
25:33 - The Fed is scrambling, false yield curve
32:25 - Why bitcoin and metals will succeed
37:33 - Was this always the plan?
42:35 - Can we make this the last cycle?
46:38 - Supranational financial entities
56:11 - Luongo’s inter-cabal squabble
1:02:50 - Events between here and endgame
1:18:22 - Puppetmasters
1:26:33 - How to weather the storm
1:33:24 - Plugs
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#518: Does The Energy Industry Need Bitcoin? with Andrew Myers
Back in March, Marty sat down with Andrew Myers to discuss Satoshi Energy.
Andrew on Twitter: https://x.com/acmyers
Satoshi Energy: https://satoshienergy.com/
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - How regulation harms the energy industry
12:08 - River and Bitkey
13:30 - Mining solves the fragility of centralized power
21:00 - Bitcoin strategies for energy companies
26:37 - Direct payment for energy
34:26 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
36:03 - Determining optimal power mix
44:10 - What miners need to know about power companies
50:13 - Batteries
57:02 - Regulatory attacks
1:00:32 - Sound leadership
1:07:02- Psyops and lists
1:10:11 - We’re gonna win
1:13:15 - Texit
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#517: Why Eliminating The Income Tax Would Supercharge The US with Peter St. Onge
Marty sits down with Peter St. Onge to discuss Trump's rumored plan to replace income tax with tariffs.
Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - El Salvador
4:23 - Vibe shift
12:26 - River & Unchained
13:42 - Mass immigration and nationalism
17:51 - Trump’s rumored tariff plan
24:49 - Media and education
29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
30:56 - Countering lies
38:10 - Headwinds for next election
45:40 - Dedollarization
50:42 - Has the melt up already started
1:00:27 - Feeling the inflation
1:06:42 - Bitcoin and Trump
1:14:02 - We’re gonna win
1:16:44 - Presidential debate
1:21:35 - Back to tariffs and taxes
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#516: America & The Art of the Possible with Chris Buskirk
Marty sits down with Chris Buskirk to discuss the destruction wrought by ESG and moving forward with positive vision.
Chris on Twitter: https://x.com/thechrisbuskirk
1789 Capital: https://x.com/1789Capital
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Start - ESG destroys innovation
3:53 - Conservative vibe shift
8:38 - River & Unchained
09:54 - Positive vision
15:58 - Positive vision specifics
24:24 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
26:01 - Broken money
28:39 - Electric cars
31:20 - What DC does to good people
35:31 - Take the white pill and think big
41:40 - What regulation did to capital allocation
45:49 - Generational groups and the remnant
51:37 - Energy
55:24 - Exploring causes
1:02:21 - Stranded gas
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WE SPEND MORE ON DEBT THAN WAR | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #310
- EU continues attempt at encryption backdoor https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf
- Going Dark: EU Council to Greenlight 'Moderated' Chat Control on June 20 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-council-to-greenlight-moderated-chat-control-on-april-19/
- EU Council Withdraws Vote on Chat Control But Negotiations Will Continue https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-council-withdraws-vote-on-chat-control/
- LND Versions Prior to v0.17.0 Vulnerable to LND Onion Bomb DoS Attack https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnd-versions-prior-to-v0-17-0-vulnerable-to-lnd-onion-bomb-dos-attack/
- Human RIghts Foundation Story of the Week hrf.org/financialfreedomreport
Nigeria | 28-Year Inflation High Burdens Nigerians
In May, Nigeria’s annual inflation rate surged to a 28-year high, reaching 33.95%. It is driven by soaring food prices and a weakened naira. Economic reforms — including subsidy cuts and two naira devaluations by President Bola Tinubu — have further exacerbated these inflationary pressures. In a bid to control inflation and quell further social unrest, the Central Bank of Nigeria raised interest rates for the third time this year. The country’s authoritarian regime continues to close exit ramps, continuing to put restrictions on citizen use of dollars, Bitcoin, and stablecoins. In this repressive environment, it’s no wonder that Nigerians continue to come up with ways to fight back. A few days ago at the Oslo Freedom Forum, Nigerian developer Abubakar Nur Khalil announced the Volt wallet, a new non-custodial open-source Bitcoin wallet designed to meet the needs of Nigerians navigating a restricted digital economy. https://mailchi.mp/hrf.org/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-9099687
- Bitcoin Core v27.1: Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-v27-1/
- Bisq v1.9.16: Improved Network Resilience & Stability https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq-v1-9-16/
- CivKit Alpha Released with P2P Order Book, Escrow and PGP Chat for Trades https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/civkit-v1-alpha-released/
- Ride The Lightning v0.15.1-beta: UX Enhancements, Bug Fixes https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/rtl-v0-15-1-alpha/
- Envoy v1.7.0: Buy Bitcoin, Redeem BTCPay Vouchers & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/envoy-v1-7-0/
- umbrelOS v1.2: Wi-Fi Support, Revamped Live Usage https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/umbrelos-v1-2/
- Amethyst v0.88.0: Performance Mode & Performance Improvements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/amethyst-v0-88-0/
- Tails v6.4: Random Seed on USB Stick to Strengthen Cryptography https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tails-v6-4/
- Trezor Introduced Safe 5 Signing Device https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/trezor-introduces-safe-5-signing-device/
- Braiins Launched Mini Miner BMM 100 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/braiins-mini-miner-bmm-100/
- Five Eyes Migration Surveillance https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2018942836/the-truth-about-the-shadowy-migration-5
0:00 - Back deck rip
2:45 - Dashboard
6:05 - Debt interest surpasses military
8:45 - EU surveillance
16:25 - LND onion bomb
20:35 - HRF Story of the week and volt wallet
26:00 - Boosts
30:40 - Software updates
31:50 - Trezor Safe 5
38:30 - Braiins mini miner
48:45 - Bitcoin Knots
50:55 - Migration 5
1:01:00 - Banking service crisis
1:09:30 - Norichukin bank
1:14:25 - Cris Cyborg Nostr
1:15:20 - The last RHR ever. Of all time.
1:17:55 - Shitcoiner gain self-awareness, continues shitcoining
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#515: Understanding the Bitcoin Cash and Carry Trade with James Check
Marty sits down with James Check to discuss bitcoin cash and carry.
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0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Exposition
8:45 - Aussie ETF and in-kind withdrawal
12:04 - River & Unchained
13:20 - What Jim Bianco is missing
21:18 - Who is making the trade
26:03 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
27:40 - Coinbase
30:36 - Realized capital
39:19 - Don’t whale watch
41:59 - Engineering and on-chain analysis
49:09 - Checkonchain analysis framework
55:11 - Wall Street using the data
57:10 - What would disprove the model?
1:00:25 - Profit/loss ratio
1:04:40 - Time off, Will the cycles continue?
1:11:58 - Price prediction
1:15:39 - Managing generational wealth
1:20:04 - Bitcoin in bad economic times
1:28:15 - Bitcoin improving politics and energy
1:35:13 - Wrapping with plugs
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#514: The Rise of Botev Plovdiv with George Manolov
Marty sits down with George Manolov to discuss how Bitcoin changed the game for Botev Plovdiv FC.
George's Website: https://georgemanolov.com/
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0:00 - Intro
0:50 - First involvement with Botev Plovdiv - Cut fuckup
7:06 - Starting a bitcoin plan for the club
13:38 - River & Unchained
14:54 - Communicating reasons for bitcoin
22:34 - Fanbase reception
27:40 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
29:17 - Challenges of a sports business
34:56 - Bitcoin financial plan
41:05 - Bulgaria
47:20 - El Salvador
58:50 - Sound money mindset
1:02:26 - The players
1:10:11 - Plugs
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