#435: Bitcoin Solves the Payments Problem in AI with Kody Low
Marty sits down with Kody Low to discuss Fedimints, Lightning, and how they can be applied to power AI tools.
Kody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kodylow
Check out Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/
0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Marty Barbell Bender
7:10 - Kody’s background, every Bitcoiner a dev
13:59 - What layer is Fedi?
19:38 - Explaining Fedimint
25:43 - What do Fedimints fix about lightning?
30:23 - Expanding on federation
34:46 - Scaling Bitcoin for the world
38:56 - Federated operating system
49:23 - How it works for guardians
57:57 - Privacy
1:00:41 - Synth dollar trading
1:11:18 - AI/Lightning intersection
1:20:33 - L402 and M2M payments
1:35:53 - Lightning’s headstart on crypto
1:38:24 - Avoiding Bitcoin’s volitility with Fedi
1:41:02 - Bitcoin is the best money
1:49:10 - Pushing AI companies to Lightning
1:52:02 - Answer the call, freaks
1:55:25 - Privacy and gpu hosting
2:05:27 - Wrapping up
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#434: Capital in the 21st Century with Allen Farrington
Marty sits down with Allen Farrington from Axiom to discuss his perspective on capital allocation and how it is affected by Bitcoin.
Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32
Allen on Medium: https://allenfarrington.medium.com/
5:30 - Introducing Axiom
9:43 - Cost of capital
14:26 - Debt is not universally bad
16:59 - Capital as a tool
18:51 - The goal of capital allocation
22:13 - Affecting individual savings
26:06 - Capital flowchart and long term thinking
37:18 - Bitcoin doesn’t allow fiat games
44:47 - Bitcoin mining illustrating the point
58:09 - Impact of lightning’s instant settlement
1:06:26 - Building a long term company
1:14:46 - Temperance during the boom
1:18:46 - Liquid BTC
1:27:28 - Axiom and further upcoming writing
1:41:04 - Wrapping up
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Rabbit Hole Recap #261: Live From Nashville Lightning Summit
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#433: Lightning Network at the Enterprise Level with Jose Lemus
Marty sits down with Jose Lemus from Ibex to discuss integrating the lightning network with businesses, barriers to adoption, cross-border payments, and more.
Jose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jllemus
Ibex: https://www.poweredbyibex.io/
5:30 - Bitcoin Park riffing
7:37 - What’s up at Ibex?
22:24 - Impact of instant settlement
26:21 - Lightning Network, AI, Internet of Things
34:07 - What’s taking adoption so long?
36:49 - Bitcoin’s unique combination of properties
45:57 - Burden of compliance
49:45 - Fiat is the money of force
52:44 - KYC is the illicit activity
1:02:38 - Mexico partnership
1:03:44 - The purpose of financial products
1:12:36 - Bitcoin is a tween
1:17:30 - Don’t get distracted by bull markets
1:29:14 - Marty’s excited about energy and AI
1:35:36 - Wrapping up
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#432: Jab Injury Event Horizon with Ed Dowd
Marty sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss jab injuries, RFK Jr, the peak of clown world extending ever upward, and more.
Ed Dowd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DowdEdward
8:33 - The clown world peak keeps rising
15:41 - RFK Jr and the jab injury event horizon
25:17 - Distractions
29:00 - Debt event horizon has already passed
33:26 - Trust in the system degrading
37:05 - Bitcoin
38:42 - The CIA disapproves
38:53- Broken money and psyops
45:46 - Individual state power
49:29 - Three Letter Agencies don’t want this heard
54:31 - Hard times before good times
56:37 - Strong families
1:03:50 - Final note on RFK Jr
1:07:12 - I am Spartacus
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Rabbit Hole Recap #260: Larry Fink Comes Out of the Closet
Link Dump: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/4c09144b177eab14470725f9f0edd351
3:45 - Happy 4th
10:38 - Resist the bluecheck
17:23 - Marty’s viral tweet
23:10 - Dashboard
26:18 - Bluecheck is CBDC
36:47 - Kraken ordered to turn over data to irs
41:03 - Houbi data breach
47:11 - Larry Fink about face on Bitcoin
55:05 - How many people understand Bitcoin?
1:00:56 - European tyrrany
1:08:19 - Boostagrams
1:17:59 - Software updates
1:36:28 - Bond market
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#431: Payjoin Dev Dit with Dan Gould
Marty sits down with Dan Gould to discuss Payjoin Dev Kit, how coinjoins protect privacy, and the experience of developing on Bitcoin.
Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitgould
Payjoin Dev Kit: https://payjoindevkit.org/
9:16 - Dan’s history
14:39 - Explaining CoinJoins
21:36 - How Payjoin reduces dox threat and reduces fees
35:09 - TURN servers
39:49 - How are PSBTs involved in Payjoin
42:45 - How coin selection is determined
36:30 - Separating PDK from BDK
50:03 - Completing BDK
53:38 - Payjoin’s role going forward
57:54 - Chain surveillance and prosecuting CoinJoins
1:03:51 - Right to privacy
1:08:18 - Multi receiver PayJoin
1:09:42 - Less frustration on Bitcoin development
1:15:18 - Will Bitcoin reach sufficient ossification?
1:18:25 - Plugs and wrapping
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#430: Bitcoin vs the $156 Trillion Global Payments Industry with Sam Wouters
Marty sits down with Sam Wouters to discuss Bitcoin's rate of adoption for cross-border payments.
Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWouters
Sam's report on River blog: https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-vs-the-156-trillion-global-payments-industry/
0:00 - Intro
2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape
9:22 - New educational resources in Bitcoin
13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report
17:51 - Structure of the report
21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry
31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet adoption
41:37 - Remittance education
48:31 - Getting into charts on remittance volume
56:18 - Chapter 2: Global bitcoin adoption
1:07:58 - Motivation for adoption
1:13:39 - Chapter 3: Cross-border Bitcoin payments
1:23:13 - What makes bitcoin better for remittance
1:26:28 - Lightning services
1:30:26 - Bitcoin for payments
1:33:32 - Google search traffic for Bitcoin
1:39:17 - B2C
1:44:35 - Chapter 4: Growing cross-border Bitcoin payments
1:51:36 - Adoption funnel
1:55:33 - Marty tries to quote himself before wrapping up
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Rabbit Hole Recap #259: Your Custodian's Custodian was a Ponzi
Prime Trust goes into bankruptcy, customer deposits missing https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/prime-trust-lost-half-client-funds/
Bitcoin Savings App Coinbits Caught in Prime Trust Fallout https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coinbits-prime-trust-fallout/
Riot Platforms Partnership Brings Production of MicroBT’s ASICs to America https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/riot-platforms-partnership-brings-production-of-microbts-asics-to-america/
New Spiral Grantee: Matthew Ramsden, Pavlenex Grant Renewed https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/new-spiral-grantee-matthew-ramsden/
Spiral Renews Developer Grant for Thunderbiscuit https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/spiral-renews-developer-grant-for-thunderbiscuit/
ZBD Launched Time-Based Bitcoin Rewards For Over 100 Android Games https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zbd-launched-time-based-rewards/
payjoin dev kit released https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/pdk-a-payjoin-sdk/
nsecBunker v1.0 Release Opens Up Nostr For Shared Projects and Companies https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nsecbunker-v1-0/
Nostur v1.2.0: Viewing of Long Form Articles https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nostur-v1-2-0/
Tor Browser v12.5 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-browser-v12-5/
Blixt Wallet v0.6.8: Speedloader https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blixt-wallet-v0-6-8/
Damus v1.5 with Removed Note Zaps Approved on App Store https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/damus-v1-5/
BTCPay Server v1.10.3: Bug Fixes and Improvements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btcpay-server-v1-10-3/
Bitcoin Keeper v1.0.6 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-keeper-v1-0-6/
Cashu Nutshell v0.12.1 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cashu-nutshell-v0-12-1/
Ministry of Nodes Nodebox: Plug and Play Bitcoin Node https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ministry-of-nodes-nodebox/
Slovakia Lowers Bitcoin Capital Gains Tax Rate From 39% To 7% https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/slovakia-reduced-bitcoin-capital-gains-tax-from-39-to-7/
3:44 - Doing it live
8:10 - Dashboard
15:02 - Blackrock ETF
17:07 - Prime/Fortress Trust
33:46 - Hold your keys
42:40 - Riot MicroBT deal
49:52 - Spiral grants
55:02 - Lightning summit
1:01:27 - ZBD rewards on android games
1:03:06 - Air travel and bluechecks
1:12:34 - Back to Bitcoin vidya games
1:18:09 - Boostagrams
1:23:44 - Payjoin Dev Kit
1:39:09 - Software updates with a helicopter in Marty’s mic
1:41:09 - Tim Apple censoring Bitcoin
1:47:41 - More software updates
1:50:56 - Slovakia Bitcoin taxes lowered
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#429: Is The Inflation Problem Really Solved? with Luke Gromen
Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss inflation catching up with the world.
Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen
0:00 - Intro
6:33 - UK inflation
11:02 - American banking crisis lull
18:12 - Structural problems in energy
25:56 - Liquidity issues with massive bank accounts
31:33 - Debt ceiling
33:13 - Retirement and target date funds
40:18 The Ukraine distraction
45:54 - Collapse in skilled labor and infrastructure
50:41 - Taking on troubled times
54:55 - Bitcoin’s interaction with energy
57:05 - Landing on the wrong side of stagflation
59:19 - Bitcoin eliminates banking BS
1:01:34 - Treasury bond duration risk
1:06:22 - 40 year bull market over, gold and Bitcoin win
1:13:51 - Wrapping
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#428: Examining BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF with Townsend Lansing
Marty sits down with Townsend Lansing to discuss BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF.
Townsend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownsendLansing
0:00 - Intro
8:40 - Inflation hitting the UK
11:07 - Introducing Townsend, Blackrock ETF
19:10 - SEC approval
25:23 - APA
26:46 - How Bitcoin market could be affected
29:28 - People becoming aware of crypto risk
31:23 - How the grantor trust works
35:50 - ETF liquidity
42:12 - Bitcoin’s better security
45:30 - Will bitcoin financial products be treated differently?
48:05 - Approval is unlikely
49:52 - Bitcoin’s impact on finance
51:13 - Wrapping up
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Rabbit Hole Recap #258: You Can't Trust Prime Trust
blackrock etf will probably be approved
EDX: Exchange Backed By Citadel, Fidelity and Schwab Launches https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/a-non-custodial-exchange-backed-by-citadel-fidelity-and-schwab-launched/
primetrust entering bankruptcy as bitgo backs out of deal https://twitter.com/BitGo/status/1671869979321577472
fake trezor app in app store https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fake-trezor-wallet-app-tops-search-results-for-trezor-in-apples-app-store/
nostr passes one million bitcoin transactions milestone https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nostr-protocol-1-million-zaps/
Voltage Surge Launches https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/voltage-launches-surge/
Direct Messages, Custom Notifications Are Now Live on Primal, Mobile Apps May Be Coming Soon https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/direct-messages-live-on-primal/
LDK Node v0.1.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/introducing-ldk-node/
StartOS v0.3.4.3 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-v0-3-4-3/
Trezor Suite v23.6.1 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/trezor-suite-v23-6-1/
Highlighter v0.7.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/highlighter-v0-7-0/
Peach Bitcoin v0.2.9 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/peach-v0-2-9-released/
BitBox App v4.37.1 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitbox-v4-37-1/
umbrelOS v0.5.4 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/umbrelos-v0-5-4/
Mutiny Wallet and Node Updates https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-wallet-and-node-updates/
Electrum v4.4.5 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/electrum-v4-4-5/
NDK v0.5.4 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ndk-v0-5-4/
Eclair v0.9.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eclair-v0-9-0/
JoinInBox v0.8.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/joininbox-v0-8-0/
3:45 - A live unboxing?
7:05 - Titanic psyop
10:16 - Dashboard
11:43 - Prime Trust in trouble
29:50 - Blackrock ETF
38:04 - Marty Jones
48:36- Talking about price on RHR
55:54 - Energy demand response
1:22:11 - Fake Trezor
1:32:13 - Nostr hits 1 million zaps
1:33:10 - Voltage Surge
1:34:35 - Primal has DMs
1:36:57 - Boostagrams
1:40:33 - Software updates
1:46:09 - Bluecheck nonsense
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#427: Killer Whale Liquidity Crisis with John Titus
Marty sits down with John Titus to discuss the liquidity crisis caused by the Fed.
John's Substack: https://bestevidence.substack.com/
Best Evidence on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestEvidence
5:30 - Killer whales and banks lacking liquidity
16:13 - The Fed is at the center
21:01 - Coordinated consolidation effort
26:28- The strength of cash
33:57 - John’s origin story
39:09 - Fix the money, fix the world
42:20 - Dollar endgame
45:06 - John on Bitcoin
49:38 - The system is run by those who hate you
52:54 - Life expectancy decline
55:35 - Tyranny thrives in the fear of resistance
58:39 - Wrapping up
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Rabbit Hole Recap #257: Million Dollar Bitcoin by End of Day
damus blocked from app store https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/damus-to-be-removed-from-apples-app-store-in-14-days/
robosats admin banned from telegram, comms move to matrix and simplex https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/robosats-admin-banned-from-telegram-communications-move/
mutiny wallet launches mainnet beta mutinywallet.com
bitkey launches beta, announces partnership with coinbase https://bitkey.build/coinbase-and-cash-app/
oslo hrf financial freedom track livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YweUPFCipL8
Amethyst v0.58.2 https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v0.58.2?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
BTC RPC Explorer v3.4.0 https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer/releases/tag/v3.4.0?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Zeus v0.7.6 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.6?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Citadel v0.2.3 https://github.com/runcitadel/os/releases/tag/v0.2.3?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Tails v5.14 https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.14/index.en.html?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
MyNode v0.3.18 https://github.com/mynodebtc/mynode/releases/tag/v0.3.18?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Mnemonikey https://github.com/kklash/mnemonikey/releases/tag/v0.0.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Core Lightning v23.05.1 https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v23-05-austin-texas-agreement-atxa/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
https://river.com/learn/files/river-payments-report.pdf?ref=blog.river.com
https://www.wired.com/story/odni-commercially-available-information-report/0:00 - Nashville allergy season
3:45 - Nashville allergy season
13:48 - Million dollar bitcoin TODAY
16:25 - Dashboard
19:50 - Qualified custodians
37:23 - Mutiny, PWA, android superiority
46:43 - More on qualified custodians
48:49 - The catalyst to use freedom tech
52:30 - Rob joins to talk Miniscript and Bitcoin UX
1:10:35 - Cyber attacks
1:15:40 - Elon knows where you are
1:20:50 - Yellen on de-dollarization
1:24:35 - Apple and their matrix pod
1:32:45 - Bitkey
1:40:56 - Final thoughts
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Rabbit Hole Recap #256: The Bank Runs Continue
binance hit by sec https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.256060/gov.uscourts.dcd.256060.4.1.pdf?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
coinbase hit by sec https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/sec-sues-coinbase-for-unregistered-securities/
bank runs on binance, coinbase, and prime trust https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/prime-trust-may-be-facing-bankruptcy/
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Likely Behind $35M Atomic Wallet Hack, Says Surveillance Firm Elliptic https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/north-koreas-lazarus-group-likely-behind-35m-atomic-wallet-hack-says-elliptic/
Greenlight Developer Preview Launches https://blog.blockstream.com/greenlight-by-blockstream-scalable-non-custodial-lightning-infrastructure-now-open-to-developers/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Operation Triangulation: iOS Devices Targeted with Previously Unknown Malware https://securelist.com/operation-triangulation/109842/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
4:45 - Thriving as bank runs continue continuing
7:48 - Dashboard
11:24 - Shit I forgot the transition to SEC going after coinbase and binance
22:41 - Binance history
25:38 - Prime Trust run rumors
33:36 - Gary on CBDCs
42:41 - ETH left off the SEC’s list
51:10 - Back to Prime Trust and better models
1:03:04- Matt won’t share with the class
1:11:15 - Fires in Canada
1:15:43 - Marty is a bluepilled bluechecker
1:16:56 - Atomic wallet hack
1:19:13 - Breaking news on Prime Trust
1:21:40 - Primal Nostr client has zaps
1:22:56 - LND update
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1:28:13 - UK dystopia
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#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota
Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN.
Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_
6:35 - Meet Synota
14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites
16:56 - How Synota integrates
23:47 - Financing possibilities
26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin
34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid
45:22 - The team’s orange pilling
49:41 - Mining industry is maturing
55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments
1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds
1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning
1:10:57 - Wrapping up
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#425: Fiat Crisis with Balaji Srinivasan
Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan for the longest episode of TFTC yet, going in depth on the nature of the incoming fiat crisis.
Balaji on Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis
6:13 - How does the debt ceiling contribute to the fiat crisis?
9:48 - Reality check
21:38 - History is running in reverse
25:09 - The unipolar moment is over
38:05 - America is 3 tribes
44:42 - Democracy has 4 definitions
55:33 - India adopting pragmatic democracy
59:08 - China won’t go away
1:07:03 - USSA
1:36:11 - How America gets its strength back
1:43:16 - Dollar nationalists, social media politics
1:53:20 - It’s not one nation, it’s two parties with verbal footsoldiers
2:07:15 - The Gray tribe
2:35:47 - Blue losing media control
2:39:46 - Recap, Blue’s remaining power
2:45:48 - The tribal filter on the banking situation
3:01:36 - The declining US empire
3:13:13 - Blue America’s infrastructure highlights
3:16:40 - Exiting through Bitcoin
3:20:18 - We’ve lost our moon shoes
3:22:24 - The writing’s on the wall and states have incentive to exit early
3:42:53 - People robbed by cantillon cities are likely to get mad
3:48:13 - Fed now is a CBDC no matter what they say
4:05:15 - Civil unrest precursors
4:08:24 - Hiding insolvency
4:11:13 - History mirroring
4:17:04 - Reflecting on a long show, doling white pills
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#424: Q1 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Follow along with the charts: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1664179527784734720?s=20
Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney
8:12 - Baltic hockey
17:17 - Debt ceiling bye bye
22:55 - New basemoney drop!
36:19 - Bitcoin base vs top fiat, reverse repo
49:41 - Bank failures
1:01:54 - Treasury markets
1:05:34 - Fannie & Freddie debt numbers
1:09:32 - Balaji says FedNow is a CBDC
1:17:02 - Sidebar on children
1:18:19 - Back on topic, centralization will continue
1:23:45 - Sovereign sat and gold stacking
1:34:41 - Quick stats
1:35:56 - Full reserve in Texas
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Rabbit Hole Recap #255: The Debt Ceiling Does Not Exist
Biden’s 30% Tax on Bitcoin Mining Appears Dead Under Debt Ceiling Deal https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/05/29/plan-for-30-tax-on-bitcoin-mining-appears-dead-under-debt-ceiling-deal/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Black Market for Worldcoin Credentials Pops Up in China https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/05/24/black-market-for-worldcoin-credentials-pops-up-in-china/
Swan Changes Custodians, Promises Multisig Cold Storage For Clients In Coming Months https://help.swanbitcoin.com/hc/en-us/articles/14874253038743?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
BitMEX Renews Rene Pickhardt’s Bitcoin Developer Grant https://blog.bitmex.com/renewal-of-rene-pickhardts-bitcoin-developer-grant-3/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
PyPI Is Working To Minimize Stored User Data Following DOJ Subpoena https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/pypi-to-minimize-user-data-after-subpoena/
Umbrel Introduces Prebuilt Home Server, Specifically Engineered For umbrelOS https://twitter.com/umbrel/status/1663534602366091269?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Amethyst v0.52.2 https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases
Samourai Dojo v1.20.0 https://code.samourai.io/dojo/samourai-dojo/-/blob/master/RELEASES.md?ref=nobsbitcoin.com#samourai-dojo-v1192
Fountain v0.7.0 https://fountainpodcasts.substack.com/p/0-7-0?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Nunchuk Desktop v1.9.19 https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-desktop/releases/tag/1.9.19?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
AgoraDesk App v1.1.4 https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
RoboSats v0.5.1-alpha https://github.com/RoboSats/robosats/releases/tag/v0.5.1-alpha?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Ride The Lightning v0.14.0-beta https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases/tag/v0.14.0?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Stack Duo v1.0.7 https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_012?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Nostur v1.0.44 https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/nostur/id1672780508?l=en&ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Electrum v4.4.4 https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/releases/tag/4.4.4?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
Lnscribe: Backup Lightning Channel State with Inscriptions https://github.com/owenstrevor/lnscribe-plugin/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
BTCPay Server v1.10.0 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.10.0?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
nsecBunker: Nostr Keys Delegation https://blogstack.io/naddr1qqxnzd3cx56nvvfhxcenwv3jqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uew[…]0wdepdeydfz8w8cv7kh9sqv02gpsgqqqw4rsma9xdf?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
4:26 - Remember cheap burgers?
8:51 - Dashboard
13:28 - Keeper wallet
16:35 - Debt ceiling
19:57 - 30% mining tax out the window
24:00 - National debt hockey stick
28:18- Parker hops in to talk debt
43:18 - New Swan partners
46:27 - BitMEX grants
47:35 - PyPi subpoena
50:48 - Remember, RHR is an AI show now
56:35 - Marty simps for Zucc
57:54 - Umbrel Home
1:00:44 - Boostagrams
1:06:05 - Software updates
1:20:24 - Mempools ain’t clearing
1:25:39 - Last software update, btcpayserver
1:29:16 - nsecBunker
1:34:29 - Looking for stuff to talk about before wrapping up
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#423: Retirement Funds In The Age Of Bitcoin with Matt Dines
Marty sits down with Matt Dines from Build to discuss the retirement landscape and how to handle a large scale transition to Bitcoin as a primary store of value.
Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuildCIO
Check out Build: https://buildbitcoin.com/
8:17 - What’s happening to retirement funds
11:49 - Balance sheets of the American household
26:23 - History of retirement accounts
30:30 - The post-Covid financial landscape
34:52 - Retirement account participation
46:14 - Legislation isn’t the answer
50:09 - Primary residence ownership and mortgage backed securities
55:39 - Target Date Funds
1:01:28 - US bond market selloff
1:09:45 - Near-dated TDF vs inflation
1:13:12 - Investment/retirement industry isn’t keeping up
1:17:59 - Bridging the gap to Bitcoin with Build
1:32:15 - Bitcoin lending
1:46:36 - Unchained
1:53:57 - Explaining the mindset
2:02:31 - The flywheel of truth
2:08:12 - Wrapping up
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#422: Human Forever with James Poulos
Marty sits down with James Poulos to discuss the tyranny of the digital age.
James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamespoulos
Human Forever: https://canonic.xyz/books/1YV9yExbmJ9mgBXNM81TouJuDtqxH2PpL
6:00 - Rising transhumanism
12:37 - Defining the humanity we fight for
19:54 - Breaking people apart
29:14 - False gods
34:23 - Fighting on the digital level
38:39 - Changing the tide
47:50 - The moment of humility
50:31 - Return to traditional family
56:55 - Focusing attention
58:26 - Being human is better
1:00:44 - Judging yourself first
1:02:55 - Sloth
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Rabbit Hole Recap #254: No Rest for the Wicked
Link dump: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/a3c7c14c0e96551a1696d002ab4a9077
5:02 - RHR is an AI show now
10:19 - Presidential candidates talking Bitcoin
16:26 - Dashboard
19:25 - Bitcoin 2023
27:06 - Chainalysis
37:12 - Worldcoin
52:38 - Azteco in Costa Rica
54:11 - Back to Worldcoin
57:41 - Ledger backpedals
1:07:19 - Strike goes global
1:18:32 - NYC freezes its own bank accounts
1:28:33 - Fedi Alpha
1:29:03 - Mutiny Wallet ft. Ben Carman
1:42:21- Ben is shooed
1:49:32 - Start9
1:55:04 - Boostagrams
1:57:51 - Software updates
2:01:29 - Robosats
2:03:01 - Go watch the Open Source Stage archive
2:05:11 - Marty gotta pee
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#421: Rejecting The Great Reset with Michael Rectenwald
Marty sits down with Dr. Michael Rectenwald to discuss the The Great Reset, stakeholder capitalism, CBDCs, and asserting autonomy against a neo-feudal future.
Michael's website: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/
Michael's Mises presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGg9j-qCNt0
8:07 - Michael’s presentation on Great Reset
10:29 - Stakeholder capitalism
14:15 - ESG leads to corporate rule
18:32 - Mock the rulers
20:23 - Neo-techno-feudalism while infrastructure breaks
24:03 - Refusing CBDCs, Bitcoin and gold
27:21 - Bitcoiners at Mises and Bitcoin FUD
29:45 - The lies are being noticed
32:28 - Control through social credit and social perception
36:55 - The letter agencies cause the problems they claim to solve
38:04 - Asserting autonomy
44:37 - Bank failures will be the CBDC trigger
46:42 - Defending against ideological onslaught
51:05 - Fighting evil
54:20 - Wrapping up, plugs
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#417: An Ex-Intelligence Officer's View on Ukraine with Lee Slusher
Marty sits down with Lee Slusher for a sober analysis of the war.
Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeBTConsulting
Lee's Substack:https://deepdivewithleeslusher.substack.com/
Lee's website: http://lee-bt.com/
6:24- Lee’s background
9:43 - War in Ukraine and possible outcomes
16:30 - History leading up to current war
21:13 - Derussification
24:02 - Comparing Ukranian and Russian military
31:43 - Western intervention
38:38 - War’s role in economic crisis and US election
43:23 - Afghanistan
50:04 - If we fight Russia and lose
55:01 - US and EU need to solve their own problems
1:04:16 - How do we get back on the right track
1:11:55 - Taiwan
1:26:37 - Realistic evaluation
1:32:51 - Wrapping up, plugs
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#420: Powering Livestreaming With Sats Through Vida with Lyle Pratt
Marty sits down with Lyle Pratt, founder and CEO of Vida, to talk about what he's building.
Lyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lylepratt
Check out Vida: https://vida.page/
12:48 - What’s Vida?
16:56 - Lyle’s history
20:51 - Telecom architecture and using bitcoin to solve problems
27:57 - New tools like AI, Nostr, and LN
32:30 - Current state of lightning
33:46 - Vida demo with some difficulties
35:45 - Monetizing your attention
37:41 - The Vida team
44:56 - Vida can be a better Restream
50:44 - Lightning adoption is a bright light in a dark future
1:01:12 - Future Nostr integration
1:05:28 - Leveraging AI
1:10:29 - Explaining LLMs
1:16:46 - Living in interesting times
1:27:20 - Resource demands of AI
1:31:03 - Thank God For Bitcoin
1:36:31 - Wrapping up
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