Rabbit Hole Recap #232: Merry Christmas!
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Core Scientific Files for Bankruptcy https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-filing-for-bankruptcy-will-keep-mining.html
- Two FTX Execs Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-frieds-top-associates-plead-guilty-to-us-charges/
- SBF Released on $250M bond https://www.reuters.com/legal/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-make-us-court-appearance-after-extradition-2022-12-22/
- Twitter announces policy banning nostr and other social promotion https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy
- QuadrigaCX addresses thought to be dead wake up https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1604953664719683585
- Greenidge Sells Hash to NYDIG to Avoid Bankruptcy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-miner-greenidge-debt-deal-nydig
- HRF Awards $325K in new grants https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/hrf-awards-325000-bitcoin-grants
- Zeus v0.7.0 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.0
- Alby v1.21.0 https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releases/tag/v1.21.0
- Tails v5.8 https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.8/index.en.html
- BTCPay Server v1.7.2 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.7.2
- BTCPay v1.7.3 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.7.3
- LDK v0.0.113 https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/releases/tag/v0.0.113
- Breez Satscard Bounty https://doc.breez.technology/Bounties.html#satscard-integration
- Sztorc Launches Company Focused on Drivechains https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/paul-sztorc-launches-layer-2-labs/
- LastPass Compromised https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice-of-recent-security-incident/
10:19 - Merry Christmas!
14:02 - Jan 11th Bitcoin Park meetup
20:25 - Dashboard
23:13 - Nostr is doing great
30:23 - CoreSci bankrupt
49:09 - ASIC are cool
56:16 - FTX execs plead guilty
1:06:34 - Elon doesn't like privacy
1:15:47 - QuadrigaCX awakens
1:28:18 - HRF grants
1:31:12 - Shoutouts
1:37:10 - Zeus v0.7.0
1:42:43 - Alby v1.21.0
1:43:56 - Tails v5.8
1:47:02 - Btcpay Server v1.7.2 and v1.7.3
1:47:38 - LDK v0.0.113
1:47:50 - Breez Satscard bounty
1:50:47 - Paul Sztorc Layer Two Labs
1:53:54 - Last Pass security incident
1:59:00 - Shoutout to oil and gas workers
2:01:33 - Boostagrams
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#384: Nostr Got 1.4B Sats From Jack Dorsey And Banned From Twitter with jb55
Join Marty as he sits down with jb55 to get an update on Nostr, the 14 bitcoin grant from Jack Dorsey, how the grant will be allocated and the strange moves out of Twitter to box out competitors.
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8:11 - @Jack funded Nostr
12:22 - What is Nostr anyway?
614:25 - How to spin up a Nostr relay
16:18 - State of Nostr
18:27 - How Jack's donation is being used
21:12 - fiatjaf
23:13 - How are people interacting with Nostr?
23:06 - Building clients and the future of Nostr
25:52 - BOLT11 invoicing
29:56 - Delegation
33:25 - Minds social network
34:33 - Things that need work in Nostr
36:06 - Private key scraping
37:33 - Personal Nostr signing devices
39:17 - fiatjaf's monthly bounty
41:32 - Open source community
42:25 - Building Nostr to return to the old internet
49:57 - Three Letter Agencies controlling social media
54:38 - Wrapping up
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#383: Bitcoin: A Work In Progress with Sjors Provoost
Join Marty as he sits down with Sjors to discuss a million little bitcoin rabbit holes.
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7:00 - A wild Sjors appears in Austin!
10:08 - Senator Warren's DAAML bill
13:46 - Miners could start self censoring
20:24 - Forced labour
22:28 - Who interested in passing DAAML?
24:09 - Warren's terminology of "money transmission"
25:25 - Can this kill Bitcoin?
30:30 - State of Bitcoin development
33:08 - Utreexo and the growing blockchain
39:44 - Erlay
46:39 - Back to Utreexo and blockchain growth
50:44 - Foreshadowing a new blocksize war
55:10 - Building Bitcoin with future humanity in mind
58:06 - Bitcoin full node is a ship of Theseus
1:01:25 - Sjors backstory: Physics and Ducks
1:04:52 - Sjors backstory: Gold and Bitcoin
1:08:07 - Javascript dependency circus
1:09:07 - Geeks project
1:16:44 - Defending your node
1:20:07 - Separating wallets from nodes
1:25:28 - Miniscript
1:31:39 - How's Taproot doing?
1:34:27 - Are devs spread too thin?
1:36:09 - Bitcoin: A Work In Progress
1:41:59 - AI writers
1:46:44 - What happened with bitcoin core v0.24.0
1:47:39 - Checkpoints
1:52:36 - Bitcoin's upcoming 14th birthday
1:53:39 - Regulatory attacks
1:58:25 - Circular economy helps with privacy
1:59:48 - Countries switching to bitcoin
2:04:04 - Blocked by Taleb
2:05:28 - Ending
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#382: The Dematerialization of Money with Jesse Myers
Join Marty as he sits down with Jesse to discuss the shitcoin mindset, the core value of Bitcoin, and the financial debasement that threatens us.
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9:15 - Nyms and names
10:10 - Unlearning shitcoinery
16:53 - Copying digital scarcity devalues it
21:28 - Crypto is becoming more scammy over time
28:54 - The crypto cult leaders
32:18 - Why yuppies can't grok bitcoin
38:36 - Crypto feeds off of early internet mindset
44:51 - Resisting inflation with hard money
52:50 - Digital revolution of value
55:10 - Progression of better money
1:03:58 - The degeneration of fiat world
1:12:10 - The progression of America's debasement of money
1:20:33 - Past the financial event horizon
1:30:53 - Weak men in hard times
1:33:09 - The peaceful revolution
1:36:56 - Take ownership
1:43:51 - Is the contagion still contagious?
1:49:29 - Plugs
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Rabbit Hole Recap #230: Building in the Bear Party Rip
This week Marty and Matt discuss
DCG owes gemini customers $900M https://archive.ph/A4xti
Strike launches remittance product for Africa https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221206005453/en/Strike-Launches-Lightning-Fast-Money-Transfers-to-Africa
Legends of Lightning tournament winners announced https://boltfun.substack.com/p/legendsoflightning-2022-winners
Block funds African rural mining company ‘Gridless’ https://gridlesscompute.com/2022/12/06/gridless-a-bitcoin-mining-company-in-east-africa-raises-2m-in-funding-led-by-stillmark-and-block-inc/
Ledger announces new hardware wallet ‘Stax’ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221206005695/en/
Core Lightning v22.11 https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v22-11-alameda-yield-generator/
BDK v0.25.0 https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/releases/tag/v0.25.0
Tor Browser v12.0 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-120/
Threema encrypted messenger adds new communication protocol https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/ibex
Silvergate CEO Alan Lane public letter https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1312109/000131210922000233/ex991-letterfromsilvergate.htm
FTX full venture portfolio released https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/files/2022/12/Alameda-Investments.xlsx
This month in bitcoin privacy https://enegnei.github.io/This-Month-In-Bitcoin-Privacy/November_2022/
New zoltan, world war III has already started https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/files/2022/12/Zoltan-Dec5-2022.pdf
8:54 - Ranch pills and orange pills
32:31 - Dashboard
37:35 - DCG owes $900 million
43:10 - Matty Jones: Brady and Giselle split to avoid FTX fallout
48:08 - Strike launches Africa remittance feature
51:06 - More Beef Initiative talk
1:04:33 - KYC is the enemy
1:06:53 - Bullshit jobs
1:14:04 - Legends of Lightning winners
1:18:22 - Gridless African mining
1:25:22 - New Ledger wallet
1:40:53 - Shoutouts
1:47:41 - Core Lightning
1:48:11 - BDK
1:48:41 - TOR
1:49:36 - Threema's Ibex, different from IBEX
1:51:19 - Alan Lane's public letter
1:54:11 FTX-Alameda portfolio
1:58:11 - This Month in Bitcoin Privacy
2:00:36 - Zoltan, WWIII already here
2:07:06 - Final thoughts from Slim and Jason
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#381: Q3 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics to discuss the Q2 2022 monetary base update.
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5:54 - Criminal charges against member of Swiss government
12:35 - Damages from vaccination
16:35 - German military confirms jab worsens health
18:51 - Connection to WEF and Davos
22:57 - The state of Switzerland
27:38 - Opinion on Bitcoin
34:06 - Pascal's history
37:20 - African governments
40:28 - Christine Lagarde
42:05 - Ukraine
49:42 - What happens next in finance
54:40 - Jab is about control
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#380: The Swiss Government Lied About Jabs with Pascal Najadi
Join Marty as he sits down with Pascal Najadi to discuss bringing criminal charges against a member of the Swiss government for damage done by vaccine mandates. They also dive into the vaccine's connection to the WEF's desire for control and the importance of finding peace in Ukraine.
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12:35 - Damages from vaccination
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22:57 - The state of Switzerland
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34:06 - Pascal's history
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#379: From Neuroscience to Bitcoin Proof of Reserves with Sam Abbassi
Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Abbassi to discuss building Hoseki, the potential austerity of a hyperbitcoinized world, and weird brain stuff.
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6:29 - Sam's crypto origin story
11:14 - Concussions and neuroscience
19:06 - Encountering crypto degeneracy and getting orange pilled
25:24 - Working at Fidelity
35:21 - Marty's writing history
41:01 - AI
44:02 - Are we better off than in medieval times?
47:50 - An austere orange pilled Earth
52:57 - What are the problems in a bitcoin standard?
1:04:53 - Hoseki
1:18:14 - Developing a web of trust in third world countries
1:21:12 - Fiat world
1:26:48 - Proof of reserves
1:38:36 - National divorce
1:43:45 - Feds shouldn't be romanticized
1:46:34 - Last words
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#378: Building a Billion Dollar Payments Company with Ryan Breslow
Join Marty as he sits down with Ryan Breslow to discuss Bolt, Love, and the AI Singularity.
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6:48 - Stanford Bitcoin Group
11:21 - Building Bolt
15:08 - Pain points in Bolt
17:25 - Making API for merchants
21:15 - Engaging with VCs as a founder
26:46 - What value to look for in an investor
28:36 - Bitcoin companies are long term game
31:38 - Bolt started as a Bitcoin wallet
35:27 - Optimism
43:03 - AI art and the singularity
47:13 - Getting addicted to tech
53:17 - Ryan's new venture, Love
1:02:25 - Final words of wisdom
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Rabbit Hole Recap #229: The Bankruptcies and Executive Departures Continue
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- El Salvador Bitcoin Treasury Lacks Transparency https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/el-salvador-bitcoin-transparency/
- BlockFi Declares Bankruptcy: High Risk Loans Resulted in Insolvency https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockfi-declares-bankruptcy/
- Major Bitcoin Banking Partner Prime Trust Has Fired CEO Tom Pageler https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/prime-trust-has-fired-ceo-tom-pageler/
- BTCPay v1.7.0: new checkout page, unified QR for onchain and lightning, store branding, and white labeling, and more https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btcpay-v1-7-0/
- Coinkite Launches ‘BinaryWatch’ Hub: Tracks Popular Bitcoin Software Signature Verification https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coinkite-releases-binarywatch-hub-tracks-popular/
- New Open Source Lightning Privacy Research Portal Launches https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/open-source-lightning-privacy-research-portal/
- Casa adds ethereum support https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1597969459708194819
- Crypto Garage DLC executed on mainnet lightning https://medium.com/crypto-garage/dlc-on-lightning-cb5d191f6e64
- Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, and Acura vehicles remotely hacked https://twitter.com/samwcyo/status/1597792097175674880
- Fed speaking like they may be tampering down hikes
- SBF redemption tour
9:34- Bottom's not in and plastic trees
20:24 - Dashboard
23:00 - Russian hashrate
24:01 - El Salvador bitcoin transparency
29:02 - New sponsors
34:39 - Coinkite BinaryWatch
46:05 - Prime Trust fires Tom Pageler
49:45- Advice on bitcoin privacy
1:03:34 - Btcpay Server v1.7.0
1:09:14 - Riffing
1:13:13 - Open source lightning privacy research portal
1:16:14 - BTC++ in Mexico City
1:20:03 - Casa ETH support
1:32:22 - AI knows why to stay humble and stack sats
1:34:25 - AI discussion and linguistic disagreements
1:45:53 - Shoutouts
1:52:02- Powell may lower interest rate increases
1:53:06 - Real estate is not liquid
1:58:06 - SBF Redemption tour
2:01:46 - BlockFi hit by contagion
2:03:14 - Rod gets shooed
2:09:16 - Credit Suisse in trouble
2:12:20 - Railroad strike
2:14:00 - Lord Elon
2:18:05 - Rancher's Rip next week
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#377: Is Bitcoin Violence? with Jason Lowery
Join Marty as he sits down with Jason Lowery to discuss whether or not bitcoin is violence.
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Rabbit Hole Recap #228: DCG & Genesis Getting Dragged into the Contagion
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- The Securities Commission of The Bahamas Seized Digital Assets of FTX After Bankruptcy Declared in US https://www.reuters.com/technology/bahamas-regulator-says-it-assumed-control-digital-assets-ftx-2022-11-18/
- Bitcoin Core v24.0 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-24.0.md
- Sparrow Wallet v1.7.1 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.7.1
- Hoseki Launches Real-Time Proof of Reserves Hub https://www.hoseki.app/blog/hoseki-launches-real-time-proof-of-reserves-page-for-bitcoin-owners
- ‘SatsCrap’ Bitcoin P2P Marketplace https://satscrap.com/
- Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail Until at Least Late February https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/11/22/tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-to-remain-in-jail-until-at-least-late-februrary/
- Genesis Balance Sheet Reveals $2.8 billion in Outstanding Loans: 30% made to related parties including parent company Digital Currency Group https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-22/genesis-balance-sheet-reveals-web-of-loans-across-silbert-empire-dcg
- 3AC, DCG & Amazing Coincidences https://datafinnovation.medium.com/3ac-dcg-amazing-coincidences-c14eec941c06
- FTX and Gemini bought a large stake in a bank https://protos.com/the-curious-case-of-ftx-and-farmington-state-bank-aka-moonstone/
- Mutiny wallet node in the browser https://twitter.com/benthecarman/status/1595395624010190850?s=20&t=k73aHgtmfvChSU8_D6ZmHA
- FTX "hacker" sends bitcoin to centralized mixer https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1596048606720823297?s=19
- Lightning Legends Tournament https://makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/1/projects
- SURVIVAL by ODELL https://odell.ghost.io/survival/
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#376: The Texas Hedge with Parker Lewis
Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss the fallout of the FTX collapse.
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Rabbit Hole Recap #227: FTX was a Ponzi and held no bitcoin... who's next?
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Contagion continues
- Matt didn't make a list
- Party rip
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#375: Keeping Your Bitcoin Safe From Exchanges with Phil Geiger
Join Marty as he sits down with Phil Geiger to discuss the self custody. The dive into how multisig works, the dangers of platforms like FTX, and the importance of distinguishing between Crypto and Bitcoin.
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Rabbit Hole Recap #226: FTX BLOWS UP - Takes House of Cards with it
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- FTX files for bankruptcy https://twitter.com/FTX_Official/status/1591071832823959552
- Timeline of events that lead to it https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ftx-solvency-concerns/
- BlockFi halts withdrawals, most likely insolvent https://twitter.com/BlockFi/status/1590875997351866368
- Ledn exposed to Alameda https://twitter.com/hodlwithLedn/status/1590471010557775872
- Remove your bitcoin from custodians and learn how to self custody https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/citadel-dispatch-e43-bitcoin-for-beginners-with-bitcoinq_a/
- CZ & SBF conspiracy https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1590870545897177088?s=20&t=Bs7tBbjqjdnBgm6D6ennUQ
- Marty Jones rant state attack conspiracy https://twitter.com/JagoeCapital/status/1590751676105125888
- Silvergate https://twitter.com/WhiteRhinoNL/status/1590688380102541312?s=20&t=Bs7tBbjqjdnBgm6D6ennUQ
- Ben Carman's Vortex https://twitter.com/benthecarman/status/1590886577940889600?s=20&t=TjVa_pltcwBJKX2gmRdX-Q
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#374: Bitkit, Hypercore, and RBF with John Carvalho
Join Marty as he sits down with John Carvalho, CEO of Synonym to discuss Bitkit, Hypercore, and Slashtags, before later diving into into the RBF controversy.
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Rabbit Hole Recap #225: Bear Markets Are for Arguing
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Another LND bug causes nodes to fall out of sync again, update your node https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/second-critical-lnd-bug-in-a-month/
- Tony explains how a malicious attacker could have used lnsploit to steal funds https://abytesjourney.com/using-lnsploit-to-steal-from-lnd-nodes/
- Replace By Fee Debate Spills onto Twitter
- Coinbase led surveillance group expands to europe with 67 companies supporting https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/31/coinbase-backed-anti-money-laundering-group-expands-into-europe/
- CashApp sold $1.76B worth of bitcoin to users last quarter https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cashapp-q3-2022/
- Block releases more details on upcoming hardware wallet https://wallet.build/how-we-design-our-hardware/
LDK v0.0.112 https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/releases/tag/v0.0.112
- Blixt Wallet v0.6.0 https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.0
- Electrs v0.9.10 https://github.com/romanz/electrs/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#0910-nov-3-2022
- Tor Project Annual Statements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-project-annual-statements-2020-2021/
- 1628 Supermarkets in South Africa to Accept Lightning https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-11-01-pick-n-pay-lets-you-pay-for-groceries-using-bitcoin-here-are-stores-where-its-accepted/
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#372: Taliban Merch and Spy Encounters with Lord Miles
Join Marty as he sits down with Lord Miles to discuss his Afgani imports, outsmarting Kenyan police, and the state of the US empire.
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#373: The Energy of Nations with John Constable
Join Marty as he sits down with John Constable to discuss the economics of renewable energy.
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Rabbit Hole Recap 224: Largest Bitcoin Miner Potentially Bankrupt
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Largest Mining Firm Core Scientific Appears Insolvent https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/27/core-scientific-to-suspend-payments-as-cash-dwindles/
- Publicly Traded Mining Firms are 25% of Hash https://hashrateindex.com/blog/the-public-miners-are-gaining-an-increasing-share-of-bitcoins-hashrate/
- Cash App Adds Lightning Receive Support https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/cash-app-enables-bitcoin-lightning-payments-for-40-million-users
- One of Cash App’s Lightning Nodes https://mempool.space/lightning/node/02e1221434a21b8ce5818e92c6ec76301824dc87ed94b4628242e4b1f4a6ff445f
- Amboss Adds Controversial Data Sharing Feature https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/amboss-data-sharing/
- Biden Wants to Make it Easier to Seize Bitcoin https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2022/10/25/biden-administration-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-seize-crypto-without-criminal-charges/
- Sparrow Wallet v1.7.0 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.7.0
- Alby v1.18.0 https://blog.getalby.com/nostr-in-the-alby-extension/
- Kollider Exchange & Synthetic Stablecoins Launch https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/kollider-lightning-exchange-wallet-stablecoins/
- Chinese Spies Paid Double Agent with Bitcoin https://archive.ph/dromd
- New British PM Wants Surveillance Money https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1584608506665398272
- MakerDAO Deposits $1.6B in Coinbase https://www.theblock.co/post/179492/makerdao-moves-ahead-with-1-6-billion-in-coinbase-custody
- Binance at Over 50% of Global Trade Volume https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1584545767045287936
- Rishi Sunak made PM of England https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1276-attack-of-the-humanoid-drones/
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#371: In-Person Maximalism with Rod Bitkite
Join Marty as he sits down with Rod to discuss Bitcoin Park, building businesses, and the trials of mining.
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#370: Deezy and Tao Wallet with Danny Diekroeger
Join Marty as he sits down with Danny Diekroeger to discuss his new projects after leaving Cashapp.
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#369: Bolt.Fun and Bitcoin's Inherent Social Network with Johns and Ed from Peakshift
Join Marty as he sits down with Johns and Ed from Peakshift to discuss Bolt.Fun. They dive into educational UX, ways to attracts new devs to Bitcoin, and the ways Bitcoin provides value beyond western countries.
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Rabbit Hole Recap #223: Miner Pain Is Here
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- hodlonaut defeats csw https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/hodlonaut-wins-defamation-case-against-craig-wright
- bitcoin mining council releases statement on energy use, claims to represent nearly 50% of hash https://bitcoinminingcouncil.com/bitcoin-mining-council-survey-confirms-year-on-year-improvements-in-sustainable-power-mix-and-technological-efficiency-in-q3-2022/
- bitmex renews calvin kims grant for utreexo work https://blog.bitmex.com/renewal-of-calvin-kims-bitcoin-developer-grant-3/
- LND v0.15.3-beta https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.15.3-beta
- Echo v0.0.1 https://github.com/ZeusLN/echo/releases/tag/v0.0.1
- Impervious Browser Alpha for Mac and Linux https://www.impervious.ai/
- Fund Tor nodes with bitcoin https://savetor.network
- Riot announces new mining facility in Texas https://www.riotblockchain.com/news-media/press-releases/detail/139/riot-announces-groundbreaking-at-1-gw-data-center-facility
- Fall of Hydra Market https://medium.com/oxt-research/the-fall-of-hydra-market-9b358e4dbd5e
- Erlay progress https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/23443
- BOJ announces bond buying https://twitter.com/FirstSquawk/status/1582902733941534720?s=20&t=AE-vVMnSeCr5-lOk-sZK5A
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