Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
Marty dons a very cool and stylish hat while Matt rations his wifi.
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3:16 - Opening riff
5:02 - Dashboard
7:37 - Balaji's prediction
10:13 - Powell is nervous
14:54 - Regulatory crackdown
21:00 - Wells notices
24:34 - Bitcoin's official separation from shitcoins?
28:03 - Foreign power grabs while US banks fail
30:54 - Individual states opposed to CBDCs
35:11 - Bitcoin feels scarce
37:58- They're scared shitless
42:57 - Dollar reserve on shaky ground if Saudis bail
44:53 - Matt gets internet rationed
46:56 - Hash value and price divergence
50:01 - Matt's presidential campaign
51:45 - Difficulty adjustment live on air
52:59 - Nostrica
56:23 - Habla
1:00:53 - Hindenberg accuses Block of fraud
1:05:17 - White house disses Bitcoin
1:06:30 - Priorities
1:11:05 - Central bank paper bitcoin
1:16:04 - Shoutouts and boostagrams
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#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis
Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more
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9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1
13:32 - Bitcoin price
22:29 - The results of raising interest
24:42 - Bond duration risk
32:30 - QE5
34:40 - Choke Point 2.0
38:14 - Balaji's price prediction
46:53 - FedNow
55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks
1:00:09 - US state rights
1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas
1:11:00 - Blood in the water, Bitcoin is the way out
1:19:18 - Custodia Bank
1:27:17 - Black markets and civil disobedience
1:31:09 - Monetary base
1:39:09 - Back to CBDCs
1:45:33 - Bitcoin's rank in monetary base
1:47:22 - We're gonna win
1:59:39 - Gold and Silver
2:06:19 - Wrapping up
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#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein
Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones.
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5:26 - In town for SXSW talking about CFA franc
10:06 - Colonial exploitation
17:21 - Transfer of control of energy
19:51 - Outsourcing the cost
28:24 - The unrecorded losses
36:38 - Structural Adjustment
42:36 - What it could look like without the current system
49:32 - Double standard
52:51 - Bitcoin fixes this
1:01:13 - No political solution
1:04:16 - Odious debt
1:10:10 - Biological effect of wage deflation
1:12:30 - Bitcoin fixes this - again
1:20:00 - Wrapping up
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#405: The Biden Laptop Report with Garrett Ziegler
Sitting down with Garrett Ziegler to discuss the Biden laptop.
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5:26 - Investigating the Biden family
14:53 - Firsthand sources
17:20 - Foreign interests
26:54 - Hunter the political whore
29:31 - Not a democrat/republican issue
34:58 - Legal action against the laptop shop
38:45 - Fake info
41:41 - Plausibility of forgetting the laptop
45:06 - Laundering money through Ukraine VC
48:51 - Joe is the main story
52:28 - IPhone backup
56:33 - What are intentions of the agencies?
58:23 - Joe's dementia
1:01:24 - What can be done
1:05:05 - What Americans should take away
1:07:55 - Secret daughters
1:09:52 - Gerontocracy
1:15:36 - Hope for the future
1:18:16 - International trade
1:22:46 - Climate nonsense
1:26:06 - Truth For The Commoner
1:31:42 - Garrett won't apologize
1:34:24 - Wrap up/plugs
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Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
silvergate, silicon valley bank, and signature bank failures
bailout of remaining banks
robosats disables swap feature due to vulnerability https://nitter.at/RoboSats/status/1635432123648622593
luxor releases custom mining firmware https://luxor.tech/firmware
lnbits diy nostr signing device https://github.com/lnbits/nostr-signing-device
specter v2.0.0 https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v2.0.0?ref=no-bullshit-bitcoin
start9 embassy v0.3.4 https://github.com/Start9Labs/embassy-os/releases/tag/v0.3.4
ronindojo team is now offers degoogled phones https://ronindojo.io/en/roninmobile
custodial mixer chipmixer shut down https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/international-authorities-take-down-chipmixer/
4:41 - Ninja launch
9:06 - Dashboard
10:40 - Banks melting
20:05 - Thomas joins
33:27 - Companies splitting up bank accounts
35:14 - Bitcoin fixes this
36:54 - Is this an attack on Bitcoin?
45:41 - What happens next?
50:12 - Lionel Shriver the Bitcoiner
42:46 - Banking crisis in the age of social media
55:28 - LuxOS
58:29 - Inscriptions
1:05:01 - Mempools will (never) be empty
1:10:41 - Are we in the storm's eye?
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#404: Thinking Beyond the Crowd with Konstantin Kisin
Join Marty as he sits down with Konstantin Kisin to discuss woke culture, covid hysteria, comedy, Ukraine, and more.
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6:06 - Thinking beyond the crowd
9:08 - The democratic response to Covid
14:57 - The next few years will shape the next half century
20:05 - Flaws in Bitcoin
27:13 - Escaping the Current Thing dichotomy
32:24 - Generational differences
36:51 - Calming the urgency to assess
45:51 - Comedy
49:41 - State of the UK
51:21 - People are tiring of woke culture
52:54 - Ukraine
1:04:54 - Baltic history
1:09:00 - Hong Kong
1:11:13 - Dangers of nihilism
1:16:21 - Plugs and wrapping up
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#403: Dissecting the Banking Crisis with Parker Lewis
Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to break down the causes of the banking crisis from first principles.
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9:15 - Is it happening?
11:40 - The Fed caused bank failures, not crypto
19:15 - SVB balance sheet
24:49 - History of bank cash assets
30:07 - How QE is done without QE
38:51 - The cycles accelerate every time
44:52 - The system is built for moral hazard
49:39 - Trust in traditional money is failing
57:06 - Will Bitcoin be blamed?
1:00:54 - Bitcoiners shouldn't waste their time
1:03:42 - Bitcoin's most important next steps
1:09:57 - Bitcoin Takeover
1:13:34 - Bitcoin is more important than ever
1:18:12 - QE5 is here
1:23:13 - Wrapping up
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Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
4:41 - It's happening!
11:43 - Matt's bank run rabbit hole
15:39 - Mechanics of what's happening
18:46 - The speed of events
27:16 - Fed pivot
28:40 - Marty's bluecheck
30:08 - Dashboard flashed
30:34 - USDC
34:19 - Exchanges impacted by banks
44:25 - Slow mo into collapse
1:00:05 - Bitcoin's going to be blamed
1:04:30 - Final thoughts, wrapping up
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#402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden
Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation.
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7:12 - The myth of inflation and unemployment
13:39 - The problem with CPI as a metric
21:59 - Does the US have the fiscal capability to handle Fed policy?
26:04 - Nations abandoning USD reserve
31:30 - Bitcoin not yet big enough to settle international trade
34:07 - Lyn's view on current bitcoin
38:03 - Fedi pools and other centralizing factors
41:06 - Emerging markets driving adoption
44:44 - Supply side issues
47:38 - Fed unprofitable
51:39 - Glimmers of hope
55:52 - Will energy policy change?
1:08:58 - War drums
1:13:30 - Highlighting the solutions through Bitcoin
1:15:41 - Fed blindspots
1:20:16 - Wrapping up, plugs
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#401: Inflation Is Hitting The Real Estate Market And Bitcoin Urbanism
Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan to discuss the condition of infrastructure and the real estate market during this period of inflation, as well as Bitcoin Urbanism.
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9:55 - Riffing on infrastructure
17:18 - Current condition of real estate
22:43 - Marty asks question, are we in the eye of the storm?
27:04 - New home buyers are screwed
32:44 - Stopping the cycle with bitcoin
35:51 - Inflation is real, believe your lying eyes
45:42 - Debt slavery
49:03 - No man's land
50:46 - Hyperinflation looks near
56:57 - Diverting attention
1:01:18 - Bitcoin Urbanism
1:13:59 - Real estate is a shitcoin
1:16:14 - Strong Towns
1:19:08 - 15 Minute Cities
1:30:06 - The state of digital tech masks how bad it is
1:38:08 - California's decline
1:45:19 - Bitcoin fixes this
1:51:26 - Building on bitcoin
1:56:22 - Bullish vibes, plugs, wrapping up
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#400: We're Gonna Win Against Broken Money and Broken Culture with @sovereignbrah
Join Marty as he sits down with Chase, AKA Sovereign Brah, to discuss broken money, degenerate culture, energy, Bitcoin, and God.
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0:00 - Intro
5:37 - Divine Synchronicity
12:57 - Children are artillery against degenerate culture
20:58 - Broken money
27:03 - Debt slavery
31:30 - Threats to mining
35:39 - Future of Texas
38:19 - Ed Dowd's theory
42:33 - Awakening NPCs
51:48 - Blackpilled on leaders
54:35 - Whitepilled on Bitcoin
59:49 - Streaming sats
1:06:31 - Censorship resistance
1:13:44 - We're gonna win
1:20:35 - Who are we up against?
1:34:58 - Spreading the word
1:41:16 - Don't be a coomer
1:43:29 - Energy humiliation
1:48:11 - Carbon
1:54:37 - Nuclear
2:00:35 - Beef Initiative
2:01:51 - Wrapping up
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Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Silvergate Bank in trouble https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/02/silvergate-stock-drops-over-50-as-crypto-clients-flee-beleaguered-bank/ & https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1593630883889778689/photo/2
Cashapp users bought $7.11 billion in bitcoin last year https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/files/2023/02/Block_Shareholder-Letter-4Q22.pdf
Block details global self custody wallet ambitions https://wallet.build/helping-customers-move-between-fiat-and-bitcoin-how-well-build[…]-to-bring-more-people-to-self-custody/
Block announces LSP operated by TBD https://cequals.xyz/
BTCPay Server Coinjoin Plugin https://twitter.com/MrKukks/status/1630221270246719489
Seedsigner v0.6.0 https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/releases/tag/0.6.0
ColdCard MK4 v5.1.0 https://blog.coinkite.com/5.1.0-released/
Sparrow Wallet v1.7.3 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.7.3
BTCPay Server v1.8.0 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.8.0
Stack Wallet v1.5.44 https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_131
Nunchuk and Coinkite Strategic Partnership https://nunchuk.io/blog/nunchuk-coinkite
Naira Crisis Fueling Bitcoin Adoption https://www.forbes.com/sites/abubakarnurkhalil/2023/03/01/nigerian-election-and-naira-crisis-is-fueling-bitcoin-adoption/
Bitcoin Optech Launches Podcast https://twitter.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1630613222389694474
Freedom Money EP5 https://youtu.be/kXzcVAXiZeE
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32:47 - Dashboard
34:24 - Matt's the Jim Cramer of mempools
47:05 - Silvergate
1:06:18 - Mandibles Mandibles Mandibles
1:21:34 - Cashapp bitcoin sales
1:26:52 - Block wallet
1:31:24 - Block LSP
1:34:14 - BTCPay WabiSabi
1:54:26 - Seedsigner v0.6.0
1:56:17 - ColdCard Mk4 v5.1.0
2:00:26 - Sparrow v1.7.3
2:01:36 - BTCPay Server v1.8.0
2:02:22 - Stack Wallet v1.5.44
2:04:32 - Boostagrams
2:18:40 - Nunchuck Coinkite
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2:24:25 - Freedom Money Ep 5
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#399: Bitcoin Mining is Igniting an Engineering Renaissancewith Rete and Isaac from Cathedra
Join Marty as he sits down with Rete Browning and Isaac Fithian from Cathedra to discuss the origins of off-grid bitcoin mining, their findings on over/underclocking ASICs, and the direction the mining industry is headed.
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7:38 - Great American Mining: Origins
18:24 - The state of off grid mining
22:17 - Designing for diverse domains
24:01 - Deadly details
31:09 - Pioneer challenges
34:57 - Applying bitcoin and mining everywhere
39:52 - Cathedra research on over/underclocking
48:29 - How heat affects chips
53:34 - Finding the sweet spot
56:47 - The future of mining and energy
1:12:55 - Changing the ASIC market
1:19:40 - Bullish vibes, creating an engineering renaissance
1:31:27 - Wrapping up
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#398: Replit, AI, and Bitcoin with Amjad Masad
Join Marty as he sits down with Amjad Masad to discuss Replit, why AI is not to be feared, and how it merges with Bitcoin to provide hope.
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5:43- The beginning of Replit
13:46 - Replit's utility
15:34 - Replit's goals
22:03 - The marriage of bounties, bitcoin and AI
29:09 - Stakwork
31:37 - Is AI a Pandora's Box?
41:09 - AI impact on workforce
44:55 - Incoming social changes
53:01 - Bitcoin is hope, the way out must be built
58:17 - What's needed to drive bitcoin adoption?
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Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
This week Marty and Matt discuss
bluewallet shutting down default lightning wallet april 30th https://bluewallet.io/sunsetting-lndhub/
marco falke stepping down as maintainer https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/marco-falke-steps-down/
tropic square open source secure elements completes first round of testing https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tropic-square-completes-initial-testing-on-chip
OP_Vault proposal https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/0204c9a1f9a9075f2483450f1bab034d453270b7/bip-vaults.mediawiki
Congressman Tom Emmer introduces anti CBDC bill https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1628397390024638466
blastr nostr relay implementation https://github.com/MutinyWallet/blastr
twitter launches “coins” https://twitter.com/Tree_of_Alpha/status/1628466657789202440
freedom money ep 4 https://youtu.be/MWmfDSxtvi0
nashville energy and mining summit panels released to podcast feed https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_/status/1627700730030342144
coinbase launches shitcoin layer 2 network “base”
https://base.org/
0:00 - Is Last of Us the first good video game adaptation?
4:24 - Mandibles Mandibles Mandibles interview
7:59 - Dashboard interrupted by real estate shower thoughts
19:10 - Marty sets up to lose some sats
20:41 - Blue Wallet closing custodial lightning
34:44 - Twitter vs Nostr
43:58 - Marco Falke steps down
54:30 - OP_VAULT and speedy trial
1:13:50 - Tom Emmer anti-CBDC bill
1:29:00 - Mutiny Wallet Blastr
1:32:57 - Freedom Money episode 4
1:34:27 - Bitcoin Park Mining Summit podcast release
1:35:50 - Coinbase Base
1:40:00 - Flow 2.0
1:42:58 - Shoutouts and Booatagrams
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#397: Nostr and Lightning Are The Real Web 3.0 with Myles Snider
Join Marty as he sits down with Myles Snider for a very bullish discussion of Nostr and the Lightning Network.
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8:40 - Nostr's improved a lot
17:16 - The business opportunity of Nostr
19:46 - What makes a good relay?
24:15 - Nostr+LN is the real web 3.0
34:30 - Myles's background
37:35 - Proof of Stake is bad for the soul
44:28 - Finding LN
50:35 - Kollider
1:07:42 - Ordinals
1:18:37 - Bullish on lightning
1:35:46 - Nostr wishlist
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Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
“Stable Coins” Under Fire https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1590454881223028736
Fedimint Hackathon Winners https://www.fedi.xyz/blog/fedimint-hackaton-winners
Strike launches Sending API https://docs.strike.me/walkthrough/sending-payments/
Breez launches SDK https://medium.com/breez-technology/lightning-for-everyone-in-any-app-lightning-as-a-service-via-the-breez-sdk-41d899057a1d
Jam v0.1.5 https://github.com/joinmarket-webui/jam/releases/tag/v0.1.5
Elements v22.1 https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases/tag/elements-22.1
Blixt v0.6.4 https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.4
Passport v2.0.6 https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/passport2/releases/tag/v2.0.6
Seed Tool v2.0.2 https://github.com/BitcoinQnA/seedtool/releases/tag/2.0.2
Wyoming Private Keys Bill https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/HB0086
SATSx Hackathon https://www.meetup.com/pleb-lab/events/290888354/
Freedom Money E3 with Janine https://youtu.be/xTfY5TjuN2A
6:13 - Chemical fires, UFOs, and the Eagles lost
14:30 - Silent.link shill
16:49 - Dashboard
22:03 - Stablecoins unstable
33:06 - Fediment hackathon winners
40:20 - Bing became Skynet
42:48 - Strike sending API
46:30 - Breez SDK
50:21 - JAM v0.1.5
53:33 - Elements v22.1
55:04 - Blixt v0.6.4
55:32 - Passport v2.0.6
56:45 - Seed Tool v2.0.2
58:29 - Shoutouts and boostagrams
1:08:53 - Mr. Bent weather report
1:12:58 - Wyoming private keys bill
1:17:53 - Sad news for a ride or die freak
1:19:38 - Bitcoin events to attend instead of SXSW
1:28:18 - Freedom Money episode 3
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#396: How To Get Hired In Bitcoin with Bitcoin Talent Co.
Join Marty has he sits down with Andy Thompson and Michael Tanguma from Bitcoin Talent Co. to discuss the process of finding talented individuals to work for bitcoin companies.
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6:52 - Andy's background
11:00 - Bitcoin's intellectual capital bottleneck
14:55 - Reaching out for talent
20:14 - Understanding bitcoiners offers an edge
23:06 - Education
27:42 - Recruiters are the first laid off
29:46 - Recruiting pains in rapidly growing companies
32:09 - Back to education
36:25 - Crediting contributors
40:24 - Addressing concerns of bitcoin being too niche
44:15 - Everyone's going to need bitcoin knowledge
49:10 - BTCo just launched, what's next?
51:22 - The design bounty
52:56 - Comparison to jobs boards and general recruitment industry
59:38 - Common blunders in recruiting
1:05:25 - HEY YOU! Get a bitcoin job!
1:07:01 - Final thoughts
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Rabbit Hole Recap #239: End of a Wild Week with NVK and Dern
This week Marty and Matt and Joined by NVK and BitDern to discuss:
Sparrow Wallet v1.7.2 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.7.2
Zeus v0.7.2 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.2
BTCPay Server v1.7.6 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.7.6
coldcard q1 https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1
local bitcoins shutting down https://localbitcoins.com/service_closure/
search Freedom Money on youtube to watch ODELL's new series
4:03 - Surprise party rip!
6:16 - Bitdevs open source
14:19 - Coldcard Q1
24:12 - Nostr
38:20 - Fedi pool
47:51 - Matt the pro surfer
51:20 - Regulatory clamp down and its effects
1:21:51 - NVK the pro podcaster
1:25:48 - Cathedra underclocking data
1:32:21 - Software updates
1:36:19 - Shoutouts and boostagrams
1:42:13 - Scrib shill
1:50:13 - RIP LocalBitcoins
1:51:59 - Gary: not your keys not your coins
1:54:50 - Wrap up
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#395: How The Jabs Killed Gut Health with Dr. Sabine Hazan
Join Marty has he sits down with Dr. Sabine Hazan to discuss microbiomes, the damaged caused to gut health by both Covid and the vaccine, and standing up for the truth.
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6:31 - Broad explanation of microbiomes
11:11 - Observations during Covid
17:17 - Jabs kill microbiome
21:16 - Trusting compliant messengers over dissonant doctors
28:47 - Humanity medically shot itself in the foot
31:13 - How to regrow (and technical hiccups)
33:14 - Freedom and truth
40:06 - Keeping your body healthy
46:43 - Wrapping up, plugs
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#394: Warrior Cultures, True Friendship, Bitcoin and Austrian Economics with Aleks Svetski
Join Marty as he sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss vol. 5 of The Bitcoin Times, as well as the impact modernity has had on male bonds, the values Bitcoiners should instill in the future, and narrowing focus as one gets older.
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5:22 - The time for wandering is over
8:08 - Defining friendship
12:06 - The bonds of warrior cultures
15:29 - Bushido of Bitcoin
17:58 - The impact of schooling
23:11 - Quality over quantity, the value of restraint
30:13 - Moral corruption
40:35 - The Bitcoin Times vol. 5: The Austrian Edition
48:47 - Next edition: Energy
54:40 - Climate LARPing and "sustainable" energy
1:05:53 - Order and entropy
1:08:24 - The Twitter hazard
1:10:51 - Narrowing focus
1:16:33 - How to sell running a node
1:23:52 - Plugs
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Rabbit Hole Recap #238: The Government Rugpulls Have Escalated
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
Lebanon officially devalues currency 90% https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/lebanon-sharply-devalues-official-exchange-rate-central-bank-says-2023-02-01/
prime trust loses texas license, swan and fold users can no longer buy, strike unaffected
ordinal inscriptions controversy
strike commerce launches with clover point of sale systems https://twitter.com/jackmallers/status/1618731420998049798
joinmarket v0.9.9 https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.9.9
btcpay critical vulnerability disclosure https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-cve-2022-32984/
strike expands remittance service to phillipines https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/strike-expands-remittance-feature-to-phillipines/
eu chat control law is fucked up https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems/
freedom money ep 1 with gigi https://youtu.be/6Tr4-DL1c1s
5:54 - Opening riff
7:53 - Dashboard
11:53 - Nation state rug pulls
33:33 - Prime Trust out of Texas
43:35 - Governments hate milk and eggs
54:58 - Ordinals controversy
1:24:26 - Luxor ASIC exchange
1:27:22 - Strike Phillipines remittances
1:30:03 - Shoutouts and boostagrams
1:43:16 - An abrupt wrap up
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#393: Value 4 Value Music with Sam & Michael from Wavlake
Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Means and Michael Rhee to discuss Wavlake, the current issues with the music industry, and how to orange pill people with cool products.
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6:14 - Technical issues right out the gate
8:04 - Artist monetization struggles
11:43 - Wavlake explained
15:02 - The publishing company model
19:48 - V4V audience interaction
21:56 - V4V artist profit
25:01 - Other models to integrate
29:17 - Building a music index
33:17 - Changing the artist mindset
38:34 - Podcasts vs music
43:50 - Orange pilling through music
46:38 - Nostr
57:41 - Artists are sick of the current model
1:03:07 - Playing the slow game
1:06:50 - Wavlake causing incentive change
1:10:56 - Using V4V to improve recommendations
1:13:16 - Future of LN
1:17:20 - V4V boosts are growing in general
1:22:54 - Lightning store
1:28:15 - Plugs and final thoughts
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#392: Resisting Online Surveillance with Viktor from IVPN
Join Marty as he sits down with Viktor Vecsei from IVPN to discuss online privacy and the surveillance traps set by online companies, including most VPNs.
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Pod
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10:42 - VPNs explained
16:23 - VPN traps
19:23 - TOR
23:10 - Running your own VPN
26:30 - Vetting VPN services
35:23 - Wireguard
39:28 - Paying for a VPN privately
42:09 - LN privacy and Monero
45:33 - Fedimint
53:14 - Viktor's story, don't be a coomer
1:05:55 - Attacks on IVPN
1:07:59 - How the current internet makes VPNs necessary
1:12:22 - Expanding IVPN
1:17:34 - State attack vectors on VPNs
1:22:50 - Final thoughts
1:26:02 - Plugs
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#391: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths with Ed Dowd
Join Marty as he sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss excess deaths in recent times, the ever changing narratives surrounding Covid and the jabs, and how to move forward as the credibility of institutions crumbles.
Find Ed's book here: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510776395/cause-unknown/
5:10 - Update on findings in the last 10 months
10:29 - The censorship is obvious now
12:29 - What is the censorship hiding?
15:26 - Continuous jabs seem to only make things worse
17:43 - Making peace after the social conflict
20:50 - Collapsing workforce
23:37 - The deaths are getting conspicuous
28:42 - The system may be preparing for a takeover
33:05 - Bitcoin and its psyop impersonators
35:40 - Hedge fund
38:05 - Opportunities for entrepreneurs
40:04 - Everyone's on medication
45:29 - Will the NPCs ever catch on?
48:36 - Will the country start to fragment?
51:31 - Energy disaster
54:50 - Final thoughts
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