TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

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  1. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.28

    2 juli 2021 · 2 uur 30 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - windows version of specter desktop v1.4.6 included a virus

    - largest downward difficulty adjustment in bitcoin history expected tomorrow

    - athena to install 1500 bitcoin atms in el salvador

    - bisq v1.7.0

    - cwtch beta released

    - strike adds buy and hold support

    - proposal for federated blind lightning mints

    - niftynei on dual funded channels and privacy

    - iranian government exempts 30 mining operators amid moratorium

    - binance adds travel rule tool from ciphertrace

    - nearly all 700M linkedin users exposed in API compromise

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

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    Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.

    HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  2. #260: The Great Mining Migration, the market for ASICs, and the near term future of hashrate with Leo Zhang

    30 juni 2021 · 1 uur 16 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Leo Zhang, founder of Anicca Research, to discuss: Lees meer

    - Is this mining ban real?

    - How are Chinese miners reacting?

    - The dynamics of communication between the Chinese and Western mining industries

    - How will this migration affect hashrate in the short and medium term?

    - What does this mean for the market for ASICS?

    - What does capacity in the US look like right now?

    - Hashrate derivatives

    - much more

    Follow Leo on Twitter

    Check out Anicca Research

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  3. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.21

    25 juni 2021 · 1 uur 40 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - bitcoin hash drops amid chinese crackdown

    - gbtc redemptions hurting bitcoin demand

    - the b word initiative

    - lnd v0.13.0-beta

    - specter diy v1.5.5

    - rust lightning v0.0.98

    - joinmarket v0.8.3

    - joininbox v0.5.0

    - bluewallet v6.1.6

    - lightning terminal v0.5.0-alpha

    - sparrow wallet v1.4.2

    - umbrel v0.3.13

    - microstrategy buys more bitcoin

    - british FCA cracking down

    - iran seizes miners

    - pysa ransomware targets education organizations

    - gladstein on monetary colonialism

    - mccormack interviews president of el salvador

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  4. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.14

    18 juni 2021 · 2 uur 17 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - taproot upgrade has locked in, activation expected in november

    - Criminals mailing ledger customers compromised hardware wallets

    - US Bitcoin Mining Council formally launches

    - NY Electricians' union successfully fights bitcoin mining ban

    - G7 leaders say ransomware is a priority

    - Ukrainian raids arrest six tied to CLOP ransomware

    - Biden and Putin meet for four hours with US threatening "cyber response" to ransomware

    - US Dems form "cryptocurrency working group"

    - Microstrategy keeps buying bitcoin

    - Microstrategy considering stock sale

    - Swiss broker Relai raises $2.7M

    - FastBitcoins now available in Australia

    - Russell Okung's letter to the Nigerian government as local support for bitcoin increases

    - Bitcoin Beach article in business week

    - New guide from econoalchemist on coldcard + sparrow

    Shoutout to our sponsors:

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  5. #259: Bitcoin layer 3, empowering dissidents, and the power of the Lightning Network with Chase Perkins

    15 juni 2021 · 1 uur 24 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Chase Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Impervious.ai, to discuss: Lees meer

    - Building a VPN that leverages Lightning Network routing nodes

    - Data transfer and user privacy on the Internet

    - Building an API that allows individuals to build privacy preserving apps that leverage Lightning

    - The second iteration of the Internet

    - Node management

    - much more

    Follow Chase on Twitter

    Check out Impervious

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  6. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.07

    11 juni 2021 · 2 uur 36 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - El Salvador declares bitcoin legal tender

    - Legal tender move pissed off IMF

    - VOLCANO MINING

    - DOJ seizes 63.7 bitcoin connected to Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack

    - Global bank regulators propose burdensome bitcoin capital rule

    - White House advisor disclosures million dollar bitcoin position

    - Blockstream and Square announce solar mining initiative

    - Square announces $5M bitcoin endowment

    - Rumors that Indian Government will be more positive toward bitcoin going forward

    - Bitmex extends Gleb Naumenko grant

    - Microstrategy announces new private offering

    - Bitfinex invests in HodlHodl

    - Ledger raises $380 million

    - FBI ran an encrypted phone network 'Anom' with a backdoor

    - Apple announces new 'private relay' trust minimized VPN

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.

    HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  7. Rabbit Hole Recap LIVE IN MIAMI: Week of 2021.05.31

    7 juni 2021 · 1 uur 9 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - Moon bouncing transactions

    - Ross Ulbricht's interview

    - Green coins

    - Kevin O'Leary gets heckled

    - Censorship

    - Bitcoin Design Guide

    - Indy 500

    - Mining in gas fields

    - Much more

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.

    HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  8. #258: The morality of ESG with Untapped Growth

    2 juni 2021 · 2 uur 5 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth to discuss: Lees meer

    - ESG

    - Is it moral?

    - Can it be leveraged to speculative attack the fiat standard?

    - How can Bitcoin lead to better culture

    - Seeking objective truth

    - much more

    Follow Untapped Growth on Twitter

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  9. #257: Infusing bitcoin into gaming, the Lightning Network, and Bitcoin 2021 with Desiree Dickerson, Christian Moss, and Michael Tidwell

    28 mei 2021 · 1 uur 33 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Desiree Dickerson of Lightning Labs and Mint Gox + Christian Moss and Michael Tidwell of ZEBEEDEE to discuss: Lees meer

    - Update of the CSGO ZEBEEDEE Infuse integration

    - How users have tried to stack by gaming the system

    - Moderating sat farming

    - New slang around stacking sats

    - How the Lightning Network technical infrastructure is looking

    - New games on the horizon

    - Kids in South America earning a living via CSGO infused with sats

    - The eSports Stage at Bitcoin 2021 - 100,000,000 sats on the line!

    - much more

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  10. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.24

    27 mei 2021 · 2 uur 10 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - Chinese government bitcoin mining ban rumors

    - US based "bitcoin mining council"

    - texas bitcoin law

    - Ray dalio owns bitcoin

    - carl icahn considering bitcoin investment

    - four month bitcoin mining ban in iran

    - specter diy v1.5.4

    - blue wallet v6.1.4

    - lnd sidecar channels

    - bitcoin indy car

    - gladstein on the humanitarian and environmental case for bitcoin

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.

    HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  11. #256: How to grow a pair with Dave Collum

    26 mei 2021 · 3 uur 13 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with the legend Dave Collum to discuss: Lees meer

    - Fauci

    - Climate change

    - Lockdowns

    - The Fed

    - Inflation

    - Skydiving

    - much more

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  12. #255: Green energy tradeoffs, real environmentalism, Bitcoin as a commodity, & Saudi Inc. with Dr. Ellen Wald

    25 mei 2021 · 1 uur 10 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Ellen Wald, author of Saudi, Inc., to discuss: Lees meer

    - The unspoken tradeoffs of green energy

    - The Colonial Pipeline situation

    - Ransomeware

    - The ESG movement

    - Is bitcoin a commodity?

    - Saudi Inc.

    - much more

    Follow Ellen on Twitter

    Pick up Saudi, Inc.

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  13. #254: Bitcoin 101, inflation, and surfing with Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks

    21 mei 2021 · 1 uur 2 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks to discuss: Lees meer

    - Bitcoin 101

    - Inflation

    - Hyperinflation rhyming

    - much more

    Follow Bethany on Twitter

    Check out Bethany's website

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  14. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.17

    20 mei 2021 · 2 uur 3 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - our two first $10K candles and it was the same day!

    - hash rate appears to have dropped

    - dutch bank no longer requiring withdrawal address verification

    - cross browser tracking vulnerability

    - chaos at freenode

    - libsecp256k1 improvements have sped up bitcoin core validation by 7%

    - darkside says servers and bitcoin seized, all decryption keys to be released

    - elliptic follows darkside funds https://archive.ph/lBa2C and oxt provides cluster

    - argentina authorities force exchanges to provide data

    - US Treasury wants a $10K transfer reporting requirement

    - whirlpool cli v0.10.11

    - ronindojo v1.10.0

    - sparrow wallet v1.4.1

    - chess tournament with $100K bitcoin prize

    - galaxy digital on bitcoin energy consumption

    - wharton receives $5M worth of bitcoin

    - anthony towns on taproot activation

    - chinese gov and apple servers

    - follow up to last week's solar comments

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  15. #253: Local government, building a strong town, and bitcoin on the balance sheet with Mayor Scott Conger

    19 mei 2021 · 51 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with the Mayor of Jackson Tennessee, Scott Conger, to discuss: Lees meer

    - Being the 3rd Mayor of Jackson in his family

    - The day to day of leading a small city

    - How Mayor Conger approaches taxes for the city

    - How Mayor Conger became interested in bitcoin

    - Bitcoin's role in local government

    - Local v. Federal government

    - "If not me, then who?"

    - much more

    Follow Mayor Conger on Twitter

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  16. #252: Content monetization, art, and NFTs with cryptograffiti

    18 mei 2021 · 1 uur 16 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with prolific Bitcoin artist cryptograffiti to discuss: Lees meer

    - Using art to convey Bitcoin's revolutionary nature

    - Content monetization under a Bitcoin Standard

    - Why NFTs are so popular

    - Is art subjective or is there objective beauty?

    - Cutting out middle men

    - Artists working directly with collectors

    - much more

    Follow cryptograffiti on Twitter

    Check out his art

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  17. #251: Raising children, ransomware attacks, climate narrative, and Bitcoin under attack with Whitney Webb

    14 mei 2021 · 1 uur 30 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with investigative journalist Whitney Webb to discuss: Lees meer

    - Raising children as a countercultural act

    - Ransomeware attacks

    - Colonial Pipeline spill cover up

    - Elon Musk

    - Bill Gates

    - Central Bank Digital Currencies

    - AI

    - Bitcoin as a tool to fight back

    - Citadels

    - much more

    Follow Whitney on Twitter

    Support her at UnlimitedHangout.com

  18. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.10

    14 mei 2021 · 2 uur 29 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - cake wallet vulnerability

    - hash rate ath

    - the bitcoin car at indy 500

    - elon tweets energy fud

    - microstrategy stacked more

    - recent CPI numbers released

    - us gov probes binance

    - gbtc discount hits record low of 20%

    - fully noded v0.2.17

    - bluewallet v6.1.2

    - lightning network privacy analysis

    - analysis of darkside ransomware group

    - colonial pipeline allegedly paid $5M ransom

    - check your financial privilege by gladstein

    - gladstein in cato on a post cash world

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.

    HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  19. #250: Q1 Monetary Base Update, inflation, and haters with Matthew Mežinskis

    13 mei 2021 · 2 uur 14 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss: Lees meer

    - The latest global monetary base update

    - Why the monetary base is a good benchmark for bitcoin

    - Bitcoin is the 6th largest base money (ex-gold) in the world

    - Defining assets and liabilities on the Fed's balance sheet

    - Why Japan matters

    - Communism creep

    - Bitcoin and a free banking system

    - Academic economists and bitcoin

    - much more

    Follow Matthew on Twitter

    Check out cryptovoices.com

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  20. #249: Indian Point shutdown, electricity prices, Bitcoin 101, and externalities of wind energy w/ Robert Bryce

    10 mei 2021 · 1 uur 3 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Robert Bryce; author, documentarian, and host of the Power Hungry Podcast, to discuss: Lees meer

    - The Indian Point power plant shutdown

    - Energy mix

    - Subsidies leading to capital misallocation

    - Bitcoin's value prop

    - The externalities that come with wind turbines

    - Land use and green energy

    - much more

    Follow Robert on Twitter

    Check out Robert's latest book, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations

    Check out Robert's website

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

    Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  21. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.03

    7 mei 2021 · 1 uur 29 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    bitcoin core v0.21.1

    first taproot signalling period

    new multisig guide from bitcoinqna

    thailand in person kyc

    this month in bitcoin privacy

    bluewallet v6.1.0

    umbrel v03.10

    phoenix v1.4.11

    F2pool hashrate from outside china

    Dual-funded LN channel on mainnet

    MARA virtue signaling

    Iranian Central Bank cucking too

    Miningpool.observer

    NY State wants to ban mining

    Bitcoin Beach fund raiser

    Coinbase transparency report

    Cash App Q1 numbers

    Commodities inflation

    Tunisian student arrested and tortured for using BTC

    Shoutout to this week's sponsors.

    Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

    Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.

    HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com

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  22. #248: Fragile electrical grids, unreliable energy lobby, nuclear FUD, and common sense with Meredith Angwin

    4 mei 2021 · 1 uur 8 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid, to discuss: Lees meer

    - The fragility of grids

    - Misconceptions around electric grids

    - Energy mix

    - What's happening in Texas and California?

    - Why nuclear is important

    - How data is manipulated to push special interests

    - How we can fix our grids

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  23. #247: Julian Assange, The Espionage Act, Julian's Defense, and Journalistic Freedom in 2021 with Gabriel Shipton

    30 april 2021 · 58 min

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    - Julian's ongoing trial

    - How the US Government is wrongfully persecuting Julian

    - The bogus rape charges lobbed against Julian

    - The US Government's Espionage charges

    - Journalism in 2021

    - Why Julian's case is very important for the future of journalism

    - How to support Julian's defense fund

    - much more

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  24. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.26

    29 april 2021 · 2 uur 4 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - BTCPay Server vulnerability disclosure

    - JP Morgan bends the knee

    - Tesla CFO on bitcoin during Q1 earnings

    - Public video game publisher Nexon buys 1717 bitcoin

    - Chiefs veteran tight end Sean Culkin converting entire salary to bitcoin

    - Second bitcoin exchange goes down in Turkey

    - Turkish gov using it as an excuse to regulate further

    - Bitcoin Fog custodial bitcoin mixer operator arrested

    - DC Cops hit with ransomware which threatens informants

    - Global ransomware task force launched

    - Bisq exploring new trade protocol

    - Adam Gibson on big picture Joinmarket improvements

    - Blockstream satellite easy base station

    - Umbrel v0.3.9

    - RaspiBlitz v1.7.0

    - Specter v1.3.1

    - Sparrow v1.4.0

    - Sphinx Relay v2.0.13

    - BTCPay Server v1.1.0

    - Specter DIY

    - Square adds former vice president of U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness

    - LND benchmarking, 1000 TPS on consumer VPS possible

    - Bitcoin Beach feature

    - Rizzo on Satoshi's disappearance

    - Gladstein on the petrodollar

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  25. #246: The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner, mining profitability models, and hashrate derivatives with Karim Helmy

    28 april 2021 · 57 min

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    - The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner Pt. II

    - Modeling future price and profitability

    - Helping miners make better business decisions

    - The ASIC crunch

    - Future research topics

    - much more

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  26. #245: Austin, trillions out of thin air, inflation, and a Bitcoin economy with Parker Lewis

    23 april 2021 · 1 uur 35 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, to discuss: Lees meer

    - The Austin Bitcoin scene

    - The Fed opening the spigots

    - Systemic credit risk

    - Fiscal spending enabled by the Fed

    - Capital allocation under a Bitcoin Standard

    - Sam Houston

    - much more

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    Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

  27. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.19

    22 april 2021 · 2 uur 6 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - Venmo adds bitcoin IOU support, no withdrawals

    - WeWork accepting bitcoin as payment and will hodl

    - Coin Center responds strongly against FATF

    - Turkish Gov attempting bitcoin payments ban

    - Turkish bitcoin exhange Thodex apparent exit scam

    - OKEx adds lightning support

    - Cashapp raises withdrawal minimum to 100K sats frok 10K sats

    - Bitcoin Core v0.21.1 RC 1 Taproot Speedy Trial client released

    - UASF Taproot client released

    - Aaron Van Wirdum write up on the two taproot clients

    - myNode v0.2.30

    - Start9 adds Sphinx, Onion pages, Photoview

    - Square and Ark argue that bitcoin is good for the environment

    - Former comptroller of the currency Brian Brooks new CEO of Binance US

    - Former CFTC Chair joins BlockFi Board

    - The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner, Part II

    - Signal hacks hacking company Cellebrite

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  28. #244: DLCs, DeFi, Taproot activation, and milk cattle with Chris Stewart and Ben Carman

    16 april 2021 · 1 uur 41 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart and Ben Carman from Suredbits to discuss: Lees meer

    - The Austin scene

    - Migrations in the US

    - DLCs

    - Lessons from DeFi

    - Taproot activation

    - Speedy Trial

    - Coinflip

    - Milk cattle

    - much more

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  29. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.12

    15 april 2021 · 1 uur 51 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - Speedy Trial taproot activation method merged

    - Comments by greg maxwell

    - COPA sues CSW

    - CCI releases first report stating there is minimal "illicit activity" using bitcoin

    - VanEck "bitcoin" ETF DAPP that does not hold bitcoin directly

    - btc-rpc-explorer v3.0

    - trezor suite beta v21.4.1

    - Alleged paxful KYC leak claimed to be fake

    - Gladstein biweekly column

    - shitCOIN IPO, currently valued at ~$66B

    - Mexico fingerprint KYC for phone sim cards

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  30. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.05

    9 april 2021 · 2 uur 31 min

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    This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lees meer

    - coinbase IPO on april 14th, ticker COIN

    - NYDIG raises another $100M

    - African P2P volumes hit new all time highs

    - Ukrainian civil servants own more than 46k bitcoin

    - Crypto Council for Innovation announced

    - Square Crypto grant for mempool.space

    - Peter Thiel comments on bitcoin and china

    - Arthur Hayes surrenders

    - Circle and Polo ordered to provide info on users to IRS

    - Kraken received similar but judge says they must narrow request

    - former chainalysis chief technical counsel now head of fincen

    - Blue Wallet v6.0.8

    - Hexa Wallet v1.5.0

    - Coldcard v4.0.2

    - Sphinx-relay v2.0.9

    - Sparrow Wallet v1.3.2

    - Electrum v4.1.2

    - LexisNexis signs contract to provide database of 283 million people to US ICE

    - 522 million facebook users' info leaked online

    - Jake Chervinsky Q1 review

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  31. #243: Regenerative farming, Fiat food and farming, cattle breeds, and plebs running the world with Untapped Growth

    7 april 2021 · 2 uur 33 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth (Joel) to discuss: Lees meer

    - The Fiat Farming system

    - Top soil

    - Roundup in everything

    - Using cattle for regenerative farming

    - Creating a cattle ranching/land management co-op

    - Distributed asynchronous citadel networks

    - much more

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  32. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.29

    2 april 2021 · 2 uur 30 min

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    - coldcard physical attack

    - Kentucky signs bitcoin mining incentives

    - Strike launches in El Salvador without banking partners

    - Azteco adds lightning

    - Goldman to start offering bitcoin exposure to rich clients

    - Morgan Stanley prepping to add bitcoin exposure to major funds

    - Brink's first round of dev grants

    - Gemini provides grant to mempool.space

    - Specter v1.3.0

    - Coldcard v4.01

    - Bisq v1.6.1

    - BTCPay Server v1.0.7.1

    - sphinx-relay v2.0.7

    - c-lightning v0.10.0

    - MyNode v0.2.29

    - Umbrel v0.3.8

    - Zeus v0.5.1

    - JoininBox v0.3.4

    - Wasabi v1.1.12.7

    - HWI v2.0.1

    - Chainalysis raises $100M, valued at $2B

    - Canada increases KYC requirements

    - Lightning node performance tests

    - Probing lightning channels paper

    - Largest KYC leak ever from MobiKwik in India

    - GBTC still trading at discount

    - Bitcoin transcripts hub

    - This month in bitcoin privacy

    - SuredBits Multi Oraclee deep dive

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  33. #242: Ledn.io, Proof of Reserves, risk management, hyperinflation, and the Petro with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

    29 maart 2021 · 1 uur 44 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo to discuss: Lees meer

    - Ledn's recent raise

    - Proof of Reserves

    - Risk Management

    - Duration matching

    - Hyperinflation

    - Good people succeeding

    - Bitcoin scaling in layers

    - Ledn users sending within the platform

    - The Petro

    - much more

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  34. #241: Mining pools, Braidpool, resistance to attacks, adversarial thinking, and dev funding with Bob McElrath

    26 maart 2021 · 1 uur 2 min

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    - NY BitDevs

    - Mining pools

    - P2Pool

    - Braidpool

    - Making decentralized pools viable

    - How they may fail

    - Adversarial thinking

    - Bob's Bitcoin journey

    - much more

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    Bitcoin Munich Meetup Video

    Braidpool IRC

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  35. Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2021.03.22

    26 maart 2021 · 2 uur 31 min

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    - Tesla now accepting bitcoin and will hodl

    - Podcasting 2.0 on breez

    - Microsoft launches layer 2 decentralized identity on top of bitcoin mainnet

    - FTX closing $7M per year deal for Miami Heat Arena

    - Fidelity files for a bitcoin etf

    - Lolli raises $5M from Serena Williams and her husband

    - CFTC fines coinbase $6.5M for litecoin bullshit

    - FATF releases enhanced KYC guidelines

    - Coincenter analysis

    - Surveillance firm Elliptic explaining Hydra innovative dead drops

    - JoininBox v0.3.3

    - RoninDojo v1.9.0

    - Sparrow Walet v1.3.1

    - Tails v4.17

    - Sphinx relay v2.0.6

    - BlueWallet v6.0.7

    - Specter DIY v1.5.0

    - eznode simple pruning-friendly setup for a personal bitcoin full node

    - New liquid wallet

    - Test release of coinswaps statechain implementation

    - Bisq meeting on moving to layer 2 networks

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  36. #240: Bullishness, timing births with bull cycles, Bitcoin 2021, and the youths with David Bailey

    23 maart 2021 · 1 uur 3 min

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    - How bullish is David?

    - How high will bitcoin go?

    - Timing the birth of his children up with bull markets

    - Bitcoin 2021 events

    - Bitcoin 2021 location

    - Bitcoin Magazine content

    - much more

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  37. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.15

    19 maart 2021 · 2 uur 14 min

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    - FTX negotiating naming rights to miami heat arena https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article249892678.html

    - miner revenue priced in dollars hits all time high https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_/status/1370901101403238400

    - Kentucky passes tax breaks to bitcoin miners https://www.coindesk.com/kentucky-approves-bills-providing-incentives-for-crypto-miners

    - Pakistani province experimenting with mining using hydro https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-pakistan/pakistani-province-plans-to-build-pilot-crypto-currency-mining-farms-idUSKBN2BA0KW

    - Oakland Athletics bitcoin suites https://twitter.com/AthleticsPR/status/1371144942735609859

    - Morgan Stanley wealth management now offering bitcoin funds https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/bitcoin-morgan-stanley-is-the-first-big-us-bank-to-offer-wealthy-clients-access-to-bitcoin-funds.html

    - Signal now accepting bitcoin https://signal.org/donate/#cryptocurrency

    - India attempted ban rumored https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cryptocurrency-ban-idUSKBN2B60R0

    - JPMorgan says retail flows comparable to institutional https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/retail-bitcoin-traders-rival-wall-street-buyers-as-mania-builds

    - Third coincenter letter to fincen about proposed enhanced kyc https://www.coincenter.org/coin-center-uses-additional-time-provided-by-fincen-to-file-another-comment-in-ongoing-surveillance-rulemaking/

    - Binance probed by CFTC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/crypto-exchange-binance-investigated-by-u-s-over-who-s-trading

    - BitMEX cofounder Ben Delo surrenders and released on $20M bail https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/bitmex-founder-delo-surrenders-to-face-u-s-laundering-charges

    - Coldcard v4.0.0 https://blockclockmini.com/firmware/

    - Blockclock mini v1.0.8 https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.0-released/

    - HWI v2.0.0 https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/releases/tag/2.0.0

    - Nodl d…

  38. #239: Sphinx Chat, encrypted chat over LN, banking the unbanked, and rearchitecting the Internet with Paul Itoi

    17 maart 2021 · 1 uur 21 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Paul Itoi, co-founder of Stakwork and Sphinx Chat, to discuss: Lees meer

    - Sphinx chat

    - Content monetization without ads

    - Encrypted chat over the Lightning Network

    - Paying anons around the world

    - Banking the unbanked

    - Rearchitecting the Internet using BTC/LN

    - How BTC/LN can help parents unschool their kids

    - Bringing back grazing cattle via Sphinx

    - Training personal AIs

    - much more

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  39. #238: Green energy jobs fraud, unreliable renewables, climate catastrophe, and controllable electricity with Alex Epstein

    17 maart 2021 · 1 uur 9 min

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    - Green energy jobs v. oil jobs

    - Subsidies driving energy prices higher

    - Using fraud as a heuristic to question the anti-energy movement

    - Developing our environment to protect from climate

    - "Climate catastrophe"

    - Why not nuclear?

    - Moralizing energy conversion

    - Bitcoin and energy

    - much more

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  40. #237: Bitcoin Urbanism, Parasitic ideas, real world inflation, the suburban mistake and building Strong Towns with Kelly Lannan

    15 maart 2021 · 1 uur 50 min

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    Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan, the mind behind Bitcoin Urbanism, to discuss: Lees meer

    - Parasitic ideas

    - How Bitcoin Urbanism came to be

    - Being a real estate developer

    - Building materials inflation

    - How fiat money destroyed city planning

    - How city codes hamstring builders

    - Fixing the Fiat Standard one block at a time

    - Classical architecture making a come back

    - much more

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  41. #236: Occupy Wall Street, independent media, being a stock broker in the 80s, flaneuring, and NYC comedy with Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert

    12 maart 2021 · 2 uur 9 min

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    - Occupy Wall Street

    - Wall Street in the 80s

    - Independent media

    - Propaganda and gaslighting

    - Bitcoin as an anti-war movement

    - Comedy in NYC in the 70s & 80s

    - much more

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  42. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.08

    11 maart 2021 · 1 uur 45 min

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    - Norwegian energy giant Aker forms bitcoin unit Seetee

    - New Taproot Activation Method proposed "Speedy Trial"

    - Malicious backdoored version of electrum wallet

    - Whirlpool GUI v0.10.3

    - Samourai Wallet v0.99.96e

    - Zeus v0.5.0

    - JoinMarket v0.8.2

    - JoininBox v0.3.0

    - Coldcard v4.0.0-beta

    - Sparrow v1.3.0

    - BTCPay Server v1.0.7.0

    - NYDIG $200 million growth round

    - Blockfi $350M raise at $3B valuation

    - River $12M raise

    - Massive Microsoft Exchange email server compromise

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  43. #235: The history of taxes, taxes under a Bitcoin Standard, and gold v. bitcoin with Dominic Frisby

    10 maart 2021 · 1 uur 45 min

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    - Daylight Robbery

    - The history of taxes

    - The future of taxes under a Bitcoin Standard

    - The State as a coercive evil force

    - Gold v. Bitcoin

    - much more

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  44. #234: OPEC, the Shale industry, common sense, and bitcoin as a settlement currency with Anas Alhajji

    8 maart 2021 · 1 uur 24 min

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    - OPEC dynamics

    - The politics of oil and gas

    - The history of the shale industry

    - Common sense

    - Bitcoin as a settlement currency for oil trade

    - much more

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  45. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.01

    4 maart 2021 · 2 uur 19 min

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    - bottlepay flagging samourai whirlpool coinjoin deposits

    - bitstamp flagging wasabi coinjoin usage post withdrawal

    - I2P network support merged into bitcoin core

    - Regtest demo of zcash based bitcoin sidechain

    - Arthur Hayes negotiating surrender agreement

    - Umbrel v0.3.6

    - BlueWallet v6.0.6

    - Whirlpool CLI v0.10.10

    - Eclair v0.5.1

    - Lightning Terminal v0.4.1

    - BTCPay Server added to Voltage

    - Citi bank bullish report

    - Goldman Sachs bitcoin trading desk

    - HRF $70K in bitcoin dev grants

    - Bull Bitcoin and Wasabi Wallet $40K grant to Luke-Jr

    - Unchained Capital $5.5M seed round led by NYDIG

    - Bitcoin voicepaper

    - Kentucky bitcoin mining incentive

    - PayNyms 101

    - This month in bitcoin privacy

    - DEA report mentions bitcoin and 'virtual currency'

    - Mempool joins COPA

    - Germany considering KYC for emails and texts

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  46. #233: Raising money in 2020, hashrate derivative products, why no hashrate growth?, and off-grid mining with Nick Hansen

    3 maart 2021 · 1 uur 24 min

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    - Raising money in 2020

    - Building as the price of bitcoin crashed

    - Hashrate derivative tokens

    - Why a miner would sell hash

    - Why a retail investor would buy a hash rate token

    - Why isn't hash rate keeping up with price

    - Mining off grid

    - much more

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  47. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.02.22

    26 februari 2021 · 1 uur 52 min

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    - Taproot LOT OF LOTS

    - BitPay Sanctions Violations

    - Bitfinex and Tether settle with NY AG without admitting fault

    - MicroStrategy bought another ~19.5k bitcoin for a ~$1.03B, they now hold 90.5k bitcoin

    - Square quarterly earnings

    - Coinbase discloses number ahead of Nasdaq listing

    - Teleport Transactions CoinSwap implementation

    - Arthur Hayes emerges

    - Specter v1.2.0

    - Onion Share v2.3

    - RTL v0.10.1

    - Hexa Wallet v1.4.5

    - Samourai Dojo v1.9.0

    - MyNode v0.2.27

    - Sparrow Wallet v1.2.0

    - Blockstream Green adds encryption to wallet metadata

    - River raised $17.3M

    - BottlePay raised $15.5M

    - Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?

    - BitMEX provides third grant for Michael Ford

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  48. #232: Treasuries, inflation, history lessons, and Bitcoin & energy with Lyn Alden

    24 februari 2021 · 1 uur 15 min

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    - Current market environment

    - Commodities pumping

    - Rates jumping

    - Repo markets

    - Inflation

    - Historical inflationary event

    - Bitcoin + energy arbitrage

    - much more

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  49. #231: Mining trends, bitcoin liquidity crunch, and money printer go brrr with Mason Jappa & Sam Chwarzynski

    19 februari 2021 · 1 uur 25 min

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    - Mining trends

    - Hosting

    - Bitcoin as a messaging protocol

    - The bitcoin liquidity crunch

    - The macro factors lining up for bitcoin

    - Bitcoin the messaging network

    - Protecting against onerous regulations

    - much more

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  50. Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.02.15

    18 februari 2021 · 1 uur 45 min

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    - Taproot activation timeline released

    - Dread admins discuss issues with ongoing Tor attack

    - Jack and Jay Z announce 500 bitcoin development endowment

    - Canadian Bitcoin ETF gets green light

    - BlackRock "dabbling" in bitcoin

    - BlueWallet v6.0.5

    - Zap Android v0.4.0-beta

    - JoininBox v0.2.0

    - Umbrel v0.3.3

    - Wasabi Wallet v1.1.12.4

    - BIP47 v3 draft spec released

    - Bitcoin Storage Guide by Sparrow Wallet Team

    - Ministry of Nodes Ubuntu Node Box Guide

    - Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OBTC), a challenger to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)

    - Myanmar internet cut multiple times as military curfew continues

    - Matt + Scaramucci

    - Texas energy debacle

    - Bitcoin is the #6 base money in the world

    - much more

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