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Rabbit Hole Recap #254: No Rest for the Wicked May 25, 2023

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5:02 - RHR is an AI show now

10:19 - Presidential candidates talking Bitcoin

16:26 - Dashboard

19:25 - Bitcoin 2023

27:06 - Chainalysis

37:12 - Worldcoin

52:38 - Azteco in Costa Rica

54:11 - Back to Worldcoin

57:41 - Ledger backpedals

1:07:19 - Strike goes global

1:18:32 - NYC freezes its own bank accounts

1:28:33 - Fedi Alpha

1:29:03 - Mutiny Wallet ft. Ben Carman

1:42:21- Ben is shooed

1:49:32 - Start9

1:55:04 - Boostagrams

1:57:51 - Software updates

2:01:29 - Robosats

2:03:01 - Go watch the Open Source Stage archive

2:05:11 - Marty gotta pee

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Rabbit Hole Recap Live at Bitcoin 2023 with ODELL, Marty Bent, Max Keidun & Rob Hamilton - May 19th, 2023 May 23, 2023

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Live From the Open Source Stage at Bitcoin 2023 in Miami on May 19th, 2023

Guests: Max Keidun & Rob Hamilton

YouTube: https://youtu.be/f4U-PAWv3ts

0:00 - We're live!
2:30 - Miniscript
4:00 - This is RHR
5:30 - Debifi and Bitcoin collateral
12:00 - Mempool announcement
19:40 - Ledger controversy
27:00 - RFK speech
28:50 - Questions
46:05 - Final thoughts

Rabbit Hole Recap #252: Mempools Running Hot May 11, 2023

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Azteco Bitcoin Vouchers Can Now Be Purchased with Cash At Over 126000 Locations in Brazil https://nitter.at/Azteco_/status/1655965956479279113?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Bull Bitcoin Launches No KYC Bitcoin Purchases with Cash or Debit https://www.bullbitcoin.com/blog/bull-bitcoin-launches-no-kyc-bitcoin-purchases-with-cash-or-debit?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Marathon Digital and Zero Two To Develop Large-Scale Immersion Bitcoin Mining Facilities in Abu Dhabi https://ir.marathondh.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1312/marathon-digital-holdings-and-zero-two-to-develop-and?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Muun Wallet Is Experiencing Issues As High Fees Continue https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/muun-wallet-experiencing-issues-due-to-high-fees/ Cash App Sold $2.16 Billion Worth of Bitcoin in Q1, Up By 25% Year Over Year https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cash-app-bitcoin-sales-profit-up/

0:00 - Big party rip, what’s up with mempools? 13:42 - Murch shills his podcast 14:35 - Back to mempools and BTC shitcoins 35:02 - History repeats 40:12- RBF and CPFP 51:50 - Fee spike’s effect on lighting adoption 1:06:00 - Spam arguments and security budget 1:11:15 - This week in Nashville 1:21:00 - Boostagrams 1:25:35 - Marathon Abu Dhabi mining 1:33:30 - Tether balance sheet 1:37:15 - Muun struggling 1:41:20 - Tippin.me accused of exit scamming 1:44:00 - Bull Bitcoin & Azteco KYC free 1:48:27 - Mask off clips 1:53:10 - Favorite Bitcoin hater 2:01:10 - E-Verify 2:08:37 - Crypto ownership growth 2:15:13 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now https://merch.tftc.io/ Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://tftc.io/podcasts/ Follow Odell: Twitter https://twitter.com/ODELL Newsletter https://tftc.io/the-sat-standard/ Podcast https://citadeldispatch.com/

Rabbit Hole Recap #251: $10,000,000 for Open Source Projects May 04, 2023

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$10M for free and open source software https://opensats.org/blog Kingdom of Bhutan has been mining bitcoin since 2020, announces $500M mining fund to expand operations https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/03/2659973/0/en/Bitdeer-and-Druk-Holding-Investments-to-Jointly-Develop-Green-Digital-Asset-Mining-Operations-in-the-Kingdom-of-Bhutan.html?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Biden admin proposes 30% bitcoin mining tax https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/05/02/cost-of-cryptomining-dame-tax/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com First Republic Bank fails, sold to JP Morgan https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23034.html?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Venmo to finally enable self custody transfers https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2023-04-28-Introducing-Crypto-Transfers-for-Venmo-Customers?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Balaji capitulates on million dollar price call, donates an additional million https://balajis.com/fiat/ LND v0.16.2 https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.16.2-beta?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Lightning Terminal v0.9.2-alpha https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.9.2-alpha?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Blixt Wallet v0.6.7 https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.7?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Sphinx Relay v2.3.1 https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.3.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Parmanode v2.3.4 https://github.com/ArmanTheParman/Parmanode/releases/tag/v2.3.4?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Alby Launches Nostr Wallet Connect https://blog.getalby.com/introducing-nostr-wallet-connect/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Feni v0.1.8: Cashu Wallet & Mint Implementation in Golang https://github.com/cashubtc/cashu-feni/releases/tag/v0.1.8?ref=nobsbitcoin.com AgoraDesk App v1.1.1 https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.1.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com MyNode v0.3.16 https://nitter.at/mynodebtc/status/1653150968454717442?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Zeus v0.7.5 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.5?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Nayuta Wallet v.0.1.7 https://medium.com/nayuta-en/nayuta-wallet-v0-1-7-released-e544e5159d5d?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Stack Duo v1.0.5 https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_008?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Bisq v1.9.10 https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases/tag/v1.9.10?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Munstr: MuSig + Nostr https://github.com/0xBEEFCAF3/munstr?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Electrum v4.4.1 https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/releases/tag/4.4.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Galoy v0.6.48 https://github.com/GaloyMoney/galoy/releases/tag/0.6.48?ref=nobsbitcoin.com tracking growth in payjoin adoption https://payjoin.substack.com/p/tracking-growth-in-payjoin-adoption?sd=pf&ref=nobsbitcoin.com LNMesh: Offline Lightning Network Payments Using Community Wireless Mesh Networks https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14559?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

3:16 - OpenSats $10 mil
15:59 - Dashboard, mempool bets
33:06 - Bhutan mining
49:19- Biden wants to ban mining
56:48 - Banking crisis
1:14:03 - Debt crisis
1:24:18 - Venmo has bitcoin
1:27:33 - Balaji pays up
1:32:58 - Debt ceiling shutdown
1:36:29 - Whitney Webb TFTC episode
1:40:13 - Lnd update
1:42:21 - Boostagrams
1:47:02 - Software updates
1:52:23 - Payjoin adoption
1:55:09 - LNMesh
1:59:19 - Shoutout to Fedi
2:01:54 - Wrapping up

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Rabbit Hole Recap #250: Bank Runs Continue Apr 27, 2023

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0:00 - Shitcoiners took over Austin

8:25 - Dashboard

11:30 - Jerome Powell deepfake prank call

24:35 - First Republic

30:15 - Fed losing control

35:00 - Tornado Cash dev free

38:35 - Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

40:15 - Don't Trust Wallet

47:10 - Shitcoins getting drained

51:20 - PoW on Tor

54:35 - Bitcoin on Telegram

57:30 - Telegram ban in Brazil

1:00:37 - Coinstr

1:02:15 - NIP-89

1:06:00 - Strike global send

1:08:10 - Preturnio op return search

1:09:25 - Nunchuck coin control

1:14:40 - Mutiny Node

1:17:10 - Software update rapidfire

1:20:20 - Amethyst

1:23:45 - Balance of Satoshis

1:24:30 - Bluewallet

1:27:45 - Miner bug-out button

1:32:15 - LND and NIP-94

1:33:30 - Unchained hardware wallet guide

1:34:00 - UK attacks end to end encryption

1:39:55 - Clown world military EVs

1:42:44 - Sudan

1:45:53 - ASICs going to Russia

1:48:15 - FINAL final shoutout, Coldcard talk

2:00:20 - Boostagrams

2:05:50 - FOSS principles and security/privacy

2:08:55 - DCG owes Genesis

2:11:50 - OpenSats pre announcement announcement

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Rabbit Hole Recap #249: Is Russia Mining Bitcoin? Apr 20, 2023

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This week Marty gets a new nickname.

https://tass.ru/ekonomika/17542637

https://twitter.com/TDF_Can/status/1648712428568424448

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-parliament-approves-travel-rule-and-mica/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mullvad-vpn-data/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wavman-music-player-for-nostr/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zapworthy-nostr/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/upgrade-your-luks-key-derivation-function/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/n3xb-exchange/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bhutan-sovereign-fund/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/sweden-removes-tax-credits-for-data-centers/

https://twitter.com/clarkmoody/status/1645127454950866948

https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1646470359346970624

https://twitter.com/SGBarbour/status/1649046385248079877

4:00 - Opening riff
8:21 - Dashboard
15:30 - Coinjoin drama
23:40 - Marty loses brain cells & Matt talks privacy
35:42 - Payjoin
37:59 - Cashu
42:16 - New Unchained
46:50 - Russia mining?
58:37 - Nostr hype
1:06:26 - Bhutan stacked sats and got rugged
1:09:11 - EU passes FATF rule
1:13:56 - Jordan Peterson
1:16:40 - Bitcoin art
1:21:38 - Ordinals broken
1:24:20 - Consensus alternatives in Austin
1:31:37 - Unicoin
1:33:23 - Boostagrams and an accidental shoutout
1:37:50 - More Prime Trust rugging
1:39:52 - Uncle Snotty loves his name

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Rabbit Hole Recap #248: The NY Times is a Dying Blog Apr 13, 2023

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5:17 - Can't send bitcoin on an airplane
11:28 - Pierre Rochard CO2 trolling
21:49 - Texas anti-mining
25:45 - Drop Twitter, use Nostr
33:15 - BRICS meeting
35:21 - Chaumian Ecash
38:43 - Bitcoin Fog case
45:12 - Can't argue rulers into submission
48:48 - Is China taking Taiwan?
51:44 - AI will break you toilet
57:27 - Elon's social credit score
1:02:47 - Off-chain channel management
1:03:49 - Come grab Matt's $2000 knob
1:05:44 - Xapo bank
1:08:30 - Easter resurrection of the market?
1:11:16 - Vivec's workshop
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Rabbit Hole Recap #247: BRICS Bucks Apr 06, 2023

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5:17 - It takes a while at the start ;)
6:15 - Dashboard
8:45 - BRICS Bucs
16:52 - Chinese agents using America's southern border
27:06 - BRICS Bucs are bad for the dollar
29:35 - Bitcoin's messianic aspects
31:25 - Mutiny Wallet
37:16 - Texas rugs miners
45:35 - CZ rumors
50:05 - Paxful shut down
55:15 - Noones
58:23 - Emerging markets and beef sticks
59:35 - MacOS Bitcoin whitepaper
1:00:50 - Twitter trolls everyone
1:06:15 - Coinbase coming down?
1:09:15 - Clown world
1:10:51 - Marty meets the Bidens
1:11:25 - Mulvad browser
1:17:49 - Zaprite 2.0
1:20:34 - Hyperbitcoinization panel at Bitcoin 2023
1:22:15 - Mempool spam and block fees
1:26:23 - Chivo is flagging Wasabi coinjoins
1:28:18 - Volitility incoming?
1:32:10 - Boostagrams
1:35:32 - Cashapp founder stabbed
1:39:00 - ZeroSync
1:41:11 - Beef Initiative Summit
1:43:13 - Packed week at Bitcoin Park
1:45:10 - Wrapping up

Rabbit Hole Recap #246: Time is Scarce Mar 31, 2023

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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1641079790537981952?s=20

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/route-blinding-merged/

https://twitter.com/RadarHits/status/1641414101527142402?s=20

0:00 - RIP Mr. Bent
6:45 - Dashboard
7:50 - Tik Tok ban AKA Patriot Act 2.0
22:25 - Dedollarisation
27:40 - Can't stop the signal
31:20 - Lightning route blinding
35:30 - Big difficulty adjustment
42:30 - Fedi pools
48:27 - ZeroSync utreexo
56:10 - Then they fight you
1:01:20 - Hug your kids, hug your parents
1:03:00 - It was never gonna be easy
1:06:15 - Brief software updates
1:07:30 - Texas Senate on mining
1:09:05 - EU monetary surveillance
1:12:25 - Boostagrams
1:19:00 - We didn't start the fire

Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days Mar 23, 2023

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Marty dons a very cool and stylish hat while Matt rations his wifi.

https://twitter.com/stackhodler/status/1638830291287527424

https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1639014379713708033

https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1639013798362112000

https://tradeblock.com/markets/bfnx/xbt-usd/30m/

https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqyr2wfe8ycrwwfeqgsffcng7jk2fnq5vylp5m2sm26q3q4e7z9rr4lkh2qkq3pfkxam5rsrqsqqqa28rngva8

https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqnxsar5wpen5te0w3n8gcewd9hj7mtpwf68juedvfjkuap0d9ehxat995cnxve0qgszsfr2amdk0jnmy5qukevqmspvky4s9j4va50h9xakr9wsv2cs3tgrqsqqqa284pg574

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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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