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Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This Mar 16, 2023

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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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Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks Mar 10, 2023

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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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Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year Mar 02, 2023

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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

6:36 - Opening riff

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

2:20:34 - Bitcoin Optech

2:22:00 - Abubakar Article

2:24:25 - Freedom Money Ep 5

2:26:47 - Layoffs

2:39:57 - Wrap up

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Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome Feb 23, 2023

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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
1:55:06 - Marty pays up

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Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin Feb 17, 2023

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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
1:30:22 - Macro brief
1:37:52 - Wrap up

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Rabbit Hole Recap #239: End of a Wild Week with NVK and Dern Feb 10, 2023

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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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Rabbit Hole Recap #238: The Government Rugpulls Have Escalated Feb 02, 2023

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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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Rabbit Hole Recap #237: Evening Rip to End a Quiet Week Jan 27, 2023

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

blockstream raises $125M https://www.prweb.com/releases/2023/1/prweb19127332.htm

strike launches first clover merchant https://twitter.com/jackmallers/status/1618731420998049798

fold launches enterprise api https://foldapp.com/api

prime trust cut from texas, swan and fold impacted https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/prime-trust-texas-issues/

tails v5.9 https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.9/

lnbits v0.9.6 https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/0.9.6.1

freedom money https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1618353021330628632

5:54 - Opening riff
8:24 - Freedom Money
13:47 - War stories from potty training
15:59 - Bitcoin, cash, and CBDC in/convenience
37:04 - Dashboard
38:13 - Blockstream funding
40:27 - Strike Clover integration
45:16 - Fold api
48:44 - Prime Trust cut off from Texas
54:43 - Voger Ver owes Genesis who owes users
58:59 - Matt reads a shoutout with extra pep and pizazz
1:04:40 - Event shilling
1:09:31 - Tails v5.9
1:10:02 - v0.9.6
1:20:02 - A final shill and wrapping up

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Rabbit Hole Recap #236: Bitcoin Mining Saves Animals Jan 19, 2023

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- 196 Members of Congress Took FTX Money https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/17/congress-ftx-problem-1-in-3-members-got-cash-from-crypto-exchanges-bosses/

- Congo National Park Relies on Hydro Powered Bitcoin Mine https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/13/1066820/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-mining-congo-virunga-national-park/

- BIP 329 Merged: Standard for Wallet Label Exports and Imports Between Wallets https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0329.mediawiki

- Blixt Wallet v0.6.2 https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.2

- Understanding The COLDCARD Mk4 Security Model and Secure Element Use https://blog.coinkite.com/understanding-mk4-security-model/

- US Law Enforcement Agencies Surveil Over 150M Financial Transactions of Americans Without a Warrant https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-known-surveillance-program-captures-money-transfers-between-u-s-and-more-than-20-countries-11674019904

- Lightning Summit at Bitcoin Park https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinpark/events/291052525/

5:55 - Safari Matt
11:18 - Mining Summit recap
35:34 - FAA theories
39:42 - Dashboard
42:25 - Lightning Summit and Bitcoin Takeover
44:40 - FTX money went to 1/3 of Congress
46:26 - GTX
52:59 - Congo hydroelectric mining
59:19 - Breaking Cashapp LN news
1:02:08 - Bitzlato
1:07:21 - Marty leaks security details
1:08:10 - BIP 329
1:14:40 - Shoutouts and Boostagrams
1:20:58 - Blixt 0.6.2
1:22:06 - Understanding Coldcard security
1:29:49 - US financial surveillance
1:35:29 - Mandibles Section: Bank of Japan rushes in
1:38:56 - We're already in a recession
1:47:22 - Tech layoffs
1:51:21 - Saudi fading petrodollar

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Rabbit Hole Recap #235: Party Rip at Bitcoin Park in Nashville Jan 12, 2023

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This week Marty and Matt party it up in Nashville!

https://bitcoinpark.co

7:05 - Party rip!
8:51 - PubKey
12:05 - Introducing guests and year in review
15:45 - Exchange degeneracy
18:35 - Interest rate hikes
21:34 - Talking about the future
24:50 - Samuel Deep Fried Bankrupt Man
27:25 - Rich history of scams and rug pulls
33:40 - Mining predictions
38:19 - ASIC loans
42:13 - Favorite mining scam
48:02 - Having fun watching Barry vs Winklevii
55:22 - Is the bottom in?
56:51 - Hunting Satoshi
1:01:20 - Wrapping up

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