Rabbit Hole Recap

- Hoseki donates $25K to BPI https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hoseki-announces-donation-to-bitcoin-policy-i[…]-transparency-and-proof-of-reserves-research-301633003.html

- Ergo piece on bitcoin privacy in unredacted magazine https://unredactedmagazine.com/issues/004.pdf

- Feds seize $86M held in safe deposit boxes in beverly hills https://archive.ph/e5Omu

- Major australian isp exposes user details via open api https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/optus-under-1-million-extortion-threat-in-data-breach-a-20142

- BlackRock threatened to halt trading at height of UK market tumult https://www.ft.com/content/0f32fdf3-8823-4a9c-ba70-d087860cfe6c

- Stan Druckenmiller comments https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1575159503112196101?s=20&t=kSKai-AuztxSYfYl_i95_g

- Iran sanctioned even harder

- Nordstream pipeline attacked https://twitter.com/anasalhajji/status/1575471322154541068?s=20&t=kSKai-AuztxSYfYl_i95_g

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Rabbit Hole Recap #219: A Tale of Two Powells Sep 22, 2022

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- riot and blockware release transaction fee paper https://blockwaresolutions.com/s/Bitcoin-Transaction-Fees-Final-Draft.pdf

- jesse powell steps down as ceo of kraken https://www.wsj.com/articles/ceo-of-crypto-exchange-kraken-steps-down-11663778989

- lnbits v0.9.3 https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/0.9.3

- fountain v0.4.9 https://fountainpodcasts.substack.com/p/fountain-0-4-9

- trezor suite v22.9.3 https://blog.trezor.io/coin-control-in-trezor-suite-92f3455fd706

- specter v1.13.0 https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v1.13.0

- new privacy focused block explorer called spiral https://btc.usespiral.com/

- signet fedimint instance https://faucet.sirion.io/

- bitgo adds lightning https://blog.bitgo.com/bitgo-unveils-custodial-lightning-898554d3b749

- bolt.fun announces global tournament https://makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/1/overview

- mullvad announces hardware security key https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/9/19/mullvad-creates-a-hardware-company/

- border agents searching without warrants https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/files/2022/09/Wyden-letter-to-CBP-on-border-searches-of-devices.pdf

- us military captures 90% of global internet traffic https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pnkw/us-military-bought-mass-monitoring-augury-

Marty Bent, [Sep 22, 2022 at 9:23:42 AM]:

- Clinton Global Initiative IMF/World Bank/Big bank merger https://twitter.com/willhild/status/1572300270499139586?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw

- Clinton Global Initiative climate printers https://twitter.com/willhild/status/1572301306530009090?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw

- Ghoulish rep https://twitter.com/martybent/status/1572791766369341440?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw

- Jamie dimon bitcoin https://twitter.com/business/status/1572696812351258624?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw

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Rabbit Hole Recap #218 Greenpeace Can Go Fork Themselves Sep 16, 2022

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- ethereum switches to proof of stake

- greenpeace continues to FUD bitcoin

- hodlonaut trial starts in Norway

- ledger hardware wallets now available at best buy stores

- fidelity and charles schwab launch bitcoin exchange

- mining pool Poolin announces IOUs amid solvency concerns

- Alby v1.15.0

- LDK v0.0.111

- Phoenix v1.4.23

- LNMarkets increases trade limits and moves to nodl cloud

- red dirt mining open source mining profitability calculator

- OFAC releases additional guidance on tornado cash sanctions

- yooper crate guide

- brother of former coinbase employee pleads guilty to insider trading

- increased surveillance of gun purchases with credit cards

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Rabbit Hole Recap #217: The Queen is dead and the Biden Administration hates mining Sep 08, 2022

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- white house mining report
- poolin appears insolvent
- coinbase funding legal challenge to tornado cash sanctions
- russia to use cryptocurrency for international trade
- HRF donates $325K to bitcoin development
- australian feds form unit dedicated to tracking and seizing bitcoin
- fountain v0.4.8
- zeus v0.6.6
- this month in bitcoin privacy
- arcane research on bitcoin mining and energy industry
- IRS doxxes 120K tax payers
- hosted vpn providers shut down in india
- law enforcement using new location tracking tool without warrants