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Rabbit Hole Recap

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CODE IS SPEECH WITH ODELL AND MARTY BENT | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #303

- Phoenix Wallet to Stop Serving US Customers on May 3rd https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/phoenix-wallet-to-be-removed-from-us-app-stores-on-may-3/ - zkSNACKs Blocks US Users and Will Suspend Its Coinjoin Coordination Service on June 1st https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zksnacks-to-suspend-its-coinjoin-coordination-service-on-june-1st/ - DOJ Challenges Tornado Cash Developers' Motion to Dismiss Criminal Indictment https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/doj-challenges-roman-storms-motion-to-dismiss-indictment/ - Cust...

May 02, 20241 hr 21 min

PRIVACY IS NECESSARY FOR AN OPEN SOCIETY IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE | Rabbit Hole Recap #302

- Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested & Charged with Money Laundering, Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/ - How to Migrate Samourai Wallet & Implications for Whirlpool Users https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/how-to-recover-samourai-wallet-and-implications-for-different-types-of-users/ - EU Parliament Adopts New Financial Surveillance Rules for Service Providers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-adop...

Apr 25, 20241 hr 34 min

NEW EPOCH NEW ERA BITCOIN HALVING SPECIAL | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #301

- Craig Wright Discontinues Tulip Trading Case in Major Win for Bitcoin Developers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/craig-wright-down-bad/ - Bitcoin Core v0.27: BIP324 v2 Transport On by Default, New mempool.dat Format & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-v0-27/ - OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Nostr Developers Stuart Bowman and hzrd149 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-lts-stuart-bowman-hzrd149/ - AntPool & Bitmain Acting as 'a Pool of Pools' - Report https://www.nobsbit...

Apr 19, 20241 hr 36 min

THE SHOW MUST GO ON | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #300

- Bhutan to Ramp Up Bitcoin Mining Capacity to 600MW as Halving Looms https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bhutan-to-upgrade-bitcoin-mining-in-himalayas-as-halving-looms/ - Paraguay Reconsiders Mining Ban In Favor of Selling Excess Energy to Bitcoin Miners https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/paraguay-reconsiders-bitcoin-mining-ban/ - Database Containing Personal Information of 5.1 Million Salvadoran Citizens Leaked https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/database-containing-personal-information-of-5-million-salvadoran-citiz...

Apr 12, 20241 hr

GET ON THE BITCOIN TRAIN | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #299

Hit the character limit, find link dump here: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/fa7718de4b3e2f310c4d47ce9c7da0ec 3:41 - The numbers, Marty, what do they mean? 7:35 - Dashboard 11:35 - Taiwan earthquake 22:43 - XZ Tools 34:21 - Argentina 41:39 - Carbon credits 44:26 - S21 Pro 48:36 - Bull Bitcoin 52:21 - Coinbase lightning 53:17 - Casa 58:07 - Tether grants BTCPay 1:03:01 - Boosts 1:23:00 - Software updates 1:26:04 - HRF 1:28:11 - Roman Sterlingov Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https...

Apr 04, 20241 hr 28 min

SBF GETS 25 YEARS IN JAIL | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #298

- SBF Sentenced to 25 years in jail https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-bankman-fried-be-sentenced-multi-billion-dollar-ftx-fraud-2024-03-28/ - Julian Assange Granted Right to Fight Extradition to US https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/julian-assange-wins-right-to-full-appeal/ - EU to Vote on New Draconian AML Package for Service Providers on April 22nd https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-inches-closer-to-new-draconian-aml-agreement/ - Stratum V2 Reference Implementation (SRI) v1.0.0 https://www.nobsbitco...

Mar 28, 20241 hr 49 min

RABBIT HOLE RECAP #297: HOLD ON TO YOUR SUITS

- Samourai Launches Stage 1 of Whirlpool Decentralization https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/whirlpool-dencetralization-stage-1/ - OpenSats Issues Long-Term Support Grant to Bruno Garcia https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-lts-bruno-garcia/ - The Human Rights Foundation Donates $500K to 14 Bitcoin Projects https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/hrf-14-bitcoin-development-grants-2024/ - MicroStrategy Surpasses 1% of Total BTC Supply Milestone Using Proceeds of Yet Another $600M Convertible Note Offering https://w...

Mar 21, 20241 hr 37 min

RABBIT HOLE RECAP #296: LIVE FROM BITCOIN COMMONS IN AUSTIN WITH

0:00 - Intro 3:41 - Shoutout to Parker 10:36 - TikTok ban 20:20 - Bitcoin Fog 27:42 - Coldcard dice rolls 30:46 - BitKey 39:46 - Bitcoin urbanism 51:45 - Price 57:42 - CSW is not Satoshi 1:02:19 - Questions 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...

Mar 15, 20241 hr 25 min

RABBIT HOLE RECAP #295: THE BANK RUNS ESCALATE

NYCB says it lost 7% of deposits in the past month, slashes dividend to 1 cent https://cnbc.com/2024/03/07/nycb-lost-7percent-of-deposits-in-past-month-slashes-dividend-to-1-cent.html Nigerian Authorities Blame Binance for 70% Naira Devaluation, Move to Issue Arrest Warrant Against CEO https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nigeria-binance-p2p-standoff/ Apple Changes Mind, Will Keep iOS Web Apps in EU as They Are https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/apple-to-keep-ios-web-apps-in-eu-as-they-are/ Block Shares Update ...

Mar 07, 20241 hr 41 min

RABBIT HOLE RECAP #294: THE GREATEST BITCOIN BULL RUN OF ALL TIME?

List here: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/3cd80fc0a8d8e62c690913abc5fe4184 3:41 - Prices pumping 8:08 - Dashboard 10:25 - Leap day and mempool bets 14:38 - Coinbase had issues 20:57 - Gemini/Genesis and forced hodl 27:11 - ETF was not news to sell on 30:13 - Strike Africa 32:54 - Bitcoin 5th largest base money 41:19 - EIA backs off a bit 48:55 - Fountain Radio 55:38 - OpenSats grants 56:39 - Ethiopian mining 58:21 - For The Love of Money 59:23 - Voltage 1:00:46 - Nostr 1:04:00 - Joe Kernan 1:...

Feb 29, 20241 hr 41 min

RABBIT HOLE RECAP #293: CYBERATTACK? MANDIBLES? BITCOIN.

Hit the character limit, links here: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/83003a74dedb5fe638e4880c4b844cc2 0:00 - Cyberattack? 8:35 - Signal usernames 18:55 - Dashboard 21:45 - Car destroys the set 37:30 - Treasury admits WSJ misleading 39:30 - Nigeria restricts exchanges 44:10 - Bitcoin out-volumes FedWire 52:35 - Apple EU 54:40 - Coinbase Commerce drops Bitcoin 57:40 - Coinbase donates to open source 59:30 - Assange appeals 1:09:00 - Navalny 1:11:50 - Marathon Slipstream 1:13:50 - Borris Johnson ...

Feb 22, 20241 hr 56 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #292: BITCOIN IS A SHORT SQUEEZE ON THE ENTIRE FIAT SYSTEM

Bitcoin Developer Mailing List Migrates to Google Groups https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-developer-mailing-list-migrates-to-google-groups/ Bitwise’s Bitcoin Spot ETF Addresses Updated to Native SegWit P2WPKH https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitwises-bitcoin-etf-addresses-updated-to-native-segwit-p2wpkh/ European Court of Human Rights Rules Backdoored Encryption Illegal https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/european-court-of-human-rights-declares-backdoored-encryption-illegal/ v2 Opens aka Dual Funding Offi...

Feb 15, 20241 hr 30 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #291: THE BANK RUNS CONTINUE

Links here: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/8a94cdd0ee97c694e4c89281696eb7a3 3:49 - Nostrverse and podface 24:02 - Dashboard 26:07 - Faketoshi 34:38 - Testing lightning in Zimbabwe 39:46 - The bank runs continue 42:31 - AI IDs 47:16 - The bank runs continue 56:20 - Consumer credit 1:10:57 - Grants 1:19:04 - Boosts 1:22:15 - RHR 1:25:59 - Brain chips 1:30:46 - Software updates 1:44:19 - Events 1:46:57 - V4V Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ Coinkite ht...

Feb 08, 20241 hr 53 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #290: THE BANK RUNS CONTINUE

List here: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/b74da2b934720c134a9a347547b5f56b 3:49 - Austin Bitcoiners need to be dance pilled 8:31 - Dashboard 11:38 - EIA surveillance 30:56 - Ten31 and OpenSats 39:46 - EBEA 43:56 - OpenSats long term for René Pickhardt 48:37 - ETF numbers 58:46 - Bank runs continue 1:04:08 - Senator urges purge of illegally acquired data 1:08:13 - Nitter 1:10:52 - Parker is here 1:33:12 - Boosts 1:36:31 - Software updates 1:41:18 - Base58 and accosting Lisa on BOLT12 1:49:32 -...

Feb 01, 20242 hr 2 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #289: ESCAPE FROM BARRY'S TOXIC ISLAND

List here: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/cf8195c6a7049a9bbe4e84ac1c85ea42 3:49 - Opening riff 6:59 - Starting with boosts? 12:54 - Dashboard has been updated 19:26 - Trezor compromized 23:01 - Ten31 FinCEN response and great founders 34:36 - ETF update 36:51 - Bitwise publishes address 47:46 - Adopting Bitcoin Conf 48:43 - Swan mining 52:43 - Tether acquires 8888 BTC 55:30 - Boosts again! 1:09:14 - Software updates 1:22:19 - Stranded article 1:28:36 - Texas border 1:43:11 - BTFP Shoutout to ...

Jan 25, 20241 hr 48 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #288: LIVE FROM NASHVILLE ENERGY & MINING SUMMIT 2024

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://...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 6 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #287: BITCOIN ETFS LAUNCH: THE SUITS ARE HERE AND DUMBER THAN EVER

3:49 - Matt is in a location 9:31 - Dashboard 11:47 - SEC shitshow 23:18 - ETF inflows 33:32 - ETF blocked 46:19 - GBTC 48:20 - Fedimint 51:28 - Red Sea Coalition 1:00:48 - Boosts 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 W...

Jan 12, 20241 hr 5 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #286: ONWARD

New US Tax Reporting Rule Requires an IRS Report for Every $10K+ Transaction https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/new-us-bitcoin-tax-reporting-rule-2024/ Mercury Layer is Now Code Complete and Available For Testing https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mercury-layer-available-for-testing/ Electrum v4.5.0-beta: Send Transaction Change to a Lightning Channel https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/electrum-v4-5-0-beta/ Aqua Wallet: Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid & Tether Mobile Wallet https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/aqua-wallet-lau...

Jan 04, 20241 hr 24 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #285: HAPPY NEW YEAR

3:14 - Christmas ruins wifi 12:13 - Dashboard 19:45 - Year in review - Exchanges and banks 36:08 - Ordinals 39:11 - ETF 50:49 - AI 54:25 - “Should have opened channels” 58:22 - Big players influencing mining 1:09:58 - Ledger sucks 1:12:08 - Nostr 1:19:31 - Argentina 1:22:50 - Predictions for 2024 1:44:17 - Boosts 1:47:40 - Resolutions 1:54:12 - Plugs and Marty’s laptop dies Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ TFTC Merch is A...

Dec 28, 20231 hr 57 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #284: MERRY CHRISTMAS

OCEAN adds two additional templates so miners can choose their preference https://primal.net/e/note1qtvvv8ph3v4p9gsmcltll39defjd4fjqfefn3t6txg82fhcmj9jsv9asmr BSV-ers mad https://twitter.com/ghostofmaplhodl/status/1735700193931092190 OpenSats Issues Fourth Wave of Nostr Grants https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-issues-fourth-wave-of-nostr-grants/ OpenSats Announces Third Wave of Bitcoin Grants https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-announces-third-wave-of-bitcoin-grants/ Human Rights Foundation ...

Dec 22, 20231 hr 29 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #283: BITCOIN ALL TIME HIGH HASH RATE

* Tether Freezes All OFAC-Sanctioned Wallets in ‘Proactive’ Security Measure https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tether-freezes-all-ofac-sanctioned-wallets-in/ * Elizabeth Warren Wants to Extend Bank Secrecy Act Regulations to Free & Open Source Software https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/elizabeth-warren-wants-bank-secrecy/ * US House Intelligence Committee’s Section 702 Reform’ Bill Marks The Biggest Expansion of Surveillance in United States Since the Patriot Act https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/house-intell...

Dec 14, 20231 hr 57 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #282: Jamie Dimon Wants to Ban Bitcoin

Ledger Live Tracks and Sends ALL User Information to Outsourced Data Harvesting Service https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ledger-live-tracks-and-sends-out-all-user-information-by-default/ Apple Confirms Governments Use Push Notifications to Surveil Users https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/apple-confirms-governments-using-push-notifications-to-surveil-users/ U.S. Treasury Seeks Massive Expansion of Warrantless Surveillance & Powers to Sanction Open-Source Software https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/u-s-treasury-...

Dec 09, 20231 hr 24 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #281: FRESH GOLD ALL TIME HIGH

3:45 - Gold is high and bank runs continue 10:33 - Shoutout to Marty for being sick 13:16 - Dashboard (hashrate is ripping) 23:15 - New mining pools 33:35 - 83btc fee 41:23 - Saylor buys some Bitcoin (wow) 44:24 - Primal big update 46:32 - Loot The Treasury newsletter 53:12 - Google is deleting old accounts 57:34 - Clown world judiciary committee 1:01:59 - Boosts 1:12:14 - New dog and Tim Pool Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ Coinkite https://coinkite....

Dec 01, 20231 hr 17 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #280: Thanksgiving Day Special

CZ Pleads Guilty, Steps Down as CEO of Binance in $4.3 Billion Settlement with DOJ https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cz-steps-down-as-ceo-of-binance-as-part-of-4-billion-settlement-with-doj/ Wallet of Satoshi to Stop Serving Customers in the United States https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wallet-of-satoshi-stops-serving-us-customers/ F2Pool Is Likely Filtering OFAC-Sanctioned Transactions - Report https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/f2pool-is-filtering-transactions-from-ofac-sanctioned-address-report/ F2Pool Disabl...

Nov 24, 20231 hr 42 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #279: Momentum is Building

Tor Browser, Tails Issued Patches for WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit Affecting All Major Browsers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-tails-issue-patches-for-webp-critical-zero-day-exploit-affecting-major-browsers/ Bitcoin.org Operator Cøbra Must Reveal Identity to Defend Themselves, U.K. High Court Rules https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-org-operator-loses-appeal-to-craig-wright/ StartOS, UmbrelOS Now Let You Self-Host Private AI Models https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-umbrel-now-let-you-self-...

Nov 16, 20231 hr 46 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #278: Live From Nashville!

3:45 - Padawan Wallet 12:35 - Nostr is web3 16:23 - We pumpin 25:50 - ETF nerds say approval is imminent 31:29 - Regulation and compliance 39:32 - Treasury auction 45:46 - FedNow and the FedNow shirt 56:56 - HRF Bitcoin and freedom newsletter 59:15 - Mr Beast embarrassed all governments 1:02:06 - Mandrik reads the tea leaves 1:03:23 - They’re scared of Bitcoin 1:08:49 - Last thoughts Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ TFTC ...

Nov 10, 20231 hr 16 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #277: Tether Stacking $4B a Year

Tor Browser, Tails Issued Patches for WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit Affecting All Major Browsers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-tails-issue-patches-for-webp-critical-zero-day-exploit-affecting-major-browsers/ Bitcoin.org Operator Cøbra Must Reveal Identity to Defend Themselves, U.K. High Court Rules https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-org-operator-loses-appeal-to-craig-wright/ StartOS, UmbrelOS Now Let You Self-Host Private AI Models https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-umbrel-now-let-you-self-...

Nov 03, 20231 hr 32 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #276: Return of the Bull?

Tor Browser, Tails Issued Patches for WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit Affecting All Major Browsers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-tails-issue-patches-for-webp-critical-zero-day-exploit-affecting-major-browsers/ Bitcoin.org Operator Cøbra Must Reveal Identity to Defend Themselves, U.K. High Court Rules https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-org-operator-loses-appeal-to-craig-wright/ StartOS, UmbrelOS Now Let You Self-Host Private AI Models https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-umbrel-now-let-you-self-...

Oct 29, 20231 hr 15 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #275: Critical Flaw on the Lightning Network?

Tor Browser, Tails Issued Patches for WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit Affecting All Major Browsers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-tails-issue-patches-for-webp-critical-zero-day-exploit-affecting-major-browsers/ Bitcoin.org Operator Cøbra Must Reveal Identity to Defend Themselves, U.K. High Court Rules https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-org-operator-loses-appeal-to-craig-wright/ StartOS, UmbrelOS Now Let You Self-Host Private AI Models https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-umbrel-now-let-you-self-...

Oct 20, 20231 hr 58 min

Rabbit Hole Recap #274: FTX was a Ponzi

River Lightning report: https://river.com/learn/files/river-lightning-report-2023.pdf?ref=blog.river.com Tor Browser, Tails Issued Patches for WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit Affecting All Major Browsers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-tails-issue-patches-for-webp-critical-zero-day-exploit-affecting-major-browsers/ Bitcoin.org Operator Cøbra Must Reveal Identity to Defend Themselves, U.K. High Court Rules https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-org-operator-loses-appeal-to-craig-wright/ StartOS, Umbr...

Oct 13, 20231 hr 19 min
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