
BITCOIN IS THE ANSWER | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #350
Rabbit Hole Recap
Advancements in Bitcoin Mining and Advocacy Efforts
This chapter covers recent developments in the Bitcoin space, highlighting the tenth wave of grants for various initiatives. It introduces the new Stratum V2 mining pool, Demand, and emphasizes the importance of supporting key organizations like the Bitcoin Policy Institute.
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- Gamestop to implement Strategy strategy https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/gamestop-shares-drop-on-planned-debt-issue-to-buy-bitcoin.html
- Key Dates Set for Samourai Wallet Developers Pre-trial Motion Schedule https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/key-dates-set-for-samourai-wallet-developers-pre-trial-motion-schedule/
- Donate to the defense fund: https://p2prights.org/donate.html
- Tornado Cash Sanctions Delisting https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0057
- The U.S. FAIR Act would protect Bitcoiners against civil asset forfeiture https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/the-fair-act-would-protect-bitcoin-holders?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- OpenSats Tenth Wave of Bitcoin Grants https://opensats.org/blog/tenth-wave-of-bitcoin-grants?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- OpenSats Tenth Wave of Nostr Grants https://opensats.org/blog/10th-wave-of-nostr-grants?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- OpenSats Foundation Grants https://opensats.org/blog/let-a-thousand-flowers-bloom?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Demand Pool Opens Applications to Miners for Stratum V2 Mining Pool https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/demand-pool-opens-applications-to-miners-for-stratum-v2-mining-pool/
- Braiins BCB100: Bitcoin Control Board Open Sourced https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/braiins-bcb100-bitcoin-control-board-open-sourced/
- Electrum to integrate nostr for comms https://x.com/ElectrumWallet/status/1905033471535223065
- Turkey | Lira in Free Fall as Erdogan Arrests Political Rival
- Cashu Dev Kit (CDK) v0.8.1 https://github.com/cashubtc/cdk/releases?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Nunchuk Desktop v1.9.44 https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-desktop/releases/tag/1.9.44?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Neutrino v0.16.1 https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino/releases/tag/v0.16.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Krux v25.03.0: Taproot and WSH Miniscript Support https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/krux-v25-03-0/
- Nutstash wallet v2.0.4 https://github.com/gandlafbtc/nutstash-wallet?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Ditto v1.3 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ditto-v1-3/
- Damus v1.13.1 https://github.com/damus-io/damus/releases/tag/v1.13.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Nostr-zap v1.3.0 https://github.com/SamSamskies/nostr-zap/releases/tag/v1.3.0?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Tether is in talks with a Big Four accounting firm to conduct a full audit https://www.reuters.com/technology/tether-is-talks-with-big-four-firm-about-reserve-audit-ceo-says-2025-03-21/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Trump Administration uses Signal to coordinate war plans https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- CoreWeave IPO to test public AI demand https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/coreweave-debut-landmark-moment-in-ai-boom-could-start-ipo-parade.html
- Nostr Security: Account Hacks https://primal.net/odell/Nostr-Security-Account-Hacks-nqcjme?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
- Nostr Data Availability: The Streisand Effect Protocol https://primal.net/odell/Nostr-Data-Availability-The-Streisand-Effect-Protocol-2jqpdt
- Tether: The Dominant USD Token https://primal.net/odell/Tether-The-Dominant-USD-Token-1oabl8
0:00 - Intro
3:31- Gamestop Strategy
17:19 - Samourai, Tornado Cash & P2P Rights
25:24 - FAIR Act
28:54 - OpenSats
30:21 - Demand Pool
32:34 - Ending BSA
35:12 - Braiins BCB100 open source
36:30 - Electrum
40:11 - FROSTR
41:54 - HRF Story of the Week
46:03 - Boosts
54:31 - Software updates (and nuts)
1:10:38 - Tether audit
1:14:16 - Trump's group text
1:24:20 - CoreWeave IPO
1:26:52 - Ghibli AI
1:41:36 - Matt the Tether shill & web of trust
1:55:42 - ICE
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