Roundup 10/28/22 (Bitcoin's hashrate spike, Miner insolvencies, Lightning v Rollups) (EP.365)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of deals and news. In this episode:

• Full time crypto haters
• What's the deal with the nocoiner think tank?
• Eric Wall and Udi vs Bitcoiners
• Did Bitcoin put all of its eggs in the LN basket?
• Scaling isn't LN versus big blocks any more
• Is there just one scaling solution for blockchains?
• What are the prospects for ZK Rollups on Bitcoin?
• Spam attacks on BSV and Zcash
• Bitcoin Miners are going bankrupt
• How did the Ethereum merge affect Bitcoin miners
• What's the deal with Bitcoin's hashrate spike?
• Are non-economic Bitcoin miners killing the free market for mining?
• What's the deal with miner lenders?
• Synthetic Bitcoin stablecoins
• Is Twitter fairly priced at the deal price?
• Matt Levine's 40k word article on crypto
• Is the pivot finally in?

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