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SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://bit.ly/2CAZTZh Get the Ledger Backup Pack – Includes Ledger Nano X & S https://shop.ledger.com/products/ledger-backup-pack?r=faca Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857 Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase: https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60 NordVPN helps with your internet privacy – Get 70% off https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: US regulators have clarified that banks can offer custodial services for cryptocurrency https://www.forbes.com/sites/haileylennon/2020/07/22/bitcoin-meets-banking-as-us-bank-regulator-permits-cryptocurrency-custody/#503456875479 Forbes: Reasons to dump your stimulus check into Bitcoin https://www.forbes.com/sites/tatianakoffman/2020/07/23/invest-your-second-stimulus-check-into-bitcoin/?subId3=xid:fr1595611618812fae#37e196313fa3 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong voices regrets over Neutrino acquisition https://decrypt.co/36608/coinbase-ceo-reflects-on-neutrino-acquisition-we-messed-up A more efficient way of running Bitcoin? Utreexo released https://medium.com/mit-media-lab-digital-currency-initiative/utreexo-demonstration-release-a0d87506fd70 Understanding Orphaned Blocks on the BTSE Academy https://www.academy.btse.com/post/orphaned-blocks

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://bit.ly/32rxOOq Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857 Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase: https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60 Get the Ledger Backup Pack – Includes Ledger Nano X & S https://shop.ledger.com/products/ledger-backup-pack?r=faca NordVPN helps with your internet privacy – Get 70% off https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: Twitter compromised, prominent accounts tweet Bitcoin scam https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53425822 Peter Schiff still clueless https://cointelegraph.com/news/gold-bug-peter-schiff-is-the-twitter-hack-a-harbinger-for-bitcoin $120K stolen https://decrypt.co/35786/only-120000-in-bitcoin-twitter-hack-could-have-been-much-worse Cashapp sponsors Nascar team, includes Bitcoin logo on car https://decrypt.co/35621/cash-app-prints-bitcoin-logo-on-nascar-race-car Revolut to offer Bitcoin to US customers https://decrypt.co/35612/revolut-bank-brings-cryptocurrrency-offering-to-the-us Jack Mallers’ Zap raises $3.5M to expand Bitcoin payments startup https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/07/15/visa-partner-zap-raises-35-million-to-expand-bitcoin-payments/#6b7d4abd1579 myNode Bitcoin software stack https://mynodebtc.com/

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://bit.ly/385JAPd Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857 Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase: https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60 Get the Ledger Backup Pack – Includes Ledger Nano X & S https://shop.ledger.com/products/ledger-backup-pack?r=faca NordVPN helps with your internet privacy – Get 70% off https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: Strike Public Beta Arrives – Easy commerce built atop Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/app-connects-bitcoin-and-lightning-payments-directly-to-your-bank-account https://medium.com/@JimmyMow/announcing-strike-public-beta-325877a79f87 IRS Wants To Track Lightning and Other Privacy Methods https://cointelegraph.com/news/irs-wants-to-track-nefarious-privacy-coin-and-lightning-transactions Aussie Bitcoiners get tax notices en masse https://www.forbes.com/sites/shehanchandrasekera/2020/06/30/350000-aussie-crypto-users-are-receiving-tax-warning-letters/#373b072e7dcc Robert Breedlove’s new piece “Masters and Slaves of Money” https://medium.com/@breedlove22/masters-and-slaves-of-money-255ecc93404f Sign up to get notified about the release of Umbrel https://getumbrel.com/ BTSE Academy “Issuing Assets On The Liquid Network” https://www.academy.btse.com/post/issuing-assets-on-the-liquid-network

SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://bit.ly/385JAPd Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Coincards lets you use Bitcoin and Lightning to easily buy gift cards and top off your mobile! https://coincards.com/us/?ref=btcsessions MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857 Get the Ledger Backup Pack – Includes Ledger Nano X & S https://shop.ledger.com/products/ledger-backup-pack?r=faca NordVPN helps with your internet privacy – Get 70% off https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase: https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60 If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions SHOW RESOURCES: $2B of fake gold discovered in China https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Caixin/Mystery-of-2bn-of-loans-backed-by-fake-gold-in-China Chase Bank “error” temporarily drains customer accounts over the weekend https://decrypt.co/33955/a-technical-issue-seemingly-emptied-chase-bank-customer-accounts Lightning Network attack could create chaos https://cointelegraph.com/news/researchers-say-new-lightning-network-attack-could-create-chaos https://medium.com/@jonahar/flood-loot-a-systemic-attack-on-the-lightning-network-5c3dac7bba24 Liquid Timelock issue temporarily centralizes key ownership https://medium.com/blockstream/patching-the-liquid-timelock-issue-b4b2f5f9a973 Over $100M of BTC now tokenized on Ethereum https://decrypt.co/33921/bitcoin-wrapped-on-the-ethereum-blockchain-reaches-101-million RGB Beta drops – smart contracts on Bitcoin https://github.com/LNP-BP/FAQ/blob/master/Presentation%20slides/RGB%20Technology%20Guide%2C%20part%20I.pdf https://github.com/LNP-BP/FAQ/issues/11 BTCPay adds pull payments and easy refunds https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-1-0-5-0/ 10 tips to use Bitcoin more privately https://www.bitcoinqna.com/post/10-tips-for-interacting-with-bitcoin-more-privately

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