BTC Sessions

Ben Perrin
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Jun 2, 2020 • 29min

Bitcoin Silent Protest, CAD Bitcoin Regulations, Square Crypto Grant EP064

SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://bit.ly/3crbnKw 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 Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: Some protesters are alluding to Bitcoin as a silent form of protest and defunding the state https://cointelegraph.com/news/protestors-invoke-bitcoin-in-the-wake-of-george-floyds-death Canadian exchanges are now Money Service Businesses https://medium.com/bull-bitcoin/bitcoin-exchanges-and-payment-processors-in-canada-are-now-regulated-as-money-service-businesses-1ca820575511 New Bitcoin privacy implementation “Coinswap” in the works https://decrypt.co/30756/bitcoin-privacy-coinswap-chris-belcher Square Crypto gives out another grant to open source lightning network watchtower developer https://decrypt.co/30877/square-crypto-awards-grant-bitcoin-lightning-network-watchtower Miner capitulation? Selling eclipses newly generated coins https://cointelegraph.com/news/miners-have-been-selling-more-bitcoin-than-they-generate-recent-data-suggests
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May 29, 2020 • 25min

Goldman Sachs Weak Bitcoin Take, Electrum Shakeup, BTCPay Grant EP063

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ 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://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: Goldman Sachs’ embarrassing Bitcoin assessment and deck https://twitter.com/OGBTC/status/1265640361239740417 Jill Carlson (former employee) on what and why GS got wrong about Bitcoin https://www.coindesk.com/what-goldman-gets-wrong-about-bitcoin-from-someone-who-used-to-work-there ElectrumX lead maintainer goes off the rails and will only support BSV https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1266033448340389892 Electrum plugin allows users to reference their own full node https://twitter.com/shesek/status/1265660672504999936?s=20 BTCPay receives its 7th grant, this time from OKCoin for $100,000 https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-grant-7-okcoin/ Bitcoin.org is going to change hands, and Roger Ver is interested https://cointelegraph.com/news/roger-ver-wants-to-buy-bitcoinorg BTSE Academy Post on the history of Bitcoin in commerce, and where it may be headed form here https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-in-commerce
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May 26, 2020 • 29min

First Bitcoin 401K Launches, Is Adam Back Satoshi, Argentina Crackdown EP062

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ 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 Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: Bitwage launches world’s first Bitcoin 401K https://blog.bitwage.com/2020/05/26/bitcoin401k/ Charles Hoskinson weighs in on the Adam Back Satoshi theory https://cointelegraph.com/news/charles-hoskinson-blockstream-founder-adam-back-checks-all-the-boxes-as-satoshi Blockstream Liquid vs Ethereum tokens? https://cointelegraph.com/news/is-blockstreams-liquid-network-an-attempt-to-compete-for-tokens-with-ethereum Argentina crypto crackdown in effect https://decrypt.co/30090/argentina-cracking-down-local-bitcoin-trading Knut Svanholm outlines an excellent use case for Bitcoin timelocks https://www.academy.btse.com/post/knut-svanholm-bitcoin-timelocks
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May 25, 2020 • 24min

Miner Proves CSW Fraud, 70K BTC Coinjoined, Iran Mining EP061

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ 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 Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: An early Bitcoin miner outs CSW as a fraud by signing Wright’s alleged holdings with his own keys https://cointelegraph.com/news/early-bitcoin-miner-calls-craig-wright-a-fraud-through-his-own-addresses 70,000 BTC coinjoined in May alone https://decrypt.co/29932/bitcoin-mixers-private-using-coinjoin Potential data hack of Trezor, Ledger and Keepkey customer databases https://decrypt.co/30025/hacker-steals-trezor-ledger-keepkey-data Iran moves to regulate crypto mining https://www.coindesk.com/rouhani-bitcoin-mining-iran Thread on merits of Liquid sidechain for large traders https://twitter.com/notgrubles/status/1264937005835788300 What are Bitcoin timelocks? https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-timelocks
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May 21, 2020 • 27min

Satoshi Coins Not Moved, Bitcoin Pizza Day, Fed Gold Standard EP060

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ 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 Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: The 50 BTC moved yesterday were likely not from Satoshi https://bitcoinist.com/why-highly-unlikely-50-bitcoin-transaction-2009-address-is-satoshi/ Moved coins put Craig Wright in hot water https://cointelegraph.com/news/craig-wright-denies-transferring-satoshi-coins-leaving-him-in-legal-catch-22 More Hodlers as coins move off exchanges https://cointelegraph.com/news/people-are-removing-the-most-bitcoin-from-exchanges-since-2018-bottom Examining Bitcoin energy consumption https://www.coindesk.com/the-last-word-on-bitcoins-energy-consumption?amp=1 Trezor creators begin project to develop open source chips https://decrypt.co/29595/bitcoin-wallet-makers-satoshilabs-building-open-source-chips Fed nominee favors return to a gold standard with a 21st century twist https://cointelegraph.com/news/trumps-fed-nominee-advocates-a-gold-backed-currency-even-a-crypto-one BTSE Academy Posts: Save on BTC transaction fees https://www.academy.btse.com/post/save-bitcoin-fees Learn about Bitcoin Pizza Day https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-pizza-day
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May 19, 2020 • 29min

Bitcoin Privacy Considerations, The Next Wave Of BTC Scams EP059

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ 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 Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions SHOW RESOURCES: BlockFi customer data compromised https://www.coindesk.com/blockfi-hacker-sim-swapped-employees-phone-no-funds-were-lost TFTC article https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-741/ Coinjoin Flagging https://6102bitcoin.com/coinjoin-flagging/ Mentioned exchanges: https://bisq.network/ https://bullbitcoin.com/ https://www.btse.com/ Liquid integrations https://docs.blockstream.com/liquid/liquid-integrations.html Privacy wallets https://wasabiwallet.io/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 https://samouraiwallet.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icyeO70ICi4 NordVPN https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Tor https://www.torproject.org/ myNode https://mynodebtc.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMovZg_3ERs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyylkpR4DDk The Missing Cryptoqueen https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads
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May 18, 2020 • 39min

Robert Kiyosaki: BTC $75K, tBTC Shut Down, $3T More Stimulus EP058

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ 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 SHOW RESOURCES: Robert Kiyosaki is a Bitcoin bull – says $75K in 3 years https://cointelegraph.com/news/robert-kiyosaki-predicts-bitcoin-will-be-worth-75k-in-3-years JK Rowling is trolling Bitcoiners on twitter https://decrypt.co/29193/jk-rowling-jokes-about-her-significant-ethereum-holdings Bitcoin block speed falling after miner capitulation https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-block-generation-speed-falls-to-2017-lows Bitcoin fees up, average $5.00+ https://decrypt.co/29112/bitcoin-fees-halving-rise-mempool Mempool: https://mempool.space/ Fees: https://bitcoinfees.earn.com/ BTSE Academy on the importance of miner fees: https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-transaction-fees tBTC on Ethereum shuts down after 2 days due to vulnerability https://cointelegraph.com/news/non-custodial-bitcoin-to-ethereum-bridge-shut-down-after-two-days Fed chair Jerome Powell goes on 60 Minutes, says they are not “out of ammunition” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-powell-tells-60-minutes-hes-not-out-of-ammunition-to-fight-the-recession-2020-05-17 $3 Trillion more in stimulus? https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/05/15/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-stimulus-but-that-doesnt-mean-more-checks-are-coming/#431f2f056a37 The US monetary base inflating by $4 Trillion (6X) in 12 years https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BOGMBASE
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May 15, 2020 • 36min

Bitcoin and USDC Savings for Latin America: Escaping Inflation With Ledn and Genesis EP057

LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 LEDN Savings: https://ledn.io/btc-savings/ Coindesk Article: https://www.coindesk.com/ledn-launches-usdc-stablecoin-savings-accounts-with-focus-on-latin-america SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 Coldcard Bitcoin Hardware Wallet – Get 5% off https://t.co/UIEiV9vnto?amp=1 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions
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May 14, 2020 • 26min

Major Institutional Bitcoin Interest, JP Morgan Banking Coinbase + Gemini, Liquid NFTs EP056

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 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: LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions SHOW RESOURCES: Institutions start seeing the light, as Bitcoin interest grows post-halving https://cointelegraph.com/news/institutional-interest-in-bitcoin-to-keep-rising-after-btc-halving CNBC interview: Economy does not reflect stocks and bonds – Bitcoin suggested as an out https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chamath-palihapitiya-says-economy-is-divorced-stock-market-fed-warning-2020-5-1029193570 JP Morgan now banking Gemini and Coinbase, despite Jamie Dimon’s past criticisms of Bitcoin as a Ponzi scheme waiting to blow up https://decrypt.co/28559/jpmorgan-is-now-banking-coinbase-and-gemini Bitcoin hashrate is dropping after the halving, but this was to be expected https://decrypt.co/28763/bitcoin-hashrate-is-tanking-nobody-panic Deep dive into mining and hashrate dynamics https://www.blockwaresolutions.com/research-and-publications/pomp-podcast-256-blockware-solutions-ceo-matt-dsouza-on-the-upcoming-bitcoin-halving-miner-sell-pressure-and-why-its-important NY Times headline coded into last block of this Bitcoin epoch: https://twitter.com/clarkmoody/status/1259975423695261697 Ledn launches USDC savings boasting 7.5% APY https://www.coindesk.com/ledn-launches-usdc-stablecoin-savings-accounts-with-focus-on-latin-america Bitcoin’s liquid network adds in-game assets (NFT’s) for Light Nite battle royale game https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-737-in-game-assets-on-liquid/ Learn about Bitcoin mining fees and how they are integral to network security in the long run https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-transaction-fees
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May 8, 2020 • 27min

Massive Hedge Fund Buys Bitcoin, $1M Possible: Raoul Pal, Alts Failing EP055

SUPPORT THE SHOW: 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 NordVPN helps with your internet privacy – Get 70% off https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get the Ledger Backup Pack – Includes Ledger Nano X & S https://shop.ledger.com/products/ledger-backup-pack?r=faca Coldcard Bitcoin Hardware Wallet – Get 5% off https://t.co/UIEiV9vnto?amp=1 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions 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: Raoul Pal says $1M Bitcoin more likely now https://cointelegraph.com/news/perfect-wedge-makes-1m-bitcoin-more-likely-than-ever-raoul-pal Tudor Investment Corp (a $38B hedge fund) is buying Bitcoin https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-billionaire-investor-paul-tudor-jones-says-buying-cryptocurrency-inflation-2020-5-1029179495 Top Bitfinex trader goes dark after losing $20M shorting Bitcoin https://decrypt.co/28164/a-popular-bitcoin-trader-lost-21-million-now-hes-gone Gain exposure to Bitcoin dominance with derivatives https://www.coindesk.com/bitfinex-now-has-a-derivatives-contract-offering-exposure-to-bitcoin-dominance Bitcoin profitable for 95% of existence. Altcoins… not so much. https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-has-been-profitable-for-over-95-of-its-existence/ Square’s Cashapp Bitcoin revenues way up https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-revenues-in-squares-cash-app-top-fiat-revenues-for-first-time-in-q1 Bitcoin further decouples from stock market https://bitcoinist.com/latest-bitcoin-halving-rally-puts-nail-in-coffin-on-stock-market-correlation/ My blog for getting started with Bitcoin https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada

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