

BTC Sessions
Ben Perrin
Get your dose of Bitcoin with weekly news roundups and "Why Are We Bullish" panel shows featuring Bitcoiners from around the world!
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Jun 2, 2020 • 29min
Bitcoin Silent Protest, CAD Bitcoin Regulations, Square Crypto Grant EP064
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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

May 29, 2020 • 25min
Goldman Sachs Weak Bitcoin Take, Electrum Shakeup, BTCPay Grant EP063
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Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase
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Get the Ledger Backup Pack – Includes Ledger Nano X & S
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LEDN offers Bitcoin backed loans – Sign up and get $50 free
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Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy
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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

May 26, 2020 • 29min
First Bitcoin 401K Launches, Is Adam Back Satoshi, Argentina Crackdown EP062
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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
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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

May 25, 2020 • 24min
Miner Proves CSW Fraud, 70K BTC Coinjoined, Iran Mining EP061
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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:
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Join my Telegram channel!
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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

May 21, 2020 • 27min
Satoshi Coins Not Moved, Bitcoin Pizza Day, Fed Gold Standard EP060
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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!
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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

May 19, 2020 • 29min
Bitcoin Privacy Considerations, The Next Wave Of BTC Scams EP059
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MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN
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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:
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Join my Telegram channel!
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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

May 18, 2020 • 39min
Robert Kiyosaki: BTC $75K, tBTC Shut Down, $3T More Stimulus EP058
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MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN
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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:
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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

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
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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:
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Coldcard Bitcoin Hardware Wallet – Get 5% off
https://t.co/UIEiV9vnto?amp=1
Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy
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May 14, 2020 • 26min
Major Institutional Bitcoin Interest, JP Morgan Banking Coinbase + Gemini, Liquid NFTs EP056
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MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN
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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

May 8, 2020 • 27min
Massive Hedge Fund Buys Bitcoin, $1M Possible: Raoul Pal, Alts Failing EP055
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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


