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ODELL and Marty Bent
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Jun 1, 2023 • 1h 41min
Rabbit Hole Recap #255: The Debt Ceiling Does Not Exist
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4:26 - Remember cheap burgers?
8:51 - Dashboard
13:28 - Keeper wallet
16:35 - Debt ceiling
19:57 - 30% mining tax out the window
24:00 - National debt hockey stick
28:18- Parker hops in to talk debt
43:18 - New Swan partners
46:27 - BitMEX grants
47:35 - PyPi subpoena
50:48 - Remember, RHR is an AI show now
56:35 - Marty simps for Zucc
57:54 - Umbrel Home
1:00:44 - Boostagrams
1:06:05 - Software updates
1:20:24 - Mempools ain’t clearing
1:25:39 - Last software update, btcpayserver
1:29:16 - nsecBunker
1:34:29 - Looking for stuff to talk about before wrapping up
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May 25, 2023 • 2h 7min
Rabbit Hole Recap #254: No Rest for the Wicked
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5:02 - RHR is an AI show now
10:19 - Presidential candidates talking Bitcoin
16:26 - Dashboard
19:25 - Bitcoin 2023
27:06 - Chainalysis
37:12 - Worldcoin
52:38 - Azteco in Costa Rica
54:11 - Back to Worldcoin
57:41 - Ledger backpedals
1:07:19 - Strike goes global
1:18:32 - NYC freezes its own bank accounts
1:28:33 - Fedi Alpha
1:29:03 - Mutiny Wallet ft. Ben Carman
1:42:21- Ben is shooed
1:49:32 - Start9
1:55:04 - Boostagrams
1:57:51 - Software updates
2:01:29 - Robosats
2:03:01 - Go watch the Open Source Stage archive
2:05:11 - Marty gotta pee
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May 23, 2023 • 51min
Rabbit Hole Recap Live at Bitcoin 2023 with ODELL, Marty Bent, Max Keidun & Rob Hamilton - May 19th, 2023
Live From the Open Source Stage at Bitcoin 2023 in Miami on May 19th, 2023
Guests: Max Keidun & Rob Hamilton
YouTube: https://youtu.be/f4U-PAWv3ts
0:00 - We're live!
2:30 - Miniscript
4:00 - This is RHR
5:30 - Debifi and Bitcoin collateral
12:00 - Mempool announcement
19:40 - Ledger controversy
27:00 - RFK speech
28:50 - Questions
46:05 - Final thoughts

May 11, 2023 • 2h 21min
Rabbit Hole Recap #252: Mempools Running Hot
Azteco Bitcoin Vouchers Can Now Be Purchased with Cash At Over 126000 Locations in Brazil https://nitter.at/Azteco_/status/1655965956479279113?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Bull Bitcoin Launches No KYC Bitcoin Purchases with Cash or Debit https://www.bullbitcoin.com/blog/bull-bitcoin-launches-no-kyc-bitcoin-purchases-with-cash-or-debit?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Marathon Digital and Zero Two To Develop Large-Scale Immersion Bitcoin Mining Facilities in Abu Dhabi https://ir.marathondh.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1312/marathon-digital-holdings-and-zero-two-to-develop-and?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Muun Wallet Is Experiencing Issues As High Fees Continue https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/muun-wallet-experiencing-issues-due-to-high-fees/ Cash App Sold $2.16 Billion Worth of Bitcoin in Q1, Up By 25% Year Over Year https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cash-app-bitcoin-sales-profit-up/
0:00 - Big party rip, what’s up with mempools? 13:42 - Murch shills his podcast 14:35 - Back to mempools and BTC shitcoins 35:02 - History repeats 40:12- RBF and CPFP 51:50 - Fee spike’s effect on lighting adoption 1:06:00 - Spam arguments and security budget 1:11:15 - This week in Nashville 1:21:00 - Boostagrams 1:25:35 - Marathon Abu Dhabi mining 1:33:30 - Tether balance sheet 1:37:15 - Muun struggling 1:41:20 - Tippin.me accused of exit scamming 1:44:00 - Bull Bitcoin & Azteco KYC free 1:48:27 - Mask off clips 1:53:10 - Favorite Bitcoin hater 2:01:10 - E-Verify 2:08:37 - Crypto ownership growth 2:15:13 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now https://merch.tftc.io/ Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://tftc.io/podcasts/ Follow Odell: Twitter https://twitter.com/ODELL Newsletter https://tftc.io/the-sat-standard/ Podcast https://citadeldispatch.com/

May 4, 2023 • 2h 3min
Rabbit Hole Recap #251: $10,000,000 for Open Source Projects
$10M for free and open source software https://opensats.org/blog Kingdom of Bhutan has been mining bitcoin since 2020, announces $500M mining fund to expand operations https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/03/2659973/0/en/Bitdeer-and-Druk-Holding-Investments-to-Jointly-Develop-Green-Digital-Asset-Mining-Operations-in-the-Kingdom-of-Bhutan.html?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Biden admin proposes 30% bitcoin mining tax https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/05/02/cost-of-cryptomining-dame-tax/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com First Republic Bank fails, sold to JP Morgan https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23034.html?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Venmo to finally enable self custody transfers https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2023-04-28-Introducing-Crypto-Transfers-for-Venmo-Customers?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Balaji capitulates on million dollar price call, donates an additional million https://balajis.com/fiat/ LND v0.16.2 https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.16.2-beta?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Lightning Terminal v0.9.2-alpha https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.9.2-alpha?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Blixt Wallet v0.6.7 https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.7?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Sphinx Relay v2.3.1 https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.3.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Parmanode v2.3.4 https://github.com/ArmanTheParman/Parmanode/releases/tag/v2.3.4?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Alby Launches Nostr Wallet Connect https://blog.getalby.com/introducing-nostr-wallet-connect/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Feni v0.1.8: Cashu Wallet & Mint Implementation in Golang https://github.com/cashubtc/cashu-feni/releases/tag/v0.1.8?ref=nobsbitcoin.com AgoraDesk App v1.1.1 https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.1.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com MyNode v0.3.16 https://nitter.at/mynodebtc/status/1653150968454717442?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Zeus v0.7.5 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.5?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Nayuta Wallet v.0.1.7 https://medium.com/nayuta-en/nayuta-wallet-v0-1-7-released-e544e5159d5d?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Stack Duo v1.0.5 https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_008?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Bisq v1.9.10 https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases/tag/v1.9.10?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Munstr: MuSig + Nostr https://github.com/0xBEEFCAF3/munstr?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Electrum v4.4.1 https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/releases/tag/4.4.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com Galoy v0.6.48 https://github.com/GaloyMoney/galoy/releases/tag/0.6.48?ref=nobsbitcoin.com tracking growth in payjoin adoption https://payjoin.substack.com/p/tracking-growth-in-payjoin-adoption?sd=pf&ref=nobsbitcoin.com LNMesh: Offline Lightning Network Payments Using Community Wireless Mesh Networks https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14559?ref=nobsbitcoin.com
3:16 - OpenSats $10 mil
15:59 - Dashboard, mempool bets
33:06 - Bhutan mining
49:19- Biden wants to ban mining
56:48 - Banking crisis
1:14:03 - Debt crisis
1:24:18 - Venmo has bitcoin
1:27:33 - Balaji pays up
1:32:58 - Debt ceiling shutdown
1:36:29 - Whitney Webb TFTC episode
1:40:13 - Lnd update
1:42:21 - Boostagrams
1:47:02 - Software updates
1:52:23 - Payjoin adoption
1:55:09 - LNMesh
1:59:19 - Shoutout to Fedi
2:01:54 - Wrapping up
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Apr 27, 2023 • 2h 18min
Rabbit Hole Recap #250: Bank Runs Continue
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0:00 - Shitcoiners took over Austin
8:25 - Dashboard
11:30 - Jerome Powell deepfake prank call
24:35 - First Republic
30:15 - Fed losing control
35:00 - Tornado Cash dev free
38:35 - Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund
40:15 - Don't Trust Wallet
47:10 - Shitcoins getting drained
51:20 - PoW on Tor
54:35 - Bitcoin on Telegram
57:30 - Telegram ban in Brazil
1:00:37 - Coinstr
1:02:15 - NIP-89
1:06:00 - Strike global send
1:08:10 - Preturnio op return search
1:09:25 - Nunchuck coin control
1:14:40 - Mutiny Node
1:17:10 - Software update rapidfire
1:20:20 - Amethyst
1:23:45 - Balance of Satoshis
1:24:30 - Bluewallet
1:27:45 - Miner bug-out button
1:32:15 - LND and NIP-94
1:33:30 - Unchained hardware wallet guide
1:34:00 - UK attacks end to end encryption
1:39:55 - Clown world military EVs
1:42:44 - Sudan
1:45:53 - ASICs going to Russia
1:48:15 - FINAL final shoutout, Coldcard talk
2:00:20 - Boostagrams
2:05:50 - FOSS principles and security/privacy
2:08:55 - DCG owes Genesis
2:11:50 - OpenSats pre announcement announcement
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Apr 20, 2023 • 1h 42min
Rabbit Hole Recap #249: Is Russia Mining Bitcoin?
This week Marty gets a new nickname.
https://tass.ru/ekonomika/17542637
https://twitter.com/TDF_Can/status/1648712428568424448
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-parliament-approves-travel-rule-and-mica/
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mullvad-vpn-data/
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wavman-music-player-for-nostr/
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zapworthy-nostr/
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/upgrade-your-luks-key-derivation-function/
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/n3xb-exchange/
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bhutan-sovereign-fund/
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/sweden-removes-tax-credits-for-data-centers/
https://twitter.com/clarkmoody/status/1645127454950866948
https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1646470359346970624
https://twitter.com/SGBarbour/status/1649046385248079877
4:00 - Opening riff
8:21 - Dashboard
15:30 - Coinjoin drama
23:40 - Marty loses brain cells & Matt talks privacy
35:42 - Payjoin
37:59 - Cashu
42:16 - New Unchained
46:50 - Russia mining?
58:37 - Nostr hype
1:06:26 - Bhutan stacked sats and got rugged
1:09:11 - EU passes FATF rule
1:13:56 - Jordan Peterson
1:16:40 - Bitcoin art
1:21:38 - Ordinals broken
1:24:20 - Consensus alternatives in Austin
1:31:37 - Unicoin
1:33:23 - Boostagrams and an accidental shoutout
1:37:50 - More Prime Trust rugging
1:39:52 - Uncle Snotty loves his name
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Apr 13, 2023 • 1h 24min
Rabbit Hole Recap #248: The NY Times is a Dying Blog
5:17 - Can't send bitcoin on an airplane
11:28 - Pierre Rochard CO2 trolling
21:49 - Texas anti-mining
25:45 - Drop Twitter, use Nostr
33:15 - BRICS meeting
35:21 - Chaumian Ecash
38:43 - Bitcoin Fog case
45:12 - Can't argue rulers into submission
48:48 - Is China taking Taiwan?
51:44 - AI will break you toilet
57:27 - Elon's social credit score
1:02:47 - Off-chain channel management
1:03:49 - Come grab Matt's $2000 knob
1:05:44 - Xapo bank
1:08:30 - Easter resurrection of the market?
1:11:16 - Vivec's workshop
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Apr 6, 2023 • 1h 49min
Rabbit Hole Recap #247: BRICS Bucks
5:17 - It takes a while at the start ;)
6:15 - Dashboard
8:45 - BRICS Bucs
16:52 - Chinese agents using America's southern border
27:06 - BRICS Bucs are bad for the dollar
29:35 - Bitcoin's messianic aspects
31:25 - Mutiny Wallet
37:16 - Texas rugs miners
45:35 - CZ rumors
50:05 - Paxful shut down
55:15 - Noones
58:23 - Emerging markets and beef sticks
59:35 - MacOS Bitcoin whitepaper
1:00:50 - Twitter trolls everyone
1:06:15 - Coinbase coming down?
1:09:15 - Clown world
1:10:51 - Marty meets the Bidens
1:11:25 - Mulvad browser
1:17:49 - Zaprite 2.0
1:20:34 - Hyperbitcoinization panel at Bitcoin 2023
1:22:15 - Mempool spam and block fees
1:26:23 - Chivo is flagging Wasabi coinjoins
1:28:18 - Volitility incoming?
1:32:10 - Boostagrams
1:35:32 - Cashapp founder stabbed
1:39:00 - ZeroSync
1:41:11 - Beef Initiative Summit
1:43:13 - Packed week at Bitcoin Park
1:45:10 - Wrapping up
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Mar 31, 2023 • 1h 25min
Rabbit Hole Recap #246: Time is Scarce
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1641079790537981952?s=20
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/route-blinding-merged/
https://twitter.com/RadarHits/status/1641414101527142402?s=20
0:00 - RIP Mr. Bent
6:45 - Dashboard
7:50 - Tik Tok ban AKA Patriot Act 2.0
22:25 - Dedollarisation
27:40 - Can't stop the signal
31:20 - Lightning route blinding
35:30 - Big difficulty adjustment
42:30 - Fedi pools
48:27 - ZeroSync utreexo
56:10 - Then they fight you
1:01:20 - Hug your kids, hug your parents
1:03:00 - It was never gonna be easy
1:06:15 - Brief software updates
1:07:30 - Texas Senate on mining
1:09:05 - EU monetary surveillance
1:12:25 - Boostagrams
1:19:00 - We didn't start the fire
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