Rabbit Hole Recap

ODELL and Marty Bent
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Jun 1, 2023 • 1h 41min

Rabbit Hole Recap #255: The Debt Ceiling Does Not Exist

Link dump: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/5b64020655aec5ea6ae977b32c7a4b36 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 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/
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May 25, 2023 • 2h 7min

Rabbit Hole Recap #254: No Rest for the Wicked

Link dump: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/a3c7c14c0e96551a1696d002ab4a9077 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 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/
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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
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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/
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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 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://twi…
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Apr 27, 2023 • 2h 18min

Rabbit Hole Recap #250: Bank Runs Continue

Links here because this description has a character limit: https://gist.github.com/logantftc/ee923f280221c5b0f2d91e9840322ffc 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 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/
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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 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/
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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 1:16:01 - Boostagrams 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/
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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 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/
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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 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/

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