Rabbit Hole Recap

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Largest Mining Firm Core Scientific Appears Insolvent - Publicly Traded Mining Firms are 25% of Hash - Cash App Adds Lightning Receive Support - One of Cash App’s Lightning Nodes - Amboss Adds Controversial Data Sharing Feature - Biden Wants to Make it Easier to Seize Bitcoin - Sparrow Wallet v1.7.0 - Alby v1.18.0 - Kollider Exchange & Synthetic Stablecoins Launch - Chinese Spies Paid Double Agent with Bitcoin - New British PM Wants Surveillance Money - MakerDAO Deposits $1.6B in Coinbase - Binance at Over 50% of Global Trade Volume - Rishi Sunak made PM of England Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data Blockstream TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - hodlonaut defeats csw - bitcoin mining council releases statement on energy use, claims to represent nearly 50% of hash - bitmex renews calvin kims grant for utreexo work - LND v0.15.3-beta - Echo v0.0.1 - Impervious Browser Alpha for Mac and Linux - Fund Tor nodes with bitcoin - Riot announces new mining facility in Texas - Fall of Hydra Market - Erlay progress - BOJ announces bond buying Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth Blockstream TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - large taproot multisig transaction breaks btcd and lnd, update lnd to fix issue - spiral, braiins, and others collaborate on stratum v2 - coincenter suing OFAC over Tornado Cash - bny mellon partners with fireblocks to custody bitcoin - crusoe acquires great american mining - bitcoin ekasi launches education center in south africa - google partners with coinbase to accept bitcoin and cryptocurrencies - validity rollups on bitcoin - btcpay v1.6.12 - bitcoin-s v1.9.6 - btcd v0.23.2 - onion share v2.6 - android leaks traffic when using vpn - proton releases new vpn protocol that is harder to detect - commercial paper drying up - Stock market intraday volatility Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data Blockstream TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - celsius releases personal info on all users - foundry and grayscale announce new mining investment vehicle - eu “bans” users from interacting with russian bitcoin addresses - alby v1.17.0 - foundation v2.0.4 - coldcard mk4 v5.0.7 - start9 v0.3.2 - fountain v0.5.1 - tornado cash dev denied bail, assets being auctioned Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Mining hosting provider compute north files for bankruptcy https://www.theblock.co/post/172246/compute-north-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy - Brink now funding 11 devs https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-non-profit-brink-funds-11-bitcoin-lightning-developers - Bitnob launches in kenya, integrates mpesa https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitnob-kenya-mpesa/ - Strike Raises $80m in New Funding Led https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/09/27/bitcoin-rapid-payment-service-strike-raises-90m-takes-aim-at-visa/ - Swan acquires specter https://www.swanbitcoin.com/swan-acquires-specter-solutions/ - Core Lightning v0.12.1 https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.12.1 - BTCPay Server v1.6.11 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.6.11 - Blockstream Jade v0.1.38 https://github.com/Blockstream/Jade/releases/tag/0.1.38 - Electrum v4.3.2 https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES - Samourai Wallet v0.99.98f https://medium.com/samourai-wallet/wallet-update-0-99-98f-db062dd0e1ec - Initial code release for Taro https://lightning.engineering/posts/2022-9-28-taro-launch/ - Bitmatrix brings uniswap-like project to liquid https://blog.liquid.net/bitmatrix-mainnet-is-live/ - TBD partners with Circle https://developer.tbd.website/blog/tbd-circle-partnership/ - When taproot launches to encourage adoption https://whentaproot.org/ - Cloudflare launches free CAPTCHA alternative https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-private-captcha-alternative/ - Hoseki donates $25K to BPI https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hoseki-announces-donation-to-bitcoin-policy-i[…]-transparency-and-proof-of-reserves-research-301633003.html - Ergo piece on bitcoin privacy in unredacted magazine https://unredactedmagazine.com/issues/004.pdf - Feds seize $86M held in safe deposit boxes in beverly hills https://archive.ph/e5Omu - Major australian isp exposes user details via open api https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/optus-under-1-million-extortion-threat-in-data-breach-a-20142 - BlackRock threatened to halt trading at height of UK market tumult https://www.ft.com/content/0f32fdf3-8823-4a9c-ba70-d087860cfe6c - Stan Druckenmiller comments https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1575159503112196101?s=20&t=kSKai-AuztxSYfYl_i95_g - Iran sanctioned even harder - Nordstream pipeline attacked https://twitter.com/anasalhajji/status/1575471322154541068?s=20&t=kSKai-AuztxSYfYl_i95_g Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - riot and blockware release transaction fee paper https://blockwaresolutions.com/s/Bitcoin-Transaction-Fees-Final-Draft.pdf - jesse powell steps down as ceo of kraken https://www.wsj.com/articles/ceo-of-crypto-exchange-kraken-steps-down-11663778989 - lnbits v0.9.3 https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/0.9.3 - fountain v0.4.9 https://fountainpodcasts.substack.com/p/fountain-0-4-9 - trezor suite v22.9.3 https://blog.trezor.io/coin-control-in-trezor-suite-92f3455fd706 - specter v1.13.0 https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v1.13.0 - new privacy focused block explorer called spiral https://btc.usespiral.com/ - signet fedimint instance https://faucet.sirion.io/ - bitgo adds lightning https://blog.bitgo.com/bitgo-unveils-custodial-lightning-898554d3b749 - bolt.fun announces global tournament https://makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/1/overview - mullvad announces hardware security key https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/9/19/mullvad-creates-a-hardware-company/ - border agents searching without warrants https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/files/2022/09/Wyden-letter-to-CBP-on-border-searches-of-devices.pdf - us military captures 90% of global internet traffic https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pnkw/us-military-bought-mass-monitoring-augury- Marty Bent, [Sep 22, 2022 at 9:23:42 AM]: - Clinton Global Initiative IMF/World Bank/Big bank merger https://twitter.com/willhild/status/1572300270499139586?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw - Clinton Global Initiative climate printers https://twitter.com/willhild/status/1572301306530009090?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw - Ghoulish rep https://twitter.com/martybent/status/1572791766369341440?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw - Jamie dimon bitcoin https://twitter.com/business/status/1572696812351258624?s=46&t=1YrR-8UkzzsWh3IT_vwRCw Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - ethereum switches to proof of stake - greenpeace continues to FUD bitcoin - hodlonaut trial starts in Norway - ledger hardware wallets now available at best buy stores - fidelity and charles schwab launch bitcoin exchange - mining pool Poolin announces IOUs amid solvency concerns - Alby v1.15.0 - LDK v0.0.111 - Phoenix v1.4.23 - LNMarkets increases trade limits and moves to nodl cloud - red dirt mining open source mining profitability calculator - OFAC releases additional guidance on tornado cash sanctions - yooper crate guide - brother of former coinbase employee pleads guilty to insider trading - increased surveillance of gun purchases with credit cards Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - white house mining report - poolin appears insolvent - coinbase funding legal challenge to tornado cash sanctions - russia to use cryptocurrency for international trade - HRF donates $325K to bitcoin development - australian feds form unit dedicated to tracking and seizing bitcoin - fountain v0.4.8 - zeus v0.6.6 - this month in bitcoin privacy - arcane research on bitcoin mining and energy industry - IRS doxxes 120K tax payers - hosted vpn providers shut down in india - law enforcement using new location tracking tool without warrants Shoutout to our sponsors: AmmoSeek Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt are joined by Adam Curry, Ryan Gentry of Lightning Labs and Grant Gilliam of Ten31 to have a Bit Block Boom rip. - DC accuses saylor and microstrategy of tax fraud - mining difficulty increases by 9.25% - mempool launches lightning explorer - nydig launches lightning accelerator - Iran approves bitcoin for imports - joinmarket v0.9.7 - lnd v0.15.1-beta - btcd v0.23.1-beta - Odell 50yrs poll 1 poll 2 - announcing rapid gossip sync - block hardware wallet update - TBD on self sovereign identity - second largest data leak in history, 800M chinese records exposed Shoutout to our sponsors: AmmoSeek Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

This week Marty and Matt are joined by Adam Curry, Ryan Gentry of Lightning Labs and Grant Gilliam of Ten31 to have a Bit Block Boom rip. Shoutout to our sponsors: AmmoSeek Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast Follow Odell: Twitter Newsletter Podcast