Rabbit Hole Recap

This week Marty and Matt discuss bluewallet shutting down default lightning wallet april 30th https://bluewallet.io/sunsetting-lndhub/ marco falke stepping down as maintainer https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/marco-falke-steps-down/ tropic square open source secure elements completes first round of testing https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tropic-square-completes-initial-testing-on-chip OP_Vault prop...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: “Stable Coins” Under Fire https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1590454881223028736 Fedimint Hackathon Winners https://www.fedi.xyz/blog/fedimint-hackaton-winners Strike launches Sending API https://docs.strike.me/walkthrough/sending-payments/ Breez launches SDK https://medium.com/breez-technology/lightning-for-everyone-in-any-app-lightning-as-a-service-via-the-breez-s...

This week Marty and Matt and Joined by NVK and BitDern to discuss: Sparrow Wallet v1.7.2 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.7.2 Zeus v0.7.2 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.2 BTCPay Server v1.7.6 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.7.6 coldcard q1 https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1 local bitcoins shutting down https://localbitcoins.c...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: Lebanon officially devalues currency 90% https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/lebanon-sharply-devalues-official-exchange-rate-central-bank-says-2023-02-01/ prime trust loses texas license, swan and fold users can no longer buy, strike unaffected ordinal inscriptions controversy strike commerce launches with clover point of sale systems https://twitter.com/ja...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: blockstream raises $125M https://www.prweb.com/releases/2023/1/prweb19127332.htm strike launches first clover merchant https://twitter.com/jackmallers/status/1618731420998049798 fold launches enterprise api https://foldapp.com/api prime trust cut from texas, swan and fold impacted https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/prime-trust-texas-issues/ tails v5.9 https://tails.boum....

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - 196 Members of Congress Took FTX Money https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/17/congress-ftx-problem-1-in-3-members-got-cash-from-crypto-exchanges-bosses/ - Congo National Park Relies on Hydro Powered Bitcoin Mine https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/13/1066820/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-mining-congo-virunga-national-park/ - BIP 329 Merged: Standard for Wallet...

This week Marty and Matt party it up in Nashville! https://bitcoinpark.co 7:05 - Party rip! 8:51 - PubKey 12:05 - Introducing guests and year in review 15:45 - Exchange degeneracy 18:35 - Interest rate hikes 21:34 - Talking about the future 24:50 - Samuel Deep Fried Bankrupt Man 27:25 - Rich history of scams and rug pulls 33:40 - Mining predictions 38:19 - ASIC loans 42:13 - Favorite mining scam 4...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - winklevoss blast silbert https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gemini-cofounder-cameron-public-letter/ - dcg fires 30% of employees at genesis https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-lender-genesis-lays-off-30-of-staff-11672939434 - dcg shutters wealth management division https://www.theinformation.com/articles/genesis-parent-company-dcg-shutters-its-wealth-management-divisio...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Another reminder to protect yourself if you used lastpass - SBF “$250M bond” was BS - Bitfarms CEO resigns - Gemini users file class action lawsuit - Samourai v0.99.98g - BTCPay v1.7.3 - JAM now available on most major node packages - FROSTR multisig nostr - Twitter Data Breach - US Housing Chart - Energy and Mining Week in Nashville - Free Open Source Contribut...

This week Marty and Matt discuss so many things that we hit the character limit in the description. - Core Scientific Files for Bankruptcy - Two FTX Execs Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges - SBF Released on $250M bond - Twitter announces policy banning nostr and other social promotion - QuadrigaCX addresses thought to be dead wake up - Greenidge Sells Hash to NYDIG to Avoid Bankruptcy - HRF Awards...

- SBF arrested in Bahamas - EU to force companies to report user holdings - US senate bill proposed to outlaw private bitcoin development and usage - Coinbase received 12320 government demands for customer info this year - SBF secretly funded the block news org, ceo steps down - Jack Dorsey provides 14 bitcoin grant to Nostr - Bitcoin Core v 0.24.0 had coin selection bug, latest version is v 0.24....

This week Marty and Matt discuss: DCG owes gemini customers $900M Strike launches remittance product for Africa Legends of Lightning tournament winners announced Block funds African rural mining company ‘Gridless’ Ledger announces new hardware wallet ‘Stax’ Core Lightning v22.11 BDK v0.25.0 Tor Browser v12.0 Threema encrypted messenger adds new communication protocol Silvergate CEO Alan Lane publi...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - El Salvador Bitcoin Treasury Lacks Transparency - BlockFi Declares Bankruptcy: High Risk Loans Resulted in Insolvency - Major Bitcoin Banking Partner Prime Trust Has Fired CEO Tom Pageler - BTCPay v1.7.0: new checkout page, unified QR for onchain and lightning, store branding, and white labeling, and more - Coinkite Launches ‘BinaryWatch’ Hub: Tracks Popular Bit...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - The Securities Commission of The Bahamas Seized Digital Assets of FTX After Bankruptcy Declared in US - Bitcoin Core v24.0 - Sparrow Wallet v1.7.1 - Hoseki Launches Real-Time Proof of Reserves Hub - ‘SatsCrap’ Bitcoin P2P Marketplace - Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail Until at Least Late February - Genesis Balance Sheet Reveals $2.8 billio...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Contagion continues - Matt didn't make a list - Party rip Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl 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: - FTX files for bankruptcy - Timeline of events that lead to it - BlockFi halts withdrawals, most likely insolvent - Ledn exposed to Alameda - Remove your bitcoin from custodians and learn how to self custody - CZ & SBF conspiracy - Marty Jones rant state attack conspiracy - Silvergate - Ben Carman's Vortex Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlH...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Another LND bug causes nodes to fall out of sync again, update your node - Tony explains how a malicious attacker could have used lnsploit to steal funds - Replace By Fee Debate Spills onto Twitter - Coinbase led surveillance group expands to europe with 67 companies supporting - CashApp sold $1.76B worth of bitcoin to users last quarter - Block releases more de...

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 Laun...

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...

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...

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 B...

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/ -...

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.subst...

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...

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...