Michael Matulef
@michaelmatulef
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EPISODE
Reboot - Bitcoin is Digital Scarcity
"The difference between the Linden Dollar, World of Warcraft Gold, Fortnite V-Bucks, the Euro, and the U.S. dollar is in scale, not in nature. While V-Bucks are created and controlled by Epic Games (the company that created Fortnite), the U.S. dollar is created and controlled by the Fed. One impacts millions of people, the other billions. The mechanism that keeps these monies in check--the rules of the game, if you will - is the same in both cases: central decree."
~ DerGigi
For those who are new to the show, there are so many phenomenal pieces we have covered that deserve to be heard. One of those that gave the most approachable arguments for understanding the difference between the multitude of *virtual* monies we experience in the digital age, and Bitcoin, the first truly *digital* money, was absolutely, Gigi's incredible piece, "Bitcoin is Digital Scarcity."
If you haven't heard or read this one, stop what you are doing, and turn this on.
Check out the original article at Bitcoin Is Digital Scarcity | dergigi.com (Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdv8p5n4)
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence." —
~ Henry David Thoreau
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24 Nov • 1hr 13m
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This is the Rebel Alliance vs. The Empire, and Guy Swann is our Luke Skywalker.

EPISODE
Guy's Take_075 - A Global Monetary Rebellion
The election of Javier Milei is unlikely the be the next El Salvador, but I don't think it needs to be in order to be significant. There is something deeper going on for Javier to win on the message he is sending. And I think it shows the signs of a shifting tide, and Bitcoin is the island that's coming into view.
References made in the episode for further reading:
Find the many books and products recommended on this show at prodcast.io (Link: https://prodcast.io/collections/bitcoin-audible)
Broken Money by Lyn Alden (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mvu8jm7c)
Praxeology by Knut Svanholm (Link: https://tinyurl.com/y37ph73d)
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22 Nov • 1hr 10m
Humanity may one day view the state's control over money as a stain on history, having enabled violations of rights and abuses of power. More significantly, the very concept of the State will be seen for the modern superstition it is. As people realize that governance can be achieved without coercion, through voluntary cooperation, they may relegate this relic of primitive thinking - the State itself - to obsolescence.

EPISODE
Guy's Take_075 - A Global Monetary Rebellion
The election of Javier Milei is unlikely the be the next El Salvador, but I don't think it needs to be in order to be significant. There is something deeper going on for Javier to win on the message he is sending. And I think it shows the signs of a shifting tide, and Bitcoin is the island that's coming into view.
References made in the episode for further reading:
Find the many books and products recommended on this show at prodcast.io (Link: https://prodcast.io/collections/bitcoin-audible)
Broken Money by Lyn Alden (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mvu8jm7c)
Praxeology by Knut Svanholm (Link: https://tinyurl.com/y37ph73d)
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22 Nov • 1hr 10m

EPISODE
BCB135_Surviving The Bull Market
Dan and Josh have a jam session focussing on surviving the BULL Market. This is the advice we wish we were given when we were new to the space in 2017.
WE COVER:
Education is KEY
Nobody knows what is going to happen
Self Custody
Low Time Preference
Mexican Vacations and shitting in the woods
Buying assets not liabilities
Privacy
The out of shape bell curve
Trading is like Masterbating
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19 Nov • 1hr 20m

EPISODE
Rabbit Hole Recap #280: Thanksgiving Day Special
CZ Pleads Guilty, Steps Down as CEO of Binance in $4.3 Billion Settlement with DOJ https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cz-steps-down-as-ceo-of-binance-as-part-of-4-billion-settlement-with-doj/
Wallet of Satoshi to Stop Serving Customers in the United States https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wallet-of-satoshi-stops-serving-us-customers/
F2Pool Is Likely Filtering OFAC-Sanctioned Transactions - Report https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/f2pool-is-filtering-transactions-from-ofac-sanctioned-address-report/
F2Pool Disables Transaction Filtering Patch (For Now) https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/f2pool-disables-transaction-filtering-patch/
Bittrex Global Is Shutting Down For Good https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bittrex-global-is-shutting-down-for-good/
$225M Tether Seizure - Largest in History https://www.theblock.co/post/263802/tether-freezes-225-million-worth-of-stolen-usdt-after-doj-investigation
Strike Announced Buy Bitcoin Globally in 36 Countries https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/strike-announced-buy-bitcoin-globally-feature/
LND v0.17.2-beta: Concurrency Related Bug Hot Fix https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnd-v0-17-2-beta/
Envoy v1.4.0-beta: Intuitive Coin Control & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/envoy-v1-4-0-beta/
Blixt Wallet v0.6.9-420: Lightning Box https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blitx-wallet-v0-6-9-420/
BBQr: Better Bitcoin QR Proposal https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bbqr-better-bitcoin-qr/
Peach Bitcoin App v0.3.4: Updated Reputation System https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/peach-bitcoin-app-v0-3-4/
10101 v1.6.1: Public Beta Launch https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/10101-v1-6-1-public-beta/
StartOS v0.3.5.1: Bugfix Release https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-v0-3-5-1/
Sparrow Wallet v1.8.1: Oxt Fee Rates Estimator, Slider Improvements & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/sparrow-wallet-v1-8-1/
Bitcoin Black Friday https://bitcoinblackfriday.org/
4:07 - Happy Thanksgiving, CZ pleads guilty
17:16 - Tether big freeze
18:32 - Wallet of Satoshi pulls out of US
30:56 - ETF is an attack and KYC is illicit
41:46 - F2Pool OFAC censoring
44:59 - Argentina
47:31 - Strike to add global buy/sell
52:49 - Poisonous media and AI
1:05:41 - Boosts
1:12:53 - Mandibles marches on
1:22:54 - Software updates
1:31:42 - Truevote
1:38:45 - Bitcoin Black Friday
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24 Nov • 1hr 41m

EPISODE
BR055 - Sparrow, SATSLINK, Vulnerability Hell (RPI, ESP32,26₿ gone)+MORE, Craig Raw, Odell, Rijndael
I'm joined by guests Craig Raw, Odell & Rijndael to go through the list.
Housekeeping
00:03:36 Subscribe now to have early access to Bitcoin Firday Deals
00:03:59 SATSLINK official announcement video from nostrasia
Vulnerability Disclosures
00:10:42 A phishing email is being sent out impersonating Blockstream
00:12:19 A Fake Ledger Live app in Microsoft Store stole $768,000 in crypto
00:12:52 The Apple AppStore for iOS has published a range of fraudulent bitcoin wallet apps
00:17:01 Secure boot bypass on ESP32 achieved by swapping the CS line, despite the absence of fault injection
00:19:33 Every single Raspberry Pi 5 is given a unique identification number
00:25:35 25 BTC hacked from self-hosted password manager
Bitcoin
• Software Releases & Project Updates
00:55:29 COLDCARD Edge
00:34:35 Sparrow
00:58:01 Liana
00:58:49 Electrs
1:01:07 Blockstream Green
1:01:16 Nodeyez
1:01:32 Padawan Wallet
• Project Spotlight
1:08:24 Bitescrow
1:09:33 Bitcoindev.org
1:09:40 bitcoin-scriptexec
1:11:14 Seedle39
1:11:40 Opcode Explained
1:12:06 Cubit
1:15:14 BitChimney Space Heater
Lightning
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:15:37 Blixt
1:15:52 Zeus
1:16:04 Phoenix
1:16:14 Mutiny Node
1:16:29 LN Wallet APIs/LSPs
1:23:01 Torq
1:23:05 BitBanana
1:23:09 10101
1:23:13 Minibits
1:23:20 rust-lightning
1:23:49 Wallby
1:23:58 Alby + Zaprite
• Project Spotlight
1:24:19 LNESIM
1:24:25 cipherchat.app
1:24:48 Lifpay Bitcoin Lightning wallet
1:24:53 getbit.money
1:25:02 Plasma
Nostr
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:25:45 rust-nostr
1:25:59 Damus
1:26:04 Primal
1:26:20 Amethyst
1:26:28 Nos.social
1:26:31 Highlighter
1:26:42 Mostro
1:26:48 Current iOS
1:27:02 0xchat
1:27:06 Lume
• Project Spotlight
1:27:14 Nostr Assets
1:33:03 Flockstr
1:33:43 Nostter
1:33:50 Nostr
1:34:34 nostrudel
Privacy Software
• Software Releases & Project Updates
1:34:39 StartOS
1:35:54 Unleashed Chat
Boosts
1:42:13 Shoutout to top boosters: @hgw39, @apemithrandir, @vake, @mrmr, @dubravko, @heidisov, @sovereignindividual
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter
1:43:27 Highlights from recent Bitcoin Optech Newsletters
News & Noteworthy
01:49:30 Quickfire rundown of Bitcoin news
Reads & Resources
1:52:22 Top recently published reads and useful resources
Links & Contacts
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Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-55
15 Nov • 1hr 54m

EPISODE
Guy's Take_074 - Banks Without Bankers
Is Bitcoin destined to become another fiat system? Where we end up in a world where the dominant instrument isn't Bitcoin at all, but just more IOUs? Where Bitcoin substitutes replace real Bitcoin? Does it not just become another fiat system, or are there fundamental incentives and technological trends that prevent this and push us ever closer to total sovereignty? With smaller and smaller communities and institutions able to organize and exit in an independent way... where a Bitcoin world means a free world?
It's time for a follow-up to Eric Yake's and Axiom BTC's amazing piece, "Banks without bankers."
Get ready for another "Guys Take" episode.
Keep an ear out for the 1000th episode of the show! I'll have details soon, you don't want to miss it.
Follow AxiomBTC and Eric Yakes on Twitter
Other great sources mentioned in this episode:
-The 7th Property
-Broken Money
-The Fiat Standard
-Freedom & Exit
Found this and all the other great recommendations that I regularly share on the show on the Bitcoin audible page at Prodcast.io
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"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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15 Nov • 1hr 50m

EPISODE
Bitcoin’s Blocksize Scarcity with Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining (SLP525)
When you need to send a Bitcoin transaction, you need Bitcoin blockspace. But blockspace is scarce! CEO of Barefoot Mining, Bob Burnett and I chat about this, and what you can do about it.
Blockspace scarcity and explanation
What you can do about it
UTXO management
Different types of miner
Miner’s Trilemma
Arguments against public company mining
Mining NOT being a leverage play on Bitcoin
Public vs private miners
Gateway going public
Core Scientific bankruptcy
Mining decentralisation
Links:
X: @boomer_btc
Site: Barefoot Mining
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Satoshi’s Heel article mentioned: SATOSHI’S HEEL: IS MINING INFRASTRUCTURE A VULNERABILITY THAT COULD TAKE DOWN BITCOIN?
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14 Nov • 1hr 3m
Thanks for the support Guy 🫂 - Looking forward to the big things inBitcoin Audible...Also, it's pronounced Matt-lef 😁

EPISODE
Read_777 - The Inevitable Bust
"The recurring cycle of economic booms followed by inevitable busts has remained a puzzle for generations of observers. While mainstream Keynesian and monetarist theories propose monetary interventions to smooth these fluctuations, the Austrian School offers a compelling and alternative perspective"
~ Michael Matulef
The bust will not be escaped. We cannot print our way out of it, we cannot cover it up with more artificial interest rate controls. We have drunken ourselves into an economic and financial stuper for far too long, we have avoided the hangover with another massive bender decade after decade - so long that we've lost sight entirely of the purpose of investment, the culture of sustainable capital, and the very reason for frugality and sustainable savings. The crash will hurt, but its the *solution*, not the problem.
Find out why in today's excellent article by first time author on Bitcoin Audible, Michael Matulef: The Inevitable Bust: Why Economic Booms Contain the Seeds of Their Own Destruction | Mises Wire. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3zsw982z)
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Books Mentioned
Broken Money by Lyn Alden - Link: https://tinyurl.com/mvu8jm7c
Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth - Link: https://tinyurl.com/bde45j95
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"We are all humiliated by the sudden discovery of a fact which has existed very comfortably and perhaps been staring at us in private while we have been making up our world entirely without it.”
~ George Eliot
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20 Nov • 54m

EPISODE
Rabbit Hole Recap #279: Momentum is Building
Tor Browser, Tails Issued Patches for WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit Affecting All Major Browsers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-tails-issue-patches-for-webp-critical-zero-day-exploit-affecting-major-browsers/
Bitcoin.org Operator Cøbra Must Reveal Identity to Defend Themselves, U.K. High Court Rules https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-org-operator-loses-appeal-to-craig-wright/
StartOS, UmbrelOS Now Let You Self-Host Private AI Models https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-umbrel-now-let-you-self-host-private-ai-models/
Mullvad Partnered with Tailscale, Completed Migration to RAM-only VPN Infrastructure https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mullvad-vpn-completed-migrated-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure/
IVPN Light: Short-Term VPN Access Priced in Sats https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ivpn-light-short-term-vpn-access-priced-in-sats/
Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.5.2: Ability to Attach External Wallets https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/simple-bitcoin-wallet-v2-5-2/
Phoenix Android v2.0.6, iOS v2.0 Beta is Now on Testflight https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/phoenix-android-v2-0-6/
Breez Mobile v0.16 (iOS v1.0.22): UI Improvements & Bug Fixes https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/breez-mobile-v0-16/
Zeus v0.8.0-alpha Now Available to Olympus Subscribers, Open Beta Is Coming Soon https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-v0-8-0-alpha-opened-to-waitlist-subscribers/
Nix Bitcoin v0.0.98 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nix-bitcoin-v0-0-98/
Mutiny Node v0.4.17: NWC Budgeting https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-node-v0-4-17/
Mutiny Wallet v0.4.19: NWC Budgeting https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-wallet-v0-4-19/
Snort v0.1.14: Zap Splits https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/snort-v0-1-14/
Amethyst v0.77.0-alpha: Amber Support https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/amethyst-v0-77-0-alpha/
3:45 - Blockchain conference5:57 - State of mempool11:23 - Dashboard fakeouts19:08 - Bank Secrecy Act26:33 - Failed pentagon audit34:02 - Roman Sterlingov case36:53 - Coinjoin and mixing40:27 - Swan bad for privacy services51:52 - EU Chat Control55:31 - Sats based AI agents1:03:34 - HRF CBDC tracker1:04:17 - F2Pool1:07:53 - Mutiny stops zapping Zeuspay1:22:07 - Boosts1:29:42 - Software updates1:42:15 - Spiral grants
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16 Nov • 1hr 45m

EPISODE
Read_776 - Banks Without Bankers
"Unique to the emergent Bitcoin financial system is the application of cryptography to fundamental financial functions. Novel technologies exist, are being built, and have been theorized that will enable previously unseen functionalities, robustness, and, ultimately, competition amongst Bitcoin financial intermediaries. Key to these novelties is the characteristic of peer-to-peer (“P2P”) exchange; that Bitcoin financial intermediaries will surely exist as commercial options, but that newly possible direct manipulation and exchange will exist as well."
-Eric Yakes
The future of Bitcoin remains uncertain in terms of scalability, privacy, storage, and payment applications. The application of cryptography to financial functions introduces novel technologies and potential competition among intermediaries. Can Bitcoin achieve true decentralization? Or will trusted third parties jeopardize the entire system? How will the balance between custodial and self-custodial options shape the future of Bitcoin? In Eric Yakes’ analysis, he explores the implications of the new financial paradigm we find ourselves in as Bitcoin continues to assert its dominance as an asset enabling true financial sovereignty.
Check out the original article at: Banks Without Bankers
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9 Nov • 1hr 24m

EPISODE
Bitcoin & Macro Hang #6 w/ Pysh, Booth, Foss & Gromen
Every now and then, this crew gets together to discuss the current macroeconomic situation, and of course, the role that bitcoin is playing within it.
Given all the crazy shit that's currently going on, I figured it was time for another one.
Luke Gromen popped in for the first time during the second half, to share his valuable perspective. Great to have him.
Enjoy!
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9 Nov • 2hr 13m

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Guy's Take_073 - Lightning is Dead, Long Live Lightning!
LIGHTNING IS DEAD! Did you hear about the new exploit discovered that may be the "nail in the coffin" of the broken and defeated Lightning network? I bet you did, but did anyone you heard it from actually know how it worked?... Probably not. That's what we dive into today, trying to make sense of the new Lightning exploit, how it works, the risk, and whether or not the sky is falling. Find out in today's Guy's Take episode.
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7 Nov • 1hr 5m

EPISODE
Entering a new Bitcoin bull cycle with Adam Back (SLP523)
Are we entering a new Bitcoin bull cycle? Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, rejoins me on the show to talk about a variety of things:
SBF found guilty
Bitcoin bull cycle
Block size wars
Blockstream Greenlight
Blockstream BASIC note
Blockstream Green
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SLP521 Support Bitcoin Lightning with Greenlight with Christian Decker
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4 Nov • 1hr 1m

EPISODE
Read_775 - The Fed Threatens to Sue Bitcoin Magazine
"We have no interest in causing confusion, mistakes, or deception. That sounds more like a job for those responsible for telling the market they wouldn’t raise rates after a massive monetary expansion, and then went on to raise them faster than at any time in U.S. financial history." — Mark Goodwin
Today we have a very entertaining development thanks to the fools at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Bitcoin Magazine is being threatened with a lawsuit over t-shirts they are selling that mock the FEDNOW program that the Fed states "has built up substantial goodwill" and that these shirts and merchandise will cause "confusion, mistakes, and deception." No, this is not a parody, it appears to be real. So we pause our regularly scheduled programming today to explore this beautiful little moment in Clown World.
Check out the original article at: Bitcoin Magazine
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4 Nov • 39m

EPISODE
Dodging Knives as a Bitcoin Miner (SLP522)
Have you wondered about the challenges of managing a large publicly listed Bitcoin mining company? Jason Les, CEO of Riot Platforms joins me to talk:
His poker background
Why hashrate expands even when price is down
Riot’s competitive advantages
Should miners use debt financing?
HODLing Bitcoin as a miner
Bitcoin ETF impact?
How can miners outperform bitcoin?
Dodging knives
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2 Nov • 1hr 5m

EPISODE
Chat_86 - Everything on Bitcoin with Robin Linus & Super Testnet
It's often said that Bitcoin is too limited, that you can't build anything interesting on top of the Bitcoin chain... what if that was not only true, but that there were no limits? What if literally anything you could write into code, any program, app, game, theoretically even an entire operating system could be constructed such that its valid execution determined the ownership of Bitcoin? What if there were no limits, and you could build everything on Bitcoin? Today we dive into BitVM with Robin Linus and Super Testnet. A virtual machine built entirely in Bitcoin script, with no soft fork needed. This could change everything.
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1 Nov • 1hr 17m

EPISODE
Rabbit Hole Recap #277: Tether Stacking $4B a Year
Tor Browser, Tails Issued Patches for WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit Affecting All Major Browsers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-tails-issue-patches-for-webp-critical-zero-day-exploit-affecting-major-browsers/
Bitcoin.org Operator Cøbra Must Reveal Identity to Defend Themselves, U.K. High Court Rules https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-org-operator-loses-appeal-to-craig-wright/
StartOS, UmbrelOS Now Let You Self-Host Private AI Models https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/startos-umbrel-now-let-you-self-host-private-ai-models/
Mullvad Partnered with Tailscale, Completed Migration to RAM-only VPN Infrastructure https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mullvad-vpn-completed-migrated-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure/
IVPN Light: Short-Term VPN Access Priced in Sats https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ivpn-light-short-term-vpn-access-priced-in-sats/
Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.5.2: Ability to Attach External Wallets https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/simple-bitcoin-wallet-v2-5-2/
Phoenix Android v2.0.6, iOS v2.0 Beta is Now on Testflight https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/phoenix-android-v2-0-6/
Breez Mobile v0.16 (iOS v1.0.22): UI Improvements & Bug Fixes https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/breez-mobile-v0-16/
Zeus v0.8.0-alpha Now Available to Olympus Subscribers, Open Beta Is Coming Soon https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-v0-8-0-alpha-opened-to-waitlist-subscribers/
Nix Bitcoin v0.0.98 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nix-bitcoin-v0-0-98/
Mutiny Node v0.4.17: NWC Budgeting https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-node-v0-4-17/
Mutiny Wallet v0.4.19: NWC Budgeting https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-wallet-v0-4-19/
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Amethyst v0.77.0-alpha: Amber Support https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/amethyst-v0-77-0-alpha/
3:45 - Daylight Stupid Time7:32 - Matt jinxes the bull13:04 - Dashboard18:29 - Biden’s afraid of Hollywood AI32:08 - Kraken rats you to the IRS41:53 - Tether got stacks54:38 - Whitepaper is 15 years old1:00:53 - Azteco in Italy1:03:37 - Bitcoin Dev1:05:01 - Strike upgrades1:06:04 - Nostrasia1:09:35 - Assange1:12:13 - Boosts1:16:58 - Software updates1:24:15 - Japan prints money to fight inflation1:26:10 - ISM and more metrics
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3 Nov • 1hr 31m

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Read_774 - Bitcoin Won't Fix the Federal Reserve
"Will Bitcoin adoption improve the monetary policy behaviors of the Federal Reserve? I submit that it won’t. I do not see the incentive for the Federal Reserve to give into anyone or anything, let alone Bitcoin. Be honest, Bitcoin is surely not big enough to be a threat to the U.S. dollar. The United States is far more concerned with U.S. dollar dominance being threatened by, say, the Chinese yuan. Bitcoin on its own has not destabilized anything." — George Kaloudis
Will the Federal Reserve be "reigned in" thanks to Bitcoin? Will the continued success of Bitcoin's growth and network effect mean that the Federal Reserve capitulates? That they admit the failures of their approach and start appeasing the sound money tropes and calls for austerity? George Kaloudis makes an entertaining case in today's read, that the answer is in fact, "No."
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26 Oct • 37m

EPISODE
#457: How a Miner Survives a Bitcoin Bear Market with Drew Armstrong & AJ Scalia
Marty sits down with Drew and AJ from Cathedra to discuss how things have been going in the mining industry.
Cathedra: https://cathedra.com/
0:00 - Intro5:04 - New York11:23 - Current doomer status14:36 - Lessons learned since last bull run26:24 - Decisions made in 202234:20 - Underclocking and maintaining mining efficiency39:16 - Evaluing mining businesses by hashprice43:31 - Educating energy providers48:25 - Cathedra firmware52:07 - Shifting the bottleneck away from ASICs58:20 - AI1:06:46 - Geographic dispersion of hash1:12:59 - Rising rates and ETFs1:25:20 - Halvening prediction1:35:05 - Wrapping up
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26 Oct • 1hr 37m