Pre-Show Sweden hikes taxes on datacenters (https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/14/sweden-drives-final-nail-into-its-bitcoin-mining-industry-with-tax-hike/) bitcoin miners included Riot Blockchain's critique of the NYT (https://www.riotplatforms.com/news-media/press-releases/detail/150/riot-platforms-inc-statement-the-new-york-times)'s latest anti-bitcoin mining (https://archive.is/MQ7fm) article News A critique of Bitcoin's value proposition (https://blog.rongarret.info/2023/04/a-systematic-critique-of-bitcoins-value.html) focuses on nitpiking the whitepaper but provides a good introcution to bitcoin's security model Altcoins The ETH Shanghai hardfork has enabled unstaking (https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/state-of-the-network-issue-202#%C2%A7the-shanghai-redemption-ethereums-latest-upgrade) and the onchain activity suggests relatively high demand to hold for stakers LIDO will not enable withdrawls (https://twitter.com/irina_everstake/status/1644068825107779629) but it seems like a reasonable technical schedule Arthur Hayes, one of the BitMex founders, is shilling his investments in ETH staking infrastructure (https://blog.bitmex.com/shapellas-show/), a variation of buying the first page of alts in a bull rise Bitcoin Education Bitcoin Optech #246 covers a new proposal for off chain lightning channel rebalancing (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/03/29/) that builds on channel factories NOSTR education and an LNBits guide (https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lnbits-nostr-market) by friend of the show darthCoin Feedback Remember to get in touch bitcoindadpod@protonmail.com or @bitcoindadpod (https://mobile.twitter.com/bitcoindadpod) on twitter Consider joining the matrix channel (https://matrix.to/#/#bitcoin:jupiterbroadcasting.com) using a matrix client like element (https://element.io/get-started), details here (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/community/matrix/) Thank you Boosters If you get some value from this show, please consider sending a boost. Hearing from you means a lot to us! Send a Boost via the Podcast Index web page. No Podcast app upgrade required. Install Alby (https://getalby.com/) Find the Bitcoin Dad Pod on the Podcast Index (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5049889) Boost right from the page! Send a re-ocurring or one-off lightning boost to the show with no message at bdadpod@getalby.com or directly to Chris at chrislas@getalby.com Value for Value Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/) Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps: Fountain (https://www.fountain.fm/) podcast app (Android) Podverse (https://podverse.fm/) (Cross platform and self hostable) + Alby (https://getalby.com/) for boosts Castamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple) Sponsors and Acknowledgements Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Self Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)