Intro Strike Announces Clover Point of Sale Beta Program (https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/strike-announces-clover-point-of-sale-beta-program/), enabling self custodial lightning use with merchant terminals News Next ETH upgrade is a fascinating dumpster fire (https://decrypt.co/119620/ethereum-devs-divided-staking-withdrawals-shanghai) ETH holders have been able to stake their coins since the Beacon Chain, Ethereum’s Proof of Stake consensus layer, went live in Dec. 2020. many stakers expected withdrawals to be enabled last year. More than 16M Ether worth more than $26B is staked on the Beacon Chain. Roughly 14% of Ethereum's total supply is currently locked up in staking pools. More: Ethereum Takes Big Step Closer to Shanghai Upgrade - The Defiant (https://thedefiant.io/ethereum-shadow-forks-shanghai) Prime Trust is withdrawing from Texas (https://support.primetrust.com/hc/en-us/articles/12311667597083-What-is-happening-) due to a failed Money Transmitter License application Prime keeps theirlicense disclosures public and up to date on their site. [Prime Trust] Licenses Disclosures(https://www.primetrust.com/legal/licenses-disclosures) Fold⚡️ (https://twitter.com/fold_app/status/1618678390453854208), a Prime Trust Customer, explains the situation White House statement on digital assets (https://www.whitehouse.gov/nec/briefing-room/2023/01/27/the-administrations-roadmap-to-mitigate-cryptocurrencies-risks/) Anounces and R&D agenda (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/26/2023-01534/request-for-information-digital-assets-research-and-development) that will try to guide crypto development Economics Goldman Sachs Awkwardly Describes Bitcoin as Best Performing Asset of 2023 (https://blog.bosstrack.com/goldman-sachs-described-bitcoin-as-best-performing-asset-of-2023/) Bitcoin is a vehicle for fraudsters, warns Goldman Sachs boss (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/30/bitcoin-is-a-vehicle-for-fraudsters-warns-goldman-sachs-boss) in 2017 Technology Oklo and Compass secure a 20-year commercial partnership to launch advanced fission-powered bitcoin mining. (https://compassmining.io/education/oklo-compass-fission-mining-partnership/) Bitcoin Education Bitcoin optech #235 covers ephermeral anchors (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/01/25/) 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/) Boosts The goofy Bitcoin Rainbow Chart (https://www.blockchaincenter.net/en/bitcoin-rainbow-chart/) Chris is watching: Peach App (https://www.peachbitcoin.com/) Peach Bitcoin: a new mobile app for private bitcoin exchange (https://bitcoin-bumblebee.com/2023/01/26/peach-bitcoin-a-new-mobile-app-for-private-bitcoin-exchange/) 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! 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) Castamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/) Sponsors and Acknowledgements Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Self Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)