Rabbit Hole Recap
Rabbit Hole Recap
Join ODELL and Marty as they sit down to discuss the latest news in Bitcoin every week.
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
3/23/2023 • 1hr 24m
Marty dons a very cool and stylish hat while Matt rations his wifi. https://twitter.com/stackhodler/status/1638830291287527424 https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1639014379713708033 https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1639013798362112000 https://tradeblock.com/markets/bfnx/xbt-usd/30m/ https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqyr2wfe8ycrwwfeqgsffcng7jk2fnq5vylp5m2sm26q3q4e7z9rr4lkh2qkq3pfkxam5rsrqsqqqa28rngva8 https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqnxsar5wpen5te0w3n8gcewd9...
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
3/16/2023 • 1hr 23m
silvergate, silicon valley bank, and signature bank failures bailout of remaining banks robosats disables swap feature due to vulnerability https://nitter.at/RoboSats/status/1635432123648622593 luxor releases custom mining firmware https://luxor.tech/firmware lnbits diy nostr signing device https://github.com/lnbits/nostr-signing-device specter v2.0.0 https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v2.0.0?ref=no-bullshit-bitcoin start9 embassy v0.3.4 https://github.com/Start9Labs/embassy-os/releases/tag/v0.3.4
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
3/10/2023 • 1hr 14m
4:41 - It's happening! 11:43 - Matt's bank run rabbit hole 15:39 - Mechanics of what's happening 18:46 - The speed of events 27:16 - Fed pivot 28:40 - Marty's bluecheck 30:08 - Dashboard flashed 30:34 - USDC 34:19 - Exchanges impacted by banks 44:25 - Slow mo into collapse 1:00:05 - Bitcoin's going to be blamed 1:04:30 - Final thoughts, wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
3/2/2023 • 2hr 42m
Silvergate Bank in trouble https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/02/silvergate-stock-drops-over-50-as-crypto-clients-flee-beleaguered-bank/ & https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1593630883889778689/photo/2 Cashapp users bought $7.11 billion in bitcoin last year https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/files/2023/02/Block_Shareholder-Letter-4Q22.pdf Block details global self custody wallet ambitions https://wallet.build/helping-customers-move-between-fiat-and-bitcoin-how-well-build[…]-to-bring-more-people-to-self-custody/ Block announces LSP operated by TBD https://cequals.xyz/ BTCPay Server Coinjoin Plugin https://twitter.com/MrKukks/status/1630221270246719489 Seedsigner v0.6.0 https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/releases/tag/0.6.0...
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
2/23/2023 • 2hr 9m
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 proposal https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/0204c9a1f9a9075f2483450f1bab034d453270b7/bip-vaults.mediawiki Congressman Tom Emmer introduces anti CBDC bill https://twitter...
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
2/17/2023 • 1hr 38m
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-sdk-41d899057a1d Jam v0.1.5 https://github.com/joinmarket-webui/jam/releases/tag/v0.1.5 Elements v22.1 https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases/tag/elements-22.1 Bl...
Rabbit Hole Recap #239: End of a Wild Week with NVK and Dern
2/10/2023 • 1hr 56m
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.com/service_closure/ search Freedom Money on youtube to watch ODELL's new series
Rabbit Hole Recap #238: The Government Rugpulls Have Escalated
2/2/2023 • 1hr 45m
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/jackmallers/status/1618731420998049798 joinmarket v0.9.9 https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.9.9 btcpay critical vulnerability disclosure https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-cve-2022-32984/
Rabbit Hole Recap #237: Evening Rip to End a Quiet Week
1/27/2023 • 1hr 23m
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.org/news/version_5.9/ lnbits v0.9.6 https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/0.9.6.1
Rabbit Hole Recap #236: Bitcoin Mining Saves Animals
1/19/2023 • 1hr 55m
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 Label Exports and Imports Between Wallets https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0329.mediawiki - Blixt Wallet v0.6.2 https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.2 - Understanding The COLDCARD Mk4 Security Model and Secure Element Use https://blog.coinkite.com/understanding-mk4-security-model/
Rabbit Hole Recap #235: Party Rip at Bitcoin Park in Nashville
1/12/2023 • 1hr 8m
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 48:02 - Having fun watching Barry vs Winklevii 55:22 - Is the bottom in? 56:51 - Hunting Satoshi 1:01:20 - Wrapping up
Rabbit Hole Recap #234: Where's the money, Barry?!
1/7/2023 • 1hr 49m
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-division - silvergate lost $700m during ftx panic bank run https://www.wsj.com/articles/silvergate-raced-to-cover-8-1-billion-in-withdrawals-during-crypto-meltdown-11672895207 - coinbase pays NY Gov $50M implements stricter KYC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/business/coinbase-settlement-anti-money-laundering.html - electrum v4.3.3 https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES ...
Rabbit Hole Recap #233: A Final Recap For The Rollercoaster Of A Year That Was 2022
12/29/2022 • 2hr 12m
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 Contributor Tickets to Bitcoin 2023 ...
Rabbit Hole Recap #232: Merry Christmas!
12/23/2022 • 2hr 3m
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  - HR...
Rabbit Hole Recap #231: There's a run on the bitcoin banks!
12/15/2022 • 2hr 28m
- 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 0.24.1 - Twitter had FBI/CIA agents directing policy - US Interest payment expense at $766B  - Bin...
Rabbit Hole Recap #230: Building in the Bear Party Rip
12/9/2022 • 2hr 11m
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 public letter  FTX full venture portfolio released  This month in bitcoin privacy  New zoltan, world war III has already started  8:54 - Ranch pills and orange pills  32:31 - Dashboard 3 7:35 - DCG owes $900 million  43:10 - Matty Jones: Brady and...
Rabbit Hole Recap #229: The Bankruptcies and Executive Departures Continue
12/1/2022 • 2hr 23m
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 Bitcoin Software Signature Verification  - New Open Source Lightning...
Rabbit Hole Recap #228: DCG & Genesis Getting Dragged into the Contagion
11/25/2022 • 1hr 31m
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...
Rabbit Hole Recap #227: FTX was a Ponzi and held no bitcoin... who's next?
11/17/2022 • 1hr 43m
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
Rabbit Hole Recap #226: FTX BLOWS UP - Takes House of Cards with it
11/12/2022 • 2hr 28m
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  ...
Rabbit Hole Recap #225: Bear Markets Are for Arguing
11/4/2022 • 1hr 38m
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 d...
Rabbit Hole Recap #224: Largest Bitcoin Miner Potentially Bankrupt
10/27/2022 • 2hr 21m
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 v1.1...
Rabbit Hole Recap #223: Miner Pain Is Here
10/20/2022 • 1hr 53m
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...
Rabbit Hole Recap #222: Liquidity is drying up
10/14/2022 • 1hr 53m
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 coin...
Rabbit Hole Recap #221: KYC/AML is Putting People in Danger
10/7/2022 • 1hr 24m
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...
Rabbit Hole Recap #220: Bonds and pipelines are blowing up
9/29/2022 • 2hr 40m
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...
Rabbit Hole Recap #219: A Tale of Two Powells
9/22/2022 • 1hr 25m
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...
Rabbit Hole Recap #218 Greenpeace Can Go Fork Themselves
9/16/2022 • 1hr 56m
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 mi...
Rabbit Hole Recap #217: The Queen is dead and the Biden Administration hates mining
9/8/2022 • 1hr 55m
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 ...
Rabbit Hole Recap #216: DC targets Saylor while NYDIG launches Wolf
9/1/2022 • 1hr 41m
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 - bloc...
Rabbit Hole Recap #215: Bit Block Boom rip with Adam, Ryan and Grant
8/31/2022 • 51m
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 News...
Rabbit Hole Recap #214: Austin party rip with Jevi and Adam O
8/26/2022 • 2hr 59m
This week Marty and Matt are joined by Jevi from Unchained Capital and Adam O from Upstream Data to have a party 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
Rabbit Hole Recap #213: Censorship resistance should be the priority
8/19/2022 • 2hr 0m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Tornado Cash Developer Arrested in Amsterdam - coincenter on tornado cash - us bans export of 3nm chip tech - Casa discloses data breach of store - Vinteum launched to support bitcoin dev in brazil - bitmain and antpool launch new miner loan program - bitcoin ekasi in south africa - telcos could get hundreds of millions in fines waived for location tracking - iOS VPN support leaks data - Inflation Reduction Act passed, Bill Gates lobbied hard for it ...
Rabbit Hole Recap #212: The privacy wars have escalated
8/11/2022 • 2hr 18m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - ethereum privacy tool tornado cash sanctioned - tornado cash github repo taken down, same with dev accounts - coincenter on sanctions - btc-e exchange operator extradited to US - proposal to require large hedge funds to disclose cryptocurrency positions - blackrock launches bitcoin private trust - tropic square open source secure chip begins production - easy inbound liquidity using voltage - more details on Block's hardware wallet - motiv launches 16 circular economies in Peru - sms provider twilio compromised ...
Rabbit Hole Recap #211: Is the Fed buying bitcoin?
8/4/2022 • 2hr 5m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Israel bans use of cash for purchases larger than NIS 6000 - roughly $1700 - CSW vs McCormack - Victorian Gov Coming for your coin - Foundry funds stratum v2 dev - Galoy raises $4million, launches stablesats - Coinbase partners with Blackrock - Raspiblitz v1.8.0 - Coldcard v5.0.6 - Sparrow Wallet v1.6.6 - Celsius creditor list - John Cantrell Route Blinding - Foreigners hold just 33% of US debt: the lowest amount this century - $80 billion in new funding for the IRS
Rabbit Hole Recap #210: Salty senators insider trading
7/28/2022 • 2hr 14m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - senators salty at fidelity for bitcoin product  - kraken accused of violating sanctions  - senators introduce bill for tax exemption on bitcoin payments smaller  - twitter data break exposes 5.4M accounts  - bitfinex and tether launch p2p communications app Keet  - Lnbits v0.91  - Start9 Embassy v0.3.1.1  - Wasabi Wallet v2.0.1.3  - LDK v0.0.110 - gladstein on fedimints  - three arrows founders give first interview since collapse  - Fed 75bp...
Rabbit Hole Recap #209: Pouring some out for the weak hands
7/21/2022 • 1hr 38m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Tesla sold 75% of their bitcoin  - Largest mining difficulty drop since last year, -%5.01  - Senators ask EPA to require mining companies to disclose energy usage  - Shift Crypto data breach  - BTrust funds first developer  - Coldcard MK4 v5.0.5  - Coinkite looking for an app dev  - Tor Browser v11.5 - Joinstr, using nostr as a coinjoin coordinator - Border Wallets Tool Launched  - zebedee raises $35M - Fedi r...
Rabbit Hole Recap #208: Party rip at Bitcoin Park
7/15/2022 • 2hr 34m
This week Marty and Matt discuss:   - Robinhood Enables Bitcoin Transfers - Half-Aggregation of BIP 340 Signatures - Compass Mining Lays Off 15% of Team - China Police Database Was Left Open Online - Gloria Zhao Added as a Bitcoin Core Maintainer - BTCPay Server v1.6.1 - Bitcoin ETN Launches in Germany - Amazon Admits Giving Ring Camera Footage To Police Without A Warrant Or Consent - Bitcoin Optech - NYDIG Announces Partnership with the New York Yankees S...
Rabbit Hole Recap #207: The Liberal World Order is Here
7/8/2022 • 2hr 31m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - OpenNode partners with Lemon Cash to bring lightning  to a million Argentines - More details of blockfi deal with ftx - Three Arrows Capital files for bankruptcy - Voyager freezes withdrawals and declares bankruptcy - Indian exchange Vauld freezes withdrawals due to insolvency  - Core Scientific sold most of their bitcoin - Rizzo on Maximalism - Bitcoin Policy Institute submits report to Department of Commerce  - Samourai Wallet v0.99.98e  - Zimbabwe intr...
Rabbit Hole Recap #206: More pain is on the way
6/30/2022 • 2hr 48m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - $4 Billion in Bitcoin Miner Loans Under Stress  - MicroBT to Get First Access to Samsung 3nm Chips  - Supreme Court Rules Against EPA Limiting Federal Power to Regulate Bitcoin Miners and Other Energy Projects  - Montana Storm Takes 75% of Marathon Hash Offline  - First Batch of My First Bitcoin Diplomas Awarded, Second School Joins Initiative  - Celsius is $2B in the Hole  - Leaked Call Provides More Details on BlockFi Issues  - Compass Mining...
Rabbit Hole Recap #205: Bailouts, uprisings, and gaslighting
6/23/2022 • 2hr 11m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - UK self custody acknowledgement - FATF report coming - Putin’s comments on sanctions - Biden blames gas stations - Sri Lanka PM declares economic collapse - BOJ QE in overdrive - ECB balance sheet ATH - BIS gaslighting - BlockFi FTX bailout - Voyager exposed - Gazprom + BitRiver - Bitcoin on DNMs - Fountain 0.4.0 released - IBEX onboarding Miami merchants - DA...
Rabbit Hole Recap #204: When chasing yield goes wrong
6/16/2022 • 1hr 46m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Celsius, 3 Arrows Capital + BlockFi rumors - Fed rate hike - Biden letter to O&G execs - Japanese government bonds - much more Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth Upstream Data
Rabbit Hole Recap #203: Ripping on a Saturday because a baby arrived
6/11/2022 • 58m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z announce The Bitcoin Academy Bitcoin Park Launches in Nashville Telegram is Giving Data to German Feds in Certain Cases Improving The Privacy Of The Lightning Network’s Gossip Protocol Senator Lummis and Senator Gillibrand Introduce Landmark Bitcoin Bill Letter to US Congress on Bitcoin's Humanitarian Impact LN Summit 2022 Notes & Summary/Commentary A New Project Using LDK to Probe the Lightning Network for Private Channels Jack Dorsey’s TBD Presents Bitcoin-based Decentralized Web5...
Rabbit Hole Recap #202: Turns out the inflation was not transitory
6/2/2022 • 1hr 36m
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - russia considering bitcoin for international settlement  - seed tool v1.0.7  - robosats integrates openpgp encrypted chat  - new Block report  - Biden admin considering bitcoin mining regulation - Yellen backtracking on “transitory” - Europe cutting off Russian oil  - Dimon comments + GS comments - FFR rate of change  - ESG is dying Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHea...
Rabbit Hole Recap #201: A debrief on the Oslo Freedom Forum
5/27/2022 • 1hr 9m
This week Marty and Matt are joined by Jack Mallers to discuss everything that happened at the Oslo Freedom Forum this week. Follow Jack on twitter Learn more about the Oslo Freedom Forum. Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth
Rabbit Hole Recap #200: The podcast stream has officially been moved
5/19/2022 • 2hr 35m
This week Marty and Matt discuss:  - financial leaders of 44 countries meet in El Salvador to discuss bitcoin  - Luna foundation sold 80000 bitcoin amid "stablecoin" crash  - texas pacific land corp announces bitcoin mining venture   - canaan revenues increased by 237%   - cambridge numbers are flawed   - EU wants to scan all your private messages   - summer of bitcoin mentorship program gets over 20K applicants   - bitcoin education initiative launches in 40 high schools in Argentina   - coincorner releases Bolt Card, a lightning payment ca...
Rabbit Hole Recap #199: Bitcoin is dead, we're cancelling the show
5/12/2022 • 1hr 52m
 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - terra "stablecoin" blows up - treasury sanctions custodial bitcoin mixer blender(.)io - cashapp $1.73B in bitcoin sales Q1, $43M profit - coinbase $309B volume Q1, $430M loss - chainalysis valued at $8.6B - joinmarket v0.9.6 - arti v0.3.0 Tor rust client - casa launches api - rusty russell releases alternative covenants proposal - conversation with rusty on his proposal on dispatch - spiral post on supporting open source
Rabbit Hole Recap #198: The government spies and lies
5/5/2022 • 1hr 48m
 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - coinbase launches revamped surveillance product - SEC doubles size of "crypto assets" unit - cdc tracked the location of millions of americans without a warrant - fbi did millions of searches of americans data last year without a warrant - bitcoin mining council submits letter to EPA - how women view bitcoin - mycitadel v1.0 - seed tool v1.0.4 - tor v0.4.7.7 - cold card upgrade - lightning multiplexer
Rabbit Hole Recap #197 The Disinformation Governance Board is here to tell you how to think
5/4/2022 • 2hr 22m
 
Rabbit Hole Recap #196: Sanctions on Russian bitcoin miners and the escalating energy and food crisis
5/4/2022 • 1hr 48m
 
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Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
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250 sats
4h
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
mandibles, bro
@proofoflyf
245 sats
10h
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
It does feel scarce.
Lime Eagle
84 sats
21h • Breez
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
Let's see how it turns out just after BTC Prague conference. Meanwhile check BTCPrague.com for the awesome lineup of speakers
@blokchainboog
5,000 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
👏👏
@emcot
1,144 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
Cheers fellas, keep spreading the good word (plural, like bitcoin)
Hal was right
2,100 sats
24 Mar • Podverse
Bitcoin is more like a floating city than a lifeboat.
@vake
5,000 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
million dollar bitcoin in the next 90 seconds
@marksea
24 Mar
yes
@marksea
1,033 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
Texas leading the way on sovereign rights. Satoshi bless. FL better follow suit, but I’m not holding my breath!
@michaelmatulef
500 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
CAPS Odell by conference day!
@luxtuxedo
350 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
love you guys. keep stacking, and staying humble. i only live a few hours from bitcoin park in Nashville, so I'll be meeting you guys soon 🤘😁
@erik99
50,000 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
stay humble, stack sats
@neiliocentric
500 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
great rip as always
@slimshady
1,001 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
pal4val
@slimshady
101 sats
24 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #245: Million Dollar Bitcoin in 84 Days
first
@sveinol
55,555 sats
22 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
Northern Lightning 2023, Bergen, Norway, block 781187
@krsh
500 sats
22 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
shss
@apemithrandir
14,444 sats
21 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
got rugged by Marty not reading my shout out for Bisq market day! market day was yuuge with 350 trades. Including trades in: EUR, USD, GBP, BRL, CAD, AUD, CZK, DKK, NZD, NOK, HKD, CHF, JPY, MXN, CNY, NGN!
@bon
1,337 sats
20 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
Be Aware Freaks.
@jt
500 sats
18 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
I bet the depositers at SVB and Signature had made big donations to the politicians that bailed them out.
@erik99
50,000 sats
17 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
stay humble, stack sats
@michaelmatulef
500 sats
17 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
🐇 🕳️🧡
@fatoshi
10,000 sats
17 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
ok we need a new meme to let business know they need to stack sats. I humbly suggest #flight-to-safety with a Lazer... somewhere... shout out to junseth. love
@slimshady
101 sats
17 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
p
@user_eclipse
1,000 sats
16 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #244: Bitcoin Fixes This
did i hear correctly that Lionel is a whole coiner?
@jcdenton
17 Mar
1.2 BTC! https://mempool.space/address/bc1qxr4cgy6vxx5r3w5z7ng9x8920vhwm57w2ccfp7xzj3lt3xteuxyqzvjkvy
@chris_b
17 Mar
People can decide for themselves where they spend their sats on. It only hurts a bit that it is hard to get donations for FOSS projects and Lionell easily gets over a bitcoin while see probably has a warchest of gold that she could have converted herself to bitcoin
@rhiasdad
20,000 sats
15 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
If you talk about a Fed just going nuts... All the Central wankers going nuts... If you're not DCAing you probably should be. From Scotland (perfect Country to get Bitcoin on balance sheet but Fiat skum politicians will not kill Golden Goose yet)Thanks Marty and Matt. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@rhodlr
1,000 sats
14 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
Matt should change his surname to “Mandible” 🚀
@emcot
350 sats
14 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
Cheers 🍻
@bon
2,222 sats
13 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
Be Aware Freaks. Stay Humble, Stack Sats.
@jerm
20,000 sats
13 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
Thank you gentlemen for all you do!
@natgasimmersion
80,085 sats
12 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
yo Marty, need some help, please call ASAP!!! If you can’t find the time, pls send PARKER. If he’s busy, send lawyers, guns, and bitcoin… <3 Mike
@erik99
50,000 sats
12 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
stay humble, stack sats
@grapevine
501 sats
11 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
“Mandibles” less than 5 seconds in!!! 😂 Epic.
@ingo
100 sats
11 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
BTC FTW
@ideaslut
513 sats
11 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
🧡🧡🧡🧡 thanks
@slimshady
101 sats
11 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
p
@mccoy
10,000 sats
10 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
Great RIP. just purchased Mandibles.
@tmakerman
5,000 sats
10 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
thank you fellas
Violet Panda
10,420 sats
10 Mar • Breez
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
stay humble & stack sats 🤙
@cantillionaire
500 sats
10 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
I love economist Marty
@michaelmatulef
500 sats
10 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #243: Run on the Banks
Runnin Banks 🏃
@wotsit
50,000 sats
9 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Long time hodler but first lightening transaction. Happy to boost TFTC, the best podcast for Bitcoin info. Stay humble but throw some Sats at ODELL and Marty occasionally.
@bon
4,567 sats
6 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Be Aware Freaks. Stay Humble, Stack Sats.
@grapevine
500 sats
6 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
You get credit for Tip Jars. You also get credit for channeling the latest NPR Planet Money - Exploreing Seinfeld economics…. https://fountain.fm/episode/13861600922
@user6581307516882646
1,000 sats
6 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
keep preaching!
@giohogg
100 sats
6 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Wowwwww
@mccoy
77,777 sats
5 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
First time booster. Finally got clear from the noise in 2020. You all are bringing high signal week after week. Appreciate you both.
@erik99
50,000 sats
4 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
stay humble, stack sats.
@slimshady
212 sats
4 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
palindrome boost
@ideaslut
513 sats
4 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Stay humble and stack sats
@councilmanjamm
30,000 sats
4 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Stayada humble and stackada sats! and stackada freezers! Raised in Alaska, I was brought up in the way of the freezer lifestyle sustaining on local salmon, halibut, and venison throughout the year. n+1 freezers is the correct amount.
@piez
100 sats
4 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Thank you, namaste.
@gnilma
11,111 sats
4 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Matt taking every opportunity to start a bet, in a series of admirable but futile attempts to win back his 100k sats from Marty. Gotta love hearing that!
@doomdumaszm
521 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
..
@bbeastybbuffalo
4,000 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
my education is on turbo orange drive! you guys are a big part of that!!
@secondbreakfast
420 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Fuck property taxes
@michaelmatulef
500 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Bitcoin is Hope 🧡
@nickygene
300 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Thanks
@blokchainboog
500 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Optech for the win
@unitofacc
100 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
freakzzz 🤙 and yeah, not looking good for silvergate 😅
@marksea
6,102 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
One of these days, Logan is going to drop some Aurelius level wisdom on us. Have faith!
@archerjont
3,420 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Everyone see the tip I put in this jar?!?!
@blokchainboog
500 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
I REPEAT I USE LIQUID
@secondbreakfast
3 Mar
Whats your usecase?
@btcyooper
5,000 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
Coordinator
@chris_b
555 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
3 hour rip!! lets goo
@humblesats
210 sats
3 Mar
great rip
@normanremnant
420 sats
3 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #242: CashApp Users Bought Over $7B in Bitcoin Last Year
stay humble stack sats
@rickydurds
15,000 sats
1 Mar
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
The banter and signal you guys provide is unmatched. Keep bringing the heat. Odell, can we get a Barry update?
@nzjess
77,777 sats
28 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
Fuck the FATF. Also, pay your taxes freaks. Also, fuck the fucking FATF.
paçoquita_man
1,000 sats
27 Feb • Breez
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
fuck csw
@proofoflyf
500 sats
27 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
Mandibles! Find stranded natural gas in nigeria.
@erik99
100,000 sats
25 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
stay humble stack sats. I tested out Damus, not sure if I have e right relays. I tried messaging the two of you. wanted to let you know I’m planning on checking out bitcoin park for the March meet ups.
@nomadjoe
1,000 sats
25 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
🕊️✌️💯
@chris_b
1,111 sats
25 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
Mandibros
@bon
100 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
This was a great Rip guys. So many clips I want to make from this one. Thanks as always for the Quality Rips guys ⚡
@bon
4,567 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
Just to be Clear, Be Aware Freaks. Stay Humble, Stack Sats.
@fightlessbirds
1,234 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
🧡🧡🧡
@kepford
1,000 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
Great rip. Stay humble, stack sats. Marty is right about porn.
@apemithrandir
7,777 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
The Mandibles
Jade Boar
2,000 sats
24 Feb • Breez
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
I hope you guys pull a Tom Brady and unretire.
@blokchainboog
5,000 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
6 hours on x2 speed
@vake
2,000 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
Farty Bent and Fat Odell
@michaelmatulef
500 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
MandibrosMandibrosMandibrosMandibrosMandibros
@gerrrrt
69,069 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
I'm going to tell Hillary Clinton that Faketoshi has information that will lead to her arrest
@isit_me
210 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
thanks for the signal
@killedbybtc
500 sats
24 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #241: It's All So Tiresome
Another great rip fellas...but I'm saving the bulk of this week's donation allocation for Citidel Dispatch. MANDIBLES🤘🏼
@doomdumaszm
521 sats
22 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #239: End of a Wild Week with NVK and Dern
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@sveinol
77,777 sats
22 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
Mandibles! Read it! Thanks for all the great stuff you provide every week. Stay humble, stack sats. - Svein, Norway
@bon
4,321 sats
22 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
Be Aware Freaks. Stay Humble, Stack Sats.
@rickydurds
77,777 sats
22 Feb
Shout-out to the guys that have continued my Bitcoin rabbit hole journey. The amount of signal you guys provide is unreal. I've only been in BTC since Nov 2021, so this is my first bear market but because you guys I'm staying humble. Can't wait for the next RIP.
@chandlerbingcoin
100 sats
21 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
Nice episode man 👍🏻keep it going
@kepford
1,000 sats
20 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
Marty! You should interview your dad.
@stevie
60,000 sats
20 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
Great rip as always. Great weather report. Mandibles
@user442987901306346
100 sats
20 Feb
Rabbit Hole Recap #240: Bitcoin is the Only True Stablecoin
sats for cuck bucks 🤣