Our fortnightly recap is back to cover the biggest Bitcoin and related news from the end of August with Dan and Alex. We touch on several stories that highlight the importance and benefits of self-custody of your bitcoin. We aim to make these beginner friendly episodes so that you can share with friends and family.

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Bitcoin News Headlines

• ⁠⁠El Salvador starts Bitcoin certifications for 80,000 public servants

• ⁠⁠Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested

• ⁠⁠Binance accused of freezing Palestinian accounts

• Nasdaq Seeks SEC Approval to Launch Bitcoin Index Options

• ⁠⁠Riot nears 20% stake in Bitfarms

We now bring you an orange-pill friendly news recap fortnightly! This episode is with Alex and Pat to talk about a dozen of the biggest stories in just the last two weeks. There is a big story from Australian researchers who publicly disclosed the Dark Skippy exploit, as well as plenty of International stories.

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Bitcoin News Headlines

• Trump makes Presidential promises but doesn’t mention Bitcoin

• Nigerian politician and Bitcoiner James Otudor sues Nigerian Government over bitcoin rights=

• Norway considering regulations on data centres and bitcoin mining without public consultation

• Qatar to legalise digital assets by end of 2024

• UN Cybercrime Draft Convention passes vote unanimously

• ⁠Mutiny Wallet to shut down at end of 2024

We cover the biggest news from July this episode, joined by HardBlock exchange founder @danWilcz. There was a lot of government headlines around the world including very bullish progress in the United States. We also touch on important tech news including the launch of Mempool Accelerator and Proton Wallet.

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Bitcoin News Headlines

• ⁠⁠Trump makes promises to US Bitcoin industry at BitcoinConference 2024

• ⁠⁠Study of bitcoin adoption in USA

• Mt Gox repays customers with approximately $9 billion of bitcoin and BitcoinCash

• Russia approves bitcoin mining and cross-border settlements

• Samourai developer William Lonergan Hill (Tdev) to be released on bail

• TornadoCash developer Roman Storm granted delay in trial, Alexey Pertsev denied bail

• Mempool Accelerator for ReplaceByFee is now live

• Proton launches self-custody bitcoin wallet

• Gold demand hits Q2 record high driven by Central Banks

We tried our best to provide an orange-pill friendly special episode about Bitcoin Lightning with Australia's Wizard of Oz. We break down what the Lightning Network is, how layers are defined, the Liquid sidechain and some of the related news this fortnight.

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Bitcoin Lightning News

• Wallet of Satoshi integration with Square Point of Sale devices

• AquaWallet supports Lightning, Liquid and Tether

• OceanPool integrates BOLT12 upgrade to allow Lightning payouts

We focus on the big bitcoin mining news this fortnight with specialist Piers from @mineracks. We're aiming for beginner friendly episodes that you can use to orange-pill your friends and family.

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Bitcoin Mining News

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Australian bitcoin miner IREN hits $1B market cap

We're joined by Bitcoin analyst ⁠⁠@_Checkmatey_⁠⁠ to run through another huge month of headlines. With this much news, we've decided to do our recap fortnightly going forward.

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⁠⁠⁠Australian News

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠Julian Assange wins his right to appeal extradition to the USA

• Aus E-Safety saga continues

Global News

• ⁠CZ sentenced to 4 months jail and to pay $4.3B

• Bitcoin Judas arrested, US seeking extradition

Technical News

We recap another big month of news in Bitcoin, bitcoin mining and privacy news. This time we're joined by sparky & Bitcoin Adviser @dazbea who also builds the Bitcoin resource Looking Glass Education.

If you want to get your news recap 2x a month let us know @HardblockBTC

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⁠⁠⁠Australian News

• ⁠Australian ETF expected by end of 2024

• ⁠Antpool & Bitmain acting as a ‘pool of pools’ report

• US Gov rejects calls to end Assange case, submits ‘non-assurances’ for extradition

• ⁠Bitcoin Bushbash in Palm Cove, July 26-28⁠⁠⁠

Global News

• Samourai Wallet arrests and Keonne pleads not-guilty

• Coinbase partners with Lightspark to bring the Lightning Network to their platform & services

Technical News

• Block announces 3nm chip for their Bitcoin ASIC

• ⁠Tuscany Lightning Summit

Join software engineer and open-source expert Andrew Pantyukhin this week to discuss BitcoinCore, the fundamental implementation of Bitcoin. You'll learn about Bitcoin development and some of his concerns.

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Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/danWilcz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Sponsored by HardBlock: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.hardblock.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Content:

- His involvement in Bitcoin

- Is there Bitcoin development still?

- Bitcoin consensus

- Is diversity good for Bitcoin?

- The people working on BitcoinCore

- Is ossification a good thing?

- The future of Bitcoin development

This special episode covers what the Bitcoin Halving is, answers to common questions and a recap of what happened to the bitcoin price around previous halvings.

Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/danWilcz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

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Content:

- What is the Bitcoin Halving?

- Common questions answered

- The price of bitcoin

- What happened in previous halvings?

There was a lot of news to cover in March across Australia and Internationally. We also celebrate Hardblock's 10th birthday and AUD$100k bitcoin.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Global News

• EU wallet privacy attempt through Anti-Money-Laundering Laws

• US “Tiktok Ban Bill” passes house 352 votes - 65 votes and goes to the senate

• Roman Sterlingov found guilty of running Bitcoin Fog mixing service

Australian News

• Craig Wright court case concluded with ruling he is not Satoshi

• Australian Digital Identity Scheme bill passes after Greens' amendments

• Australian Court Dismisses Lawsuit by Market Regulator Against Finder in 'Landmark' Ruling for Crypto Industry

• Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right fight his extradition to the US

Technical News

• First half of March of Software and Hardware updates

• Second half of March Software and Hardware updates

• BitKey hardware wallet from Block

• Mobile-native hardware wallet from TwentyTwo Devices