Bitcoin Dad Pod

Episode 29: Peak Griftonomics


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News
  • French wholesale CBDC iminnent

    • Bank of Int'l Settlement's Project Jura shows development of multinational CBDC settlement systems
    • Conversations about the language of bitcoin in the context of European regulation

    • Ars Technica doesn't understand why financial privacy is important

      • Increased KYC/AML, 10k Euro cash limits, unhosted wallet reguations
      • What bitcoin is actually doing is signing messages
      • Should U.S. Government Employees who work on crypto policy be allowed to own crypto?

      • Economics
        • Exploding Ruble-Yuan direct exchange volumes are another nail in the coffin of the Petrodollar
        • The Federal Reserve, the US Central Bank, is researching the effects of the bitcoin lightning network on blockspace demand and liquidity
        • Tokenomics
          • Celcius finally files for bankruptcy, and it's a chapter 11 meaning all depositors are getting wiped out
          • Voyager, a bankrupt cypto lender, lent 3ac, a bankrupt degen crypto hedgefund, ~$700M and they bought a dickbutt NFT with some of the money
            • Also 3ac has abandoned their offices, looks like they're pulling a runner!
            • Loans were used to buy stupid NFTs
            • Energy
              • Lyn Alden, a Financial Analyst, outlines a case for structurally higher energy prices for the 2020s
                • Expensive Gasoline Keeps More Summer Drivers Off Road Than at Height of Pandemic
                • Latest EU report on bitcoin compares bitcoin to ICE cars, it's pretty bad research
                • Bitcoin Education
                  • The OP_RETURN war of 2014 pushed DAP development off bitcoin
                    • No concept of a neutral bitcoin network
                    • Idea of 'miss-using' transactions
                    • Bitcoin Optech #208 is either really interesting or we're nerds
                    • Tunnel your home node through a VPS courtesy of bitcoinlizard
                    • Feedback
                      • Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
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                      • Value for Value
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                          • Sponsors and Acknowledgements

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