Bitcoin Dad Pod

Episode 42: Move Fast and Break...Eggs?


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News
  • Signet Fediment instance is live
    • Signet is a test network for bitcoin that is more centralized than testnet, making it more reliable
    • Economics
      • Even Japan is experiencing inflation and the yen has lost ~40% of it's value this year
        • But inflation in Japan is only 3% and their currency is down 40%, maybe something else is going on
        • Tokenomics
          • Even professional altcoin market makers are getting hacked

            • But it was a vanity address problem, which has also popped up on bitcoin
            • Celsius and Voyager bankruptcy procedings are weird, FTX shows up everywhere

              • [Crypto exchange FTX]](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/crypto-exchange-ftx-valued-at-32-billion-amid-bitcoin-price-plunge.html) achieves high private valuation in a crypto bear market
              • Cryptocurrency exchange FTX saw its valuation swell to $32 billion in a new funding round announced Monday, highlighting continued appetite for the sector even as investors grow wary about a sharp pullback in crypto prices.
              • The Bahamas-based company said Monday that it raised $400 million in a Series C financing round — its third fundraise in the last nine months.
              • Bitcoin Education
                • Jameson Lopp on the tricky logic of UTXO selection
                • K3tan's homelab might be a good topic for discussing serious self hosting setups
                  • Check out his self-hosted bitcoin node guide and this companion piece
                  • Bitcoin Optech goes drivechain-ey
                  • The surprisingly simple math underlying the argument for monetary tail emission
                  • Feedback
                    • Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
                    • Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
                    • Corrections
                      • None today!
                      • Value for Value
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                          • Sponsors and Acknowledgements
                            • The Adopting Bitcoin Conference Novem ber 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% di scount
                            • Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

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