The 4B's

By Four Bitcoin Plebs

A weekly podcast by 4 bitcoin plebs that discuss the most recent bitcoin news. We venture into wider business topics, touch on sport but everything comes back to bitcoin and why we're bullish on if we... more

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May 10, 202397: Bitcoin Fees Bruh
Pod 97:
The Baliji bet of bitcoin hitting a million by June, he’s already paid out, says he paid a million to show us they’re printing trillions https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1653449321185169409
Microstrategy launches a lightning platform https://www.microstrategy.com/en/lightning/lightning-rewards
$10-$20 main chain bitcoin transactions are back due to nfts 🙃 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/13bn5pr/why_is_the_mempool_suddenly_so_congested/ Marty says his 2sats on this https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1341/
Argentina ban the buying of bitcoin https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/argentinas-central-bank-bans-fintech-from-bitcoin/
the end game is getting close as US banks continue to fail https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1340/
JFK relative who is running for president supports bitcoin, is now on suicide watch https://twitter.com/dylanleclair_/status/1653816309946146825? A US congressman reacting to RFK speaking at a bitcoin conference https://twitter.com/BradSherman/status/1653928972026093569
Jack Mallers, adopt bitcoin or I’ll leave the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH_aCW-sXUg&list=TLPQMDMwNTIwMjMrD0lEep2vIQ&index=2
Stay humble plebs, it’s happening https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1370vvx/part_of_me_is_excited_for_bitcoins_potential_the/
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1h 36min
May 03, 2023Coinbase v The SEC
Pod 96:
just so I remember, Mr Allin to talk about the visit from the department of transport that just happened (bonus, environmental agency also called me)
Argentina give the finger to the IMF and the US dollar, go to China instead https://www.asiafinancial.com/argentina-to-ditch-dollar-pay-for-chinese-imports-in-yuan
inflation weekly: Powell gets pranked, admits a few things he shouldn’t https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1337
Every single US bank etf is in the red https://twitter.com/grdecter/status/1653431541622505475?
Coinbase responds to the SEC https://youtu.be/zq2jf4sBdYE
countries have three options on how to adopt bitcoin https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-van-hool_bitcoin-ugcPost-7056894994409771009-YKiL
Bhutan confirms they’ve been mining bitcoin for years using excess energy https://thebhutanese.bt/dhi-confirms-that-it-is-mining-digital-assets/
a bitcoin wedding idea - https://youtu.be/o0ifFvTRlis

Sir Never Look - I love this idea ☝🏾
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1h 42min
April 26, 2023Argentina hit 118% inflation
Pod 95:
the bitcoin miner that blends into your home https://heatbit.com/
is the WEF mining bitcoin with waste energy? https://twitter.com/dennis_porter_/status/1650245257517465601
inflation weekly: Argentina inflation hits 118% https://cryptonewsland.com/saylor-urges-argentinians-to-buy-bitcoin-amid-118-inflation/ and now the government is stealing bank deposits https://twitter.com/tuurdemeester/status/1649769158475694080? Saifedean sums it up https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1650415824027385856
is Bulgaria bitcoin rich https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-future-for-bulgaria-seized-bitcoin
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1h 31min
April 19, 2023 Bitcoin Mining Is Carbon Neutral
Pod 94:

- Bitcoin $30k https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/12i4fj6/bitcoin_30000/

- Bitcoin mining at RIOT, zero CO2 emissions https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1645476853497442304

- 5.5 years of DCA bitcoin buying https://er-bybitcoin.com/stacking-em-volume-32-april-2023/

- paxful shuts down https://watcher.guru/news/paxful-announces-shutdown-community-lauds-100-withdrawal-initiative

- Inflation weekly: money printing didn’t cause inflation says Bank of England https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/04/bank-of-england-money-printing-did-not-cause-inflation/

- WEF weekly: Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan CEO, thinks governments should force buy private property to fight climate change https://watcher.guru/news/jp-morgan-ceo-says-government-should-seize-private-property-to-build-wind-and-solar-farms

- how France enslaved New Guinea (again) https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/12ee6cm/til_how_france_used_counterfeiting_to_control_a/

- britcoin hires 30 people https://twitter.com/spartacus_hodl/status/1644984015127040002

- Start thinking about bitcoin or other hard assets ASAP because they're coming for you/us. IMF engaging with dozens of countries on CBDCs (finextra.com)

- and more on CBDCs, spending cash over 1000E is illegal in Europe https://twitter.com/tulsigabbard/status/1645744167770005505/

- Coinbase CEO says they will look elsewhere unless US regulation improves https://gritch.net/news/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-spoke-about-regulators/

- and who wants a bitcoin magazine cover? https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-magazine-announces-historic-nft-auction
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2h 10min
April 05, 2023Bitcoin Isn't Backed By Socialism
Pod 93:
Elizabeth Warren advertises bitcoin whilst trying to bash it https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1643074703937146882
US government sold 10k bitcoin and to sell another 40k bitcoin https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1641838930730397697?s=46&t=rA_ujwhNyH0Pv6-5p8oapg
inflation weekly: banks are insolvent https://www.marketwatch.com/story/most-u-s-banks-are-technically-near-insolvency-and-hundreds-are-already-fully-insolvent-roubini-says-18b89f92
FUD of the week: bitcoin has surged during the banking collapse, but hasn’t generated widespread support https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/bitcoin-banks-crisis.html
actual data: bitcoin is mainly powered by falling water https://twitter.com/thetrocro/status/1641593657685061633
the foundation hardware wallet https://foundationdevices.com/
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1h 9min
March 29, 202392: Code The Change
Pod 92:
FUD of the week: The GreenPeace “Change The Code Not The Climate” campaign gets an art piece https://twitter.com/greenpeaceusa/status/1638909130676084737?s=20 the Greenpeace hypocrisy https://twitter.com/alphaazeta/status/1639229981023784960
the artist is now reflecting on what he’s learnt https://twitter.com/thevonwong/status/1639690663846375424?
Do we really want $1m bitcoin https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/11zhzl5/even_if_youre_a_bitcoiner_you_wouldnt_want_the/
Credit Suisse bailout cost $13,500 per citizen https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-21/swiss-brace-for-credit-suisse-bailout-costing-them-13-500-each
SEC pursue Coinbase over securities violations https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/22/sec-warns-coinbase-its-pursuing-enforcement-action-over-securities-violations/
and the CFTC go after Binance https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1640378686397448192?
Gold is hard to verify https://twitter.com/carlbmenger/status/1638793752767602691
Gigachad is stacking again https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1640325496654143488
The bitcoin meme wars https://www.citadel21.com/bitcoins-meme-wars
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1h 36min
March 22, 202391: Bitcoin to $1million in 90 Days
Pod 91:
ex Coinbase CTO https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1636797265317867520 $1m bitcoin in 90 days, hyperinflation, US civil war https://twitter.com/crypto_mckenna/status/1636995374782238725
uh oh, bitcoiners might have been right https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1636980643849437184
What is the “top” for an immutable money that becomes the standard for humanity? https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/am-i-too-late-to-bitcoin
FTX damaged faith in bitcoin https://twitter.com/JoeCarlasare/status/1633715106226774017? and the response https://twitter.com/Lynxabi/status/1633832821600174085
US propose a 30% tax on bitcoin mining as its hindering the transition to low emission energy usage https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1633933119920168965
Bitcoin Guatemala https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/inside-guatemalas-bitcoin-lake
Saifedean has a new book: https://saifedean.com/poe
Inflation weekly: Jerome Powell explains how 2% inflation helps people https://twitter.com/bitcoin_clown/status/1635724648066449409?
governor points out you’re only insured if your money is in a big bank, accelerating the centralisation of banking https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/11tg2os/every_american_should_protect_themselves_with/
oh and btw, FDIC insurance is 128b and deposits held by banks is $17.6t https://twitter.com/caitlinlong_/status/1637466829219045381
Credit Suisse bust, now First Republic following on from SVB, Signature and Silvergate - 5 down https://twitter.com/lynxabi/status/1638096448737755137
let’s be clear who America are and what we’re replacing: this is what America does to Africa https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1638078509334528000
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2h 4min
March 15, 202390: Silicon Valley Bank Goes Bust
Pod 90:
inflation weekly; SVP bank collapses, 2008 part 2 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-markets-banks-wrapup-1-2023-03-10/ people trying to get their money https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/11o2hoq/bank_run_at_boston_private_bank_recently_acquired/

bank shares plummeting https://twitter.com/gurgavin/status/1634202459051638785?s=46&t=rA_ujwhNyH0Pv6-5p8oapg

Linked with the above, Coinbase pause USDC:USD conversions https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1634399032767307776?s=46&t=rA_ujwhNyH0Pv6-5p8oapg stable coin bruh https://twitter.com/gurgavin/status/1634452457253109761?s=46&t=rA_ujwhNyH0Pv6-5p8oapg

Circle lost $3.3b in SVB, explains the collapse in USDC https://www.theblock.co/post/218971/circle-says-3-3-billion-of-usdc-reserves-are-with-silicon-valley-bank

bank run on exchanges as bitcoin balances tumble https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/11oq66e/bank_run_on_bitcoin_exchanges_happening_now/

SVB depositors are made whole with no cost to the taxpayer https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-no-bailout-janet-yellen

official fed response “everything’s fine .gif https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312b.htm

the UK arm of SVB is brought for £1 by HSBC and deposits guaranteed for an insolvent bank yet. I taxpayer money was used https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rishi-sunak_innovation-svb-siliconvalleybank-activity-7040968194064330753-y_kv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Auditing works 🙃 KPMG audited SVB and Signature within 2 weeks of their collapse and gave a clean bill of health https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaeljacksonvc_tech-technology-innovation-activity-7041345346995638274-UGdb?

SVB had no head of risk but they did have a lesbian visibility day (Daily Mail deleted their link so here’s a new one https://www.businesstoday.in/silicon-valley-bank/story/get-woke-go-broke-silicon-valley-banks-top-woman-executive-lgbtq-activist-gets-targeted-for-lenders-failure-373067-2023-03-12)

How many canaries in the coalmine need to die before people see sense https://twitter.com/Lynxabi/status/1635283829027131394?s=20
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1h 55min
March 08, 202389: Bitcoin Mining is in Danger
Pod 89:
bitcoin addresses that hold over $10 is at an all time high https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11fih3n/while_bitcoin_is_still_down_about_65_from_its_ath/

Jack Dorsey launches new lightning service https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tbd-announces-new-bitcoin-lightning-service-provider-c?

inflation weekly: don’t forget shrinkflation isn’t included in the inflation numbers https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1327-shrinkflation-is-not-included-in-cpi-data/

Nationwide and HSBC crack down on bitcoin buys https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/british-banks-crack-down-on-bitcoin-crypto-access?

a new bitcoin mining idea; Stratum https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/stratum-v2-will-save-bitcoin-mining?
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1h 42min
March 01, 202388: The Bitcoin Wet Dream
Pod 88:
2 billion sats to bitcoin projects https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/hrf-donates-2-billion-satoshis-bitcoin-projects?

bonds aren’t worth investing in https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1628264320856469504?s=46&t=vOCdkUWNVagR2KTulztp2w

Inflation weekly: Lebanon hyper inflation v bitcoin https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/119enrs/this_is_why_we_buy_bitcoin/

El Salvador mega prisons and the media reaction https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1629524121204711426?s=46&t=y_XmFrRzZn2aRVnZYwCwZg someone more balanced https://twitter.com/legendaryenergy/status/1630285865791688705?s=46&t=Thr3Gz4nU_JdljcFRsksjQ

It’s over, fiat won, bitcoin lost, says fiat maxi https://english.alarabiya.net/business/technology/2023/02/22/Crypto-has-lost-the-battle-against-national-currency-BIS-chief-Agustin-Carstens

even if you don’t care about bitcoin, you should be against CBDCs https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/legislators-introduce-bill-to-prohibit-creation-of-us-cbdc?

blue wallet ending custody lightning wallets https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bluewallet-to-sunset-custodial-lightning-wallet-service?

bitcoin privacy keeps getting easier https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/btcpay-server-adds-coinjoin-plugin?
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1h 51min

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