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April 24, 202408: Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested
The Samourai Wallet founders were arrested, what we know at this point, as well as El Salvador's Chivo Wallet hack. Plus, some good news for Bitcoin's improvement proposal process, my thoughts on the Epic halving sat bidding, and why Runes won't go away anytime soon.
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Epic halving sat Bidding
Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested and Charged With Money Laundering
Southern District of New York | Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses | United States Department of Justice
[bitcoindev] Adding New BIP Editors
El Salvador’s Chivo Wallet Source Code & VPN Access Leaked
WalletScrutiny - Know your wallet like you built it.
Zeus v0.9.0-alpha1
Jack Mallers on X: "Announcing Strike Europe 🇪🇺
Bullet Proof Stacker Self-Custody Links:
Buy Sats on River
Learn RoboSats
AQUA Wallet
Sparrow Bitcoin Wallet - Sparrow Wallet
Green: Bitcoin Wallet on the App Store
Music
Play Guitar by Doerfel Family Bluegrass
41 min
April 20, 202407: A Tale of Two Halvings
The Bitcoin halving is here, but are Runes crashing the party? I'll explore how the halving could impact Bitcoin mining, the macro signs that indicate short-term price swings are probable, and why everyone is concerned Runes might cause a spike in transaction fees.
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Runes – Casey Rodarmor’s Blog
Bitcoin Suddenly Braced For A $35 Trillion Halving Price Earthquake
A bitcoin halving is imminent. Here’s what that means. - CBS News
What bitcoin halving could mean for investors and miners
Blockstream Green: Simple and secure Bitcoin wallet
AQUA Wallet
River Referal Link
Learn RoboSats
What is KYC
Craig Wright Discontinues Tulip Trading Case in Major Win for Bitcoin Developers
🚨 attention lnd node operators that have upgraded or are considering upgrading to bitcoind 27 🚨
US Senator Cynthia Lummis says high ranking government officials feel threatened by Bitcoin - YouTube
MUSIC:
Leave It Alone - June & The Jets
50 min
April 09, 202406: Debunking Big Blocker Alternative History
Roger Ver has presented an alternative narrative about Bitcoin's history. I've read it, so you don't have to.
Why he's trying to regulate the blocksize wars, and my response to his claims that Bitcoin's true potential has been stolen.
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Promo Code: TWIB
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Recent Interview w/Roger Ver
Inside The Blocksize Wars with Adam Back and Jonathan Bier - YouTube
This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Ends on a Downer as Rival Bitcoin Cash Shines - Decrypt
Bitcoin: Supply Last Active 5+ Years Ago - Glassnode Studio
Bitcoin: Supply Last Active 2+ Years Ago - Glassnode Studio
bips/bip-0101.mediawiki at master · bitcoin/bips
Mutiny Wallet v0.6.2: Federated Lightning Addresses for Mutiny+ Users
ZEUS v0.8.3 is now available
Amazon.com: The Blocksize War: The battle over who controls Bitcoin’s protocol rules
Music:
So Many Years by TJ Wong
39 min
April 04, 202405: Now They're Getting It
More pro-Bitcoin voices are featured, but are some wolves in sheep's clothing? I'll examine the Pomp Problem and the Bitcoin beachhead spreading from state to state. Why the market bracing for higher inflation for longer, is not great news for Bitcoin in the short term.
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Promo Code: TWIB
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It’s a Higher-for-Longer World for Rates, and That’s OK - WSJ
Weekly market commentary | BlackRock Investment Institute
Fed chair: Focusing solely on inflation is “no longer appropriate” - Marketplace
Fed officials consider leaving rates higher for longer | The Hill
Fed Chair Powell Wants Inflation to Cool More - The New York Times
The State of Louisiana Passes a Bill To Protect Your ‘Fundamental Bitcoin Rights’
Satoshi Action Fund
Bitcoin’s risk/reward ratio will blow your mind - YouTube
BlockFi’s Rise and Fall: A Timeline
Mr. 100" bought 100% of new supply of Bitcoin over the last 2 days
Mutiny Wallet v0.6.1: New Home Screen, Nostr Profile Setup, Federation Discovery & Recommendations
Vulnerabilities exploited in the wild fixed based on GrapheneOS reports - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum
Coinbase Selects Lightspark for Lightning
🔄 Lightspark’s SDKs, APIs, and developer tools streamline Lightning Network integration, while Lightspark Predict optimizes liquidity requirements and routing in real time.
🔐 Coinbase will use Lightspark’s remote-key signing implementation, allowing Coinbase to benefit from a scalable and reliable node infrastructure without managing Lightning keys.
This seems to be after a team internally looked at standing up Lightning.
This was the guy formerly in charge of implementing Lightning at Coinbase 💀
Tether Awards $100K Grant to BTCPay Server Foundation
Resource of the Week:
Bitcoin Halving Countdown Clock
Music:
35 min
March 28, 202404: Why Larry Fink is Bullish
Blackrock's CEO has become openly bullish on Bitcoin, why he's taking a victory lap this week. This halving will actually be different, and I'll make the case why. Plus, a new project that could replace Lightning for the plebs.
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Promo Code: TWIB
Links:
2024 Halving: This Time It’s Actually Different
SEC scores big win in lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase
Joe Carlasare on X - SOL deflationary statements
Brian Armstrong 🛡️ on X
Hedgehog: Protocol for Asynchronous Layer 2 Bitcoin Payments
hedgehog on GitHub
The Future of Warfare | Jason Lowery | TEDxDAU - YouTube
Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin: Lowery, Jason Paul: 9798371524188: Amazon.com: Books
US National Defense Fellow at MIT, Major Jason Lowery: Blaming Bitcoin to protect your failing hegemony is not going to help you
Music:
Money Maker
31 min
March 22, 202403: Battle at the "Crypto" Flood Gates
The first shots were fired in the battle to bring the rest of "crypto" to the ETF market—the impact on Bitcoin and why the SEC might not be the hero we need.
Plus project updates, the historically bad week for one Bitcoin ETF, your boosts, and more.
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Promo Code: TWIB
Links:
SEC probing crypto companies in Ethereum investigation as hopes for ETF dim
Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of Ethereum’s 2014 Premine
GBTC getting a ‘second wind’ of outflows, $1.4b this week along, now double any other ETF in outflows YTD
in a day when GBTC saw record liquidations (to meet bankruptcy obligations of Genesis and others) and when bitcoin tumbled, Blackrock’s IBIT saw a surge of inflows. ETF demand is relentless and price indiscriminate
RoboSats v0.6.0-alpha: The Federation Layer
Bisq 2 AMA
Music
Hodl.80 IQ.Patriot on X: “This is awesome”
38 min
March 08, 202402: Saylor is Just Lucky
This week, we'll discuss the high-signal mind virus spreading around the community, why the Saylor strategy has Jim Cramer salty, the final word on ETF centralization, and if we should stop calling it the Blockchain and start calling it the Timechain.
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Promo Code: TWiB
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Bitcoin Atlantis – A Bitcoin conference in the Atlantic
Bitcoin Is Time | dergigi.com
21 Ways - 21 Ways To Look At Bitcoin
Jack Talk Mallers on X
Lawrence Lepard
Bitcoin Flips Silver
Pierre Rochard on X: "BREAKING: the Biden Administration is cancelling the fake #Bitcoin mining “emergency”
Michael Saylor: Bitcoin’s ‘Gold Rush’ Has Started: 2024-2034, Why Smart Money is Buying #Bitcoin - YouTube
Dennis Porter on X: "ARIZONA SENATE PASSES RESOLUTION TO CONSIDER ADDING THE #BTC ETF TO AZ STATE PENSIONS
Lyn Says the ETFs are like an API for Fiat
Time Chain calendar . Com
BTC Minstrel - | What Shall We Do With Michael Saylor
45 min
February 29, 202401: Why Bezos is Buying your Bag
Has Jeff finally got Bitcoin FOMO? I'll look at the numbers that's got everyone speculating. Then, my thoughts on the White House's next attack on Bitcoin and the notable shift in the public store of value debate.
**Show Notes:
**White House Flags Bitcoin Mining as Major Power Grid Burden
Fox Biz Reporter talks with WH
Miners’ bitcoin production dipped in January amid energy curtailment - Blockworks
How Bitcoin mining stabilized the grid and saved Texans $18Billion
Bitcoin Energy FUD Busting
3 Indy Institutes in just six months with research showing Bitcoin supports renewable transition
Potential Reprieve for Bitcoin Miners With Upcoming Difficulty Adjustment
Demand Response And Curtailment Through Bitcoin Mining
Updates:
GrapheneOS v2024 022 300: New Setup Wizard, New Color Schemes
Completely new GrapheneOS Setup Wizard implementation for the initial setup of the device and secondary user profiles;
Theme Picker: update color schemes including adding the monochromatic colorscheme option;
Sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer: add support for Android Auto 11.3
Sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer: add developer functionality for updating Android Auto via the Play Store for testing;
Blockstream Green Wallet Desktop v2.0.0: New UI and UX
New UI and UX: the user experience has been simplified and streamlined with a more polished, intuitive interface for easier access to key features;
All-in-one UX: use your existing wallets for both your Bitcoin and Liquid accounts across singlesig and assisted multisig. You have the flexibility to choose whether to combine Bitcoin and Liquid accounts or not, and thus to organize your mainchain and second-layer stacks as you deem fit.;
Simpler onboarding for new Jade users, minimizing ambiguity and errors during the initial setup;
Sign with address to prove its ownership.
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The Bitcoin Company Promo Link
28 min

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