Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
As things get more chaotic the attempts to censor and gaslight will increase significantly. Support the independent journalists and media companies who tell you the truth.
Thought of the week from ODELL:
Bitcoin transaction fees limit network abuse by making usage expensive. There is a cost to every transaction, set by a dynamic free market based on demand. It is an incredibly robust way to prevent spam without relying on centralized entities that can be corrupted or pressured.
TOP STORIES
- Bitcoin Optech #249
- Hamas to Stop Accepting Bitcoin Donations Due to Privacy Risk for Donors
- Ohio Man Gets 4 Years For Sweeping Brother's 712 BTC Subject To Forfeiture
- The Kingdom Of Bhutan Confirmed It Has Been Mining Bitcoin For Several Years
- First Republic Bank Seized, Sold to JPMorgan In Second-Largest U.S. Bank Failure
- Venmo Is Rolling Out Bitcoin Transfers to External Wallets
- BlueWallet Postpones Lightning Node Sunset Date to May 31
- 'DM Reporter Bot' Serves A Reminder About The Current State of Nostr DMs
- Ongoing Attack On I2P Network: Bitcoin Nodes Using i2pd Affected
- Samara Asset Group Donates $150,000 To Bitcoin Development, Commits For 3 Consecutive Years
- Coinbase Sued for Harvesting Customer Face and Fingerprint Data
- Balaji Forfeits $1M BTC Bet, Donates Additional $500k to Support Bitcoin Development
- Bitcoin Network Reaches New Transaction All-Time High As Fees Surge Due To BRC-20 Tokens
- Who Benefits From The New York Times' Attacks on Bitcoin?
- Coinbase Launches Offshore Derivatives Exchange
- Biden Administration Proposes A 30% Tax on Bitcoin Mining
- Fedi Raises $17 Million in Series A Round
- Bhutan Plans a $500 Million Fund for Bitcoin Mining in the Himalayas
- Bitcoin Optech #249: MATT-based Vaults, Signature Adaptor Security Analysis
- Summer 2023 Bitcoin Industry Apprenticeship Program Announced
- You Can Buy a Hacked Credit Card for Only $15, A Verified Binance Account for $410, New Report Shows
- OpenSats Receives Additional Funding of $10M From Jack Dorsey's #startsmall
- Binance Admits to Blocking Thousands of Iranian Accounts Needlessly Due To Sanctions
- US Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr Defends Bitcoin Mining
- North Carolina County Bans Commercial Bitcoin Mining For A Year
- Super Testnet Releases A Tool That Breaks Ordinals
- Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google & OpenAI, Leaked Document Claims
- Cash App Sold $2.16 Billion Worth of Bitcoin in Q1, Up By 25% Year Over Year
- India Banned 14 Messenger Apps Allegedly Used For Spreading Terror and Propaganda
- El Salvador's Bill On Eliminating Taxes On Tech Innovations Signed Into Law
- Argentina's Central Bank Bans Financial Institutions From Offering Bitcoin
- Popular Custodial Lightning Service Tippin.me May Be Exit Scamming
- Montana's Right To Mine Bitcoin Bill Signed Into Law
PODCASTS
Rabbit Hole Recap #251 - Ten Million Dollars for Open Source Projects: youtube - podcast
TFTC 414 - The Dollar Endgame is here with Peruvian Bull: youtube - podcast
TFTC 415 - Coal is the Future with Steve Barbour: youtube - podcast
TFTC 416 - The Scramble to Push A CBDC Future with Whitney Webb: youtube - podcast
ODELL'S DISCREET LOG
MARTY'S BENT
- Issue #1335: We live in an era bereft of accountability
- Issue #1336: They're telling you to have fun staying poor
- Issue #1337: Fed Speak narrative violation
- Issue #1338: Hyperbitcoinization starts at the edges
- Issue #1339: Bull market for alternative tx relay and broadcast mechanisms
- Issue #1340: This feels like the endgame
