The Sat Standard - April 11th, 2020
This week in bitcoin. Straight to the point. No bullshit. Every Saturday.
Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
The War for Liberty in the Digital Age is well under way. Will you fight?
Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
The same tools being used to track the spread of coronavirus will be used to track protesters and dissidents after the crisis ends. Many of these surveillance tools have existed for years but they have grown more sophisticated over time. This crisis will hasten that iteration process and further normalize widespread usage.
Most surveillance methods leverage mobile phones so the best option is to stop carrying them around with you. When that is not an option you should consider running hardened android with all google services removed.
TOP STORIES
- Bitcoin Optech #92
- Bisq security vulnerability
- CDC finally recommends face coverings
- CoolWallet S security flaw
- MutantC RPi4 mobile build
- Whirlpool CLI v0.10.4 released
- Eclair v0.3.4 released
- OC Bitcoin Network talk on Samourai Wallet and privacy
- Tor Browser v9.0.8 released
- RaspiBlitz v1.5 RC1 adds joinmarket CLI support
- Wasabi Wallet v1.1.11 released
- MyNode v0.2.01
- Janet Yellen wants the Fed to buy stocks
- 16.8M Americans unemployed
- Fed announcements
- Apple and Google are building a coronavirus tracking system into iOS and Android
- Moxie Marlinspike on Apple/Google proposed tracking spec
- Dave Portnoy calling the dollar Schrute Bucks
- ACINQ Phoenix v1.3.0 adds Tor support
- BlueWallet v5.3.0 adds Local Trader service and TLS support for electrum servers
- Samourai Dojo v1.5
- Ronin Dojo v1.4
- All Nodls now support dojo and whirlpool
- Method to provide clearnet access to Tor lightning nodes proposed
- Fold announces sats back visa debit card
- Zane Pocock on the EARN IT Act
- Stephan Livera with Gleb Naumenko on erlay
- Chainalysis CoFounder on WBD
- Rodolfo bitcoin-dev keychain email
PODCASTS
- Blockware's recent research paper on mining
- Running a mining operation
- How Matt came to realize Bitcoin is King
- The State of the Economy
- Why Bitcoin isn't "backed by nothing"
Wringing Of The Rag
- Monday - Issue #710: Smorgasbord Monday
- Tuesday - Issue #711: A warning from history
- Wednesday - Issue #712: This would be pretty cool
- Thursday - Issue #713: The Fed's "credibility" is officially dead
- Friday - Issue #714: Important to remember
