Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
The unproductive class is ruining the world. If we're going to get ourselves out of this mess it's important that the productive class begins to ignore the unproductive class and get shit done, starting with the energy sector.

Thought of the week from ODELL:
Every bitcoin sell off consolidates bitcoin ownership into stronger hands, reduces liquidity, and preps the next bull cycle.

TOP STORIES

• Bitcoin Optech #207
• Pieter Wuille Steps Down as a Bitcoin Core Maintainer
• Gloria Zhao Added as a Bitcoin Core Maintainer
• India Based Exchange and Lender Vauld Freezes Withdrawals Due to Insolvency
• Compass Mining Lays Off 15% of Team
• Pete Rizzo: Bitcoin Maximalism Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin Maximalism
• Zimbabwe to Introduce Gold Coins as Local Currency Tumbles
• Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Sold Majority of the Bitcoin They Held
• Bitcoin Policy Institute Submits Report to US Department of Commerce on Digital Asset Competitiveness
• Samourai Wallet v0.99.98e
• BTCPay Server v1.6.0
• Robinhood Enables Bitcoin Transfers For All Users
• Hive Blockchain Reports 278.5 BTC Mined in June
• Blockstream Research: Half-Aggregation of BIP 340 Signatures
• China Police Database Was Left Open Online for Over a Year, Enabling Leak

PODCASTS

Wringing of the Rag  

• Monday -
• Tuesday - Issue #1234: A blow to the administrative state
• Wednesday - Issue #1235: The demons are losing
• Thursday - Issue #1236: Blockstream has made some progress on signature aggregation research
• Friday -