Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
Bitcoin markets itself.

Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
Individuals will naturally seek out defensive technology when they realize the need to defend themselves.

This has been true for encryption.
This has been true for guns.
This will be true for bitcoin.

TOP STORIES

• Bitcoin Optech #105
• Square crypto provides grant to steve myers
• IRS is seeking surveillance tools to track lightning network transactions
• Coldcard 101 by bitcoinqna
• Coldcard guides by kisbitcoin
• myNode v0.2.11
• Samourai Whirlpool CLI v0.10.7
• Electrum v4.0.2
• Eclair v0.4.1
• RTL v0.8.0
• Raspiblitz v1.6 RC2
• @getumbrel teases new dedicated node software suite
• UK FCA bitcoin research report

• hardmoneyfilm.com
• Iran gives bitcoin miners one month to register with the state
• Venezuelan military seize 315 ASICs
• PSBT signing in fully noded
• PSBT Toolkit by benthecarman
• Coincenter bitcoin privacy explainer
• Crowdfunded distributed bitcoin awareness project
• Coinbase trying to IPO
• Signal downloads surge in HK as new draconian laws go into effect
• USDC blacklists address with $100k USD
• Tether has blacklisted $5.5 million in USDT this year
• Boltz Channel Creation Swap

PODCASTS

Rabbit Hole Recap - Thursday

Randy Brito

• Starting Bitcoin Venezuela
• Co-founding Locha Mesh
• The importance of mesh networks
• How mesh networks have been used in Venezuela
• How to incentivize individuals to use mesh networks
• The Turpial device
• Bitcoin as a tool to find individual happiness
• Getting funding

Jeff Vandrew

• COVID-19
• The government's reaction to the virus
• Masks as a way to isolate
• The media and COVID19 data
• Herd immunity
• The bubbling Cultural Revolution
• The professional managerial class
• Elite overproduction
• Why this is all a class issue
• MMT

Wringing Of The Rag

• Monday - Issue #774: Hard money will fix society
• Tuesday - Issue #775: Boltz aims to improve Lightning UX
• Wednesday - Issue #776: Elite overproduction
• Thursday - Issue #777: A sign of inflation
• Friday - Issue #778: The message is becoming refined