Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
The number of people asking me about Bitcoin increased significantly this week.

Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
This crisis appears to be accelerating many of the trends we have been watching over the last few years. Change is coming and it is coming faster than we thought.

- Remote Work
- Automation
- 3D Printing
- Video Streaming
- Virtual Reality
- Localized supply chains
- Independent journalism
- Chinese dominance
- Increased surveillance
- Social media censorship
- The war on encryption
- Reduced cash usage
- The need for money that is independent of world governments and corporations.

TOP STORIES

Join us for a weekly discussion of this list on Rabbit Hole Recap

• Bitcoin Optech #89
• Casa open sources node
• Bitcoin Magazine op ed on CoinJoin legality
• BTCPay VR Presentation this Saturday
• MyNode v0.1.97
• RTL v0.7.0-beta adds Lightning Loop support
• Samourai Whirlpool March volume tops January and February volume combined

• Bitcoin gaming online event series announced
• Buying bitcoin privately
• CashApp rolling out option to display balances in sats
• 3D Printing in Italy's corona battle
• Jameson Lopp on Bitcoin Core Contributor Challenges
• Upcoming build your own node guides on tftc.tv and parts list
• Ark Invest bitcoin mining research
• Blockware Solutions bitcoin mining research
• Bakkt raises $300M Series B
• US Gov considering location tracking to fight the coronavirus

PODCASTS

Charles Marohn

• How America has been very wasteful with resources for the last five decades
• The problems with top-down decision making
• Why centralized economies "on the bike" don't work in the long-run
• The morality of Fed policy
• Parallels between modern day America and the Weimar Repulic
• How small towns can start over and stand on their own two feet
• Value per acre
• Creating community
• Bringing design thinking to city building
• Activating unused spaces

Rabbit Hole Recap - Stimulus Package #1

• Due to the ongoing crisis we will be adding a second Rabbit Hole Recap per week that drops on Mondays.

Wringing Of The Rag

• Monday - Issue #695: The clip is almost empty
• Tuesday - Issue #696: Corporate bailouts and helicopter money are here!
• Wednesday - Issue #697: Bitcoin waits in the brush
• Thursday - Issue #698: Bitcoin mining porn
• Friday - Issue #699: Keep your guard up