The Sat Standard - May 15th, 2021
This week in bitcoin. Straight to the point. No bullshit. Every Saturday.
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Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
The noise is only going to get louder from here on out, freaks.
Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
Stay humble. Stack sats.
TOP STORIES
- Bitcoin Optech #148
- cake wallet vulnerability
- hash rate ath
- the bitcoin car at indy 500
- elon tweets energy fud
- microstrategy stacked more
- recent CPI numbers released
- us gov probes binance
- gbtc discount hits record low of 20%
- fully noded v0.2.17
- bluewallet v6.1.2
- lightning network privacy analysis
- analysis of darkside ransomware group
- colonial pipeline allegedly paid $5M ransom
- check your financial privilege by gladstein
- gladstein in cato on a post cash world
PODCASTS
- Raising children as a countercultural act
- Ransomeware attacks
- Colonial Pipeline spill cover up
- Elon Musk
- Bill Gates
- Central Bank Digital Currencies
- AI
- Bitcoin as a tool to fight back
- Citadels
- The latest global monetary base update
- Why the monetary base is a good benchmark for bitcoin
- Bitcoin is the 6th largest base money (ex-gold) in the world
- Defining assets and liabilities on the Fed's balance sheet
- Why Japan matters
- Communism creep
- Bitcoin and a free banking system
- Academic economists and bitcoin
- The Indian Point power plant shutdown
- Energy mix
- Subsidies leading to capital misallocation
- Bitcoin's value prop
- The externalities that come with wind turbines
- Land use and green energy
Wringing of the Rag
- Monday - Issue #988: "Cyber attacks", a scapegoat?
- Tuesday - Issue #989: Are we at the precipice of the "suddenly" part of currency debasement?
- Wednesday - Issue #990: Check your privilege, Western Elites
- Thursday - Issue #991: Blockchain Commons putting in work
- Friday - Issue #992: FREEDOM
