The Sat Standard - May 8th, 2021
This week in bitcoin. Straight to the point. No bullshit. Every Saturday.
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Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
Gifted an opendime last night. Great wedding gift.
Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
Transaction fees are the lowest they have been in weeks. Great time to setup and get comfortable with using your own lightning node if you have not already.
TOP STORIES
- Bitcoin Optech #147
- Bitcoin Core v0.21.1
- First taproot signalling period
- New multisig guide from bitcoinqna
- Thailand in person kyc
- This month in bitcoin privacy
- Bluewallet v6.1.0
- Umbrel v03.10
- Phoenix v1.4.11
- F2pool hashrate from outside china
- Dual-funded LN channel on mainnet
- MARA virtue signaling OFAC 'compliant' mining
- Iranian Central Bank cucking too
- Miningpool.observer
- NY State wants to ban mining
- Bitcoin Beach fund raiser
- Coinbase transparency report
- Cash App Q1 numbers
- Commodities inflation
- Tunisian student arrested and tortured for using BTC
PODCASTS
- The fragility of grids
- Misconceptions around electric grids
- Energy mix
- What's happening in Texas and California?
- Why nuclear is important
- How data is manipulated to push special interests
- How we can fix our grids
Wringing of the Rag
- Monday - Issue #983: Taproot activation signaling has started
- Tuesday - Issue #984: New York wants its citizens to suffer
- Wednesday - Issue #985: Bitcoin Fundamentals Pumping
- Thursday - Issue #986: The Virtue Signaling Blocks Have Arrived
- Friday - Issue #987: Bitcoin fixes Friday
