The Sat Standard - September 26th, 2020

Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
If you see Satoshi in the road shoot him.

Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
Those advocating for more "DEX" usage to reduce the risk of exchange hacks should take note of the fact that the $20M worth of tether that was stolen has been frozen by the centralized third party that runs USDT. So called "decentralized" exchanges often still have third party risk it is just hidden from the user.

TOP STORIES

Bitcoin Optech #116
Lightning node firewall circuitbreaker
KuCoin exchange hacked
Iran power plants making mining moves
Timeline of bitmain power struggle
Bisq v1.3.9
BlueWallet v5.5.9
Tails v4.11
nix-bitcoin v0.0.17
Dojo v1.8.0
RoninDojo v1.7.0
Sparrow Wallet v0.9.4
Specter v0.8.0
Smartcard support for Specter DIY HWW
New development funding bounty tool added to BitcoinACKS.com

Woleet: bitcoin based Docusign competitor
Square Crypto launches a proper portal for their development funding
Namecheap adds btcpay server!
Unchained Capital adds advanced multisig business accounts
Russian gov wants full wallet disclosures
Venezuelan government to require use of national mining pool
FinCen Files leak
Over 170 arrests and over $6.5M seized in global DOJ lead operation against dark markets
whirlpool fee calculator and portal for his other links by bitcoinqna
Umbrel wallet support using QR codes

PODCASTS

Rabbit Hole Recap - Thursday

Christopher Gimmer + Marc Chouinard

Bootstrapping v. Raising funds from VCs
Building many businesses and failing
The decision to add Bitcoin to Snappa's balance sheet
Why it's easier to move cash to Bitcoin as a small biz v. publicly traded companies
Small business self-custody via multisig
Asking, "What is money?"
Canada's inflated real estate market
Bullish sentiment
Bitcoin education

Matthew Mežinskis