Escuchar Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

EPISODE: 0.1.8 BLOCK: 679950 PRICE: 1756 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin transaction fees, taproot, discreet log contracts @evankaloudis: https://twitter.com/evankaloudis @benthecarman: https://twitter.com/benthecarman Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST | 2100 UTC: twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch​ youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21​ telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart and Ben Carman from Suredbits to discuss: - The Austin scene - Migrations in the US - DLCs - Lessons from DeFi - Taproot activation - Speedy Trial - Coinflip - Milk cattle - much more Check out Suredbits [https://suredbits.com/] Follow Chris [https://twitter.com/Chris_Stewart_5] Follow Ben [https://twitter.com/benthecarman] Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app [https://cash.app/]. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com [https://lend.hodlhodl.com/] Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io [https://compassmining.io/] Braiins. Braiins [https://braiins.com/] are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator [https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator].

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Speedy Trial taproot activation method merged [https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21377] - Comments by greg maxwell [https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/mr792g/luke_dashjr_on_twitter_community_came_to/gukq9r9/] - COPA sues CSW [https://www.coindesk.com/copa-square-sues-craig-wright-bitcoin-white-paper-copyright] - CCI releases first report stating there is minimal "illicit activity" using bitcoin [https://cryptoforinnovation.org/resources/Analysis_of_Bitcoin_in_Illicit_Finance.pdf] - VanEck "bitcoin" ETF DAPP that does not hold bitcoin directly [https://stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2021/04/14/vaneck-launches-digital-transformation-etf-dapp] - btc-rpc-explorer v3.0 [https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md] - trezor suite beta v21.4.1 [https://blog.trezor.io/trezor-suite-update-april-2021-9b54841a6974] - Alleged paxful KYC leak claimed to be fake [https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/paxful-hacked-user-data-offer-is-fake] - Gladstein biweekly column [https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-is-a-trojan-horse-for-freedom] - shitCOIN IPO, currently valued at ~$66B [https://www.google.com/finance/quote/COIN:NASDAQ] - Mexico fingerprint KYC for phone sim cards [https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-telecoms-registry/mexicos-senate-approves-creation-of-biometric-cellphone-registry-idUSL1N2M62KR] Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service [https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/] that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault. HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com [https://lend.hodlhodl.com/] Braiins. Braiins [https://braiins.com/] are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator [https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator].

EPISODE: 0.1.7 BLOCK: 679055 PRICE: 1592 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin nodes, self hosting @futurepaul: https://twitter.com/futurepaul @proofofkeags: https://twitter.com/proofofkeags Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST | 2100 UTC: twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21 telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - coinbase IPO on april 14th, ticker COIN [https://investor.coinbase.com/news/news-details/2021/Coinbase-Announces-First-Quarter-2021-Estimated-Results-and-Full-Year-2021-Outlook/default.aspx] - NYDIG raises another $100M [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nydig-raises-100-million-from-strategic-partners-including-starr-liberty-mutual-insurance-and-other-pc-insurers-launches-global-insurance-solutions-business-under-mike-sapnar-301264834.html] - African P2P volumes hit new all time highs [https://www.usefultulips.org/combined_Sub%20Saharan%20Africa_Page.html] - Ukrainian civil servants own more than 46k bitcoin [https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-whale-watching-may-become-popular-at-ukrainian-town-council-meetings] - Crypto Council for Innovation announced [https://www.wsj.com/articles/fidelity-square-coinbase-launch-bitcoin-trade-group-11617710402] - Square Crypto grant for mempool.space [https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1379830372461113346] - Peter Thiel comments on bitcoin and china [https://twitter.com/nixonfoundation/status/1379894036060864516] - Arthur Hayes surrenders [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-06/former-bitmex-ceo-arthur-hayes-surrenders-to-face-u-s-charges] - Circle and Polo ordered to provide info on users to IRS [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-authorizes-service-john-doe-summons-seeking-identities-us-taxpayers-who-have-used-0] - Kraken received similar but judge says they must narrow request [https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/100381/irs-kraken-petition-court-john-doe-summons] - former chainalysis chief technical counsel now head of fincen [https://www.coindesk.com/fincen-names-former-chainalysis-executive-acting-director-as-blanco-resigns] - Blue Wallet v6.0.8 [https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.0.8] - Hexa Wallet v1.5.0 [https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v1.5.0] - Coldcard v4.0.2 [https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.2-released/] - Sphinx-relay v2.0.9 [https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.0.9] - Sparrow Wallet v1.3.2 [https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.3.2] - Electrum v4.1.2 [https://electrum.org/#download] - LexisNexis signs contract to provide database of 283 million people to US ICE [https://theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice-database-surveillance-lexisnexis/] - 522 million facebook users' info leaked online [https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4] - Jake Chervinsky Q1 review [https://jchervinsky.substack.com/p/q1-2021-in-review] Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital [https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/] HodlHodl [https://lend.hodlhodl.com/] Braiins [https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator]