TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty, Matt and Murad breakdown the implications of Donald J. Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's comments on Bitcoin.  Links discussed:  https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149472282584072192 https://twitter.com/StopAndDecrypt/status/1149703537871355904 https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1149629984157261825

In this special edition of Tales from the Crypt, Marty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss CVE-2018-17144, the bug found in Bitcoin last week, and his efforts with the Betterhash mining pool protocol. This is a quick 15-minute conversation that touches on a lot. During the last 2/3 of the episode, Marty sits down with Hasufly, a budding star in the world of Bitcoin content to discuss the practices he used to learn about Bitcoin as quickly as possible. Hasu has an incredible way of creating mental frameworks from which to learn. Tune in to learn about the people, data sources and tools Hasu used to bootstrap his knowledge of Bitcoin in only 10 months. Follow Matt: @TheBlueMatt Follow Hasu: @Hasufl Follow Marty: @MartyBent Links: https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/ https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/outline Thank you to our sponsor, Honeyminer. Check them out here: https://honeyminer.com/referred/59rtk

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - BTCPay Server vulnerability disclosure  - JP Morgan bends the knee  - Tesla CFO on bitcoin during Q1 earnings  - Public video game publisher Nexon buys 1717 bitcoin  - Chiefs veteran tight end Sean Culkin converting entire salary to bitcoin  - Second bitcoin exchange goes down in Turkey  - Turkish gov using it as an excuse to regulate further  - Bitcoin Fog custodial bitcoin mixer operator arrested  - DC Cops hit with ransomware which threatens informants  - Global ransomware task force launched  - Bisq exploring new trade protocol  - Adam Gibson on big picture Joinmarket improvements  - Blockstream satellite easy base station  - Umbrel v0.3.9  - RaspiBlitz v1.7.0  - Specter v1.3.1  - Sparrow v1.4.0  - Sphinx Relay v2.0.13  - BTCPay Server v1.1.0  - Specter DIY  - Square adds former vice president of U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness  - LND benchmarking, 1000 TPS on consumer VPS possible  - Bitcoin Beach feature  - Rizzo on Satoshi's disappearance  - Gladstein on the petrodollar  Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital HodlHodl Braiins

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Venmo adds bitcoin IOU support, no withdrawals  - WeWork accepting bitcoin as payment and will hodl  - Coin Center responds strongly against FATF  - Turkish Gov attempting bitcoin payments ban  - Turkish bitcoin exhange Thodex apparent exit scam  - OKEx adds lightning support  - Cashapp raises withdrawal minimum to 100K sats frok 10K sats  - Bitcoin Core v0.21.1 RC 1 Taproot Speedy Trial client released  - UASF Taproot client released  - Aaron Van Wirdum write up on the two taproot clients  - myNode v0.2.30  - Start9 adds Sphinx, Onion pages, Photoview  - Square and Ark argue that bitcoin is good for the environment  - Former comptroller of the currency Brian Brooks new CEO of Binance US  - Former CFTC Chair joins BlockFi Board  - The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner, Part II  - Signal hacks hacking company Cellebrite 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 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 Braiins. Braiins 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Speedy Trial taproot activation method merged  - Comments by greg maxwell  - COPA sues CSW  - CCI releases first report stating there is minimal "illicit activity" using bitcoin  - VanEck "bitcoin" ETF DAPP that does not hold bitcoin directly  - btc-rpc-explorer v3.0  - trezor suite beta v21.4.1  - Alleged paxful KYC leak claimed to be fake  - Gladstein biweekly column  - shitCOIN IPO, currently valued at ~$66B  - Mexico fingerprint KYC for phone sim cards 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 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 Braiins. Braiins 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. 

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - coinbase IPO on april 14th, ticker COIN  - NYDIG raises another $100M  - African P2P volumes hit new all time highs  - Ukrainian civil servants own more than 46k bitcoin  - Crypto Council for Innovation announced  - Square Crypto grant for mempool.space  - Peter Thiel comments on bitcoin and china  - Arthur Hayes surrenders  - Circle and Polo ordered to provide info on users to IRS  - Kraken received similar but judge says they must narrow request  - former chainalysis chief technical counsel now head of fincen  - Blue Wallet v6.0.8  - Hexa Wallet v1.5.0  - Coldcard v4.0.2  - Sphinx-relay v2.0.9  - Sparrow Wallet v1.3.2  - Electrum v4.1.2  - LexisNexis signs contract to provide database of 283 million people to US ICE  - 522 million facebook users' info leaked online  - Jake Chervinsky Q1 review Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital HodlHodl Braiins

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - coldcard physical attack  - Kentucky signs bitcoin mining incentives  - Strike launches in El Salvador without banking partners  - Azteco adds lightning  - Goldman to start offering bitcoin exposure to rich clients  - Morgan Stanley prepping to add bitcoin exposure to major funds  - Brink's first round of dev grants  - Gemini provides grant to mempool.space  - Specter v1.3.0  - Coldcard v4.01  - Bisq v1.6.1  - BTCPay Server v1.0.7.1  - sphinx-relay v2.0.7  - c-lightning v0.10.0  - MyNode v0.2.29  - Umbrel v0.3.8  - Zeus v0.5.1  - JoininBox v0.3.4  - Wasabi v1.1.12.7  - HWI v2.0.1  - Chainalysis raises $100M, valued at $2B  - Canada increases KYC requirements  - Lightning node performance tests  - Probing lightning channels paper  - Largest KYC leak ever from MobiKwik in India  - GBTC still trading at discount  - Bitcoin transcripts hub  - This month in bitcoin privacy  - SuredBits Multi Oraclee deep dive  Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital HodlHodl Braiins

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Tesla now accepting bitcoin and will hodl  - Podcasting 2.0 on breez  - Microsoft launches layer 2 decentralized identity on top of bitcoin mainnet  - FTX closing $7M per year deal for Miami Heat Arena  - Fidelity files for a bitcoin etf  - Lolli raises $5M from Serena Williams and her husband - CFTC fines coinbase $6.5M for litecoin bullshit  - FATF releases enhanced KYC guidelines  - Coincenter analysis  - Surveillance firm Elliptic explaining Hydra innovative dead drops  - JoininBox v0.3.3  - RoninDojo v1.9.0  - Sparrow Walet v1.3.1  - Tails v4.17  - Sphinx relay v2.0.6  - BlueWallet v6.0.7  - Specter DIY v1.5.0  - eznode simple pruning-friendly setup for a personal bitcoin full node  - New liquid wallet  - Test release of coinswaps statechain implementation  - Bisq meeting on moving to layer 2 networks  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 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 Braiins. Braiins 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - FTX negotiating naming rights to miami heat arena https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article249892678.html - miner revenue priced in dollars hits all time high https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_/status/1370901101403238400 - Kentucky passes tax breaks to bitcoin miners https://www.coindesk.com/kentucky-approves-bills-providing-incentives-for-crypto-miners - Pakistani province experimenting with mining using hydro https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-pakistan/pakistani-province-plans-to-build-pilot-crypto-currency-mining-farms-idUSKBN2BA0KW - Oakland Athletics bitcoin suites https://twitter.com/AthleticsPR/status/1371144942735609859 - Morgan Stanley wealth management now offering bitcoin funds https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/bitcoin-morgan-stanley-is-the-first-big-us-bank-to-offer-wealthy-clients-access-to-bitcoin-funds.html - Signal now accepting bitcoin https://signal.org/donate/#cryptocurrency - India attempted ban rumored https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cryptocurrency-ban-idUSKBN2B60R0 - JPMorgan says retail flows comparable to institutional https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/retail-bitcoin-traders-rival-wall-street-buyers-as-mania-builds - Third coincenter letter to fincen about proposed enhanced kyc https://www.coincenter.org/coin-center-uses-additional-time-provided-by-fincen-to-file-another-comment-in-ongoing-surveillance-rulemaking/ - Binance probed by CFTC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/crypto-exchange-binance-investigated-by-u-s-over-who-s-trading - BitMEX cofounder Ben Delo surrenders and released on $20M bail https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/bitmex-founder-delo-surrenders-to-face-u-s-laundering-charges - Coldcard v4.0.0 https://blockclockmini.com/firmware/ - Blockclock mini v1.0.8 https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.0-released/ - HWI v2.0.0 https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/releases/tag/2.0.0 - Nodl dojo v0.1.2c - Rudefox Burrow v0.1.1 https://www.rudefox.io/burrow/quick-start.html - Anthony Towns on UASF http://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2021/03/14/fixing-uasf - Ryan Gentry on bitcoin governance https://ryanthegentry.medium.com/a-theory-of-bitcoin-governance-13510eff42a6 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 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 Braiins. Braiins 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Norwegian energy giant Aker forms bitcoin unit Seetee  - New Taproot Activation Method proposed "Speedy Trial"  - Malicious backdoored version of electrum wallet  - Whirlpool GUI v0.10.3  - Samourai Wallet v0.99.96e  - Zeus v0.5.0  - JoinMarket v0.8.2  - JoininBox v0.3.0  - Coldcard v4.0.0-beta  - Sparrow v1.3.0  - BTCPay Server v1.0.7.0  - NYDIG $200 million growth round  - Blockfi $350M raise at $3B valuation  - River $12M raise  - Massive Microsoft Exchange email server compromise 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 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

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bottlepay flagging samourai whirlpool coinjoin deposits  - bitstamp flagging wasabi coinjoin usage post withdrawal  - I2P network support merged into bitcoin core  - Regtest demo of zcash based bitcoin sidechain  - Arthur Hayes negotiating surrender agreement  - Umbrel v0.3.6  - BlueWallet v6.0.6  - Whirlpool CLI v0.10.10  - Eclair v0.5.1  - Lightning Terminal v0.4.1  - BTCPay Server added to Voltage  - Citi bank bullish report  - Goldman Sachs bitcoin trading desk  - HRF $70K in bitcoin dev grants  - Bull Bitcoin and Wasabi Wallet $40K grant to Luke-Jr  - Unchained Capital $5.5M seed round led by NYDIG  - Bitcoin voicepaper  - Kentucky bitcoin mining incentive  - PayNyms 101  - This month in bitcoin privacy  - DEA report mentions bitcoin and 'virtual currency'  - Mempool joins COPA - Germany considering KYC for emails and texts 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 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

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Taproot LOT OF LOTS  - BitPay Sanctions Violations  - Bitfinex and Tether settle with NY AG without admitting fault  - MicroStrategy bought another ~19.5k bitcoin for a ~$1.03B, they now hold 90.5k bitcoin  - Square quarterly earnings  - Coinbase discloses number ahead of Nasdaq listing  - Teleport Transactions CoinSwap implementation  - Arthur Hayes emerges  - Specter v1.2.0  - Onion Share v2.3  - RTL v0.10.1  - Hexa Wallet v1.4.5  - Samourai Dojo v1.9.0  - MyNode v0.2.27  - Sparrow Wallet v1.2.0  - Blockstream Green adds encryption to wallet metadata  - River raised $17.3M  - BottlePay raised $15.5M  - Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?  - BitMEX provides third grant for Michael Ford 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 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

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Taproot activation timeline released  - Dread admins discuss issues with ongoing Tor attack  - Jack and Jay Z announce 500 bitcoin development endowment  - Canadian Bitcoin ETF gets green light  - BlackRock "dabbling" in bitcoin  - BlueWallet v6.0.5  - Zap Android v0.4.0-beta  - JoininBox v0.2.0  - Umbrel v0.3.3  - Wasabi Wallet v1.1.12.4  - BIP47 v3 draft spec released  - Bitcoin Storage Guide by Sparrow Wallet Team  - Ministry of Nodes Ubuntu Node Box Guide  - Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OBTC), a challenger to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)  - Myanmar internet cut multiple times as military curfew continues  - Matt + Scaramucci  - Texas energy debacle - Bitcoin is the #6 base money in the world - much more 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 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Coldcard multisig vulnerability https://nunchuk.medium.com/the-missing-multisig-standard-5b4092e3ea92 - Tesla buys $1.5B worth of bitcoin https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459021004599/tsla-10k_20201231.htm - Bitcoin Hash Rate New ATH - Samourai Wallet v0.99.96c https://docs.samourai.io/en/wallet/releases#v09996c - Nunchuk v0.9.7 https://nunchuk.medium.com/nunchuk-0-9-7-6b74b3848c3d - Joinmarket v0.8.1 https://github.com/joinmarket-org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.8.1 - Sparrow v1.1.0 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.1.0 - Twitter CFO says they are considering bitcoin purchase https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1359501275650547714 - SEC Commish says they are ready for a bitcoin ETF https://www.coindesk.com/peirce-sec-coindesk-tv - Sending large files with blockstream satellite https://medium.com/blockstream/orbital-data-freighting-with-blockstream-satellite-2b9cde6aa79e - Saylor Academy launches free bitcoin course http://sylr.org/BTC4E - Gladstein + Reason Video https://twitter.com/reason/status/1357756578787708931 - Arthur Hayes Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-bitcoin-billionaire-arthur-hayes - Castle Island new $50M bitcoin VC fund https://medium.com/castle-island-ventures/castle-island-ventures-ii-and-the-road-ahead-e1dfffe72d8f 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 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Elon playing games - Senator Lummis appointed Senate Banking Committee  - Microstrategy Bitcoin Summit - Grayscale GBTC premium goes negative for first time - California pension fund goes HAM on RIOT  - Darknet markets hit new ATH revenue according to chainalysis  - Matrix Chat Client Element removed  - Zeus v0.5.0-beta1  - Bisq v1.5.5  - Hexa Wallet v1.4.2  - Phoenix v1.4.6  - Home mining for non-KYC Bitcoin  - Self-hosting guide by Ketan  - Coinbase targeting Nasdaq and $50B valuation  - New Fed paper on inequality  - Ukraine considering nuclear mining  - Proposed Bitcoin Ban in India  - India blocks internet amid protests  - ATMs, banks, and internet access have been shutdown in Myanmar following military coup - Casa raises $4m in seed round  - XMR.to shuts down  - This Month in Bitcoin Privacy: January 2020  -  Bitcoin 2021 Conference moved from LA to Miami in June 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 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Wall Street Mayhem  - Tor v3 DoS attacks continue  - Tighter KYC regs in Netherlands   - Marathon buys $150M in bitcoin  - Sparrow Wallet v1.0.0  - Tails v4.15  - Fully Noded v0.2.11  - GrapheneOS web installer  - Grayscale donates $1M to coincenter, matching  up to another $1M  - Navalny donation address receives almost 4 bitcoin since he was jailed addy - Mining pool censorship analysis by bitmex research  - Jihan Wu signed letter  - Gladstein in Time on privacy  - Ray Dalio on bitcoin 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 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

This week in Bitcoin Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoin reorg confusion: BITMEX & Blockstream Explorer & Deribit Dissection & Peter Todd  - CSW sues bitcoin.org and bitcoincore.org over whitepaper copyright  - Energy usage FUD smacks marty in the face on twitter - Mining in the arctic circle  - Iranian gov seizing ASICs  - Blue Wallet v6.0.3  - c-lightning v0.9.3  - Bitcoin Dev Kit v0.3.0  - Blackrock entering the fray?  - Chainalysis releases 2020 "illicit activity" report  - Our boy Nic dropped a great piece in NYMag  - Mullvad conducts infrastructure audit  - Bitcoin Core usage survey  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 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Tor v3 Onion addresses unreachable after apparent attack on Tor network  - Ledger discloses new data leak and steps they are taking to mitigate issues going forward  - Analysis of Solar Winds attack  - HRF provides grants to Specter and Lot49  - Lagarde attacks bitcoin  - Bitcoin Core v0.21.0  - BlueWallet v6.0.2  - BTCPay Server v1.0.6.5  - RaspiBlitz v1.6.3  - Sparrow v0.9.10  - Hexa Wallet v1.4.1  - Fully Noded v0.2.9  - Coldcard v3.2.2  - Mempool v2  - Bakkt going public on NYSE  - Poolin releases hash rate token  - FinCEN extends comment period  - German Police take down DarkMarket and arrest operator  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 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - OCC letter on banks using stablecoins   - Pro censorship American mining pool gains steam   - Iranian mining crackdown   - Strike Global   - Blockstream Jade   - Bitcoin Core v0.21.0 RC5   - Fully Noded v0.2.8   - Specter v1.0.0   - Braiins acquires remaining stake in Slush Pool from Slush   - Coindesk buys tradeblock   - Anthony Towns on 2021   - Bitcoin Explained by BJ Dweck  - Silent Link 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 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.   Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Our boy Russ getting paid in bitcoin using Strike  - Mooch's new bitcoin fund slides leak  - Indian Gov considering 18% tax on bitcoin trading  - US Treasury hits BitGo with sanctions violations on their non custodial wallet  - Bisq v1.5.3  - Umbrel App Store  - VanEck refiles ETF  - This Month in Bitcoin Privacy  - SolarWinds attack  Shoutout to this week's sponsors: Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service 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. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.