Australian Bitcoin Podcast HardBlock

We tried our best to provide an orange-pill friendly special episode about Bitcoin Lightning with Australia's Wizard of Oz. We break down what the Lightning Network is, how layers are defined, the Liquid sidechain and some of the related news this fortnight.


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Bitcoin Lightning News
• ⁠⁠Mempool.space Lightning Network stats

• Wallet of Satoshi integration with Square Point of Sale devices

• AquaWallet supports Lightning, Liquid and Tether

• OceanPool integrates BOLT12 upgrade to allow Lightning payouts
• Vulnerability affecting earlier versions of LND

Full YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ep72 News⁠⁠ Recap (17.06.24)⁠
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We focus on the big bitcoin mining news this fortnight with specialist Piers from @mineracks. We're aiming for beginner friendly episodes that you can use to orange-pill your friends and family.


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Bitcoin Mining News

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Australian bitcoin miner IREN hits $1B market cap
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trump meets with US bitcoin mining executives⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Riot Platforms attempted hostile takeover of Bitfarms⁠⁠⁠⁠
•⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CoreScientific declines $1B buyout offer from CoreWeave⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ERCOT recommends integrating Bitcoin Mining into the Texas grid⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OKX exchange bids against itself and massively overpays on fees⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A two-tier bitcoin fee market emerges

Full YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ep71 News⁠⁠ Recap (17.06.24)
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We're joined by Bitcoin analyst ⁠⁠@_Checkmatey_⁠⁠ to run through another huge month of headlines. With this much news, we've decided to do our recap fortnightly going forward.


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⁠⁠⁠Australian News

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠Julian Assange wins his right to appeal extradition to the USA

• Aus E-Safety saga continues
• Australian Government passes Digital ID Bill
•⁠ Medical prescription provider MediSecure data leak in ransomware attack
•⁠⁠⁠ ⁠RBA renovations exceed budget by over 400%



Global News

• ⁠CZ sentenced to 4 months jail and to pay $4.3B

• Bitcoin Judas arrested, US seeking extradition
• Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev behind bars
• ⁠Venezuela bans Bitcoin mining
•⁠ Peer to Peer Rights Fund launched to defend Samourai Devs who had their first hearing
•⁠⁠ Bitcoin Designers needed
•⁠⁠ MARA partners with Kenyan Government on bitcoin Mining
• US bans miners from site near ICBMs



Technical News
• ⁠Bitcoin++ Script edition goes full speed ahead on Covenants
• Microstrategy announces new Ordinals and Inscriptions collection
• Silentium wallet launches with support for Silent payments
• Utreexo leads the way toward mobile nodes
• ⁠Nostr Zap.store launched
• Bitaxe Supra open-source home miner now available
• New CoinJoin service Emessbee is available
• Cashu.me open-source browser wallet goes live


Full YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Ep70 May News⁠
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We recap another big month of news in Bitcoin, bitcoin mining and privacy news. This time we're joined by sparky & Bitcoin Adviser @dazbea who also builds the Bitcoin resource Looking Glass Education.



If you want to get your news recap 2x a month let us know @HardblockBTC


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⁠⁠⁠Australian News

• ⁠Australian ETF expected by end of 2024

• ⁠Antpool & Bitmain acting as a ‘pool of pools’ report

• US Gov rejects calls to end Assange case, submits ‘non-assurances’ for extradition

• ⁠Bitcoin Bushbash in Palm Cove, July 26-28⁠⁠⁠

Global News

• Samourai Wallet arrests and Keonne pleads not-guilty

• Coinbase partners with Lightspark to bring the Lightning Network to their platform & services
• Bhutan is upgrading their mining facilities by 500%
• Database containing personal info of 5.1million El Salvador citizens leaked

Technical News
• 5 Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editors added

• Block announces 3nm chip for their Bitcoin ASIC

• ⁠Tuscany Lightning Summit
• Bitcoin ASIC manufacturer Auradine raises another $80M in funding


Full YouTube: ⁠⁠Ep69 April News
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Join software engineer and open-source expert Andrew Pantyukhin this week to discuss BitcoinCore, the fundamental implementation of Bitcoin. You'll learn about Bitcoin development and some of his concerns.



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Content:

- His involvement in Bitcoin

- Is there Bitcoin development still?

- Bitcoin consensus

- Is diversity good for Bitcoin?

- The people working on BitcoinCore

- Is ossification a good thing?

- The future of Bitcoin development

Full YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Ep68 Unravelling BitcoinCore

This special episode covers what the Bitcoin Halving is, answers to common questions and a recap of what happened to the bitcoin price around previous halvings.

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Content:

- What is the Bitcoin Halving?

- Common questions answered

- The price of bitcoin

- What happened in previous halvings?

Full YouTube: ⁠⁠Ep67 Bitcoin Halving Explained Simply