This Week in Bitcoin Chris Fisher

The Samourai Wallet founders were arrested, what we know at this point, as well as El Salvador's Chivo Wallet hack. Plus, some good news for Bitcoin's improvement proposal process, my thoughts on the Epic halving sat bidding, and why Runes won't go away anytime soon.

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Epic halving sat BiddingSamourai Wallet Founders Arrested and Charged With Money LaunderingSouthern District of New York | Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses | United States Department of Justice[bitcoindev] Adding New BIP EditorsEl Salvador’s Chivo Wallet Source Code & VPN Access Leaked
WalletScrutiny - Know your wallet like you built it.Zeus v0.9.0-alpha1Jack Mallers on X: "Announcing Strike Europe 🇪🇺Bullet Proof Stacker Self-Custody Links:
Buy Sats on RiverLearn RoboSatsAQUA WalletSparrow Bitcoin Wallet - Sparrow WalletGreen: Bitcoin Wallet on the App StoreMusic
Play Guitar by Doerfel Family Bluegrass

The Bitcoin halving is here, but are Runes crashing the party? I'll explore how the halving could impact Bitcoin mining, the macro signs that indicate short-term price swings are probable, and why everyone is concerned Runes might cause a spike in transaction fees.

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Runes – Casey Rodarmor’s BlogBitcoin Suddenly Braced For A $35 Trillion Halving Price EarthquakeA bitcoin halving is imminent. Here’s what that means. - CBS NewsWhat bitcoin halving could mean for investors and minersBlockstream Green: Simple and secure Bitcoin walletAQUA WalletRiver Referal LinkLearn RoboSatsWhat is KYCCraig Wright Discontinues Tulip Trading Case in Major Win for Bitcoin Developers🚨 attention lnd node operators that have upgraded or are considering upgrading to bitcoind 27 🚨US Senator Cynthia Lummis says high ranking government officials feel threatened by Bitcoin - YouTubeMUSIC: 
Leave It Alone - June & The Jets

Roger Ver has presented an alternative narrative about Bitcoin's history. I've read it, so you don't have to.

Why he's trying to regulate the blocksize wars, and my response to his claims that Bitcoin's true potential has been stolen.

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Recent Interview w/Roger VerInside The Blocksize Wars with Adam Back and Jonathan Bier - YouTubeThis Week in Coins: Bitcoin Ends on a Downer as Rival Bitcoin Cash Shines - DecryptBitcoin: Supply Last Active 5+ Years Ago - Glassnode StudioBitcoin: Supply Last Active 2+ Years Ago - Glassnode Studiobips/bip-0101.mediawiki at master · bitcoin/bips
Mutiny Wallet v0.6.2: Federated Lightning Addresses for Mutiny+ UsersZEUS v0.8.3 is now available
Amazon.com: The Blocksize War: The battle over who controls Bitcoin’s protocol rulesMusic:
So Many Years by TJ Wong

More pro-Bitcoin voices are featured, but are some wolves in sheep's clothing? I'll examine the Pomp Problem and the Bitcoin beachhead spreading from state to state. Why the market bracing for higher inflation for longer, is not great news for Bitcoin in the short term.

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It’s a Higher-for-Longer World for Rates, and That’s OK - WSJWeekly market commentary | BlackRock Investment InstituteFed chair: Focusing solely on inflation is “no longer appropriate” - MarketplaceFed officials consider leaving rates higher for longer | The HillFed Chair Powell Wants Inflation to Cool More - The New York Times
The State of Louisiana Passes a Bill To Protect Your ‘Fundamental Bitcoin Rights’Satoshi Action Fund
Bitcoin’s risk/reward ratio will blow your mind - YouTubeBlockFi’s Rise and Fall: A Timeline


Mr. 100" bought 100% of new supply of Bitcoin over the last 2 days

Mutiny Wallet v0.6.1: New Home Screen, Nostr Profile Setup, Federation Discovery & RecommendationsVulnerabilities exploited in the wild fixed based on GrapheneOS reports - GrapheneOS Discussion ForumCoinbase Selects Lightspark for Lightning 🔄 Lightspark’s SDKs, APIs, and developer tools streamline Lightning Network integration, while Lightspark Predict optimizes liquidity requirements and routing in real time.🔐 Coinbase will use Lightspark’s remote-key signing implementation, allowing Coinbase to benefit from a scalable and reliable node infrastructure without managing Lightning keys.This seems to be after a team internally looked at standing up Lightning.This was the guy formerly in charge of implementing Lightning at Coinbase 💀Tether Awards $100K Grant to BTCPay Server FoundationResource of the Week:
Bitcoin Halving Countdown ClockMusic:
Element Zero By: Reel Richard

Blackrock's CEO has become openly bullish on Bitcoin, why he's taking a victory lap this week. This halving will actually be different, and I'll make the case why. Plus, a new project that could replace Lightning for the plebs.

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2024 Halving: This Time It’s Actually DifferentSEC scores big win in lawsuit against crypto exchange CoinbaseJoe Carlasare on X - SOL deflationary statementsBrian Armstrong 🛡️ on XHedgehog: Protocol for Asynchronous Layer 2 Bitcoin Paymentshedgehog on GitHubThe Future of Warfare | Jason Lowery | TEDxDAU - YouTubeSoftwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin: Lowery, Jason Paul: 9798371524188: Amazon.com: BooksUS National Defense Fellow at MIT, Major Jason Lowery: Blaming Bitcoin to protect your failing hegemony is not going to help youMusic:
Money Maker

The first shots were fired in the battle to bring the rest of "crypto" to the ETF market—the impact on Bitcoin and why the SEC might not be the hero we need.

Plus project updates, the historically bad week for one Bitcoin ETF, your boosts, and more.

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SEC probing crypto companies in Ethereum investigation as hopes for ETF dim Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of Ethereum’s 2014 Premine GBTC getting a ‘second wind’ of outflows, $1.4b this week along, now double any other ETF in outflows YTDin a day when GBTC saw record liquidations (to meet bankruptcy obligations of Genesis and others) and when bitcoin tumbled, Blackrock’s IBIT saw a surge of inflows. ETF demand is relentless and price indiscriminateRoboSats v0.6.0-alpha: The Federation LayerBisq 2 AMAMusic
Hodl.80 IQ.Patriot on X: “This is awesome”