Rabbit Hole Recap ODELL and Marty Bent

- OpenSats Receives Additional $21M Funding from #startsmall Initiative https://opensats.org/blog/opensats-receives-additional-funding-of-dollar21m-from-startsmall



- Block to Invest 10% of Bitcoin Profits into BTC Each Month for the Rest of 2024 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-to-invest-10-of-bitcoin-profits-into-btc-each-month/



- Spiral Renews Grants to Bitcoin Zavior and Matt Morehouse https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/spiral-renews-grants-to-bitcoin-zavior-matt-morehouse/



- Lightning Payments Biz Mash to Shut Down https://x.com/getmash/status/1787863323825893499



- AgoraDesk / LocalMonero P2P Exchange to Shut Down on November 7 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/agoradesk-localmonero-shutting-down/



- libsecp256k1 v0.5.0: Faster Key Generation & Signing https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/libsecp256k1-v0-5-0/



- COLDCARD Mk4 v5.3.0 and Q v1.2.0Q: Shared Codebase https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coldcard-mk4-v5-3-0-and-v1-2-0q/



- Geyser v0.8.0: On-chain to Lightning Donation Swaps via Boltz https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/geyser-v0-8-0/



- LDK v0.0.123: 'BOLT12 Dust Sweeping' https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ldk-v0-0-123/



- BDK v1.0.0-alpha.10: Improved Address API, Simplified Esplora API https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bdk-v1-0-0-alpha-10/



- Zeus v0.8.4: Select Wallet/Node on Start-up https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-v0-8-4/



- Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.6: Canary Wallets to Detect Unauthorized Key Usage https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-keeper-v1-2-6/



- Emessbee: Construct Coinjoin Transactions Without a Coordinator https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/introducing-emessbee/



- Blockstream Green Desktop v2.0.5: Add Singlesig Watch-only Wallets & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-green-desktop-v2-0-5/



- Swan Discloses Mining Partnership with Tether https://twitter.com/Swan/status/1787951439576232315



- Tether Enhances Compliance Measures with Chainalysis Ecosystem Monitoring Solution https://tether.io/news/tether-enhances-compliance-measures-with-chainalysis-ecosystem-monitoring-solution/



3:41 - US/Japan swap line

8:22 - Dashboard

11:16 - OpenSats receives funding

18:52 - Social engineering attacks

27:41 - Block investing in bitcoin

32:19 - Spiral grants

33:31 - Mash

36:12 - AgoraDeak shutting down

37:31 - Boosts

40:09 - Open source fixes this

44:17 - Software updates

52:25 - Pubkey RHR

56:29 - Swan mining

1:01:56 - Tether Chainalysis

1:04:57 - Final thoughts





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- Phoenix Wallet to Stop Serving US Customers on May 3rd https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/phoenix-wallet-to-be-removed-from-us-app-stores-on-may-3/



- zkSNACKs Blocks US Users and Will Suspend Its Coinjoin Coordination Service on June 1st https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zksnacks-to-suspend-its-coinjoin-coordination-service-on-june-1st/



- DOJ Challenges Tornado Cash Developers' Motion to Dismiss Criminal Indictment https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/doj-challenges-roman-storms-motion-to-dismiss-indictment/



- Custodia Bank Appeals District Court Decision Denying It Fed Master Account Access https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/custodia-bank-files-court-appeal/



- Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Keonne Rodriguez Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $1M Bond https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/samourai-wallet-co-founder-keonne-rodriguez-pleads-not-guilty/



- Binance's Founder CZ Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cz-sentenced-to-4-months-in-prison/



- Roger Ver Charged with Mail Fraud, Tax Evasion & Filing False Tax Returns https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/roger-ver-indicted-for-tax-fraud/



- Federal Prosecutors Are (Still) Investigating Jack Dorsey's Block for Alleged Gaps in Compliance https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-square-cash-app-federal-investigation/



- MicroStrategy Unveils Inscription-based DIDs Spec and Enterprise Platform https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/microstrategy-orange-did-solution/



- Coinbase Starts Rolling Out Lightning Network Support in Partnership with Lightspark https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coinbase-starts-rolling-out-lightning/



- Bull Bitcoin Launched Fee Multiple for Fee-efficient Transactions https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bull-bitcoin-fee-multiple/



- OpenSats Long-Term Support For Shashwat Vangani https://opensats.org/blog/shashwat-vangani-receives-lts-grant



- OCEAN Pool Integrates BOLT12 Lightning Payouts https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ocean-pool-integrates-bolt12-lightning-payouts/



- Hodl Hodl Introduces New Interface https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/hodl-hodl-introduces-new-interface/



- Hoseki launches ETF transparency dashboard https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitwise-first-to-join-new-spot-bitcoin-etf-transparency-dashboard-by-hoseki



- Labelbase v2.1.1: Self-Hosted Labelbase Only https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/labelbase-v2-1-1/



- MyNode v0.3.28 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mynode-v0-3-28/



- Samourai Dojo v1.25.0: Removed Whirlpool CLI https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/samourai-dojo-v1-25-0/



- Lightning Terminal v0.12.5-alpha: Updated LND, Loop Daemons https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lightning-terminal-v-12-5-alpha/



- Helm Wallet: Liquid Web Wallet Using Boltz Swaps for Lightning https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/helm-wallet/



- bitcoin++ Austin 2024: Day 1 Livestream https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btc-plus-plus-austin-2024-day-1/



- bitcoin++ Austin 2024: Day 2 Livestream https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-plus-plus-austin-2024-day-2/



3:41 - Having a laugh in hectic times

10:30 - Microstrategy Orange

12:46 - Dashboard

16:27 - What a week

20:28 - Phoenix drops US

23:43 - zkSNACKs stopping coinjoin

26:01 - DOJ disputes Tornado Cash dismissal

28:55 - Custodia

30:53 - Keonne Rodriguez out on bail

31:59 - CZ gets 4 months

37:17 - Roger Ver indicted for tax fraud

39:50 - Block compliance investigation

42:07 - Coinbase lightning

43:39 - Bull Bitcoin fee multiple

45:42 - BOLT12 and OpenSats support for Shashwat Vangani

51:42 - New Hodl Hodl interface

52:39 - Hoseki Bitwise

58:33 - Boosts

1:01:29 - Software updates

1:10:19 - Bitcoin++

1:13:05 - Books are good



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- Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested & Charged with Money Laundering, Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/



- How to Migrate Samourai Wallet & Implications for Whirlpool Users https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/how-to-recover-samourai-wallet-and-implications-for-different-types-of-users/



- EU Parliament Adopts New Financial Surveillance Rules for Service Providers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-adopts-new-financial-surveillance-aml-rules/



- Biden Signs Reauthorization of Expanded FISA 702 Warrantless Surveillance Program After It Passes Senate https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/biden-signs-fisa-702-warrantless-surveillance-program-after-it-passes-senate/



- Five New Editors Added to Oversee Bitcoin Improvement Proposals https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/five-new-editors-added-to-bitcoin-improvement-proposals/



- Strike Launches Services in Europe https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/strike-launches-in-europe/



- Primal Introduces Top Zaps to All of Its Nostr Clients https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/primal-introduces-top-zaps-to-all-of-its-nostr-clients/



- Block Announces 3nm Bitcoin Mining Chip & Development of Full Bitcoin Mining System https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-announces-3nm-bitcoin-mining-chip-development-of-full-bitcoin-mining-system/



- OpenSats Receives $1M Donation From The Reynolds Foundation https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-receives-1m-from-reynolds-foundation/



- Blossom Drive: Store & Retrieve Data on Public Servers Using sha256 Universal ID https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blossom-intro/



- PayPal Proposes Scheme To Selectively Mine With ESG Compliant Miners https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/paypal-proposes-scheme-to-selectively-mine-with-esg-compliant-miners/



- AntPool & Bitmain Acting as 'a Pool of Pools' - Report https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitmain-antpool-pool-of-pools-report/



3:41 - Cypherpunk manifesto

9:35 - Samourai arrests

18:54 - Dashboard

20:39 - EU fin surveillance

22:07 - Revisiting Antpool

46:20 - Revisiting FISA surveillance

50:41 - Big zaps

52:51 - BIP editors

55:22 - Strike Europe

58:53 - CD hats

1:00:32 - Primal top zaps

1:06:17 - Boosts

1:14:21 - Block 3nm

1:16:50 - OpenSats $1M donation

1:18:51 - Blossom

1:24:38 - PayPal ESG mining

1:29:02 - FBI warns against non-kyc



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- Craig Wright Discontinues Tulip Trading Case in Major Win for Bitcoin Developers https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/craig-wright-down-bad/

- Bitcoin Core v0.27: BIP324 v2 Transport On by Default, New mempool.dat Format & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-v0-27/

- OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Nostr Developers Stuart Bowman and hzrd149 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-lts-stuart-bowman-hzrd149/

- AntPool & Bitmain Acting as 'a Pool of Pools' - Report https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitmain-antpool-pool-of-pools-report/

- FISA Section 702 Reauthorization Bill Allowing NSA to Force US Businesses Serve as Surrogate Spies Advances to Senate https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fisa-section-702-reauthorization-bill-advances-to-senate/

0:00 - Bitcoin sign
5:10 - End of an epoch
9:35 - Dashboard
14:30 - Pools in pools
21:00 - The Halving block
31:30 - Halving events
34:50 - Nashville RHR event
39:50 - Dead men and dead man switches
46:15 - Craig Wright
49:35 - OpenSats grants
52:50 - Bitcoin Core update
55:10 - Yellen and other dinosaurs
59:00 - FISA
1:01:45 - Bitcoin is the only real market
1:08:50 - Predictions for the next epoch
1:30:45 - Shilling the sign

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- Bhutan to Ramp Up Bitcoin Mining Capacity to 600MW as Halving Looms https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bhutan-to-upgrade-bitcoin-mining-in-himalayas-as-halving-looms/

- Paraguay Reconsiders Mining Ban In Favor of Selling Excess Energy to Bitcoin Miners https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/paraguay-reconsiders-bitcoin-mining-ban/

- Database Containing Personal Information of 5.1 Million Salvadoran Citizens Leaked https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/database-containing-personal-information-of-5-million-salvadoran-citizens-leaked/

- Atlanta 2022 CoreDev Event Probed by the FBI https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/atlanta-2022-coredev-event-probed-by-the-fbi/

- OpenSats Announces Long-Term Support for PabloF7z https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-announces-lts-to-pablof7z/

- Hardware Wallet Interface (HWI) v3.0.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/hwi-v3-0-0/

- Core Lightning v24.02.2 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/core-lightning-v24-02-2/

- LDK v0.0.122: Bug Fixes https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ldk-v0-0-122/

- Zeus v0.8.3: On-chain tx Coin Control for LND, Improved Controls for Neutrino Peers & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-v0-8-3/

- Mutiny Wallet v0.6.2: Federated Lightning Addresses for Mutiny+ Users https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mutiny-wallet-v0-6-2/

- Phoenix Wallet v2.2.2: Updated Fee Estimation for On-The-Fly Channel https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/phoenix-wallet-v2-2-2/

- Sparrow Wallet v1.8.5: Whirlpool Over Decentralized Soroban https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/sparrow-wallet-v1-8-5/

- RoninUI v2.5.0: New Troubleshooting Page, Enhanced Whirlpool UI https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/roninui-v2-5-0/

- BlueWallet v6.6.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bluewallet-v6-6-0/

- Bisq v1.9.15: Bug Fixes and Improvements https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq-v1-9-15/

- Blockstream Green Android v4.0.27, iOS v4.0.26, Desktop v2.0.3 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-green-updates-4-0-27/

- bitcoin++ Austin to Take Place on May 1-4 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-plus-plus-austin-2024/

- Mi Primer Bitcoin Introduces 2024 Edition of Its Student Workbook https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mi-primer-bitcoin-workbook-2024/


3:41 - This... Is...

8:23 - Dashboard

13:16 - Bit Block Boom

17:02 - Bhutan mining

19:40 - Paraguay does a 180

23:47 - El Salvador massive leak

28:29 - Atlanta Core Dev FBI probe

31:41 - Open source DRAMA

43:43 - Boosts

47:56 - Mad world

50:03 - Software updates

58:34 - Announcements


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3:41 - The numbers, Marty, what do they mean?

7:35 - Dashboard

11:35 - Taiwan earthquake

22:43 - XZ Tools

34:21 - Argentina

41:39 - Carbon credits

44:26 - S21 Pro

48:36 - Bull Bitcoin

52:21 - Coinbase lightning

53:17 - Casa

58:07 - Tether grants BTCPay

1:03:01 - Boosts

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