Australian Bitcoin Podcast

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Discount link (get 6 months of bitcoin Auto-Send withdrawals for free): https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod  Host: twitter.com/danWilcz  Notes - What are NFTs - History of NFTs - Motivation for creating Ordinals - What are Ordinals - Criticism of Ordinals - The Case for Ordinals - How to get started with Ordinals Find out more about Ordinals by going to: https://docs.ordinals.com/ https://twitter.com/rodarmor

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Discount link (get 6 months of bitcoin Auto-Send withdrawals for free): https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod  Host: twitter.com/danWilcz Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Review of price action over the past - Making price predictions for the next cycle link to related blog post: https://learn.hardblock.com.au/price-predictions/

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Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod - Use this link for 6 months free automated bitcoin withdrawals. The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and  privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest  interviews. Guest: @_Bosch_ Bitcoin designer and Spiral Grantee.  In this episode we discuss how Bosch got into Bitcoin and his journey to being a Bitcoin designer to the Zeus Lightning wallet and contributing to the Bitcoin Design Guide. Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

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Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod - Use this link for 6 months free automated bitcoin withdrawals. The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.     Guest: Adam Ahmed from https://adamahmed.com.au/  In this episode we discuss whether Bitcoin is a foreign currency, Adam's case involving bitcoin, the future of lawyers and smart contracts and inheritance planning. Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

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Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.   Guest: Hanna from https://tutanota.com Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Importance of online privacy - Tutanota's history and mission (and profit model) - Benefits of using a private and secure email (ie, Tutanota) over 'traditional' offerings like Gmail (eg, end-to-end encryption, no device fingerprinting, mostly no IP logging, open source verifiable code, and personal customer service) - Upcoming Tutanota features (eg, encrypted calendar, cloud storage, notes, and contacts, as well as quantum resistant encryption) - CTemplar private email service closing down suddenly - Benefits of using Tutanota specifically over other secure email options like ProtonMail (eg, encrypted email subject/title, German versus Swiss privacy culture and anti-surveillance laws) - Accepting bitcoin payments for Tutanota sign-ups, bitcoin as a quantum alarm clock, and bitcoin as an anti-spam device

Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.   Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/_k3tan https://twitter.com/ministryofnodes Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Becoming a seaplane pilot in the Maldives to orange pill unsuspecting passengers - What is a bitcoin node? - Why run your own bitcoin node (better security and privacy)? - What nodes have we experimented with (bitcoin core, electrum servers, MyNode, RoninDojo, and Umbrel / Citadel)? - Should you run a node on a single-board computer or a desktop / laptop with more processing power? - What is the electrum server stack (bitcoin core > electrum server > Sparrow wallet)? - What are the pros and cons of running bitcoin core alone versus with an electrum server (personal, rust, or fulcrum)? - Troubleshooting the initial indexing for fulcrum server (eg, using internal SSD, turning down fast sync and increasing swap space) - BTCPay Server options (self-hosted node box versus virtual private server versus using a community node) - What's the difference between BTCPay Server and other options (eg, SatSale)? - Should you run your node on a dedicated device or your daily driver device? - Should you run Tor or a VPN with your node? - How can you use firewalls or virtual networks (or guest networks) to improve your node security? - Take advantage of the bear market - it's time to be productive and to learn! References Ministry of Nodes website and Youtube channel: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/ https://www.youtube.com/c/MinistryofNodes k3tans bitcoin journey and a discussion about bitcoin on-chain privacy best practices (including KYC vs no KYC, Samourai & Sparrow Coinjoin Tools, and Network Privacy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaiTeZcRk_Q Introduction to bitcoin nodes for (beginners including what is a bitcoin node, why run a node, and common node options): https://learn.hardblock.com.au/bitcoin-nodes/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTJiQB06QNQ

Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod Hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes Why self custody? - bank runs, bank bail ins, exchange insolvencies, censorship; and overall: third party ("counterparty") risk - bitcoin ethos: not your keys, not your coins  and  don't trust, verify! How to self custody? - ideally with an air-gapped device (but what is an air-gapped device, what are the benefits, and does a hardware wallet count as an air-gapped device?) Instructions - Beginners: Use an air-gapped hardware wallet like ColdCard or Passport and follow their standard instructions; if you're looking for ways to improve from there, then: 1) interact with your hardware wallet using a watch-only FOSS software wallet (eg, Sparrow or Electrum), 2) connect your wallet software to your own node (eg, Bitcoin Core), and 3) spend using the standard PSBT (partially-signed bitcoin transaction) features within your chosen software and hardware wallet. - Intermediate and Advanced (and courageous Beginners): 1) Use an air-gapped hardware wallet, access it via a watch-only FOSS software wallet (eg, Sparrow or Electrum), connect your wallet software to your own node and index server (eg, Bitcoin Core + ElectrumRS or Fulcrum Server), and then spend using standard PSBT features within your chosen software and hardware wallet. 2) Generate an offline cold wallet using an air-gapped device (eg, using Ian Coleman's BIP39 calculator, Bitcoin QnA's Seed calculator, or generate an offline wallet in Sparrow or Electrum wallet); save the seed words, passphrase, derivation path, extended public key and/or any number of receiving addresses; then you can query individual receiving addresses over VPN and/or Tor on public blockchains (or ideally on your own node if it has a block explorer feature), or alternatively you can load the cold wallet's extended public key into an online but watch-only wallet (eg, Sparrow or Electrum) that's connected to your own node; and when you're ready to spend, you can do so after sweeping individual receiving addresses (using the associated private key) into a new online hot wallet dedicated to spending. Resources https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ https://bitcoiner.guide/seed/ https://armantheparman.com/agc/

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Discount link (get 6 months of free bitcoin Auto-Send withdrawals): https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.   Thanks to our guests: https://twitter.com/2BitIdiots of https://anchor.fm/2bitidiots & https://bitcoin-first.com https://twitter.com/StackingHats https://twitter.com/BitcoinBrendo Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au - Striking a balance between podcasting and privacy - Hats' & Brendo's bitcoin journey (come for the money, stay for the financial revolution) - Brendo and Justin's dads (almost) falling for bitcoin scams - Scams in the bitcoin and broader cryptocurrency space being detrimental for bitcoin adoption - Bitcoiner's being high on the personality construct "openness to experience", as well as believing in individual freedom and responsibility, and being comfortable having contrarian views - Lamenting the ironic inefficiencies and corruption of large (especially government) institutions that aim to be efficient and fair - How Hats and Brendo got into bitcoin podcasting - The role of politicians is to manage the circus in the media, which is one reason why more or different politicians never solve the ongoing problems - Starting https://bitcoin-first.com - Podcaster self-doubts: Are we contributing anything? Is there anything still left to say? - Having podcast partners and contributors helps to stay motivated - Nic Carter self-destructing, and people's general inability to apologise or be wrong - What would happen if Satoshi returned and claimed his bitcoin? - Who was Satoshi? Hal Finney, Len Sassaman, Adam Back? - The great shitcoin shake-out and bitcoin de-leveraging (eg, Celsius, BlockFi, Voyager, 3AC, etc): A net benefit for the ecosystem, but a tragedy for individuals caught up in scams, rug-pulls, and third-party custodian risk - The best thing you can get is a punch (or slap or kick) in the face, because it helps you learn - Anarchist and Minarchist hopes for smaller governments that compete as service providers for the betterment of their citizens - Mental health problems are rooted in people living incongruously with their values - Admiring the art of https://twitter.com/woodpixart - Living a life of value and meaning is the hardest work you'll ever do, but it's worth it - The benefits of toxic bitcoin maximalism, as long as it focuses on actions (rather than personalities) - What's exciting in bitcoin right now? Lawrence Lepard getting into bitcoin, Lightning Network development, bitcoin mining, and understanding the engineering elegance of bitcoin - What's an issue in bitcoin right now? Bitcoiner's aren't bullish enough, and bitcoin may continue to be bundled together with other cryptocurrencies

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Discount link (get 6 months of free bitcoin Auto-Send withdrawals): https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.   Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/worldofrusty of www.worldofrusty.com Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Bitcoin is a filter - it teaches you to stay humble, stack sats, be productive, and not over-leverage yourself - Celsius debacle, shitcoin scams (eg LUNA and UST), and shitcoin casinos - Living on a bitcoin standard can be tough in bear markets - Increasing financial freedom with a Self-managed Superannuation Fund - Rusty's bitcoin journey, including working with Tone Vays and Michael Saylor and joining the meme factory (PS: fuck you Greg) - The power of memes in conveying messages and shifting narratives - Max Keiser is the final form of all bitcoiners - Having a spiritual connection with bitcoin - Appreciating the incentives model of the whole bitcoin ecosystem - Money is always hierarchical, but bitcoin provides equality in rules - Threats to bitcoin: changing the code (or not being able to change the code when issues like the block header overflow bug arise) - Toxic bitcoin maximalism as a cultural immune system for bitcoin (and it comes from a place of love not vitriol) - Bear markets are when the productive stuff gets done - stay focused on the fundamentals, get involved and contribute, and stay humble and stack sats

We apologise for the low audio volume in this episode - that'll be fixed for next time! Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod Hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Bitcoin price technical analysis - Macroeconomic market review, including: currencies, Government bonds, energy, and food prices References - How the momentum indicator was developed: https://www.olivermsa.com/ - A report on the likelihood of a Fed pivot (back to quantitative easing and away from increasing interest rates): https://www.myrmikan.com/pub/Myrmikan_Research_2022_06_14.pdf - The Big Silver Short by Chris Marcus: https://www.amazon.com.au/Big-Silver-Short-Short-Squeeze-Lifetime/dp/B08BDZ5H6K

Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod Hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin  &  https://twitter.com/danWilcz Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au GLOBAL - UK, Spain, EU, & Turkey CPI: https://tradingeconomics.com - Sri Lanka bankrupt: https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/collapsed-sri-lankan-prime-minister-declares-nation-now-bankrupt/news-story/4036098a1771187562f81864146ee308 - BlockFi, Voyager, Celsius, & FTX fiasco: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ftx-strikes-deal-with-option-to-buy-crypto-lender-blockfi/ar-AAZ8Loq https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/25/morgan-creek-is-trying-to-counter-ftxs-blockfi-bailout-leaked-call-shows https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-broker-voyager-seeks-bankruptcy-054126585.html?_guc_consent_skip=1657583648 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/24/goldman-sachs-raising-funds-to-buy-celsius-assets-sources - Vauld declares insolvency: https://www.vauld.com/blog/corporate-statement - NYDIG allies with Deloitte: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/deloitte-and-nydig-announce-alliance-to-provide-banking-for-all-with-bitcoin-301571356.html - Citibank hires Swiss firm Metaco to establish a digital asset custody platform: https://bitcoinist.com/citibank-to-develop-bitcoin-services - US and Britain ban gold imports: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/world/europe/the-us-and-britain-will-ban-imports-of-gold-from-russia.html - Zimbabwe gold coins: https://www.reuters.com/business/zimbabwe-introduce-gold-coins-local-currency-tumbles-2022-07-05 - India raises gold import tax: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-raises-import-tax-gold-125-75-2022-07-01 - India's controversial crypto tax law: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/indias-day-of-reckoning-with-e2-80-98most-controversial-crypto-tax-e2-80-99-is-here/ar-AAZ5HE0 - India data logging: https://darknetlive.com/post/vpn-services-in-india-required-to-maintain-logs - The Bank of Japan owns over 50% of all Japanese bonds: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rubicon-has-been-crossed-boj-now-owns-more-50-all-japanese-bonds - Gary Gensler calls bitcoin a ‘commodity’: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gensler-labels-bitcoin-a-commodity-as-crypto-prices-stabilize-11656340239 - Grayscale sues the SEC: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/grayscale-is-suing-the-sec-for-denying-its-spot-bitcoin-etf - OpenNode partners with Lemon Cash: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/opennode-partners-with-lemon-cash-to-enable-bitcoin-lightning-payments - Bitcoin Policy Institute report: https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/bpi-submits-report-to-us-department-of-commerce - Peter Schiff's bank closed: https://cointelegraph.com/news/peter-schiff-s-bank-closure-strengthens-bitcoin-case-for-financial-freedom AUSTRALIAN - RBA raises rates to 1.35%: https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2022/mr-22-20.html - BTC.com.au is closing down: https://btc.com.au/blog/an-important-announcement - Volt bank shuts down: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/australias-first-neobank-volt-shut-deposit-taking-business-return-licence-2022-06-29 - Digital-X holds ~216 bitcoin on their balance sheet: https://clients3.weblink.com.au/pdf/DCC/02515329.pdf TECHNICAL - Samsung 3nm chip for bitcoin mining: https://www.btctimes.com/news/new-samsung-chip-will-help-mine-bitcoin-more-efficiently - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter (Issue #207): https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/07/06

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.   Guest: Piers of https://mineracks.com Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsor: HardBlock https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Setting up www.mineracks.com and making the facility acessible for visits from customers - Attempting to solve the three common problems for bitcoin mining in Australia: 1) understanding if it's profitable, 2) buying a miner, and 3) dealing with the heat and noise (especially if it's in your home)! - Learning about bitcoin mining keeps you humble as you're always learning and meeting people who are motivated by the right values - Compass Mining and BitRiver US-Russia sanctions fiasco - a risk / trade-off many didn't consider when looking at the cheaper energy prices - Piers' bitcoin journey - Receiving a cheque from the FBI from the eGold rug-pull and being unable to cash it due to high fees (peak fiat!) - Trying to find the "next bitcoin" and realising there isn't and won't be one - Setting up bitcoin and lightning nodes, using the technology, and realising the utility it has - Discovering bitcoin mining initially through GPU mining of shitcoins - Realising stacking hash is as addictive as stacking Sats - Taking on the personal mission to help non-miners get access to the mining industry if they choose to - Running one's own node and using the network may be the tipping point for becoming a bitcoin maximalist - Understanding the benefits of proof-of-work over proof-of-stake through lived experience and experimentation - Consensus versus democratic or authoritarian systems - Libertarian and Austrian ideals in regards to free markets in the context of other cryptocurrencies and bitcoin - Experiencing five difference currencies, hyperinflation, and sovereign confiscation of private assets in South America - Financial privilege gets in the way of Westerners understanding the global benefits of bitcoin adoption - Family and friends reactions to transitioning to a bitcoin-focused vocation - Working on containerized mining solutions for flare gas mining sites - Most people working in the bitcoin industry needs to be a polymath - Tips for people starting their bitcoin mining journey (eg, adopting the right mindset and understanding the risks) - Building the Australian bitcoin mining industry to further decentralize the overall bitcoin mining ecosystem - Mining is a collaborative competitive industry - a non-zero sum game unlike anything else! - Orange pill stories and tips: shitcoin miners transitioning to mine bitcoin, 1) establish yourself as a knowledgeable and trustworthy source of information; 2) expose the person to the network; 3) be helpful, and let them come to you - Things to be bullish about: motivated, innovative, and intelligent bitcoinrs! - Bitcoin is an energy buyer of last resort; an energy sink which stabilizes demand and lowers the price for everyone; an efficient way to utilise our otherwise wasted energy resources - Threats to bitcoin: the energy debate and a global push towards less reliable energy and discussion over the morality and utility of proof-of-work protocols (similar to the net neutrality debate)

Discount link: https://hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod Guest: https://twitter.com/llfourn (https://github.com/llfourn) - Contact Lloyd to work on bitcoin development with him in Malaysia! Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Notes - Lloyd's bitcoin journey and getting into bitcoin (and cryptography) development - Developing the GUN (Go Up Number) command line interface bitcoin wallet - Developing the stripped-down DLC (discrete log contracts) betting/wager extension for GUN - Working on FROST, a new multi-signature protocol that uses Schnorr threshold signatures with a single public key (rather than multiple public keys being disclosed on the blockchain like in 'traditional' multi-signature protocols) - Privacy-improving and data-saving (leading to fee-reducing) affects of Schnorr signature aggregation - History of why ECDSA (elliptic curve digital signature algorithm) was used initially over Schnorr signatures (spoiler: it's related to patents) - Lightning Network (LN) privacy considerations: - Where (on-chain) are your LN channel open transactions originating from? - Practical tip: using coinjoins or coinswaps before opening LN channels can improve privacy - Privacy versus convenience trade-offs when sending LN directly to your recipient versus sending via multiple intermediary hops first - More hops on a LN payment pathway is not always better (eg, it can lead to payment failure, and could erode privacy if multiple of those routing nodes are surveilling the network)) - Practical tips: keep all your channels unannounced ("private") and only connect with nodes you trust are not performing network surveillance - Will PTLCs (point time locked contracts) improve LN privacy more than currently-used HTLCs (hashed time lock contracts)? - Channel probing attacks exist today to discover "private" (ie, unannounced) LN channels and to determine their channel balance; this is exacerbated by public channels announcing all of their identifying details (which makes process-of-elimination and brute-force attacks more viable on the remaining unannounced channels) - What you do with your on-chain coins (UTXOs) after closing a LN channel can be important with regard to privacy; in fact, what your channel partners do with their on-chain UTXOs post channel close can also impact your privacy! - Practical tip: coinswap or coinjoin your left-over UTXO after closing a LN channel - Cross-layer links (ie, base-layer and LN layer) are bad for privacy, but some improvements are coming (eg, using unique channel aliases/IDs with each LN node you connect with, rather than a reused channel ID that can be linked easily back to your on-chain UTXO) - Practical tip: run your own node (but be mindful it can be done badly - there are cases when using a trusted third party may be better) - LN sender-side privacy is generally better than receiver-side, as a LN invoice to receive a payment will leak private information (eg, which UTXO belongs to the node) - Practical tip: don't re-use LN invoices - A potential LN privacy and convenience solution: using payment hubs, similar to the Tumblebit proposal and Chaumian e-cash mints (eg, FediMint or MiniMint), but with added improvements with regards to custody of funds and transaction output size - Attending the Asia-Pacific Bitcoin Socratic to help flesh out bitcoin improvements References https://bitcoinproblems.org https://github.com/bitcoin-sydney/socratic https://abytesjourney.com/lightning-privacy

Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/talej (of https://voltpay.app) Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - VoltPay.app a Lightning Network Point-of-Sale User-friendly Merchant Wallet - Michael's bitcoin journey and becoming a developer - Being counter-culture and mistrusting the media helped to discover and learn about bitcoin - Understanding Austrian economics and Libertarian perspectives helped to grok bitcoin - The importance of building an economy (especially a circular economy) that people can't be excluded from - The reaction of colleagues, friends, and family when moving into bitcoin development work - Build the tools and the circular economy will come! - VoltPay current features: customisable inventory (including set prices for products, along with custom categories and units/groupings of products), customisable amounts if no product has been set up yet, multiple currency options, deposit and withdrawal features, dark mode, Wallet of Satoshi for liquidity - VoltPay future features: LNURL function so users can setup their own name@VoltPay address, ability to plug into own LDN or C-Lightning node, semi-offline mode, ability to have static QR codes for individual products, NFC functionality for contactless payments - Running a community market garden to establish shorter supply chains and make better quality food available to neighbours (versus them relying on inefficient global supply chains and fiat farming practices which are generally unhealthy for the land and the food consumer) - Collaborative competition in community farming, similar to an open source project / network (or bitcoin mining) - Australan Tax Law "Personal Use" exemption - brief discussion and strategies, including the "spend and replace" model - Bitcoin needs a "Fiverr" equivalent, maybe a SatsSer? - Regenerative farming with goats, cattle, and other livestock - focus on building the soil and the great vegetables will be a natural byproduct - Issues with traditional ("classical") farming through monocropping and excessive (and escalating) fertilizer use - Sled dogging in Australia - Huskies and Malamutes can be hard dogs to train - How does someone get started in bitcoin app development or development more generally? - Things to be bullish about with bitcoin: there's so much educational tangent topics from bitcoin, e.g., psychology, philosophy, economics - Bitcoiners are abnormally exceptional - Bitcoin risks: regulatory capture and general regulatory risks - Cypherpunks Write Code documentary - encryption and anti-encryption regulation has been and will continue to be a cat-and-mouse game - Orange pill techniques: focus on the money, especially the problems with it (including the fractional reserve banking and inflation) - A tangent into psychology: living a life of meaning and value is hard work, but it's important to find that meaning to remain on track; your mind is like a garden, so be sure to prioritise the plants that you want - don't always focus on the weeds; the mind is naturally more negative too, so get used to rolling with that; and once you find your meaning - get started, and don't get paralysed by analysis! Resources Cypherpunks Write Code https://youtu.be/9vM0oIEhMag

Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod Hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/danWilcz Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes Bitcoin price crash, Celsius liquidations, and the benefits of DCA'ing and avoiding leverage GLOBAL US annual CPI rose to 8.6% in May: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-10/us-inflation-unexpectedly-accelerates-to-40-year-high-of-8-6 Federal Reserve raised interest rates to a new level of 1.5%: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/to-fight-sky-high-inflation-the-federal-reserve-just-raised-interest-rates-three-times-faster-than-usual-e2-80-94-and-the-most-since-since-1994/ar-AAYvisU Cynthia Lummis has introduced a bitcoin and crypto bill that includes recognising bitcoin as a commodity: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/heres-whats-in-senator-lummis-bitcoin-bill Alex Gladstein and human rights advocates from 20 countries across send letter to US Congress: https://www.financialinclusion.tech/ China bank protest (due to deposit ‘bail in’) stopped by COVID ‘health app’ turning red: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-bank-protest-stopped-by-health-codes-turning-red-depositors-say-2022-06-14/ http://lifeweek.com.cn/article/165940 Bank of Canada (ie, the Canadian central bank) reported that the number of Canadians holding bitcoin doubled from 2020 to 2021: https://finbold.com/bank-of-canada-number-of-canadians-holding-bitcoin-doubled-in-2021/ Gazprom (third-largest oil producer in Russia) is partnering with BitRiver (a bitcoin mining company) to mine bitcoin with its excess oil resources: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/gazpromneft-partners-with-bitriver-to-mine-bitcoin Majid Al Futtaim Group (a retail giant) will soon accept bitcoin payments in 29 of their shopping malls and 13 hotels in Dubai: https://twitter.com/BTC_Archive/status/1533744002083717120?s=20&t=uX2R0sTg3ZELVdmFKDjz1A Octagon Networks (an American cybersecurity firm) has converted its entire balance sheet into bitcoin: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/octagon-networks-converts-full-balance-sheet-into-bitcoin AUSTRALIAN Reserve Bank of Australia has raised interest rates for the second month in a row, increasing by 50 basis points to 0.85% https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/rba-hikes-interest-rates-for-second-month-in-a-row/ar-AAY9IEG TECHNICAL 2022 Lightning Network Summit summary: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2022-June/003600.html Hacker claims to have extracted Telegram data including incriminating messages from prominent crypto influencers involved in pump and dump schemes: https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss24a6 Jack Dorsey (Block, Inc) released further detail about TBD, a bitcoin-based decentralized exchange: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/jack-dorseys-tbd-presents-bitcoin-based-decentralized-web5 SethForPrivacy releases a technical summary of bitcoin privacy-related improvements: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/list-of-bitcoin-privacy-proposals OXT Research updates their chain analytics visualiser to include better wallet fingerprinting information: https://medium.com/oxt-research/oxt-update-38591f4050d9 Bitcoin hash rate reached a new all-time-high of around ~241 exahash per second: https://insights.braiins.com/en/ Lightning Network capacity reaches an all-time-high of 4000 BTC: https://btx.com.au/bitcoin-lightning-network-capacity-charges-through-4000-btc/

Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/rusty_twit Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/danWilcz Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Reflecting on the 2022 Lightning Summit (including discussing the Oakland protocol for improving LN privacy in the context of channel probing, as well as agreeing on zero confirmation channel opens): https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2022-June/003600.html - How are LN improvement proposals implemented (through a collaborative yet adversarial process)? - Collaborative work with Blockstream (Core Lightning), Lightning Labs (LND), Lightning Development Kit (Block, Inc), ACINQ (Phoenix Wallet), Eclair, VLS, Breez Wallet, Anthony Towns, René Pickhardt, Matt Corallo - LN engineers are focused on improving privacy and interoperability while expanding utility of the network (eg, making subscription/streaming micro-payments easier, as well as developing solutions for refund scenarios) - Understanding the discrepancy in priorities and methods between Core Lightning and LND - Remembering to celebrate the wins, appreciate how far bitcoin and lightning has come, but to remain focused on solving current and future problems - Rusty's journey as a developer (including Linux kernel development), how he got into bitcoin, getting Mt Gox'd, and ending up in lightning development - Recent and current work on the lightning network (including dual-funded channel opens, and building the Core Lightning community and user-base) - HardBlock implementing lightning deposits and withdrawals - considering Core Lightning versus the competition for an institutional implementation (eg, Core Lightning focuses on stability / reliability and modular add-ons for additional features and experimentation) - Blockstream's Greenlight project - providing a non-custodial yet third-party hosted Core Lightning solution for institutions - Discussion of sender versus receiver privacy on lightning network, including potential solutions (eg, Trampoline Routing; Zero-conf channel opens with short channel aliases; and Blinded Routing) - Basis of Lightning Technology (BOLT) 12 versus BOLT 11 - improvements and new features - Lightning network improvement procedure in comparison to the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) process - Improvements to lightning network privacy by changing the way public channels are announced on the Gossip network - How the bitcoin block header overflow bug will need to be fixed with a hard fork - Does fixing the block header overflow bug with a hard fork open up the discussion for other changes to be worked into that hard fork? Is this a risk for bitcoin? - Could there be a bitcoin civil war coming, especially about the blocksize or block subsidy? Will the 21 million supply cap ever change? What circumstances would make people consider it? - Threats to bitcoin: privacy is lagging - Things to be excited about: lightning network (near-instant, near-free, more private, and eventually-infinitely-scalable transactions) References https://lightning.readthedocs.io https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning

Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/dazbea1 (of https://lookingglasseducation.com) Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Recent World Economic Forum propaganda video with renewed energy FUD regarding bitcoin mining - Society's gradual erosion of trust towards authorities and media institutions - DazBea's bitcoin journey - transitioning from wage slavery to self-employment to investing in the future - Understanding "fair value" of businesses before investing (and realising that almost everything on the stock exchange is overvalued) - We're all incentivised to improve and benefit ourselves, which is often incongruous with being a wage slave - People are forced to move far out on the risk curve just to protect their wealth (and bitcoin fixes this) - Inflation is destroying savings (whether it meets the 'hyperinflation' criteria or not) - Everyone's "basket of goods" in regards to inflation is different - There are incentives to keep the CPI number down through manipulation of the basket of goods (including hedonic adjustments) - Broken incentives in various industries and academia (e.g., agriculture, nutrition, health) - How to lie with statistics - Starting and working on www.lookingglasseducation.com - Preparing a 3-hour course focused on answering the question "what is money?" for no-coiners and wage-earners without focusing too much on bitcoin - Future courses and plans for Looking Glass Education - Financial education at a young age disrupts the cycle of poverty - Bitcoin mining at home (eg, with an S9) - Is it still profitable? How much energy is used for what hash rate output? How much do they cost to buy? - Bitcoin mining at home is more viable with solar source of energy to offset grid energy costs - Running miners non-stop or turning them on/off intermittently - pros and cons? - How loud and hot do they get? - Running standard versus customised firmware (e.g., BraiinsOS) - What maintenance do they need? - Can you run miners on the same circuit, or is it best to separate them? - Ethernet vs WiFi connection? - How to reduce the noise (e.g., building a sound-proofed 'black box')? - Immersion cooling systems - pros and cons? - Heating water or your house with the heat from a bitcoin miner - Speed reading and mind mapping - useful tips and tools (e.g., Voice Dream and Obsidian) to consider References / Resources - DazBea's Energy and Electricity for Plebs (for Home Mining) https://dazbe4.medium.com/energy-and-electricity-for-plebs-plebucation-for-bitcoiners-1-basics-and-mining-f653c2cc9b65 https://dazbe4.medium.com/energy-and-electricity-for-plebs-plebucation-for-bitcoiners-2-energy-demand-pricing-and-e0bb2b137691 - Econoalchemist's DIY UpstreamData BlackBox Guide https://econoalchemist.github.io/UpstreamData-DIY-BlackBox/ - Obsidian Mind-mapping Tutorial for Beginners https://youtu.be/QgbLb6QCK88

Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://twitter.com/hardblockbtc https://twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes GLOBAL St Louis Fed (a US Central Bank) starts pricing eggs in bitcoin https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2022/06/buying-eggs-with-bitcoins/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SM&utm_content=stlouisfed&utm_campaign=c4fbf333-9509-4d17-bdb8-0b0c42b67881 New York passes proof-of-work mining ban https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-york-just-passed-a-bitcoin-mining-ban-e2-80-94-heres-everything-thats-in-it/ar-AAY1mZP    Biden admin considering bitcoin mining regulation https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/white-house-to-reduce-bitcoin-energy-use-report   Kenya’s largest producer of electricity intends to deliver excess geothermal energy to bitcoin miners https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/kengen-to-provide-geothermal-energy-to-bitcoin-miners-in-kenya   Yellen says she was ‘wrong’ about ‘path that inflation would take’ https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3507422-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Byellen-says-she-was-wrong-about-path-that-inflation-would-take/  Eurozone inflation hits 8.1%, highest level ever, well above targets; Christine Lagarde not phased (expects it to come down “in due course”) https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eurozone-inflation-hits-record-81-amid-rising-energy-85080229  Turkey's annual inflation soars to 73.5% in May, highest since 1998 https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/turkeys-annual-inflation-soars-to-24-year-high-of-73.5  Russia’s Ministry of Finance is ‘actively considering’ the use of digital currencies for international payments, a government official reportedly said https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/russia-mulls-cryptocurrency-for-international-trade-report  Russia blames US inflation on 38% currency creation in past two years, and EU inflation and energy crisis on their unreliable energy policies https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272575127/us-eu-inflation-result-of-unprecedented-money-printing-putin   $4.5 trillion Fidelity to double headcount for bitcoin and digital assets division https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1531601008664666112?s=20&t=e3baFn7Uc94F3ux3K4MF6g   Goldman Sachs is reportedly looking to integrate services with Bitcoin and crypto exchange FTX https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/goldman-sachs-and-ftx-in-talks-for-bitcoin-crypto-derivatives   Top 30 bank in Panama, Towerbank, has declared it is bitcoin friendly https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1531630791263920128?s=20&t=e3baFn7Uc94F3ux3K4MF6g Bitcoin Knowledge and Perceptions, Block, 2022 https://block.xyz/2022/btc-report.pdf  AUSTRALIA Australians 'panicking' as power prices skyrocket, consumer advocates say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/consumer-panic-amid-unprecedented-power-price-hikes/101119776   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-03/gas-crisis-threatens-manufacturers-jobs-and-rising-prices/101114712  

https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our guest: Zoe from www.smsfwarehouse.com.au (www.superannuationwarehouse.com.au) Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Who is Zoe and what does SMSFWarehouse do? - What is a self-managed superannuation fund? How does it differ from standard retail or industry super funds? Walkthrough: - Step 1: Choosing a SMSF Administrator (or changing to a new one) - Step 2: Establishing the fund (eg, choosing individual or corporate trustee setup, completing the right documentation, establishing a fund investment strategy) - Step 3: Setting up a SMSF bank account (eg, using the SMSF name, tax file number, and Australian business number) - Step 4: Setting up a SMSF Hardblock account (similar to the bank account step above) - Step 5: How to roll-over existing superannuation into your new SMSF, or make fresh contributions to the SMSF - Step 6: Deciding how / where to store your bitcoin (eg, self-custody vs exchange vs third-party custody service) - Step 7: Buying bitcoin from the exchange (and keeping appropriate records) - Step 8: Withdrawing bitcoin from the exchange to self-custody (and again, keeping appropriate records) - Step 9: Completing the annual lodgement process (e.g., summarising buy, sell, and withdrawal records; proving ownership of the bitcoin; and passing the sole purpose test) FAQs: - Can you have a majority (or full) allocation in a SMSF to bitcoin? How is it justified in the context of the diversification obligation?  - Can an investment strategy be changed (eg, adding bitcoin to a fund that previously couldn't hold bitcoin, or increasing your allocation of bitcoin? - Do you need to indicate which exchange you'll buy from in your investment strategy document? - Can you go to a new SMSF administrator or auditor or are you stuck with who set it up? - What is the "sole purpose test" and how to pass it? - How to prove ownership if self-custodied bitcoin at audit time? References https://www.hardblock.com.au/SMSF-bitcoin-investment

Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/btcbrisket Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Bitcoin Bush Bash reflections - appreciating the thriving genuine Aussie bitcoin tribe - Setting up a pfSense router for better home network privacy and security - Running CalyxOS on a Pixel and learning about Samourai Wallet and BIP47 PayNyms - Learning better coin control (UXTO management) and taking care of bitcoin privacy - Brisket's bitcoin journey - Learning about bitcoin through the carnivore diet (eg, carnivore is the answer to fiat food, and bitcoin is the answer to fiat money) - Understanding (the hard way) about why we don't trade or use leverage - Technical Analysis is horoscopes for men - Finding quality signal on Bitcoin Twitter - Learning about permaculture and taking forward those philosophies into other aspects of life - Bitcoiners operate on first principles, with firm beliefs, held lightly - Experiences with and science behind carnivore diet and removing seed oils (polyunsaturated fatty acids) - John K Vallis iconically not wearing a shirt in podcasts - Discovering bitcoin is a framework to live your life better, like an immune system - The benefits of generalising and localisation over specialising and globalisation - Harnessing the bitcoin community to learn skills to be more self-sufficient and be apart of something greater - Bitcoin is based on solid underpinning principles and is about freedom, autonomy, and personal responsibility - Fiat systems are full of complexity which become impossible for most people to fully understand - Bitcoin is a cheat code that helps you think better - We're all working for bitcoin, only some of us get paid for it - The fiat world becomes increasingly unrelatable the further down the bitcoin rabbit hole you go - Shill lightly, if at all (as per Gigi) - You'd be amazed at the things you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit - an open source ethos - Complacency and indifference is a long-term threat to bitcoin - Appreciating the blocksize wars and how resilient the bitcoin code and network is - Toxic maximalism is part of bitcoin's immune system - Things to be bullish about: Jack Mallers' announcement, global deterioration, bitcoin being normalised, bitcoiners - Bitcoin is a one way street - Keeping extra meat in the freezer for if someone, anyone, needs to be fed - Having kids, home schooling, and citadel (bitcoin community) building - Using Obsidian to document ideas and knowledge - Bitcoin is hope!

https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://twitter.com/hardblockbtc https://twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - What is dollar cost averaging (DCA'ing)? - Why dollar cost average (i.e., save in) bitcoin, rather than trade or invest? - How has HardBlock set up its buy and withdrawal features to best facilitate DCA'ing? - What is a UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) and what is UTXO management? - How to choose the right size UTXO depending if you're saving or spending (keeping in mind things like convenience, fees, and privacy implications?)

https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/danWilcz https://twitter.com/hardblockbtc https://twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - HardBlock affiliate program - Bitcoin Bush Bash https://twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash https://bitcoinbushbash.info/ GLOBAL - United States annual CPI is 8.3% as of April, remaining close to 40-year highs https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/may/11/german-price-increases-record-high-food-energy-rises-us-announce-inflation-rate-business-live - United Kingdom annual CPI is 9.0% as of April, a 40-year high https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/inflation-cpi - New Zealand hands out extra cash to fight ‘inflation storm’ (a NZ$1 billion spending package) https://apnews.com/a060a933f661d4d13a7686a17bb211f0 - President of El Salvador announces 32 central banks and 12 financial authorities (44 countries) will meet in El Salvador to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, banking the unbanked, and the El Salvador bitcoin rollout| https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/el-salvador-president-nayib-bukele-announces-countries-to-discuss-bitcoin - Warren Buffet-backed NuBank (Latin America's largest digital bank) to convert 1% of its cash reserves into bitcoin and to enable bitcoin trading for their customers   https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/warren-buffett-backed-nubank-buys-bitcoin-adds-trading - Texas Pacific Land Corporation (one of the largest landowners in Texas) has partnered with with a digital infrastructure provider and bitcoin miner (Mawson Infrastructure and JAI Energy) to establish a 60 megawatt mining facility in West Texas   https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/texas-pacific-land-corporation-bitcoin-mining-facility-launching-in-texas - Nomura (Japan's largest investment banking broker) to launch a subsidiary focused on institutional bitcoin and digital asset products https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/nomura-to-launch-bitcoin-crypto-subsidiary-report AUSTRALIA - 100%-backed spot bitcoin ETF was made available mid-May on the Australian secondary market (CBOE) https://cryptonews.com.au/australia-first-btc-and-eth-etf-goes-live-today - Australian Tax Office “prioritizes” bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital gains tax reporting https://finance.yahoo.com/news/australian-taxation-office-prioritizes-crypto-094530979.html https://iorder.com.au/publication/Download.aspx?ProdID=75362-09.2021 TECHNICAL - New bitcoin mining data released by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance confirmed the growing dominance of the US (accounting for 37.84% of bitcoin mining) and revealed a resurgence of China as the second largest mining hub (21.11%) https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/insight/2022/bitcoin-mining-new-data-reveal-a-surprising-resurgence/ - Unsure how BIPs are implemented? Confused by terms like "Miner Activated Soft Fork (MASF)", "User Activated Soft Fork (UASF)", "User Resisted Soft Fork (URSF)", and "Speedy Trial"? Check out this recent explainer article https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/how-to-upgrade-bitcoin

Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/btc_shepherd of https://thebitcoinshepherd.com Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Dale's personal journey into bitcoin after dabbling in law, real estate, and financial planning - Learning about money printing, inflation, "intrinsic value", and macroeconomics from the likes of Lyn Alden, Paul Tudor Jones, Raoul Pal, and Simon Dixon - Understanding the philosophies behind bitcoin (e.g., separating state and money) - Starting The Bitcoin Shepherd (www.thebitcoinshepherd.com) to help orange pill no-coiners and help them with self-custody - The importance of understanding the economic, technological, and philosophical reasons for bitcoin - Needing nuanced and adversarial thinking to check your biases - Bitcoin's value comes from its utility and monetary properties - Bitcoin provides full risk with full reward, whereas bonds provide a negative real yield with the full risk of default (i.e., no returns, all risk!) - Finding a niche in bitcoin education and prioritising quality of life (rather than just mining fiat) - Writing about bitcoin and badmouthing shitcoins as a journalist for www.cryptonews.com.au - Working with South Africans to establish geographically distributed multi-signature custody options - Wrestling with the desire to wear bitcoin merch and talk to everyone about bitcoin while keeping good opsec - Differences in privacy and security risks between South Africa and Australia - Using multi-sig, ColdCard decoy pins, and decoy passphrases to improve bitcoin security - Buying property, bitcoin, and/or bitcoin miners and then using the assets as collateral to buy more bitcoin - Choosing a vocation/career based on what problems do you want to solve - Non-fungible tokens (NFTs): benefits for artists, hype cycles, wash trading, scams, and money laundering - How family and friends have responded to transitioning to a bitcoin evangelical vocation - Mainstream / corporate media: Bitcoin holders are psychopaths, and if you want to buy a house you should save more fiat, invest in stocks, and leverage more debt - Lightning Network will cut the lunch of expensive, inefficient, and corruptible intermediaries - Using demonstrations to orange pill, rather than just explanations (although 'what is money?' and 'fractional reserve banking' are always important topics to discuss) - 4-year political cycles incentivize manipulation of the money supply - Legacy media is driven by broken incentives (e.g., being first, being sensational to get clicks, and lazy writing that is derivative of other articles) - There's a fine line between dispelling FUD and giving it credibility by responding in the first place - Using memes and calling out absurdity - Benefits of bitcoin mining (bootstrapping renewable infrastructure, stabilising grid demand, rescuing stranded and otherwise wasted energy) - Most normies will own or use bitcoin without even realising it (e.g., due to superannuation allocations) - Things to be bullish about: Lightning adoption; hash rate ATH; nation-state adoption; bitcoin development and mining thriving; bitcoiners are honest, motivated, and innovative; and Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen's recent comments about the US dollar and bitcoin - Threats to bitcoin: cryptocurrency as a distraction, government over-regulation, and privacy concerns - Topics that tangent out from bitcoin: low time preference.

Discount link (get six months of free weekly batched Auto-Send withdrawals from HardBlock): https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod Hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 Sponsor: HardBlock https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes GLOBAL Panama passes legislation that encourages bitcoin businesses to set up in Panama and makes bitcoin payments and income tax free https://cryptonews.com.au/panama-passes-crypto-bill-exempting-digital-assets-from-capital WEF releases “change the code” energy FUD propaganda video (and gets wrecked in the comments by bitcoiners who've actually done their research) https://twitter.com/wef/status/1519119185422524416 Bitcoin Mining Council writes to the US Environmental Protection Agency to tackle renewed bitcoin energy FUD https://cryptonews.com.au/saylor-and-dorsey-write-to-environmental-agency-to-tackle-btc IMF loans Argentina US$45 billion with strict stipulations that Argentina must discourage bitcoin adoption; major private Argentinian banks were set to release bitcoin-related products as the national currency's annual inflation rate surpassed 50%, but Argentina's Central Bank banned this from occurring https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/argentina-bans-banks-from-offering-bitcoin IMF expresses concerns over Central African Republic adopting bitcoin as legal tender, similar to the warning they issued to El Salvador for doing the same https://finance.yahoo.com/news/imf-expresses-concern-central-african-114218017.html?_guc_consent_skip=1651891100 Goldman Sachs has offered its first ever lending facility backed by BTC as the Wall Street giant deepens its Bitcoin product offerings https://cryptonews.com.au/goldman-sachs-makes-its-first-bitcoin-backed-loan Fidelity offering up to 20% bitcoin allocation to their 401k (pension) funds https://www.wsj.com/articles/fidelity-to-allow-retirement-savers-to-put-bitcoin-in-401-k-accounts-11650945661 MicroStrategy to be the first to offer employees bitcoin holding in their 401k pensions via Fidelity https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1518932341418307584 AUSTRALIAN Australian annual CPI at 5.1% as of March 2022 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/consumer-price-index-australia/mar-2022 Labor unveils plan to provide equity contribution of up to 40% of the purchase price of a new home, and up to 30% for an existing home https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/30/labor-to-help-low-and-middle-income-earners-buy-home-with-shared-ownership-scheme Senator Bragg hosts an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit regarding his views on upcoming regulation for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianPolitics/comments/uby7ao/i_am_senator_andrew_bragg_and_i_want_crypto/ Australian Bitcoin Industry Body confirms which Australian Federal election candidates support bitcoin or cryptocurrency https://bitcoinindustrybody.org.au/2022-political-poll-results/ Australia's first three CBOE bitcoin and cryptocurrency ETFs delayed at the last minute, although these funds (plus more currently in development for ASX) are still expected to be released soon https://cryptonews.com.au/australia-first-crypto-etfs-delayed-due-to-prime-broker TECHNICAL BIP119 (OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY / Covenants) https://www.bip119.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAE5fOZ2Luw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcrisuPlknY 

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au References How to Upgrade Your Email Privacy https://learn.hardblock.com.au/how-to-upgrade-your-email-privacy/ How to Upgrade Your Bitcoin and Online Privacy and Security With a Password Manager https://learn.hardblock.com.au/how-to-upgrade-your-online-security-with-a-password-manager/ Opt Out Podcast with Bitwarden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7YoZRsqJk Ian Coleman BIP39 Calculator https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ Check if your passwords have been exposed in a data breach https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords Notes - Why use a password manager? - Humans are a terrible source of entropy/randomness - Humans are forgetful (remembering unique passwords paired with unique email aliases for every site you use is impossible!) - Storing passwords in your web browser is not secure (e.g., these passwords are stored in clear text and are accessible if someone has remote or physical access to your browser) - Password managers protect against the most common "hacks" (i.e., a data breach/leak leading to credential stuffing attack) - You can store more than passwords in a password manager (e.g., secure notes, credit card details, account numbers, etc) - What's a good password? Either 12-16 characters combining letters, numbers, and symbols, or 5-7 words from the short or long word list - Comparing Bitwarden, LastPass, and KeepassXC - Bitwarden features (apart from password management): can send encrypted text and files; Bitwarden is free, open source, end-to-end encrypted, available across all browsers, devices, and operating systems; Bitwarden includes self-hosting options, online and offline storage options, and has more advanced features for paid version (e.g., sending encrypted files, emergency access or pseudo inheritance planning, etc) - Control + Shift + L for the win! - Backup your password manager master password as if it were your bitcoin mnemonic seed (e.g., store it physically, maybe in steel, possibly in more than one location) - It's best to set up your password manager with a two-factor authentication (2FA) for added security, but be sure to backup the 2FA recovery too (and ideally keep it separate from the backup of your master password!) - Password managers take a while to set up, but it'll make security much easier to maintain after that!

Guest: https://twitter.com/btc_shepherd of https://thebitcoinshepherd.com Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsor: HardBlock https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes GLOBAL The Central African Republic becomes first country in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as a payment currency? https://forbes.mc/article/first-african-country-adopt-bitcoin-legal-currency-central-african-republic Elon Musk's take-over of Twitter https://www.cnet.com/tech/musk-is-twitters-singular-solution-says-co-founder-jack-dorsey/ Sri Lanka defaults on $51 billion external debt https://www.firstpost.com/world/sri-lanka-defaults-on-its-51-billion-external-debt-calls-it-last-resort-as-country-runs-out-of-foreign-exchange-10546651.html IMF offers Argentina a loan with stipulations restricting cryptocurrency adoption US CPI hits 8.5% in March 2022, the highest in 40 years Germany's producer inflation jumps to 30.9% in March, the highest since 1949 https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi Janet Yellen (US Treasury Secretary) gives 30 minute speech about bitcoin and CBDCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPQiPFqFwOU American push-back on the Federal Reserve and CBDCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fElE9EpMfg Senator Bragg's comments on an Australian Sovereign Digital Currency US bank Morgan Stanley report the bitcoin Lightning Network is superior in terms of transaction speed and cost when compared to payment giants like Visa https://watcher.guru/news/morgan-stanley-says-bitcoin-lightning-network-is-superior-to-visa UniSwap class action lawsuit for promoting scamcoins and not making proper disclosures Robinhood CEO & Doge devs looking to make doge the currency of the people and internet with a blocksize of 1GB and rate of 1-10 minutes New scientific analysis of Roman coins uncovers evidence financial crisis was worse than expected https://phys.org/news/2022-04-analysis-roman-coins-uncovers-evidence.html AUSTRALIA Australian Financial Watchdog unveils cryptocurrency regulatory road-map https://cointelegraph.com/news/australian-prudential-regulator-releases-roadmap-for-cryptocurrency-policy AUSTRAC releases 2 new guides to help spot illicit cryptocurrency use https://cointelegraph.com/news/austrac-releases-2-new-guides-to-help-spot-illicit-crypto-use Government overreach, including Ukraine banning purchases of bitcoin in their local currency Sen Bragg's comments on cryptocurrency in superannuation funds Australia's #Bitcoin spot ETF gets the green light https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/australias-first-bitcoin-etf-to-list-next-week-report Life is getting more expensive, but you can still save for a home deposit with traditional methods https://www.smh.com.au/money/saving/life-is-getting-more-expensive-but-you-can-still-save-for-a-home-deposit-20220330-p5a9f4.html ‘Impulsive psychopaths like crypto’: Why some take risks on bitcoin https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/impulsive-psychopaths-like-crypto-why-some-take-risks-on-bitcoin-20220412-p5acv4.html Alex Saunders from Nugget's News returns with an NFT collection TECHNOLOGY New Bitcoin Seed Calculator Tool (better than Ian Coleman’s BIP39 Utility?!) https://bitcoiner.guide/seed Lighting Network grew by 750% in one year https://compassmining.io/education/lighting-network-grew-by-750-in-one-year-report Lightning channels all time high capacity https://twitter.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1515833742522167298?s=20&t=PNyU_k5l_0T1x-eUSvnhpA Taro protocol for tokens on Lightning Network TSMC raises $3.5 bln for new chip foundry in Arizona https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwans-tsmc-raises-35-bln-bonds-new-us-plant-2022-04-20

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.   Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/pete_winn of https://bitcoinforhumans.com Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Beach swims and bouldering - Pete's history before discovering bitcoin - Sound versus unsound ladders - Corrupt intermediaries eroding aid money for humanitarian causes - Sound money is anti-corruption money - Community is an important part of the solution - Scale of organisations is a significant part of the problem - What would a bitcoin bank be like? - Who'll build the roads with no or less government? - Morals and acceptable behaviour conforms to the rules of the game being played - It's not about the left or right - there's a vertical liberty line too - Starting and working on bitcoin education (https://bitcoinforhumans.com) - Local institutions are key to a bitcoin solution (e.g., community-level banks or currency exchanges) - Investing back into the community (in cash flow businesses), while storing long-term wealth in bitcoin - Good money allows specialisation and division of labour - Focusing career/vocation on education, exploring ways to generate dividends from bitcoin, helping people start with bitcoin and custody their keys - Educating people early is important, because the shitcoin allure can be very distracting - Shitcoins are a metaphoric eclipse attack on pre-coiners - Orange pill strategies: understanding their position and identifying the problem - What's the thing you're most disappointed about in life?  - Being a fiat debt slave - Nobody really knows what they're doing - Living in a super capitalist cult with a clubhouse in the middle - Figuring out where to stand in an earthquake and teaching others to think the same way - Currency and debt catastrophes are escalating - Deflation is a good thing, except for in a debt-based economy - It's impossible to measure and organise a complex system using a linear or flawed unit of account (e.g., GDP, CPI) - Decentralizing power and building local small businesses and institutions will be the key to a hyperbitcoinized world - It's still early to change to a bitcoin vocation - Using CFDs with DLCs to smooth out bitcoin price volatility - Being unbanked blocks people from society - Censorship-resistance and permissionless are two of bitcoin's most important qualities - Bitcoin is a mirror that encourages you to figure out a better moral framework - Becoming an anarchist in a polo shirt - Bitcoiners are generally a valid and reliable sounding board - Preparing for the citadel building stage - Statism is based on a logical fallacy - Central planning cannot work in an emergent system - Voluntaryism and anarchism are a more dynamic and responsive way to organise society - Get involved in bitcoin - just dip your toe in!

Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes & References Bitcoin 2022 Conference Highlights - too many to list! Just listen to the first 20 minutes! In sum: bitcoin mining, privacy, and institutional investment are all barrelling ahead. Samson Mow's announcements: 1. Prospera, jurisdiction on the Roatán island off of the northern coast of Honduras, is adopting bitcoin as legal tender 2. Madeira, an autonomous region in Portugal, is adopting bitcoin as legal tender 3. Mexico is proposing a bill for legal tender https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2022/04/07/two-new-territories-are-adopting-bitcoin/ Jack Mallers' Strike partners with Shopify, NCR, and Blackhawk https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/07/jack-mallers-strike-announces-shopify-integration-for-bitcoin-lightning-payments/ Tesla, Block, and Blockstream to setup 100% solar-powered bitcoin mine in Texas https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/08/tesla-block-blockstream-to-mine-bitcoin-off-solar-power-in-texas.html Australian News OTR accepting bitcoin payments starting in July (through Crypto.com system) https://twitter.com/HardBlockBTC/status/1510789927944200192 RBA to audit 10% of their 80 tonnes of gold in Bank of England https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-golden-audit-rba-to-check-on-its-6-billion-in-bullion-20220406-p5abf3.html Bengal Energy, a Canadian oil and gas business, is dabbling in Bitcoin (BTC) mining as a way to tap into the untapped energy from its gas wells in the Australian outback https://news.coincu.com/77167-bengal-energy-plans-mine-bitcoin-australias/ DazBea1 and others release the Looking Glass Financial Education platform https://lookingglasseducation.com/ Global News EU Parliament passes privacy-busting crypto rules despite industry criticism https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/31/eu-parliament-votes-on-privacy-busting-crypto-rules-industry-rails-against-proposals/ “Beware of wartime fake news triggering a run”, EU banks told https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/beware-wartime-fake-news-triggering-run-eu-banks-told-2022-04-01/ Greenpeace paid $5 million by Chris Larson (co-founder of XRP/Ripple) to campaign for bitcoin to change from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bitcoiners-scoff-at-chris-larsens-dollar5m-campaign-to-force-a-btc-code-change/ar-AAVD5I5 Trezor customer email address list compromised via Mailchimp https://nitter.net/Trezor/status/1510558771944333312 Tennessee Titans becomes first NFL team to adopt a bitcoin standard https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tennessee-titans-become-first-nfl-team-to-accept-bitcoin Technology Bitcoin Bounty Website https://bitcoinbounties.org/ Econoalchemist's article on how Whirlpool mixing fixes the Canadian trucker protest problem https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/freedom-convoy-should-whirlpool-bitcoin Mining stats/insights added to mempool.space https://mempool.space/mining Intel launches their new bitcoin mining chip https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/intel-launches-new-bitcoin-mining-chip-blockscale Taro on Taproot enables issuance of stablecoins and shitcoins on bitcoin https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/lightning-labs-raises-70m-to-bring-stablecoins-to-bitcoin/

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au References https://learn.hardblock.com.au/how-to-upgrade-your-email-privacy/ ** Please note that CTemplar closed down as of May 2022. Notes - OnTheRun to accept bitcoin payments in Australia - Overton window shifting to include bitcoin, inflation, and the debt crisis - Why upgrade your email privacy? - Google is monitoring you, censoring content, and feeding/teaching their artificial intelligence systems with your data - What to look for in a private email provider? - End-to-end and zero-knowledge encryption, free and open source, and good reputation - What's the easiest way to make the move to a private email account? - Having a Password Manager can make transitioning to private email easier - Keep your old email account open and gradually transfer data and subscriptions across to your newer private email service - this makes the process easier and reduces the chance of forgetting to transfer something across - Step 1: Sign-up to a private email provider, eg, ProtonMail, Tutanota, or CTemplar - ProtonMail is a good all-round choice (easy to sign-up privately, more features than others, long-term reputation, and continuing to build a privacy-focused ecosystem including calendar, cloud storage, VPN service, etc) - Try to sign-up without linking the new email address to an email, phone number, or IP address already associated with you - this is probably unnecessary, but good for privacy practice! - How to choose a username for your new private email address (full name, first name, pseudonym or otherwise)? - Step 2: Sign-up to an email alias forwarding service, eg, AnonAddy or SimpleLogin - How do email alias forwarding services work? - What username to choose for email alias forwarding services? - Step 3: Provide an email alias for every website you sign-up to in future - How else can you use email alias forwarding service (eg, replying from the alias and disabling aliases)? - Checking yourself out on www.haveibeenpwned.com to see if any of your emails or passwords have been compromised in known data breaches - Good privacy can result in better security, eg, protecting against credential stuffing attacks based on data breaches - Recent MailChimp and HubSpot data breaches - Social engineering attacks are harder to employ against someone who uses a private email, email alias forwarding service, and a password manager - Which password manager should you use? BitWarden - although there'll be a separate podcast and article released about that soon - If you're missing Google Meets audio and video calling, then look into Jitsi, Signal, or Impervious.ai's upcoming browser - Don't let perfect be the enemy of good! Start today and make gradual steps over time

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.   Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/_k3tan https://twitter.com/ministryofnodes Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - k3tan's personal bitcoin journey - Ministry of Nodes (helping clients hold their own keys, run their own node, and follow privacy best-practices) - similarities between bitcoin distributed ledger and BitTorrent filesharing - what is privacy? - is bitcoin private by default? - increased security through improved privacy - data leaks (eg, Ledger, HubSpot) - things to consider with bitcoin privacy: KYC vs no KYC, on-chain transactions, and network-level privacy - KYC vs no KYC: pros and cons, and methods - SatsSpend Australian Bitcoin Business list - tips to improve bitcoin privacy: keep your mouth shut, don't reuse receiving addresses, and use UTXO management (eg, labeling and coin control/selection) - what is a UTXO (unspent transaction output)? - HardBlock's auto-send feature and not reusing receiving addresses - Sparrow and Samourai Wallet for privacy features - Whirlpool coinjoin mixing - chain heuristics: address reuse, common input ownership, self-spends, round-number, largest output, change position, change vs spend address/script type, multi- vs single-signature) - anti-fingerprinting features (change output position randomisation, and same-type spend and change outputs) - BIP47 (PayNym) reusable static stealth addresses - post-mix coinjoin spend tools (eg, Stonewall, Stonewall 2X, Stowaway, Ricochet) - is Lightning Network private (eg, multiple hops through custodial services or BoltzExchange)? - network-level privacy - running your own node - what is Tor? - what is a VPN? - using Tor and a VPN to improve privacy - nodes to consider: RoninDojo, RaspiBlitz, MyNode, Umbrel, Citadel, Start9, or Ministry of Nodes custom multi-use build - Australian ISP data logging and metadata retention - planning for privacy is low time preference - privacy is fundamental in the cypherpunk and bitcoin ethos - using Australia Post parcel locker for bitcoin-related deliveries - being bullish on bitcoin privacy - attacks on bitcoin privacy and fungibility important to keep in mind and fight against - self-hosting maximalism - running a pfSense free and open source software (FOSS) router References https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/ https://www.youtube.com/c/MinistryofNodes https://github.com/Daunus/SatsSpend

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin   https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes - Bitcoin Bush Bash reflections - Privacy news - RoboSats - CoinSwap protocol ("Teleport Transactions") - BIP47 adoption - Whisper Addresses - Wasabi wallet fiasco - HubSpot data breach - American and Australian inflation "pumping" and governments using Modern Monetary Theory - El Salvador bond - South Korean President bullish on bitcoin - Potential announcements at Bitcoin Miami 2022 - Russia accepting bitcoin for energy resources - Exxon mining bitcoin - Thailand bans merchants accepting bitcoin - Sri Lanka financial and economic crisis - Google Chrome high severity zero day vulnerability - use Firefox, Brave, Tor, or LibreWolf instead! - Arkon Energy bitcoin mining company sets Australian pre-seed funding record - ANZ issues first Australian dollar stablecoin - JP Morgan Coin - Upcoming Australian cryptocurrency exchange regulations References https://github.com/Reckless-Satoshi/robosats https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-February/020026.html https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1182-bdk-plans-to-add-bip47-support/ https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bip47 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.6.2 https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/issues/2883 https://github.com/supertestnet/whisper-addresses https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/wasabi-wallet-explains-new-bitcoin-censorship https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1506293002536427526?s=20&t=6iLXaYQ5bMfKRkJOmYRd3w https://stephanlivera.com/episode/358/ https://www.hubspot.com/en-us/march-2022-security-incident https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/03/10/us-inflation-rises-to-79-in-february-fresh-4-decade-high/ https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/consumer-price-index-cpi https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/producer-prices https://learn.hardblock.com.au/getting-ahead-of-inflation/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/el-salvador-e2-80-99s-bitcoin-bond-issuance-apparently-delayed/ar-AAVfp1u https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/new-south-korean-president-seeks-to-give-a-local-crypto-push/ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/24/russia-might-take-bitcoin-as-payment-for-oil-and-gas-as-sanctions-rise.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/26/exxon-mining-bitcoin-with-crusoe-energy-in-north-dakota-bakken-region.html https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/thailand-announces-medium-of-payment-ban-for-bitcoin-and-crypto https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/03/28/whats-behind-sri-lankas-economic-crisis/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emergency-google-chrome-update-fixes-zero-day-used-in-attacks https://www.investordaily.com.au/markets/50846-aussie-bitcoin-mining-startup-sets-pre-seed-funding-record https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/anz-the-first-bank-to-mint-an-australian-dollar-stablecoin-the-a-dc-20220323-p5a743 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/senator-bragg-speech-industry-support-for-crypto-regulation

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews.     Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our guest: https://twitter.com/CBO_21 https://twitter.com/PerthHeat Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews.   Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/danWilcz https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod References https://stephanlivera.com/episode/254/ Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/danWilcz https://www.twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod News References https://github.com/Daunus/SatsSpend https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/russia-submits-first-bitcoin-bill-proposal https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/ukraine-legalizes-bitcoin https://bitcoinist.com/mastercard-visa-paypal-suspend-russian-operations/ https://theintercept.com/2022/02/11/afghanistan-frozen-assets-economy/ https://bitcoinist.com/iranian-venezuelan-opensea-users/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/thailand-scraps-15-crypto-capital-gains-tax-following-public-backlash https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/02/24/chinas-supreme-court-rules-crypto-transactions-constitute-illegal-fundraising/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/lugano-switzerland-will-make-bitcoin-legal-tender https://cointelegraph.com/news/tourism-in-el-salvador-up-30-since-bitcoin-adoption-minister-says https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/intel-details-bitcoin-mining-chip-bonanza-mine https://www.businessinsider.com.au/middle-income-australians-locked-out-property-government-report Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews.   Thanks to our guest: https://www.twitter.com/bayanimills (of https://koined.store) Host: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/danWilcz https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bank_runs https://abytesjourney.com/lightning-privacy/ Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/danWilcz https://www.twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc News References https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/russia-shares-plan-to-regulate-bitcoin-crypto https://news.bitcoin.com/turkey-reveals-scheme-that-encourages-the-conversion-of-gold-deposits-into-lira-time-deposits/ https://thehackernews.com/2022/02/us-arrests-two-and-seizes-36-million-in.html https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/canada-kpmg-adds-bitcoin-to-its-treasury https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/02/07/teslas-bitcoin-investment-hits-nearly-2-billion-heres-how-that-compares-to-billionaire-novogratzs-galaxy-dorseys-square-and-more/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-10/cryptocurrency-scam-australia-targets-crypto-investors/100810352 https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/costs/sydney-mans-plan-to-retire-at-58-backfires-after-epic-crypto-hack/news-story/0ebfe584d7e3c3fe20d6d8c7933a9cf7 https://learn.hardblock.com.au/getting-ahead-of-inflation/ Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, round-table discussions about recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://www.twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://www.twitter.com/danWilcz https://www.twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au