Episode 19
The birds and the CBDCs
May 29th, 2022
1 hr 40 mins
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News
Economics
- Circle doesn't want CBDC competition
- The American Banking Association recognizes that a CBDC would kill the current banking system
- Savings rates fall in the USA amid increasing economic uncertainty
- Russia is already thinking about cryptocurrency for international transfers
- CryptoVoices global monetary base report is out!
Tokenomics
- High speed blockchains economically centralize according to Murch
Energy
- US Power grid may fail this summer
- California Warning Alarms since 2018 about hydro
- 58% of the state's natural gas units have been retired since 2015, amounting to 6,500 megawatts of generating capacity.
- California and the West face likely power outages this summer
- NERC sounds alarm on solar tripping in 'sobering' summer reliability report
- California Water Usage in Crops, and the Water Value of Almonds
- California Warning Alarms since 2018 about hydro
Privacy
- German officials agitating to ban telegram
- Guide to P2P bitcoin exchanges
Bitcoin Education
- Bitcoin Optech focuses on package relay ... which might be the perfect BIP
Feedback
- Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Boosts
- Wallets Recovery for help recovering wallets from seed phrase
Corrections
- None today!
Value for Value
- Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
- The Fountain podcast app
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting