Episode 45
Might Makes Censorship
October 15th, 2022
1 hr 3 mins 36 secs
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About this Episode
News
NYDIG lays off 30% of their staff, guess all these finance pros didn't get their timing right
- But apparently web3 devs are still going strong, doubtful
Paypal promotes bitcoin with a new censorship policy and financial fines for users
- The technical basis for their system makes this possible thus morally requires censorship
A massive taproot multisig broke btcd and LND
Economics
- Lyn Alden's October newsletter connects energy and soverign bonds: checkmate
- Fiancial sage Russell Napier describes the portfolio insuranve use case for bitcoin
Tokenomics
- Kim pumped an altcoin scam, paid a fine, and the SEC acted like it was a big deal
- CSW, aka "Faketoshi," argues with a bot on twitter
- His trial against Hodlnaut is revealing multiple frauds from CSW
Privacy
- Mullvad is recomending using GrapheneOS on Android to reduce VPN data leaks
Bitcoin Education
- Bitcoin Optech #221 has a long offline funds protection proposal
- The story of Hydra is a fascinating look at Dark Net Markets
Feedback
- Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
- Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Corrections
- The US Oil boom started in West Penn with Standard Oil, then moved to Texas
Value for Value
- Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
- Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps:
- Fountain podcast app (Android)
- Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
- Castamatic (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
Boost Notes
Intro to space chains and the Telegram discussion group
Getting into the culture wars with this response to the Jordan Peterson is a philosopher comment and this list of Stephan M's various racist claims
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
- The Adopting Bitcoin Conference Novem ber 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% di scount
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting