UTXO is OUR Word

About this Episode

Pre-Show

• Border Searches of Cell Phones Require a Warrant, Rules US Federal Judge in a Historic Decision

News

• Lots of crypto schadenfreude in Amy Castor's newsletter

Economics and Banking

• The EU's cbdc is using a UTXO model, but no, this isn't a response to bitcoin
• USDC Issuer Circle Has Ditched All U.S. Treasuries From $24B Reserve Fund Amid Debt Ceiling Showdown
• Tether is investing operating profits in bitcoin,

Energy

• A multi university study of the texas grid identifies positive benefits to bitcoin miners engaged in demand resposne programs

Bitcoin Education

• The problem of low-value lightning payments
• Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #253 covers ARK, analsysis of different transaction sizes and lots of updates

Feedback

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