Rabbit Hole Recap #236: Bitcoin Mining Saves Animals

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - 196 Members of Congress Took FTX Money https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/17/congress-ftx-problem-1-in-3-members-got-cash-from-crypto-exchanges-bosses/ - Congo National Park Relies on Hydro Powered Bitcoin Mine https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/13/1066820/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-mining-congo-virunga-national-park/ - BIP 329 Merged: Standard for Wallet Label Exports and Imports Between Wallets https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0329.mediawiki - Blixt Wallet v0.6.2 https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.2 - Understanding The COLDCARD Mk4 Security Model and Secure Element Use https://blog.coinkite.com/understanding-mk4-security-model/ - US Law Enforcement Agencies Surveil Over 150M Financial Transactions of Americans Without a Warrant https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-known-surveillance-program-captures-money-transfers-between-u-s-and-more-than-20-countries-11674019904 - Lightning Summit at Bitcoin Park https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinpark/events/291052525/ 5:55 - Safari Matt 11:18 - Mining Summit recap 35:34 - FAA theories 39:42 - Dashboard 42:25 - Lightning Summit and Bitcoin Takeover 44:40 - FTX money went to 1/3 of Congress 46:26 - GTX 52:59 - Congo hydroelectric mining 59:19 - Breaking Cashapp LN news 1:02:08 - Bitzlato 1:07:21 - Marty leaks security details 1:08:10 - BIP 329 1:14:40 - Shoutouts and Boostagrams 1:20:58 - Blixt 0.6.2 1:22:06 - Understanding Coldcard security 1:29:49 - US financial surveillance 1:35:29 - Mandibles Section: Bank of Japan rushes in 1:38:56 - We're already in a recession 1:47:22 - Tech layoffs 1:51:21 - Saudi fading petrodollar Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital https://unchained.com/concierge/ IVPN https://www.ivpn.net/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now https://merch.tftc.io/ Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://tftc.io/podcasts/ Follow Odell: Twitter https://twitter.com/ODELL Newsletter https://tftc.io/the-sat-standard/ Podcast https://citadeldispatch.com/