Thought of the week from Marty Bent:‌‌‌
The government is too big.

Thought of the week from ODELL:
Bitcoin and nostr are incredibly complementary freedom tech tools: censorship resistant, permissionless, robust, and interoperable - money and speech protected by code and incentives, not laws.

TOP STORIES

• Bitcoin Optech #246
• Arkansas Bitcoin Mining Bill Headed To Governor's Desk
• Pocket Bitcoin Acquired Bitkipi Wallet
• Proposal: Resizing Lightning Channels Off-Chain With Hierarchical Channels
• Block's TBD Partners With Yellow Card To Enable Global Payments in 16 African Countries
• Bitcoin Amsterdam 2023 Will Take Place on October 12-13
• Montana's 'Right To Mine' Bitcoin Bill Ready To Be Signed Into Law
• NIP-15: Nostr Marketplaces Merged
• Bitcoin Policy UK: First Bitcoin-Only Policy Organization in the UK
• Tether, The City of Lugano Partner With Swiss Universities for Plan ₿ Summer School Program
• Civ Kit: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Market System
• Free Roman Sterlingov - US Govt Nabs Wrong Man Through Blockchain Analysis
• Onramp Bitcoin: First Multisig Spot Bitcoin Trust
• Sweden Removes Tax Credits For Data Centers, Increases Tax Burden on Bitcoin Miners by 6000%

PODCASTS

Rabbit Hole Recap #248 - The NY Times is a Dying Blog: youtube - podcast

Citadel Dispatch 100 - Disturbing Chainalysis Led Prosecution of Roman Sterlingov with Mike Hassard and Tor Ekeland: youtube - podcast

TFTC 411 - How OnRamp is Bringing Bitcoin Multisig to Financial Products with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers: youtube - podcast

ODELL'S DISCREET LOG

• Nostr: A Revolutionary Communication Protocol

MARTY'S BENT

• Issue #1334: I am here once again asking you to stop catering to desperate bloggers