Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
Hard earned soft money is wasted energy.

Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
Global economy and bitcoin.
Surveillance state and encryption.
World governments and humanity.

Fear and hope.

TOP STORIES

• Bitcoin Optech #91
• Breez Point of Sale mode added to lightning wallet
• LSAT Authentication
• Samourai Whirlpool GUI v0.10.1 and CLI v0.10.3
• MyNode v0.2.0 update
• BlueWallet v5.2.0 update
• Bitmex research bitcoin development funding analysis
• Bitmex renews and increases grant to Bitcoin Core maintainer Michael Ford
• Multi-location backup scheme spec released by @openoms

• Multi sig betting with caravan
• Binance makes a distinction between coinjoin and custodial mixers in recent blog post
• Coinkite begins selling power only magnetic usb cables
• Bitcoiners push for mass privacy on Satoshi’s birthday
• Surveillance companies pivot to coronavirus tracking to increase their reach
• UK PM hosts cabinet meeting on Zoom
• meet.jit.si is an open source alternative to Zoom

PODCASTS

• Rabbit Hole Recap - Thursday

Roy Sebag

• The mechanics of paper and physical bullion markets
• The history of paper gold being used to suppress the price of physical gold
• The Fed has man-in-the-middle attacked US citizens
• Why the Internet isn't decentralized
• Why Sound Money is so important and why bitcoiners and gold holders need to join forces
• The reaction to COVID19. Are we being put in our pods?
• Political framing and mental pods
• The common man
• The importance of unplugging
• What Gen Z thinks

Rodolfo Novak

• COVID19
• Droplets v. Vapor
• Why you should wear a mask
• Why people are so willing to cede civil liberties during crises
• Hardware on the horizon from CoinKite

Alex Gladstein

• Government overreach during the response to COVID19
• The capture of the World Health Organization
• Censorship in China as COVID19 was spreading
• The economic impact of forced quarantine

Wringing Of The Rag

• Monday - Issue #705: The iron is hot
• Tuesday - Issue #706: 402 Errors No More
• Wednesday - Issue #707: Systemic risks exist
• Thursday - Issue #708: Important reminder
• Friday - Issue #709: Why do I Bitcoin?