The Sat Standard - March 13th, 2021
This week in bitcoin. Straight to the point. No bullshit. Every Saturday.
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Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
The world will get smarter as Bitcoin replaces fiat currencies.
Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
No real resistance until $100K. Do not overthink it. Do not pull your foot off the gas. Stay humble and stack.
TOP STORIES
- Bitcoin Optech #139
- Norwegian energy giant Aker forms bitcoin unit Seetee
- The shareholder letter is very good. Make sure you read it.
- New Taproot Activation Method proposed "Speedy Trial"
- Malicious backdoored version of electrum wallet
- Whirlpool GUI v0.10.3
- Samourai Wallet v0.99.96e
- Zeus v0.5.0
- JoinMarket v0.8.2
- JoininBox v0.3.0
- Coldcard v4.0.0-beta
- Sparrow v1.3.0
- BTCPay Server v1.0.7.0
- NYDIG $200 million growth round
- Blockfi $350M raise at $3B valuation
- River $12M raise
- Binance Probed by CFTC Over Whether U.S. Residents Made Trades
- Bitcoin Exchange FTX Negotiating Naming Rights for Miami Heat Arena
- Massive Microsoft Exchange email server compromise
PODCASTS
- OPEC dynamics
- The politics of oil and gas
- The history of the shale industry
- Common sense
- Bitcoin as a settlement currency for oil trade
- Daylight Robbery
- The history of taxes
- The future of taxes under a Bitcoin Standard
- The State as a coercive evil force
- Gold v. Bitcoin
- Occupy Wall Street
- Wall Street in the 80s
- Independent media
- Propaganda and gaslighting
- Bitcoin as an anti-war movement
- Comedy in NYC in the 70s & 80s
